Poetic Documentary Movies

Meditative and quiet movie about transphormations of Dnipro river in Ukraine, that touches theme of collective versus individual rights, filmed in...

Tommy sets out to document walking. He meets a colorful cast of characters, attaches microphones to his feet, and contends with what it means to...

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

An insightful, personal, and heartfelt spotlight on Professor Jennifer Dorothy Lee of the School the of Art Institute of Chicago.

The camera floats quietly to capture the beauty that emerges from the mundane. Accompanied by Ryuichi Sakamoto's composition, Arseny Tarkovsky's poem...

One filmmaker's exploration of natural light in California and its influence on people's lives.

Ibuka follows Valentine and Jean-Claude, a new couple, at the very beginning of the civil war and the massacres that swept through Rwanda in 1994....

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

What is a film if not a therapeutic act? Wa(te)r is a poetiс reflection on my 2022–2023 diary entries, poured from one medium to...

A day in a retirement home.

An experimental documentary on the Magdalene Laundry Institutions in Ireland, told through the myth of the banshee.

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

The study of the artistic work and its relationship with the author generates reflections on the connection between the material and the spiritual....

Don't try to understand it. With an experimental visual aesthetic, Ninin invites you to reflect on the fleetingness of existence and the ephemeral...

A poetic documentary in which the narrator must grapple with the grief and emotions following the death of a close friend.