Observational Cinema Movies

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

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

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

This documentary from Albert and David Maysles follows the bitter rivalry of four door-to-door salesmen working for the Mid-American Bible Company:...

Shots from a trip in Maine both distorted and regular. Whether it be the wild or modern places

A boy stands in a field, flying his kite.

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

Short experimental film that captures glimpses of everyday reality and, in this process, encourages the viewer to poetically observe these details.

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

In a near future shaped by a five-degree rise in global temperature, Raj moves through a flooded Singapore, his body already showing signs of...

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

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.

A five-year visual ethnography of traditional yet practical orchestration of Semana Santa in a small town where religious woodcarving is the...

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

A tender moment between a woman and her grandchild.

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...