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The Day the Rockstar Died Season 1 This illuminating series will focus on the death and subsequent mourning of some of the greatest music legends. We’ll explore the days leading up to the artist's death, and the unique impact these events have on fans and media. Each episode will include career highlights that lead them to legendary...
Mafia & Banks Season 1 Three-part documentary telling the little-known story of the symbiotic link between criminal organisations and the banking sector. From Havana to NewYork, Shanghai to London, Moscow to Cyprus.
Dates That Made History Season 2 A date is a snapshot, a flashback which requires crossing disciplines such as history, art, archeology and literature for a vibrant and sensitive reading of the past. It arouses our childhood curiosity, recalling when we dreamed of a time machine.
Joan Baez: I Am a Noise Facing the end of a 60-year musical career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large history-making life and reveals, for the first time, personal struggles she’s kept private, until now.
20 Days in Mariupol On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a team of Ukrainian journalists enter the strategic eastern port city of Mariupol. During the subsequent siege and assault, as bombs fall, the team — the only international journalists left — struggles to cover the war atrocities and to transmit their foot...
Triads: The Chinese Mafia Season 1 Thanks to exclusive interviews with key protagonists, this in-depth thriller investigation takes us right into the heart of the world’s most powerful criminal organization, to reveal its far-reaching influence on geopolitics and the economy.
The Vietnam War (Director's Cut) Season 1 In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Ken Burns tells the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. THE VIETNAM WAR features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants an...
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.
Lakota Nation vs. United States A provocative, visually stunning testament to a land and a people who have survived removal, exploitation and genocide – and whose best days are yet to come.
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown Season 12 The iconic lifestyle series follows world-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain as he travels the across the globe to uncover little-known areas of the world and celebrate diverse cultures by exploring food and dining rituals.
Anselm Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist's work and reveals his life path.
The Corridors of Power Season 1 Oscar® nominated director Dror Moreh (The Gatekeepers) returns with an examination of US foreign policy of the past 40 years in this striking documentary filled with insights of more than 30 political heavyweights including Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice.
Titans: The Rise of Wall Street Season 1 For the last century America’s riches have been controlled by the titans of Wall Street. J.P. Morgan; Teddy Roosevelt: Henry Goldman & Samuel Sachs; Charles Merrill & Edmund Lynch; Franklin Roosevelt; Ivan Boesky; Michael Milken. Before their names were institutions, they made fortunes, created enti...
Beyond Utopia Hidden camera footage augments this perilous, high-stakes journey as we embed with families attempting to escape oppression, ultimately revealing a world most of us have never seen.
History's Greatest Lies Season 1 Who are the liars? Heads of state, politicians or military leaders, supported by their hierarchies. They have no qualms about lying to the radio, to television, to millions of people, end even, on oath, to the highest authorities and institutions.
Country Music (Director's Cut) Season 1 Step back in time and journey through the compelling history of a musical art form with Country Music, a new eight-part film directed by Ken Burns, and produced by Burns and his long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey. Much like the music itself, the film tells unforgettable stories o...
Sacred Paths Season 1 Everywhere, through all eras and all civilizations, human beings have questioned the enigma of their lives, trying to understand a reality that eluded them.
Titans: The Rise of Hollywood Season 1 Titans: The Rise of Hollywood tells the story of future moguls like The Warner Brothers, Carl Laemmle (Universal Pictures), William Fox, Louis B. Mayer (MGM), Adolph Zukor (Paramount) and Mary Pickford (United Artists) as they battled each other for dominance of a brand new industry taking the world...
The Soviet Union Season 1 Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR was a one-party state, governed, controlled, and tormented by a single party rule. That of the Communist Party. No nation has inflicted such destruction on its own population in the name of progress.
The New Silk Road: Cold War Corridor Season 1 With exclusive access to local and Chinese business leaders and government officials, this is a unique and insightful journey from China through Central Asia, South-East Asia and Africa, all the way to Iran and Greece.
Hillary Season 1 Director Nanette Burstein spent an astonishing 35 hours interviewing the most influential woman in American politics, Hillary Clinton, for a candid portrait of a life and career in the public eye. This docuseries provides an intimate portrait of the former first lady.
Capturing the Friedmans The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family - until one Thanksgiving, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush into the house searching every corner and seizing boxes of the family’s possessions. Arnold and his 18-year old son Jesse are both arrested.
Ken Burns: Baseball Season 1 Ken Burns’ epic documentary miniseries. Like Burns’s previous masterpiece (The Civil War), this film is more than just the history of baseball. It is a reflection of the American experience.
Hemingway Season 1 Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, HEMINGWAY, examines the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers – Ernest Hemingway.
Daniel Richter Three years with Daniel Richter: Pepe Danquart opens the door to the famous painter’s studio for us and draws a multifaceted and knowledgeable portrait of the political artist.
The Australian Wars Season 1 Over three parts this groundbreaking documentary series gives voice to the story of The Australian Wars, fought on our home soil, as the colonial frontier pushed forward, and First Nations people resisted. This is our longest and perhaps most defining war that established the Australian nation.
