Observational Cinema Movies

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...

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.

Shot in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and bound by elements of fiction, this unexpected documentary short is a glimpse into...

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

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.

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

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

A tender moment between a woman and her grandchild.

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.

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

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

On the 43rd day the rain ceases to subside.

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

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

A construction of obscured VHS footage. A distortion of childhood memories.