Documentary Quiz

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Documentary Film Quiz

Test your knowledge of the fascinating world of documentary films with our engaging quiz! From Oscar winners to groundbreaking filmmakers, explore various aspects of documentaries that have made an impact.

10 challenging questions
Covers a range of documentary topics
Designed for film enthusiasts and students alike

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Buena Vista Social Club is a 1999 documentary film directed by Wim Wenders about the music of...

Brasil

Puerto Rico

Cuba

Costa Rica

What is the name of the 2020 Oscar Nominated Documentary from North Macedonia?

The Beekeeper

Honeyland

More than Honey

The liquid Gold

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is a two times Oscar winning filmmaker from Pakistan. Which are the names of her Oscar winning films? (two answers)

Saving Face

3 Bahadur

A Girl in the River

Song of Lahore

Searching for Sugar Man is a documentary film about a South African cultural phenomenon.Rodriguez's music, which had never achieved success in the United States, had become very popular in South Africa although little was known about him in that country. In which year it won the Oscars?

2011

2012

2013

2014

"Nanook of the North" by Robert J. Flaherty is generally considered as the world's first documentary.The documentary follows the lives of an Inuk, Nanook, and his family as they travel, search for food, and trade in the Ungava Peninsula of northern Quebec, Canada. Which year it was released?

1911

1922

1933

1944

IDFA is one of the leading documentary film festivals and screens more films than any other event of its kind. Where it takes place?

Germany

France

Netherlands

The film post above belongs to a British documentary film about the life and death of a British singer-songwriter and won 2016 the Oscar for best documentary. What was the title? (only three letters needed)

For Sama is a 2019 documentary film directed by Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts. The film focuses on Waad Al-Kateab's journey as a journalist and rebel in the Syrian Civil War. The title "For Sama" is dedictated to whom?

The director's mother who died in the war

The director's new born daugther

The director's best friend and journalist

Syrian Autonomous Media Army

What is NOT a film by Michael Moore?

Roger & Me

Bowling for Columbine

Fahrenheit 9/11

Man on Wire

The Act of Killing is a 2012 documentary film by Joshua Oppenheimer. The film focuses on the perpetrators of a mass killings of 1965–66 in the present day. About which country is this film?

Vietnam

Indonesia

Myanmar

Thailand

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