Recipe for Murder In 1953, Sydney detectives investigated a string of cases so diabolical they created a wave of public outrage – women were adding rat poison to their baked good and feeding them to unsuspecting loved ones. Unlike popular images of domestic bliss, Sydney was a melting pot of violence, poverty and ten...
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Written and directed by Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney and based on the book by Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright, GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF is a provocative tale of ego, exploitation and lust for power. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientolo...
Neo Rauch: Comrades and Companions Nicola Graef followed German artist Neo Rauch for three years in his studio in Leipzig and at exhibitions in America, Asia and Europe. He observes critical dialogs with Rauch’s artist wife Rosa Loy and discusses with international collectors, gallery owners and art lovers the phenomenon Neo Rauch.
Navalny Enthralling and intimate, director Daniel Roher’s NAVALNY unfolds with the pace of a thriller as it follows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in his quest to identify the men who poisoned him in August 2020. An extraordinary, fly-on-the-wall documentary that is also a portrait of a leader int...
#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump An eye-opening and shattering analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Donald J. Trump.
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed From Academy Award winner Laura Poitras comes an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family acc...
Knowing the Score Knowing the Score is a biopic of Australian conductor Simone Young, an inspiring, brilliant woman who made it to the top in a man's world wielding her wit, determination, sense of humour and baton.
Corners of the Earth - Kamchatka Follow filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment and surfers Letty Mortenson and Fraser Dovell as they journey to Kamchatka in the far east of Russia in search of new waves along the frozen, unexplored coastline.
Nuclear Now With unprecedented access to the global nuclear industry, iconic director Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy - an option that may become a vital way to ensure our co...
A Storm Foretold A jaw-dropping, no-holds-barred portrait of Donald Trump’s former adviser, Roger Stone, filmed over three years in the lead-up to the 6 January storming of the US Capitol.
Director Gus Berger - In Conversation DocPlay presents an exclusive in-conversation with Gus Berger, the director of The Lost City of Melbourne. Reflecting on the genesis and journey of the project, Berger speaks to his collaborative filmmaking process, the challenges and surprises associated with archive-heavy filmmaking, and the appli...
A Storm Foretold: In Conversation with Director, Christoffer Guldbrandsen DocPlay presents an exclusive in-conversation with Christoffer Guldbrandsen, the director of A Storm Foretold. Guldbrandsen reflects on the genesis of the film project; his tumultuous relationship with Roger Stone; and the experience of bearing witness to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.
Game of Minds Season 1 Game of Minds is a behind-the-scenes look at the demanding realities of professional esports. The series follows young professionals as they try to excel not only in their game but also in everything around it, such as the expectations of sponsors and fans towards players.
Bigger Than Me Bigger Than Me is a female coming-of-age film about the complexity of being a girl and the challenges that drive you as a woman to take on the elemental power of big waves.
Rachel's Farm Film director and actress Rachel Ward is not the first person you’d expect to join a farming revolution. In this triumphant film, Rachel voyages from wilful ignorance about the ecological impacts of conventional agriculture on her own rural property, to embracing a movement to restore the health of...
Bromley: Light After Dark David Bromley found that art appeased the voices in his head and helped him find beauty in the world, so he made the life-changing decision to commit his whole being to something meaningful. With intimate access, we peel away the layers of anxiety, phobias and suicide survival, whilst embracing the...
All Town Aren't We Season 1 Grimsby Town FC, once a high-flying football club with a proud history, is now on the brink of relegation from the Football League. The impending threat of semi-professional football looms on for not just the club, but an entire community. Witness one of the most breathtaking sporting stories of all...
Rachel's Farm: In Conversation with Rachel Ward DocPlay presents an exclusive in-conversation with Rachel Ward, the director of Rachel's Farm. Ward reflects on the genesis of both the film and her regenerative farming practice, and celebrates the essential collaborations that brought the project to fruition.
Is There Anybody Out There? My body is extremely unusual, and I’ve never seen another like my own. ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ is a personal documentary following my search to track down other individuals with the same rare disability as me.
Crimes That Changed the World Season 1 CRIMES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD shows spectacular criminal cases that held the world in suspense and changed it forever. They include major judicial scandals, gruesome serial murders and historic assassinations.
On the Adamant The Adamant is moored on the Seine in the center of Paris. An unusual setting for a health centre, but perhaps one that suits its distinctive approach. Visitors to the light-filled vessel will find a respectful and compassionate environment, a place to sing or discuss movies, and everyone has a say...
2nd Chance In 1969 a bankrupt pizzeria owner, Richard Davis, invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself — point blank — 192 times. Davis then launched Second Chance, which became one of the largest body armor companies in the world.
Utopias Season 1 Across the world, human communities are reviving the power of storytelling, guided by the idea that everything that should exist simply has not been tried somewhere, that what is lacking in our societies — in order to hope again — can be summed up in one word that combines idea, place and movement:...
Innocent Behind Bars Season 1 In an intimate portrayal of injustice, this series reveals the true experience of being wrongfully convicted and the impact that lasts well beyond the prison bars.
Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century This drama-doc takes you back in time to the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history. Our presenter, Nicholas Day, guides us into into the world of the killer as we see how police ingenuity and early forensics helped bring them to justice.
