Glory of Documentary Screening Section is curated by West Lake International Documentary Festival for the purpose of cultivating audience and focusing on excellent documentaries at home and abroad. The purpose is to focus on the screening of outstanding international documentaries and Q&A after the screenings, presenting the academic vision, cultivate documentary audience, arouse discussions of cutting-edge topics, and help documentaries infiltrate into people's life, so as to create a documentary art feast for the public. Based on different perspectives and motivations, this section has various themes. It presents in the way of "screening -- post-screening Q&A", presenting the spirit of "exploring the ontology of documentary, setting up youth experiment, holding people's heart high and creating oriental temperament".
- Country/Area of Production: Poland
- Language of Dialogue: Russian
- Runtime: 59 min
- Director: Maciej Cuske
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Mikolaj Pokromski
- Country/Area of Production: Japan
- Language of Dialogue: Japanese
- Runtime: 112min
- Director: Gen IWAMA
- Type of Work: 纪录长片
- Producer: Gen IWAMA
- Country/Area of Production: Japan
- Language of Dialogue: Japanese
- Runtime: 112min
- Director: Gen IWAMA
- Type of Work: 纪录长片
- Producer: Gen IWAMA
- Country/Area of Production: Estonia, Latvia
- Language of Dialogue: Russian
- Runtime: 61 min
- Director: Ksenia Okhapkina
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Riho Västrik
- Country/Area of Production: Poland
- Language of Dialogue: Russian
- Runtime: 59 min
- Director: Maciej Cuske
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Mikolaj Pokromski
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 81 min
- Director: JIN Xingzheng
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: ZHANG Chao,WANG Shixiao,LIAN Mingyan
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 25 min
- Director: WANG Xin,MAO Libo
- Type of Work: Documentary Series(5 Episodes)
- Producer: WANG Xin
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 19 min
- Director: DING Zhigang, JIN Liyong
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: DING Zhigang
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 13min
- Director: WANG Bo
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: ZHAO Jie
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 148 min
- Director: CHEN Huaxiang
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: CHEN Huaxiang
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Mongolian
- Runtime: 85 min
- Director: LIU Xiangchen
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: LIU Xiangchen
- Country/Area of Production: UK
- Language of Dialogue: Yazidi
- Runtime: 24 min
- Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Harri Grace
- Country/Area of Production: Poland
- Language of Dialogue: N/A
- Runtime: 14 min
- Director: Marcin Polar
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Michał Hudzikowski
- Country/Area of Production: Switzerland, USA, Spain
- Language of Dialogue: Spanish (Cuba)
- Runtime: 90 min
- Director: Pablo Briones
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Benjamin Poumey
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 85 min
- Director: LI Xiaofeng, JIA Kai
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: JIA Kai, LI Xiaofeng
- Country/Area of Production: USA, China
- Language of Dialogue: English
- Runtime: 30 min
- Director: Luka Yuanyuan YANG, Carlo Nasisse
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Luka Yuanyuan YANG, Carlo Nasisse
- Country/Area of Production: Canada, Taiwan China
- Language of Dialogue: English, Mandarin
- Runtime: 28 min
- Director: Tiffany Hsiung
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Tiffany Hsiung, Priscilla Galvaz
- Country/Area of Production: Sweden
- Language of Dialogue: Spanish,Swedish
- Runtime: 104 min
- Director: Torbiörnsson
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Stina Gardell
- Country/Area of Production: France
- Language of Dialogue: French, English, Spanish
- Runtime: 20 min
- Director: Henri Poulain
- Type of Work: Documentary Series(4 Episodes)
- Producer: Hervé Jacquet
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 45 min
- Director: Team of My Legacy
- Type of Work: Documentary Series(8 Episodes)
- Producer: ZHU lingqing,LIN Jingjing,WANG yingtong
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 22 min
- Director: WANG Yu, WANG Yijingran
- Type of Work: Documentary series(6 Episodes)
- Producer: WAN Ruo, Vikram Channa, ZHU Lexian, YUAN Xi
- Country/Area of Production: USA, China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 44 min
- Director: Brian Leith
- Type of Work: Documentary Series(5 Episodes)
- Producer: Bo ZHANG
- Country/Area of Production: Denmark
- Language of Dialogue: (Variety of local languages) Chinese, Azerbaijani, Georgian, Burmese, Uzbek
- Runtime: 23 min
- Director: Camilla Magid, Jens Pedersen, Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Simon Lereng Wilmont
- Type of Work: Documentary Series(5 Episodes)
- Producer: Maria Stevnbak Westergren
- Country/Area of Production: UK
- Language of Dialogue: Yazidi
- Runtime: 24 min
- Director: Orlando von Einsiedel
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Harri Grace
- Country/Area of Production: Poland
- Language of Dialogue: N/A
- Runtime: 14 min
- Director: Marcin Polar
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Michał Hudzikowski
- Country/Area of Production: USA, China
- Language of Dialogue: English
- Runtime: 30 min
- Director: Luka Yuanyuan YANG, Carlo Nasisse
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Luka Yuanyuan YANG, Carlo Nasisse
- Country/Area of Production: Canada, Taiwan China
- Language of Dialogue: English, Mandarin
- Runtime: 28 min
- Director: Tiffany Hsiung
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Tiffany Hsiung, Priscilla Galvaz
- Country/Area of Production: Hong Kong China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese (Cantonese)
- Runtime: 76 min
- Director: CHEUK Cheung
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Louis Yu
- Country/Area of Production: Denmark
- Language of Dialogue: Farsi, Azerbaijani, Turkish, English
- Runtime: 110 min
- Director: Eva Mulvad
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Sigrid Jonsson Dyekjær
- Country/Area of Production: Germany
- Language of Dialogue: German, English
- Runtime: 110 min
- Director: Janna Ji Wonders
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Martin Heisler
- Country/Area of Production: Switzerland, USA, Spain
- Language of Dialogue: Spanish (Cuba)
- Runtime: 90 min
- Director: Pablo Briones
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Benjamin Poumey
- Country/Area of Production: Brazil
- Language of Dialogue: English, Italian
- Runtime: 75 min
- Director: Bárbara Paz
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Bárbara Paz
- Country/Area of Production: Sweden
- Language of Dialogue: Spanish,Swedish
- Runtime: 104 min
- Director: Torbiörnsson
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Stina Gardell
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 85 min
- Director: LI Xiaofeng, JIA Kai
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: JIA Kai, LI Xiaofeng
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 77min
- Director: ZHANG Mimi
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: LI Kan
- Country/Area of Production: China
- Language of Dialogue: Chinese
- Runtime: 71min
- Director: SHEN Jie
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: SHEN Jie
- Country/Area of Production: France,Russia
- Language of Dialogue: French,Russian,Tatar
- Runtime: 20
- Director: Adèle Shaykhulova
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Adèle Shaykhulova
- Country/Area of Production: Korea
- Language of Dialogue: Korean
- Runtime: 95
- Director: Gwanjo Jeong
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Gwanjo Jeong
- Country/Area of Production: UK, Italy
- Language of Dialogue: English
- Runtime: 83 min
- Director: Huw Wahl
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Huw Wahl
- Country/Area of Production: Poland
- Language of Dialogue: Polish
- Runtime: 14 min
- Director: Julia Pełka
- Type of Work: Short Documentary
- Producer: Michał Hudzikowski
- Country/Area of Production: Latvia, Lithuania, Norway
- Language of Dialogue: N/A
- Runtime: 65 min
- Director: Laila Pakalniņa
- Type of Work: Feature-Length Documentary
- Producer: Laila Pakalniņa