Pope Francis
Also Known As: Jorge Mario Bergoglio, Franciscus, Francesco, Francisco, Bishop of Rome, François, Papež František , 교황 프란치스코
Biography: Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until his death. He was the first pope from the Society of Jesus (the Jesuit Order), the first from the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and the first born or raised outside Europe since the 8th-century Syrian pope Gregory III. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pope Francis licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Adult: No
Deathday: April 21, 2025
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Dear Earth
Overview: An epic global celebration of our planet and what we need to do to reverse climate change. Sprinkled with musical performances, Dear Earth also contains well-known climate activists, creators, and celebs who will all share ways to make our lives more sustainable.
Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-10-23
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The Pope: Answers
Overview: Ten young people from all over the world meet in Rome with Pope Francis with the aim of talking and conveying to him the main concerns of their generation. What awaits them is an unprecedented meeting, a face-to-face conversation, and a unique event.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2023-04-05
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Marco inedito: Dagli ultimi 100 giorni di Pannella
Overview: The last days of Marco Pannella’s life - indomitable and disruptive protagonist over 60 years of Italian political life - shown through never before seen repertory materials, as well as unpublished interviews and illustrious interventions. A deserved portrait, dedicated to one of the most independent figures of the 900 Italian.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-11-30
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In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis
Overview: A chronicle of the first nine years of Pope Francis' pontificate, including trips to 53 countries, focusing on his most important issues - poverty, migration, environment, solidarity, and war - while also giving rare access to the public life of the pontifical.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-12-14
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The Letter: A Message For Our Earth
Overview: This film tells the story about the Pope’s call to care for our planet. In 2015, Pope Francis wrote Laudato Si’, a letter to the world confronting the looming calamity of human impact on Earth and ourselves. It is one of the most ambitious and revolutionary papal statements in history and outlines the most critical environmental and social issues that we collectively face.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-10-06
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Drawn This Way
Overview: From Tom of Finland to Bugs Bunny in a dress – animation has been a place where artists can unleash and explore their sexuality. When did all this g(art) start? Is it a sexual turn-on? How did the artists get their start? Why the obsession with these fantastical stories and characters? Are they taken seriously in the mainstream comic world? Hosts Andy Cheng and Cara Connors dive into the pages of comic books, animated series, films and video games to discover the LGBTQ characters in the documentary Drawn this Way.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-10
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River of Faith - An Encounter with Pope Francis
Overview: The documentary talks about World Youth Day, held in Rio de Janeiro in 2013. The event was Pope Francis' first trip abroad and brought together more than 3 million young people from around the world. The film shows the confluence between Rio de Janeiro and the message transmitted through the Christian faith, listing similarities and specificities from the point of view of five aspects: the Church, the pilgrim, the city, the favela and other religions.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2013-12-06
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Soldier, a documentary about Guillermo Moreno
Overview: SOLDADO is the product of the collective work of more than a dozen filmmakers and activists who came together out of affection and intrigue for the figure of Guillermo Moreno. Many of us even met each other during the course of this project, but we all agree that we will be comrades forever. It was the year 2014 when we first outlined some of the ideas for the peronist documentary we wanted to make, which changed its shape with each new day of filming and every hour spent in the editing room, but from the very beginning we knew it would be called SOLDADO.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2017-07-28
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KURZ
Overview: Few personalities have shaped the political landscape in Austria in such a short time, polarized discussions and emotionalized people. Celebrated, criticized, admired, demonized. A portrait of a man whose name has become synonymous and a mystery.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2023-09-08
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Pope Francis: A Pope For Everyone
Overview: This documentary focuses on the thought that gave coherence to the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, a thought that led him to become the new Supreme Pontiff and that ushers in a new era for the Catholic Church and the world.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-15
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Before the Flood
Overview: A look at how climate change affects our environment and what society can do to prevent the demise of endangered species, ecosystems, and native communities across the planet.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-21
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Papa Francesco: Come Dio comanda
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2016-12-11
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The Rise of Hope
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-09-29
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Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Overview: Pope Francis responds to questions from around the world, discussing topics including ecology, immigration, consumerism and social justice.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-18
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Beyond the Sun
Overview: Children from different cultures learn about the stories of the apostles.