Missing Kenley Season 1 On 21 September 1992, Kenley Matheson-a 20-year-old first-year Acadia University student-disappeared from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, without a trace. No eyewitnesses came forward. No body was found. No suspects emerged, and no leads surfaced. For three decades, investigators and private detectives hire...
Bitcoin: Digital Gold Is Bitcoin an alternative to national currencies backed by debt? Is it a remedy against inflation and Government debt or merely a tool for money launderers and criminals? This documentary traces the history of money from the bartering societies of the ancient world to the meeting rooms of powerful c...
Everybody's Oma Filmmaker Jason van Genderen is obsessed with making home videos about his elderly mother and, when he creates a supermarket at home during lockdown, he accidentally turns ‘Oma’ into an internet celebrity. Their heart-warming home movies quickly attract a worldwide audience of over 100,000,000 peopl...
Lancaster From the team behind SPITFIRE comes LANCASTER. Using re-mastered archive material and extraordinary aerial footage of the RAF's last airworthy Lancaster, we follow 38 contributors as they join-up, learn to fly and go to war.
Because We Have Each Other Made over five years, Because We Have Each Other is a delightfully hyper-intimate feature from award-winning Australian Director Sari Braithwaite. A masterclass in slice-of-life documentary, the film embeds its audience in the life of a neuro-diverse family in the forgotten working-class suburb of L...
Power Play POWER PLAY: Transforming Australia’s biggest climate polluter is a story about hope. It's a story about collaboration. And it's about how Greenpeace, together with a diverse group of people and organisations, took on Australia's biggest climate polluter - and won.
Muse MUSE: The Love Stories. Legendary photographer Dean Fidelman (Stone Masters, Yosemite in the Fifties, Valley Uprising, Stone Nudes) opens the vault and shares the very personal stories behind some of his iconic photographs.
A House Made of Splinters The Lysychansk Centre in Eastern Ukraine houses the kids of unfit parents while they await court proceedings determining their future – young cast-offs of alcoholism, addiction, violence and the social trauma of the nearby Russia conflict that has disturbed the region since 2014.
Merkel For years, Angela Merkel, the first woman Chancellor of Germany, was Western Europe’s most powerful leader. Nonetheless, she remains something of an enigma. The film reminds us how Merkel’s success came despite the double standards facing women leaders – the hard judgment and incessant scrutiny – an...
Art Crimes Season 1 Art Crimes will take us inside the most unbelievable and intriguing international art robberies of the century. From dodgy art dealers in Amsterdam to undercover Scotland Yard investigators, from small town thieves to the most well planned actions, discover six unbelievable stories with plot twists...
Inside Maximum Security Season 1 Singapore’s Changi Prison is a concrete purgatory, spartan to the extreme. There are no beds, no pillows and no chairs in the cells.
United Season 1 United is a 6 part series with each episode progressing the story within the 2021/22 A-league season around the performance of the Western United FC team, management of the club and the building of a $100m stadium, training, and residential precinct.
Murky Skies Season 1 The 1992 crash of an Israeli Boeing 747 into an apartment building in Amsterdam remains a three decades mystery, fueled by unexplained illnesses, lost evidence, mysterious cargo, and one missing black box. An international thriller that uncovers the hidden threads between business, politics and the...
Loving Highsmith Based on Patricia Highsmith’s personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer’s life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.
My Old School The astonishing true story of Scotland's most notorious imposter. It's 1993 and 16 year old Brandon is the new kid in school. Soon he’s top of the class, acing exams and even taking the lead in the school musical. He’s the model pupil, until he's unmasked.
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time The feature documentary, the first of its kind on Vonnegut, is a deep, immersive dive into the author’s life and work, as well as the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it. It spans his childhood, marriage and family, early careers and his years as a struggling writer, lea...
Mussolini's Legacy Over 75 years since the fall of fascism, and a hundred since the march to Rome, the documentary investigates the spread of historical lies regarding Fascism and Mussolini, a narrative that Italy, especially its younger generations, is still swayed by.
Juice The crew are very much on the beaten track, gargantuan Californian landmarks are dotted along the way… but that doesn’t mean they aren’t Searching with a capital S.
The U.S. and the Holocaust Season 1 Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people responded to this catastrophe and how it challenged the very ideals of western democracy.
Franklin When Tasmania’s Hydro-Electric Commission planned to build a dam on the Franklin River, the Wilderness Society mobilised to protect it, sparking a now-infamous, and ultimately victorious, campaign of blockades, protests, lawsuits and political wrangling – a campaign that was a key part of the develo...
Magic Money What is Bitcoin? With the advent of Bitcoin, the world's first digital currency, for the first time in history money is no longer controlled by banks or governments, but by the people who use it. But where did this currency come from? How does it work? And is it truly the way forward, or just a flas...
Chasing 400 As an avid endurance athlete and someone who is always seeking the next challenge, Justin Kinner was naturally drawn to the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning.
12 Shades of Grey Aboard their maritime Vessel Rodney Fox, guests, scientists, Hollywood film makers and pretty much anyone get a fins and all experience diving in secure cages with the Great Whites.
Waiata/Anthems Season 1 Acclaimed music artists from Aotearoa share their deeply personal stories of disconnection, reclamation, vulnerability, and courage when they translate and record songs in te reo Māori.
Nothing Lasts Forever Hidden from public view, a war is raging inside the diamond industry. When filmmaker Jason Kohn infiltrates this highly secretive world, he uncovers a vast, far reaching conspiracy that threatens the value of every diamond ever mined.
Ride X Iceland From East to West, from lighthouse to lighthouse – 800 km bikepacking on a mountain bike through Iceland.
