Observational Cinema Movies

"In Chile, when the sun rises, it had to climb hills, walls and tops before reaching the last stone of the Cordillera. In my country, the Cordillera...

Tibetan Buddhist search for the meaning of death in an unforgiving Himalayan landscape and stir compassion by uncovering human truths

Tracing the process through which cattle and sheep become consumer goods, Frederick Wiseman's deep dive depicts the processing and transportation of...

Across the seasons, the film gives an account of life and work and the animals and visitors at Zurich Zoo, an institution that is one of the leading...

Nearly thirty years after making his surrealist La Formula Secreta, director Rubén Gámez returned to filmmaking with this...

The personal collaboration between Kiran Acharya and Clint Mansell is an early combination of documentary film and augmented reality.

“Olive” is a short documentary that follows Olive Hagemeier, an energetic woman, on her daily routine of salvaging, repackaging and...

When Samar returns to his coastal Indian hometown for his grandfather’s funeral, he and his sister drift through quiet rituals and the...

A lonely man falls in love with his ChatGPT companion, challenging the boundaries of love and what it means to be human.

A boy stands in a field, flying his kite.

A story of life and death, featuring Lozinski's six-year-old son Tomaszek and elderly people spending time on the benches of a Warsaw park. Riding...

This film is an exercise in observational cinema and it's emotional effect on the viewer. Shot on iPhone 11 and completed within a two hour timeframe.

In March 2023, despite a flush of police raids and arrests in the struggle against Cop City in Atlanta, the Weelaunee Food Autonomy Festival gathered...

An observational peice about an individuals connection to the sport of climbing, showing their expericence.

A sole bird sits atop a spire, observing those around them.

A tender moment between a woman and her grandchild.