The label NONFY Documentaries (short: NONFY) was founded in 2018 by UCM.ONE. The name contains the words “no” and “fiction“, as documentary films, especially in the English-speaking world, are also called “non-fiction movies” as distinct from feature films (“fiction movies“). The term documentary was first used in 1926 by John Gierson.
John Gierson defined this then new genre as “the creative treatment of reality“. What did he mean by that? In principle, a documentary always gives the viewer the expectation of being authentic and merely showing facts. A documentary film can never be a mere depiction of reality, since every documentary film is made through the eyes of the producers, the camera work and choice of filmed materials and the editing of the film.
Therefore, the creators of a documentary film label have the special task of selecting not only qualitative aspects but also documentary films that address relevant topics, are interesting, stimulate thoughtful thinking or get to the bottom of the challenges of our time. Exciting…..
The following documentary films were previously published on the film label NONFY Documentaries:
More information about the documentaries listed above (synopsis, backgrounds, trailers, participants & actors, awards) you can get by clicking on the poster of the documentary you want to get more information about.
The award-winning documentary “Barricade” (NONFY Documentaries), which documents the courageous resistance of climate activists in Dannenröder Forst against the clearing for a new motorway route, is also available on DVD and online from today. Photographer and director David Klammer’s film captures the extraordinary story of the activists who occupied the forest in October 2019 and…
The documentary film “One In A Million” opens today in German cinemas on the film label NONFY Documentaries. The documentary for children and young people by Joya Thome tells the story of two teenage girls in Georgia (USA) and Northern Germany who are digitally connected through their social media activities and their passion for gymnastics.…
Today, “The Mission” start in German cinemas on the UCM.ONE label NONFY Documentaries. The film by British-American-Swiss director Tania Anderson shows the life on “mission” of a group of young missionaries of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They leave their home in the USA to convert the most unreligious, closed-minded and sceptical…
UCM.ONE is bringing the documentary film “The Mission” to German cinemas on 30 March 2023 on the NONFY Documentaries label in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The film by British-American-Swiss director Tania Anderson had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival 2022. The international documentary production, a co-production of Danish Bear Productions (Finland) and Dirk…
This year, the UCM.ONE team will be present at the 73rd Berlinale from 16 to 26 February. The Berlinale (or in its long form: Berlin International Film Festival) is an annual film festival held in Berlin. Along with the film festivals in Cannes and Venice, it is one of the most important film festivals in Europe…
As of today, the documentary “Barricade” by award-winning Cologne-based photographer and filmmaker David Klammer, distributed by UCM.ONE on the NONFY Documentaries label, can be seen in cinemas nationwide. The coal company RWE is currently in the process of finally demolishing Lützerath despite the coal phase-out and massively expanding the Garzweiler open-cast mine. In recent weeks,…