Greenhouse by Joost Environmental campaigner Joost Bakker, was once dubbed the ‘Poster Boy of Zero Waste Living’ by The New York Times. This inspiring feature documentary follows Bakker as he builds a self-sustaining home, an ecosystem that provides its occupants with water, energy, shelter and nourishment.
Preparing To Give Journalist & best-selling author, turned ultra-endurance cyclist, Rupert Guinness embarks on his final training camp (commonly known as “Hell Week”) in preparation for the world’s toughest bike race: Race Across America.
Delikado Three environmental crusaders confront betrayal and murder as they battle to save an island paradise famed as the Philippines ‘last ecological frontier’.
Fritz Bauer's Legacy Probably for the last time former SS-guards recently faced trial for their role in German concentration camps, as for many decades Germany’s justice system had difficulty dealing with its countless unpunished Nazi crimes.
Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires Munch, a profoundly mysterious, fascinating man, a trailblazer and a master for everyone who came after him. Journey through Munch's Norway, in search of the roots and identity of a universal artist, and question the main theme of his multifaceted work: his idea of Time.
Britain from the Air Season 1 From awe-inspiring castles dating back thousands of years to lavish royal palaces and diverse, idyllic landscapes, see Britain as never before. Each episode focuses on a unique aspect of British life, past and present.
A Compassionate Spy Recruited in 1944 to be the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, Ted Hall didn’t share his colleagues’ elation after the successful detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. Increasingly concerned about a U.S. post-war monopoly on such a powerful weapon, he decided to start passing key in...
Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic.
Dancing on Water Dancing on Water is a 12-minute Short Documentary that dives deep into the paternal bond between Warrick and Felicity Palmateer. Despite all the obstacles and challenges they have come to face in life, the ocean has always kept them grounded, and most importantly a place of healing.
Brainwashed: Sex, Camera, Power Malegaze is one of the most popular tags on TIKTOK, currently at 290 million views and climbing. The term is often used in an amorphous way online, but nevertheless reflects the widespread, popular intuition that "to-be-looked-at-ness" remains an ongoing issue today.
Adam Ondra: Pushing The Limits dam Ondra is one of the best climbers today and a true virtuoso, who has tackled the world’s most difficult rocks and walls. A shy introvert-turned-famous-sports-icon, his desire to climb has changed into the obligation to win.
Munich '72 Season 1 The event that gave birth to modern terrorism. The chilling story of the 1972 Munich Olympics terror attack told as it has never been told before. Blending documentary and fiction and supported by newly declassified protocols, this three-part series presents a close-up and dramatic representation of...
De Humani Corporis Fabrica An extraordinary adventure through the interior of the human body; or the discovery of an alien landscape of unprecedented beauty. The film reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others.
Loading Docs Season 9 Loading Docs is an award-winning initiative producing short documentaries that captivate and inspire audiences locally and internationally, while developing and promoting New Zealand filmmaking talent.
New Zealand by Train Season 1 Following three iconic train journeys from the air and on the ground, we discover the iconic landscapes of New Zealand, a country with the geographic diversity of an entire continent. On the way we learn about the extra-ordinary construction challenges of the 4,000 kilometre network.
Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV Who was Nam June Paik, pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century and arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history? Director Amanda Kim tells, for the first time, the story of Paik’s meteoric rise in the New York art scene and his Nostradamus-like visions of a future in which...
Ms Represented Season 1 One hundred years after Australia elected its very first female parliamentarian, Ms Represented tells a hugely entertaining and bingeworthy tale: a raw and honest account of politics from the female perspective.
One Hundred Days of A Salty Dude – Zye Norris As with all the great epic traditions, Zye Norris, your archetypal ‘salty dude’ sallied forth and spent, a lot more than the titled, one hundred days in the water, crossing lands, and wallowing about in a variety of vacuous rooms. His journey saw him on boards, bikes, in cars, dilapidated buses and...
Big Deal Season 1 BIG DEAL is a wake-up call about the frightening extent to which money has infiltrated politics. Christiaan Van Vuuren’s unlikely journey shows us why we should care, and how we might work together to ensure our democracy is safeguarded from being sold to the highest bidder.
My Name is Gulpilil A true icon of Australian cinema. His mesmerising, electrifying presence leapt off the big screen and changed Australian screen representation forever. The only actor to appear in both of the two highest grossing Australian films of all time, Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Australia (2008), David Gulpi...
Crux Crux follows Harvey Wright, a recovering addict who uses rock climbing to work through his ongoing struggle with mental health.
Holy Silence HOLY SILENCE examines the actions – and inactions – of the Vatican in response to the rise of Nazi Germany and to the Holocaust that occurred during World War II. While focusing on the activities of two popes during this period – Pius XI and Pius XII – the film also concentrates on the behind-the-sc...
Beyond the Break Beyond the Break is a documentary about Sam Danniels, a multi-sport professional athlete in three para-skiing disciplines, as well as cycling, snowmobiling and paragliding. Sam Danniels refuses to let his life-changing spinal cord injury become a barrier to the many outdoor sports that he loves.
Raise the Bar In 2015 a basketball team for girls was formed in Iceland. The coach was experienced, unconditional and constantly raised the bar. The girls were trained as leaders off the field and like professional athletes on the field. Early on they set their goal high, they would always compete with the best t...
Palazzo di Cozzo Ageing patriarch, Franco Cozzo, holds court over an iconic furniture empire. A pioneer of low-fi television advertising, Franco’s tri-lingual catchphrase sparked a cult-of-personality as kitsch as his baroque bedheads. But his character is more than a caricature.

