Documentaries
If you’re a fan of non-fiction filmmaking, look no further. HighballTV has a huge selection of acclaimed documentaries which have premiered at some of the world’s biggest film festivals, such as Sundance, IDFA, Hot Docs, Tribeca and Berlin.
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  Not Just NumbersMovie + 1 extraNot Just Numbers follows the Tangentyere Women’s Family Safety Group as Matriarch Leaders take action to end domestic violence in their communities. This powerful and inspiring documentary amplifies the voices of Aboriginal women in their homelands. While highlighting the transformational healing... 
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  Mama GloriaMovie + 1 extra"In her first feature, director Luchina Fisher lovingly captures the lived experience of a woman who deserves to go down in queer history." POV Magazine Chigago International Film Festival 
 BFI Flare
 Inside Out Film FestivalMeet Mama Gloria. Chicago’s Black transgender icon Gloria Allen blazed ... 
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  Last Days At SeaMovie"Venice Atienza’s wistful and evocative documentary is rooted in the liminal space between childhood and adolescence." The Guardian Berlin International Film Festival 
 Hot Docs International Documentary Festival
 International Documentary Festival Amsterdam12-year-old Reyboy lives in Karihatag, ... 
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  How The Room FeltMovie + 1 extra"A group of Georgian queers laugh, argue, party and love in this intimate and nuanced portrait of a close-knit LGBTQ+ community." POV Magazine International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam 
 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
 Thessaloniki Documentary FestivalIn the Geo... 
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  Själö: Island of SoulsMovie + 1 extraFor centuries, a closed institution served as a final destination for socially transgressive women at Själö, an isolated island in the Baltic Sea. The outcast women were kept there in detention, to be observed, studied and measured – in much the same way as the surrounding nature is by scientists... 
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  Oh, It Hertz!Movie + 1 extra"Gunner Hall Jensen’s Oh, It Hertz! is a mesmerizing documentary that is both elegant and profound." Film Threat CPH:DOX 
 Decibels Music Film Festival
 Rhode Island International Film FestivalLaurie Amat has heard about a conspiracy theory involving Joseph Goebbels and the Nazis. Supposedly, on ... 
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  When A Farm Goes AflameMovie + 1 extraBerlin International Film Festival 
 BFI London Film Festival
 CPX:DOXA filmmaker completes his debut film: A reflection on his parents assumed monogamous long-distance marriage as well as his own Nigerian background and identity. He thereafter accidentally discovers his father’s secret; a second... 
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  Please Hold The LineMovie + 1 extra"...an artful look at a part of Europe grasping towards connection, and the unsung workers who help achieve this." Cineuropa Sheffield Doc/Fest 
 Thessaloniki Documentary Festival
 IDFAPavel Cuzuioc’s observational documentary follows cable technicians in Eastern Europe - in Kyiv, Ukraine, Buzău ... 
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  I Am SamuelMovie"Peter Murimi’s film vividly conveys resilience, contrasting the intimacy of a brave couple with the brutality of prejudice." The Guardian Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival 
 BFI London Film Festival
 Atlanta Film FestivalSamuel grew up in the Kenyan countryside, where tradition is... 
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  Taming The GardenMovie + 1 extra"...the foibles of the super-wealthy and the environmental cost of our way of living – are brought together in this extraordinary, savagely poetic film." The Observer Sundance Film Festival 
 Berlin International Film Festival
 Hot Docs International Documentary FestivalSalomé Jashi's remarkable... 
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  Searching EvaMovie + 1 extraBerlin International Film Festival 
 Hot Docs Film Festival
 Sheffield Docfest"I dedicate my life to showing the world that one can pretend to be whoever they want.“ Eva. A 25-year-old drifter, Berliner, pet-owner, poet, lesbian, sex worker, virgo, housewife, addict, feminist and model, Eva declar... 
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  WorkhorseMovie + 1 extra"Drawing upon the awesome and imposing power of horses and their magnetic rapport with their caretakers, Workhorse wistfully eulogizes a fading way of life." POV Magazine Montreal Documentary Film Festival 
 Dok.fest Munchen
 Planet In Focus Environmental Film FestivalWorkhorse follows three huma... 
