Poetic Documentary Movies

A formally free poetic documentary filmed through a summer depression in northern Portugal.

A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.

Syria. Among the ravages of war, there is also this more discreet yet vital phenomenon: exile. Leave, stay? A question Liwaa Jazji tackles. The place...

Through an unsent letter, the author travels through time and recalls moments when love affected him intensely. Evocative images explore how pain and...

Exploration of the ordinary lives led by women of different classes—a college professor, an unmarried woman, and a seasoned drama artist. They...

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

By letting go of the urge to control and embracing the unexpected, the creative process finds a new pulse. Thus, Gut Knows What Mind Does Not...

For years I've been looking for the means to capture everyday life just as it is perceived through a glance from the street. Twenty years ago, you...

The pictures are burning. A house is in flames for exactly one minute. Cinema under attack: An anonymous fragment from the early days of film is...

An experimental half-documentary half-fiction about a young person’s routine of getting to sleep and waking up.

Utopian symbolic playgrounds from memories are interconnected through sharp, flickering lights.

In a small commercial harbour in the south of France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over ferries that were abandoned by ship-owners. Young...

A poetic exploration of three subterranean telescopes in remote regions of Canada, Japan, and Antarctica that reveal a new way of perceiving the...