What's New

The Day the Rockstar Died

Season 1

This illuminating series will focus on the death and subsequent mourning of some of the greatest music legends. We’ll explore the days leading up to the artist's death, and the unique impact these events have on fans and media. Each episode will include career highlights that lead them to legendary...

Mafia & Banks

Season 1

Three-part documentary telling the little-known story of the symbiotic link between criminal organisations and the banking sector. From Havana to NewYork, Shanghai to London, Moscow to Cyprus.

Dates That Made History

Season 2

A date is a snapshot, a flashback which requires crossing disciplines such as history, art, archeology and literature for a vibrant and sensitive reading of the past. It arouses our childhood curiosity, recalling when we dreamed of a time machine.

Joan Baez: I Am a Noise

Facing the end of a 60-year musical career, legendary singer and activist Joan Baez takes an honest look back and a deep look inward as she tries to make sense of her large history-making life and reveals, for the first time, personal struggles she’s kept private, until now.

20 Days in Mariupol

On the eve of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a team of Ukrainian journalists enter the strategic eastern port city of Mariupol. During the subsequent siege and assault, as bombs fall, the team — the only international journalists left — struggles to cover the war atrocities and to transmit their foot...

Triads: The Chinese Mafia

Season 1

Thanks to exclusive interviews with key protagonists, this in-depth thriller investigation takes us right into the heart of the world’s most powerful criminal organization, to reveal its far-reaching influence on geopolitics and the economy.

The Vietnam War (Director's Cut)

Season 1

In an immersive 360-degree narrative, Ken Burns tells the epic story of the Vietnam War as it has never before been told on film. THE VIETNAM WAR features testimony from nearly 80 witnesses, including many Americans who fought in the war and others who opposed it, as well as Vietnamese combatants an...

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

A documentary about the Enron corporation, its faulty and corrupt business practices, and how they led to its fall.

Lakota Nation vs. United States

A provocative, visually stunning testament to a land and a people who have survived removal, exploitation and genocide – and whose best days are yet to come.

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Season 12

The iconic lifestyle series follows world-renowned chef, bestselling author and Emmy winning television personality Anthony Bourdain as he travels the across the globe to uncover little-known areas of the world and celebrate diverse cultures by exploring food and dining rituals.

Anselm

Anselm Kiefer is one of the greatest contemporary artists. His past and present diffuse the line between film and painting, thus giving a unique cinematic experience that dives deep into an artist's work and reveals his life path.

The Corridors of Power

Season 1

Oscar® nominated director Dror Moreh (The Gatekeepers) returns with an examination of US foreign policy of the past 40 years in this striking documentary filled with insights of more than 30 political heavyweights including Henry Kissinger, Hillary Clinton, Madeleine Albright and Condoleezza Rice.

Titans: The Rise of Wall Street

Season 1

For the last century America’s riches have been controlled by the titans of Wall Street. J.P. Morgan; Teddy Roosevelt: Henry Goldman & Samuel Sachs; Charles Merrill & Edmund Lynch; Franklin Roosevelt; Ivan Boesky; Michael Milken. Before their names were institutions, they made fortunes, created enti...

Beyond Utopia

Hidden camera footage augments this perilous, high-stakes journey as we embed with families attempting to escape oppression, ultimately revealing a world most of us have never seen.

History's Greatest Lies

Season 1

Who are the liars? Heads of state, politicians or military leaders, supported by their hierarchies. They have no qualms about lying to the radio, to television, to millions of people, end even, on oath, to the highest authorities and institutions.

Country Music (Director's Cut)

Season 1

Step back in time and journey through the compelling history of a musical art form with Country Music, a new eight-part film directed by Ken Burns, and produced by Burns and his long-time collaborators Dayton Duncan and Julie Dunfey. Much like the music itself, the film tells unforgettable stories o...

Sacred Paths

Season 1

Everywhere, through all eras and all civilizations, human beings have questioned the enigma of their lives, trying to understand a reality that eluded them.

Titans: The Rise of Hollywood

Season 1

Titans: The Rise of Hollywood tells the story of future moguls like The Warner Brothers, Carl Laemmle (Universal Pictures), William Fox, Louis B. Mayer (MGM), Adolph Zukor (Paramount) and Mary Pickford (United Artists) as they battled each other for dominance of a brand new industry taking the world...

The Soviet Union

Season 1

Officially known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the USSR was a one-party state, governed, controlled, and tormented by a single party rule. That of the Communist Party. No nation has inflicted such destruction on its own population in the name of progress.

The New Silk Road: Cold War Corridor

Season 1

With exclusive access to local and Chinese business leaders and government officials, this is a unique and insightful journey from China through Central Asia, South-East Asia and Africa, all the way to Iran and Greece.

Hillary

Season 1

Director Nanette Burstein spent an astonishing 35 hours interviewing the most influential woman in American politics, Hillary Clinton, for a candid portrait of a life and career in the public eye. This docuseries provides an intimate portrait of the former first lady.

Capturing the Friedmans

The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family - until one Thanksgiving, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush into the house searching every corner and seizing boxes of the family’s possessions. Arnold and his 18-year old son Jesse are both arrested.

Ken Burns: Baseball

Season 1

Ken Burns’ epic documentary miniseries. Like Burns’s previous masterpiece (The Civil War), this film is more than just the history of baseball. It is a reflection of the American experience.

Hemingway

Season 1

Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, HEMINGWAY, examines the visionary work and turbulent life of one of the greatest and most influential American writers – Ernest Hemingway.

Daniel Richter

Three years with Daniel Richter: Pepe Danquart opens the door to the famous painter’s studio for us and draws a multifaceted and knowledgeable portrait of the political artist.

The Australian Wars

Season 1

Over three parts this groundbreaking documentary series gives voice to the story of The Australian Wars, fought on our home soil, as the colonial frontier pushed forward, and First Nations people resisted. This is our longest and perhaps most defining war that established the Australian nation.

Recipe for Murder

In 1953, Sydney detectives investigated a string of cases so diabolical they created a wave of public outrage – women were adding rat poison to their baked good and feeding them to unsuspecting loved ones. Unlike popular images of domestic bliss, Sydney was a melting pot of violence, poverty and ten...

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief

Written and directed by Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney and based on the book by Pulitzer Prize winner Lawrence Wright, GOING CLEAR: SCIENTOLOGY AND THE PRISON OF BELIEF is a provocative tale of ego, exploitation and lust for power. The film profiles eight former members of the Church of Scientolo...

Neo Rauch: Comrades and Companions

Nicola Graef followed German artist Neo Rauch for three years in his studio in Leipzig and at exhibitions in America, Asia and Europe. He observes critical dialogs with Rauch’s artist wife Rosa Loy and discusses with international collectors, gallery owners and art lovers the phenomenon Neo Rauch.

