Gunda

Gunda, directed by Viktor Kossakovsky and executive produced by Joaquin Phoenix, is a documentary shot entirely in black and white with no dialogue or narration, following the daily life of a sow named Gunda, her piglets, two cows, and a one-legged chicken. The film had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February 23, 2020; it won Best Nordic Documentary and Best Cinematography at the Dublin Film Critics Awards, and Best Film at DocsBarcelona. The film holds a 98 percent score on Rotten Tomatoes and 89 on Metacritic. Who it's for: anyone curious about a documentary that tells a farm animal's daily life purely through black and white imagery, with no dialogue or narration, executive produced by an actor. Who it's not for: viewers expecting a conventional, informative nature documentary, since this relies entirely on a silent, wordless visual experience.