Observational Cinema Movies

Essene is about daily life in a Benedictine monastery and the resolution of conflict between personal needs and the institutional and organizational...

Nai Nai follows the story of a Chinese immigrant grandmother, Chu-Ming Wu. Known as “Nai Nai,” Chu-Ming has always been a woman of...

In 1829 the naturalist Alexander von Humboldt attempted a russian-siberian expedition. Humboldt travelled to obtain a clear view of nature, people...

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

In a quiet Rajasthani village, young Ali clings to his cricket bat as his friends chase it. What starts as playful mischief reveals a film crew...

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...

The young director, Gael Metroz, takes the road alone, camera in hand, in the footsteps of Nicolas Bouvier. He discovers that the East is no longer...

The innocent lines of a young girl’s diary recount the visit of her father’s colleagues, the games played in the garden, and the weight...

Sean Dunne's observational documentary of a 2016 Donald Trump Rally.

On the 43rd day the rain ceases to subside.

Rolling along on a bike or floating in a doctor’s office’s seasonal hamster display, Wheel Music explores the aesthetic feeling and...

CANAL ZONE is about the people who live and work in the Panama Canal Zone and shows both the operation of the Canal and the various governmental...

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

A mixture of documentary and fiction as seen through the eyes of a non-participant observer, this drama presents the life of the fisherman Maldonado....

They pass each other everyday, obscured by the crowds. They will always be there, always crossing paths, alone.

The diary of Takuya Ogushi, a 18 years old Japanese, who begins his new life as a sumo wrestler.

A quasi-documentary look at how certain things fit together. This film embraces an unhurried tempo.

Alone in the cosmic sea, a voice cries out to you.