Navalny

Enthralling and intimate, director Daniel Roher’s NAVALNY unfolds with the pace of a thriller as it follows Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in his quest to identify the men who poisoned him in August 2020. An extraordinary, fly-on-the-wall documentary that is also a portrait of a leader int...

#UNFIT: The Psychology of Donald Trump

An eye-opening and shattering analysis of the behavior, psyche, condition, and stability of Donald J. Trump.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

From Academy Award winner Laura Poitras comes an epic, emotional and interconnected story about internationally renowned artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, ground-breaking photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family acc...

Knowing the Score

Knowing the Score is a biopic of Australian conductor Simone Young, an inspiring, brilliant woman who made it to the top in a man's world wielding her wit, determination, sense of humour and baton.

Corners of the Earth - Kamchatka

Follow filmmakers Spencer Frost and Guy Williment and surfers Letty Mortenson and Fraser Dovell as they journey to Kamchatka in the far east of Russia in search of new waves along the frozen, unexplored coastline.

Nuclear Now

With unprecedented access to the global nuclear industry, iconic director Oliver Stone explores the possibility for the global community to overcome challenges like climate change and reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy - an option that may become a vital way to ensure our co...

A Storm Foretold

A jaw-dropping, no-holds-barred portrait of Donald Trump’s former adviser, Roger Stone, filmed over three years in the lead-up to the 6 January storming of the US Capitol.

Director Gus Berger - In Conversation

DocPlay presents an exclusive in-conversation with Gus Berger, the director of The Lost City of Melbourne. Reflecting on the genesis and journey of the project, Berger speaks to his collaborative filmmaking process, the challenges and surprises associated with archive-heavy filmmaking, and the appli...

A Storm Foretold: In Conversation with Director, Christoffer Guldbrandsen

DocPlay presents an exclusive in-conversation with Christoffer Guldbrandsen, the director of A Storm Foretold. Guldbrandsen reflects on the genesis of the film project; his tumultuous relationship with Roger Stone; and the experience of bearing witness to the January 6 attack on the US Capitol.

Game of Minds

Season 1

Game of Minds is a behind-the-scenes look at the demanding realities of professional esports. The series follows young professionals as they try to excel not only in their game but also in everything around it, such as the expectations of sponsors and fans towards players.

Bigger Than Me

Bigger Than Me is a female coming-of-age film about the complexity of being a girl and the challenges that drive you as a woman to take on the elemental power of big waves.

Rachel's Farm

Film director and actress Rachel Ward is not the first person you’d expect to join a farming revolution. In this triumphant film, Rachel voyages from wilful ignorance about the ecological impacts of conventional agriculture on her own rural property, to embracing a movement to restore the health of...

Bromley: Light After Dark

David Bromley found that art appeased the voices in his head and helped him find beauty in the world, so he made the life-changing decision to commit his whole being to something meaningful. With intimate access, we peel away the layers of anxiety, phobias and suicide survival, whilst embracing the...

All Town Aren't We

Season 1

Grimsby Town FC, once a high-flying football club with a proud history, is now on the brink of relegation from the Football League. The impending threat of semi-professional football looms on for not just the club, but an entire community. Witness one of the most breathtaking sporting stories of all...

Rachel's Farm: In Conversation with Rachel Ward

DocPlay presents an exclusive in-conversation with Rachel Ward, the director of Rachel's Farm. Ward reflects on the genesis of both the film and her regenerative farming practice, and celebrates the essential collaborations that brought the project to fruition.

Is There Anybody Out There?

My body is extremely unusual, and I’ve never seen another like my own. ‘Is There Anybody Out There?’ is a personal documentary following my search to track down other individuals with the same rare disability as me.

Crimes That Changed the World

Season 1

CRIMES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD shows spectacular criminal cases that held the world in suspense and changed it forever. They include major judicial scandals, gruesome serial murders and historic assassinations.

On the Adamant

The Adamant is moored on the Seine in the center of Paris. An unusual setting for a health centre, but perhaps one that suits its distinctive approach. Visitors to the light-filled vessel will find a respectful and compassionate environment, a place to sing or discuss movies, and everyone has a say...

2nd Chance

In 1969 a bankrupt pizzeria owner, Richard Davis, invented the modern-day bulletproof vest. To prove that it worked, he shot himself — point blank — 192 times. Davis then launched Second Chance, which became one of the largest body armor companies in the world.

Utopias

Season 1

Across the world, human communities are reviving the power of storytelling, guided by the idea that everything that should exist simply has not been tried somewhere, that what is lacking in our societies — in order to hope again — can be summed up in one word that combines idea, place and movement:...

Innocent Behind Bars

Season 1

In an intimate portrayal of injustice, this series reveals the true experience of being wrongfully convicted and the impact that lasts well beyond the prison bars.

Leopold and Loeb: The Crime of the Century

This drama-doc takes you back in time to the most shocking and surprising murder cases in history. Our presenter, Nicholas Day, guides us into into the world of the killer as we see how police ingenuity and early forensics helped bring them to justice.

Missing Kenley

Season 1

On 21 September 1992, Kenley Matheson-a 20-year-old first-year Acadia University student-disappeared from Wolfville, Nova Scotia, without a trace. No eyewitnesses came forward. No body was found. No suspects emerged, and no leads surfaced. For three decades, investigators and private detectives hire...

Bitcoin: Digital Gold

Is Bitcoin an alternative to national currencies backed by debt? Is it a remedy against inflation and Government debt or merely a tool for money launderers and criminals? This documentary traces the history of money from the bartering societies of the ancient world to the meeting rooms of powerful c...

Everybody's Oma

Filmmaker Jason van Genderen is obsessed with making home videos about his elderly mother and, when he creates a supermarket at home during lockdown, he accidentally turns ‘Oma’ into an internet celebrity. Their heart-warming home movies quickly attract a worldwide audience of over 100,000,000 peopl...

