This is a list of films produced and released by National Geographic under their feature Documentary Films banner, established in 2017. National Geographic Partners is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and National Geographic Society, initially established between 21st Century Fox and the National Geographic Society until Disney's acquisition of Fox's media assets on March 20, 2019. Title Director(s) Release date Notes LA 92 Daniel Lindsay, T. J. Martin April 28, 2017 co-production with Lightbox Jane Brett Morgen October 20, 2017 co-production with Public Road Productions Into the Okavango Neil Gelinas April 22, 2018 Free Solo Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin September 28, 2018 co-production with Parkes+MacDonald Image Nation, Little Monster Films, and Itinerant Media Science Fair Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster October 19, 2018 co-production with Univision and Muck Media Paris to Pittsburgh Sidney Beaumont, Micheal Bonfiglio December 12, 2018 Sea of Shadows Richard Ladkani July 12, 2019 Co-production with Terra Mater Factual Studios, Appian Way Productions, Malaika Pictures, and The Wild Lens Collective The Cave Feras Fayyad October 18, 2019 co-production with Danish Documentary, SWR, TV2, Doha Film Institute, IMS, Hecat Studio, and ma.ja.de Film Saudi Runaway Susanne Regina Meures January 25, 2020 distribution only Rebuilding Paradise Ron Howard July 31, 2020 co-production with Imagine Documentaries The Last Ice Scott Ressler May 22, 2020 Akashinga: The Brave Ones Maria Wilhelm June 17, 2020 "Doc short" co-production with Avatar Alliance Foundation The Nightcrawlers Alexander A. Mora September 13, 2020 "Doc short", co-production with Violet Films, Genius Loki, and Doc Society Lost and Found Orlando von Einsiedel September 18, 2020 "Doc short" co-production with Rideback and Grain Media Blood on the Wall Sebastian Junger, Nick Quested September 30, 2020 Cc-production with Junger Quested, Diamond Docs, Goldcrest Features, and Lone Wolf City So Real Steve James October 29, 2020 Released as miniseries; co-production with Participant and Kartemquin Films Own the Room Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster March 12, 2021 Disney+ original; co-production with Shopify Studios Rise Again: Tulsa and the Red Summer Dawn Porter June 18, 2021 Playing with Sharks: The Valerie Taylor Story Sally Aitken July 23, 2021 Disney+ original; co-production with Screen Australia, Dogwoof, Screen NSW, TDog Productions, Madman Films, and Wildbear Entertainment Fauci John Hoffman, Janet Tobias October 6, 2021 co-production with Story Syndicate, Sierra Tango, Better World Projects, and Diamond Docs The First Wave Matthew Heineman October 7, 2021 The Rescue Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin October 8, 2021 co-production with Ventureland, Storyteller Productions, Little Monster Films, and Passion Pictures Becoming Cousteau Liz Garbus October 22, 2021 co-production with Story Syndicate, The Cousteau Society, ACE Content and Diamond Docs Torn Max Lowe December 3, 2021 We Feed People Ron Howard May 27, 2022 co-production with Imagine Documentaries Fire of Love Sara Dosa July 6, 2022 distribution only The Territory Alex Pritz August 19, 2022 Retrograde Matthew Heinemann September 3, 2022 The Flagmakers Cynthia Wade, Sharon Liese September 16, 2022 Disney+ original Wild Life Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin April 14, 2023 Bobi Wine: The People's President Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp July 28, 2023 distribution only The Mission Amanda McBaine, Jesse Moss October 13, 2023 The Space Race: The Untold Story of the First Black Astronauts Lisa Cortés, Diego Hurtado de Mendoza February 12, 2024 co-production with K/M Documentaries Sugarcane Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie August 9, 2024 Fly Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwartz September 2, 2024 Blink Edmund Stenson, Daniel Roher October 4, 2024 co-production with MRC, Fishbowl Films, and Eyesteel Film, distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures through the Walt Disney Pictures banner in North America. Sally Cristina Costantini June 16, 2025 Lost in the Jungle Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Juan Camilo Cruz September 12, 2025 co-production with Little Monster Films and Lightbox Love+War Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin October 29, 2025 The Tale of Silyan Tamara Kotevska November 28, 2025 co-production with Concordia Studio, The Corner Shop and Ciconia Film Ghost Elephants Werner Herzog February 27, 2026 distribution only Time And Water Sara Dosa May 29, 2026 co-production with Sandbox Films and Signpost Pictures; distributed by 1-2 Special in North AmericaAwaiting release Everest: The Other Side Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin October 30, 2026 co-production with Little Monster Films Untitled Aron Ralston documentary James Marsh 2027 co-production with Magna Studios Untitled Carl Sagan documentary Nanette Burstein TBA co-production with Fuzzy Door Productions and Hungry Man Productions
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