Jesa is a Korean tradition honoring one’s ancestors. The filmmaker interviewed her parents about this ritual. However, it goes totally unexpected. KissAnime Review: Jesa – was the biggest surprise of…

Shannon Amen unearths the passionate and pained expressions of a young woman overwhelmed by guilt and anxiety as she struggles to reconcile her sexual identity with her religious faith. A…

Five women, each in a different stage of their life, share experiences about their relationships to their bodies and how others perceive them. KissAnime Review: Flesh – was the biggest…

A story from childhood and an indelible image continue to haunt Jamie many years later. KissAnime Review: Girl in the Hallway – brilliant anime, one of the best of its…

An experimental true crime documentary based on the unsolved murder of Raonaid Murray, a 17-year-old Irish girl, which achieved nationwide attention during the 2000s. KissAnime Review: Rainy in Glenageary –…

An account of the reign of Herod the Great, king of Judea under the rule of the Roman Empire, remembered for having ordered, according to the Gospel of Matthew, the…

In 1975, Ryszard Kapuściński, a veteran Polish journalist, embarked on a seemingly suicidal road trip into the heart of the Angola’s civil war. There, he witnessed once again the dirty…

South Africa, July 11th, 1963. Several members of the African National Congress, an organization declared illegal, are arrested in Rivonia, a country house near Johannesburg. The detainees, along with Nelson…

A talented group of orphaned children in Swaziland create a fictional heroine and send her on a dangerous quest. KissAnime Review: One of the best in it’s category, ever released….

Croatia, 7th of January 1992: In the middle of the war, a young journalist’s body is discovered dressed in the uniform of an international mercenary group. Twenty years later, his…

A dark and delicious foray into Angela Carter’s extraordinary life with animation by Peepshow Collective, rare archive and family photos, and contributions from Angela’s friends, family, students and admirers. KissAnime…

A kinetic journey through the graphic motifs of textiles paired with figures and landscapes to explore the technological development of fabric production and consumption alongside systems of visual and spoken…

The extraordinary life story of science fiction and fantasy writer Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018) who, in spite of remaining for many years on the sidelines of the mainstream literature,…

The rich inner world of famous Georgian theater and film director, artist and puppeteer Rezo Gabriadze is as fantastic as the animation into which he has poured this story of…

“It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It” is a companion piece to “O.G.”, a narrative drama also directed by Madeleine Sackler. It is co-directed by thirteen men incarcerated at the Pendleton…

An animated documentary about the legendary journalist who changed the game for women in reporting before women even had the right to vote. Examining boundaries between reporting and storytelling, it…

Puppets! Pixels! Anime! Live action! Stock footage! Lumpennerd Johannes Grenzfurthner gives an ideotaining cinematic revue about important political concepts. Everyone is talking about freedom! Privacy! Identity! Resistance! The Market! The…

A hybrid of documentary and fiction, Rukus is a queer coming-of-age story set in the liminal spaces of furry conventions, southern punk houses, and virtual worlds. KissAnime Review: My favorite…

Richard Rhodes, AKA Cookie MonStar, has been in the drag industry for 21 years. This Documentary follows the highs and lows of his successes and failures. It focuses on following…

In honor of Homer’s journey to the Hall of Fame, MLB all-stars and Springfield locals look back at the greatest corporate softball game ever played. KissAnime Review: Springfield of Dreams:…

Borley Rectory is an animated documentary chronicling what came to be known as ‘The most haunted house in England’. The legends attached to the rectory at Borley and famed paranormal…

An animated history of American health care provider, Planned Parenthood. KissAnime Review: Amazing anime from 2017. I don’t watch many anime online in documentary genre, but this one was amazing….

An important human story told from the perspective of mixed race blood cancer patients who are forced to reflect on their multiracial identities and complex genetics as they struggle with…

Combining archival footage with rotoscopic animation, Tower reveals the action-packed untold stories of the witnesses, heroes and survivors of America’s first mass school shooting, when the worst in one man…

The traditional crafts of crochet and knitting have become one of the hottest movements in modern art. We follow a few International artists and knitters as they bring yarn to…

An animated documentary short about the central prison for women in the former GDR, based on interviews with former prisoners. KissAnime Review: Kaputt – excellent anime, one of the best…

The true story of John Romulus Brinkley, a small-town Kansas doctor who discovers in 1917 that he can cure impotence by transplanting goat testicles into men. And that’s just the…

Julie Walters tells the story of how Morph, Shaun the Sheep and that cheese-loving man Wallace and his dog Gromit first came to life. KissAnime Review: Amazing anime from 2015….

The story of the rocky road that Walt Disney took to get his interpretation of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” (1937) to the silver screen. KissAnime Review: Really fantastic…

Lloyd Daniels was one of the most gifted basketball players ever to emerge from New York City. He was born in Brooklyn in 1967 and grew up in the poorest…

This heart-rending love letter from one brother to another uses animation to mythologize Jonathan’s fantasy life as punk singer Johnny Physical. After being hit on the head with a beer…

Operating under a pseudonym which means ‘no boundaries’ – North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and hope for a future united Korea….

A dramatization of the events at Gallipoli using the letters of the soldiers who were there. KissAnime Review: 25 April – was the biggest surprise of the year 2015 The…

The film investigates the adventures of mountain climber and photographer Adam J. Winkler, who fought in Afghanistan with the Mujahideen against the Soviets in the 1980s. The director employs a…

When Bill Babbitt realizes his brother Manny has committed a crime he agonizes over his decision to call the police. KissAnime Review: I’ve seen this whole anime again this week…

This film aims to capture the stories of the aging Isabella, but also captures her condition and loss of cohesiveness as she loses herself into dementia and Parkinson’s. It is…

A 2014 National Film Board of Canada animated/live action documentary directed by Luc Chamberland about the Canadian cartoonist Seth. KissAnime Review: One of the best in it’s genre, ever released….

Through stop-motion animation, drawings and interviews, directors Amer Shomali and Paul Cowan recreate an astonishing true story from the First Palestinian Intifada: the Israeli army’s pursuit of eighteen cows, whose…

From executive producer Zach Braff and director Jeremy Snead, “Video Games: The Movie” is an epic feature length documentary chronicling the meteoric rise of video games from nerd niche to…

When a legendary escape artist comes up for parole after 30 years behind bars, a chance for freedom must be weighed against his infamous past. KissAnime Review: The Life and…