Genres: Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-20
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Cruel State
Overview: In April 2014, the entire nation of South Korea watched on television live as The Sewol capsized off the coast of Jindo. The tragedy left life-long wounds in the hearts of people whose family and friends had been among the 304 passengers killed. The majority of the victims were high school students on a school trip. Their parents were not even given the luxury of grieving, as they had to camp out in front of the Parliament, City Hall and the Presidential House, asking for only one thing - to know the truth about why their children had been left to die. But after more than a year, that truth has yet to be brought to light. This film is a documentation of the year-long struggle and painful soul-searching of people destined to be labelled as 'bereaved families' for the rest of their lives, as they come face to face with the naked face of their cruel country.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 2015-12-03
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Amazon - The Awakening of Florestania
Overview: Aiming to address how the environment has been mistreated since the beginning of the 20th century, the production brings back historical characters and compiles testimonies from representatives of diverse groups related to the theme.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-11-09
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The Vatican Tapes
Overview: In a highly secured vault deep within the walls of Vatican City, the Catholic Church holds thousands of old films and video footage documenting exorcisms/supposed exorcisms and other unexplained religious phenomena they feel the world is not ready to see. This is the first tape - Case 83-G - stolen from these archives and exposed to the public by an anonymous source.
Genres: Thriller Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-23
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Francis: The Pope from the New World
Overview: On March 13, 2013 the world was introduced to Pope Francis. He was the first Pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit, and the first to take the name Francis. Within days he had captured the hearts of the world through his gestures of humility and care for the common man. Francis: The Pope From the New World unveils the personality, passion and extraordinary faith of the new Pope.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-09-01
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The Two Popes
Overview: Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective Pope Benedict summons his harshest critic and future successor to Rome to reveal a secret that would shake the foundations of the Catholic Church.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-11-27
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Imagine For 1 Minute
Overview: Conceived in lockdown, and totally crowdsourced, the film is made from voice notes sent in from a variety of the most trusted humans on the planet, and the pictures are made from thousands of donated images sent in from citizens on every continent.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-09-22
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I Am Greta
Overview: Greta Thunberg, a 15-year-old student in Sweden, started a school strike for the climate as her question for adults was, if you don’t care about my future on earth, why should I care about my future in school? Within months, her strike evolved into a global movement as the quiet teenage girl on the autism spectrum becomes a world-famous activist.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2020-10-16
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God
Overview: In a country at the world's end, the highest authority of the Catholic Church lands. The Pope comes to bring the word of God, but Chile awaits him with the most important religious crisis in its history.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2019-05-02
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Francesco
Overview: Francesco takes an unsparing look at the most pressing challenges of the 21st-century, asking deep questions about the human condition. The film is guided by Pope Francis who, with tremendous humility, wisdom, and generosity, offers moving lessons from his life that illuminate what it will take to build a better future. In doing so, he addresses issues such as climate change, immigration, peace and religious tolerance, LGBTQ support, gender and identity justice, and economic equality.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-25
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And We Go Green
Overview: Professional drivers on the international Formula E circuit — like Formula One, but with eco-friendly electric cars — race for victory across 10 cities.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-05-23
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The Indian Priest
Overview: This documentary film follows a Catholic Indian priest who tries to bring about Catholicism in non-religious Sweden.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 2015-10-05
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Pope Francis In His Own Words
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Francis: A Pope Among the People
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: es
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I Hope For Heaven
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Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: it
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Pope Francis: My Idea of Art
Overview: In this unique documentary, Pope Francis opens the Vatican’s doors to the world. Via his voice, he guides us in the discovery of his personal and passionate idea of Art: an instrument of evangelization and opposition to the culture of the Transitory. In this extraordinary journey, the audience will have the privilege to admire the eternal beauty of the Vatican Museums, Saint Peter’s Square, the Vatican Basilica, as well as the Sistine Chapel, The Works of Mercy, The Deposition by Caravaggio, “Christ the Worker” and The Virgen de Luján by Alejandro Marmo.
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Original Language: en
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Francis: The Pope
Overview: On March 13, 2013 cardinals stunned the world when they elected Pope Francis, the first Latin American Pope. Through unedited testimonies, we hear from those who know him best, those who lived with Bergoglio. From his only living sister, Maria Elena, to his successor as superior-general of the Jesuits in Argentina.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-15
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Francis: The Pope of Change
Overview: Pope Francis' ascension to the Papacy and the radical changes he has generated.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-22
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Francis: One Year of Pontificate
Overview: Hear the words of Pope Francis and follow him on his travels through video footage and interviews.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2014-03-06
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Les dernières batailles du pape François
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Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-10-04
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Pope Francis - A Life
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2025-04-21
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Francis: The People's Pope
Overview: Exploring the life and achievements of Pope Francis, from his priesthood in Argentina to becoming the Papal head of the church in Rome.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2025-04-24
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Aldeas—A New Story
Overview: Pope Francis's final in-depth interviews before his passing and follows Scholas Occurrentes' cinema initiative that brings together education, film production, and community building.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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Papst Franziskus - Große Hoffnung, tiefer Fall?
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2023-04-06
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