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  Pariah DogMovie + 1 extra"Heartbreaking and luminous." The Boston Globe Mumbai International Film Festival 
 Melbourne Documentary Film Festival
 Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalShot over three years, Pariah Dog is a kaleidoscopic picture of the city of Kolkata, seen through the prism of four outsiders and the dogs they... 
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  CavebirdsMovie + 1 extra"Gan’s doc is a pained love letter to her artistic, impractical father, with his love of bonsai trees, birds and old poetry." POV Magazine Hot Docs International Documentary Festival 
 Montreal International Documentary Film FestivalThe key ingredient in bird's nest soup is the hardened saliva o... 
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  I Love You I Miss You I Hope I See You Before I DieMovie + 1 extra"Eva Marie Rødbro's arresting feature debut probes the inner and outer struggles of three generations of women in suburban Colorado Springs." Variety International Documentary Festival Amsterdam 
 Cork International Film Festival
 Göteborg Film FestivalA raw and emotionally impactful story of a y... 
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  Easy LessonsMovie + 1 extraLocarno Film Festival 
 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
 Camerimage International Film FestivalDorottya Zurbó's insightful documentary explores the life of Kafia, a 17-year-old who fled to Hungary on her own, escaping from a child marriage in Somalia, at the age of fifteen. Sh... 
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  Scheme BirdsMovie + 1 extra"Ellen Fiske and Ellinor Hallin announce themselves as docmakers to watch with this piercing chronicle of a Scottish teen's drastic coming of age." Variety Tribeca Film Festival 
 Hot Docs
 Edinburgh International Film FestivalA winner of multiple awards across the festival circuit, including Be... 
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  LiyanaMovie + 1 extra"A lyrical work that's as bright and captivating as it is poignant." The Hollywood Reporter Dublin International Film Festival 
 BFI London Film Festival
 Palm Springs Films FestivalA Swazi girl embarks on a dangerous quest to rescue her young twin brothers in a tale is born of the imaginations o... 
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  Mighty JeromeMovie + 1 extraVancouver International Film Festival 
 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film FestivalFrom acclaimed filmmaker Charles Officer comes the story of the rise, fall and redemption of Harry Jerome, Canada's most record-setting track and field star. Gorgeous monochrome imagery, impassioned i... 
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  Bixa TravestyMovie + 2 extras"Da Quebrada is a charismatic and compelling individual, a bold and dynamic performer and an insightful and articulate social critic." Sight and Sound Berlin International Film Festival 
 Busan International Film Festival
 Sheffield Doc/FestDirected by Claudia Priscilla and Kiko Goifman, Bixa Tra... 
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  Parallel PlanesMovie + 1 extraDok Lepizig Festival 
 Chicago Underground Film Festival
 IndieLisboa International Independent Film FestivalNicole Wegner's documentary pays homage to the American DIY spirit, and the diversity of the US musical landscape outside the commercial music industry, by portraying 12 American avant-gard... 
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  Your Mother's ComfortMovie + 2 extrasInside Out LGBT Toronto Film Festival 
 Sheffield Doc/Fest
 Outfest Los Angeles“We transgender are the revolution!” Indianara Siqueira, trans activist and politician, says as she admonishes her political party for ousting her days before the 2018 Brazilian national elections. In the same election ... 
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  Obscuro BarrocoMovie"a dreamy acid trip through Rio de Janeiro’s queer nightlife." Now Magazine Berlin International Film Festival 
 Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival
 Amsterdam International Documentary Film FestivalIn her dreamlike, essayistic film Obscuro Barroco, Greek director Evangelia ... 
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  Home GamesMovie + 1 extraAmsterdam International Documentary Film Festival 
 Sheffield Doc/Fest
 Cleveland International Film FestivalAlisa Kovalenko’s documentary focusses on a crucial period in the life of Alina, a gifted 20-year-old footballer from Kyiv, whose passion for the sport has a chance of saving her from pover... 
 
 
       
             
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
          