Lancaster

From the team behind SPITFIRE comes LANCASTER. Using re-mastered archive material and extraordinary aerial footage of the RAF's last airworthy Lancaster, we follow 38 contributors as they join-up, learn to fly and go to war.

Because We Have Each Other

Made over five years, Because We Have Each Other is a delightfully hyper-intimate feature from award-winning Australian Director Sari Braithwaite. A masterclass in slice-of-life documentary, the film embeds its audience in the life of a neuro-diverse family in the forgotten working-class suburb of L...

Power Play

POWER PLAY: Transforming Australia’s biggest climate polluter is a story about hope. It's a story about collaboration. And it's about how Greenpeace, together with a diverse group of people and organisations, took on Australia's biggest climate polluter - and won.

Muse

MUSE: The Love Stories. Legendary photographer Dean Fidelman (Stone Masters, Yosemite in the Fifties, Valley Uprising, Stone Nudes) opens the vault and shares the very personal stories behind some of his iconic photographs.

A House Made of Splinters

The Lysychansk Centre in Eastern Ukraine houses the kids of unfit parents while they await court proceedings determining their future – young cast-offs of alcoholism, addiction, violence and the social trauma of the nearby Russia conflict that has disturbed the region since 2014.

Merkel

For years, Angela Merkel, the first woman Chancellor of Germany, was Western Europe’s most powerful leader. Nonetheless, she remains something of an enigma. The film reminds us how Merkel’s success came despite the double standards facing women leaders – the hard judgment and incessant scrutiny – an...

Art Crimes

Season 1

Art Crimes will take us inside the most unbelievable and intriguing international art robberies of the century. From dodgy art dealers in Amsterdam to undercover Scotland Yard investigators, from small town thieves to the most well planned actions, discover six unbelievable stories with plot twists...

Inside Maximum Security

Season 1

Singapore’s Changi Prison is a concrete purgatory, spartan to the extreme. There are no beds, no pillows and no chairs in the cells.

United

Season 1

United is a 6 part series with each episode progressing the story within the 2021/22 A-league season around the performance of the Western United FC team, management of the club and the building of a $100m stadium, training, and residential precinct.

Murky Skies

Season 1

The 1992 crash of an Israeli Boeing 747 into an apartment building in Amsterdam remains a three decades mystery, fueled by unexplained illnesses, lost evidence, mysterious cargo, and one missing black box. An international thriller that uncovers the hidden threads between business, politics and the...

Loving Highsmith

Based on Patricia Highsmith’s personal writings and accounts of her family and lovers, the film casts new light on the famous thriller writer’s life and oeuvre, permeated by themes of love and its defining influence on identity.

My Old School

The astonishing true story of Scotland's most notorious imposter. It's 1993 and 16 year old Brandon is the new kid in school. Soon he’s top of the class, acing exams and even taking the lead in the school musical. He’s the model pupil, until he's unmasked.

Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

The feature documentary, the first of its kind on Vonnegut, is a deep, immersive dive into the author’s life and work, as well as the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it. It spans his childhood, marriage and family, early careers and his years as a struggling writer, lea...

Mussolini's Legacy

Over 75 years since the fall of fascism, and a hundred since the march to Rome, the documentary investigates the spread of historical lies regarding Fascism and Mussolini, a narrative that Italy, especially its younger generations, is still swayed by.

Juice

The crew are very much on the beaten track, gargantuan Californian landmarks are dotted along the way… but that doesn’t mean they aren’t Searching with a capital S.

The U.S. and the Holocaust

Season 1

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein’s three-part, six-hour documentary series, The U.S. and the Holocaust, examines how the American people responded to this catastrophe and how it challenged the very ideals of western democracy.

Franklin

When Tasmania’s Hydro-Electric Commission planned to build a dam on the Franklin River, the Wilderness Society mobilised to protect it, sparking a now-infamous, and ultimately victorious, campaign of blockades, protests, lawsuits and political wrangling – a campaign that was a key part of the develo...

Magic Money

What is Bitcoin? With the advent of Bitcoin, the world's first digital currency, for the first time in history money is no longer controlled by banks or governments, but by the people who use it. But where did this currency come from? How does it work? And is it truly the way forward, or just a flas...

Chasing 400

As an avid endurance athlete and someone who is always seeking the next challenge, Justin Kinner was naturally drawn to the Grand Slam of Ultrarunning.

12 Shades of Grey

Aboard their maritime Vessel Rodney Fox, guests, scientists, Hollywood film makers and pretty much anyone get a fins and all experience diving in secure cages with the Great Whites.

Waiata/Anthems

Season 1

Acclaimed music artists from Aotearoa share their deeply personal stories of disconnection, reclamation, vulnerability, and courage when they translate and record songs in te reo Māori.

Nothing Lasts Forever

Hidden from public view, a war is raging inside the diamond industry. When filmmaker Jason Kohn infiltrates this highly secretive world, he uncovers a vast, far reaching conspiracy that threatens the value of every diamond ever mined.

Ride X Iceland

From East to West, from lighthouse to lighthouse – 800 km bikepacking on a mountain bike through Iceland.

Greenhouse by Joost

Environmental campaigner Joost Bakker, was once dubbed the ‘Poster Boy of Zero Waste Living’ by The New York Times. This inspiring feature documentary follows Bakker as he builds a self-sustaining home, an ecosystem that provides its occupants with water, energy, shelter and nourishment.

Preparing To Give

Journalist & best-selling author, turned ultra-endurance cyclist, Rupert Guinness embarks on his final training camp (commonly known as “Hell Week”) in preparation for the world’s toughest bike race: Race Across America.

Delikado

Three environmental crusaders confront betrayal and murder as they battle to save an island paradise famed as the Philippines ‘last ecological frontier’.

Fritz Bauer's Legacy

Probably for the last time former SS-guards recently faced trial for their role in German concentration camps, as for many decades Germany’s justice system had difficulty dealing with its countless unpunished Nazi crimes.

Munch: Love, Ghosts and Lady Vampires

Munch, a profoundly mysterious, fascinating man, a trailblazer and a master for everyone who came after him. Journey through Munch's Norway, in search of the roots and identity of a universal artist, and question the main theme of his multifaceted work: his idea of Time.

Britain from the Air

Season 1

From awe-inspiring castles dating back thousands of years to lavish royal palaces and diverse, idyllic landscapes, see Britain as never before. Each episode focuses on a unique aspect of British life, past and present.

A Compassionate Spy

Recruited in 1944 to be the youngest physicist on the Manhattan Project, Ted Hall didn’t share his colleagues’ elation after the successful detonation of the world’s first atomic bomb. Increasingly concerned about a U.S. post-war monopoly on such a powerful weapon, he decided to start passing key in...

Fiddler's Journey to the Big Screen

Narrated by Jeff Goldblum, FIDDLER'S JOURNEY TO THE BIG SCREEN captures the humor and drama of director Norman Jewison's quest to recreate the lost world of Jewish life in Tsarist Russia and re-envision the beloved stage hit as a wide-screen epic.

Dancing on Water

Dancing on Water is a 12-minute Short Documentary that dives deep into the paternal bond between Warrick and Felicity Palmateer. Despite all the obstacles and challenges they have come to face in life, the ocean has always kept them grounded, and most importantly a place of healing.

Brainwashed: Sex, Camera, Power

Malegaze is one of the most popular tags on TIKTOK, currently at 290 million views and climbing. The term is often used in an amorphous way online, but nevertheless reflects the widespread, popular intuition that "to-be-looked-at-ness" remains an ongoing issue today.

Adam Ondra: Pushing The Limits

dam Ondra is one of the best climbers today and a true virtuoso, who has tackled the world’s most difficult rocks and walls. A shy introvert-turned-famous-sports-icon, his desire to climb has changed into the obligation to win.

Munich '72

Season 1

The event that gave birth to modern terrorism. The chilling story of the 1972 Munich Olympics terror attack told as it has never been told before. Blending documentary and fiction and supported by newly declassified protocols, this three-part series presents a close-up and dramatic representation of...

De Humani Corporis Fabrica

An extraordinary adventure through the interior of the human body; or the discovery of an alien landscape of unprecedented beauty. The film reveals that human flesh is an extraordinary landscape that exists only through the gaze and attention of others.

Loading Docs

Season 9

Loading Docs is an award-winning initiative producing short documentaries that captivate and inspire audiences locally and internationally, while developing and promoting New Zealand filmmaking talent.

New Zealand by Train

Season 1

Following three iconic train journeys from the air and on the ground, we discover the iconic landscapes of New Zealand, a country with the geographic diversity of an entire continent. On the way we learn about the extra-ordinary construction challenges of the 4,000 kilometre network.

Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV

Who was Nam June Paik, pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century and arguably the most famous Korean artist in modern history? Director Amanda Kim tells, for the first time, the story of Paik’s meteoric rise in the New York art scene and his Nostradamus-like visions of a future in which...

Ms Represented

Season 1

One hundred years after Australia elected its very first female parliamentarian, Ms Represented tells a hugely entertaining and bingeworthy tale: a raw and honest account of politics from the female perspective.

One Hundred Days of A Salty Dude – Zye Norris

As with all the great epic traditions, Zye Norris, your archetypal ‘salty dude’ sallied forth and spent, a lot more than the titled, one hundred days in the water, crossing lands, and wallowing about in a variety of vacuous rooms. His journey saw him on boards, bikes, in cars, dilapidated buses and...

Big Deal

Season 1

BIG DEAL is a wake-up call about the frightening extent to which money has infiltrated politics. Christiaan Van Vuuren’s unlikely journey shows us why we should care, and how we might work together to ensure our democracy is safeguarded from being sold to the highest bidder.

My Name is Gulpilil

A true icon of Australian cinema. His mesmerising, electrifying presence leapt off the big screen and changed Australian screen representation forever. The only actor to appear in both of the two highest grossing Australian films of all time, Crocodile Dundee (1986) and Australia (2008), David Gulpi...

Crux

Crux follows Harvey Wright, a recovering addict who uses rock climbing to work through his ongoing struggle with mental health.

Holy Silence

HOLY SILENCE examines the actions – and inactions – of the Vatican in response to the rise of Nazi Germany and to the Holocaust that occurred during World War II. While focusing on the activities of two popes during this period – Pius XI and Pius XII – the film also concentrates on the behind-the-sc...

Beyond the Break

Beyond the Break is a documentary about Sam Danniels, a multi-sport professional athlete in three para-skiing disciplines, as well as cycling, snowmobiling and paragliding. Sam Danniels refuses to let his life-changing spinal cord injury become a barrier to the many outdoor sports that he loves.

Raise the Bar

In 2015 a basketball team for girls was formed in Iceland. The coach was experienced, unconditional and constantly raised the bar. The girls were trained as leaders off the field and like professional athletes on the field. Early on they set their goal high, they would always compete with the best t...

Palazzo di Cozzo

Ageing patriarch, Franco Cozzo, holds court over an iconic furniture empire. A pioneer of low-fi television advertising, Franco’s tri-lingual catchphrase sparked a cult-of-personality as kitsch as his baroque bedheads. But his character is more than a caricature.

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