Poetic Documentary Movies

A hypnotic and slow-burning journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Shot on black and white...

Documentary-essay short film about a inner/outter trip to the flowery desert in the north of Chile. A student film by Gabriel Lizama AKA Liz Taylor.

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

An intimate documentary telling people's stories about their scars, how they got them and their overall opinion on them.

Through interspersed conversation and prose, this experimental documentary follows a poet and a neuroscientist as they explore the definition of love,...

An ode to man's capacity to care for all creatures throughout their sometimes greatly protracted existence, displayed through the homegrown remedies T...

A poignant journey through the vast expanses of a lonely desert, where one man must confront the shadows of his past of loss and find the strength to...

"The Boy Of The Fish" follows Noon, a young boy living in a Syrian refugee camp, who finds solace and a sense of freedom in a whale-shaped doll he nam...

Before Cinema Novo revolutionized the Brazilian cinematic scenery, a young craftsman and Bahian filmmaker had already paved the way for the beginning...

«I often have dreams. Careless dreams. When the sun was shining. It was calm and quiet. And a peaceful sky overhead.» An experimental musical film on...

A short anecdotal documentary about the nature of destruction, a debilitating deadlock of humanity.

Filmed In the heart of the mountainous villages of Greece and North Macedonia, the documentary follows a group of conservators of antiquities and work...

An experimental film that reflects on the past, encourages audiences to live in the present and look into the future with optimism.

A life marked by wandering. A character that leaves no traces or maps to trace. The file does not give an account of him. His works had no scripts and...

A city symphony film in 16mm composed from advertising signs, building facades, fragments of music and conversation, and unmarked sites of vanished cu...

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 cou...

A story about Europe´s largest terrestrial mammal and their potential return to Swedish forests. The audience also meets Rikard, the main caretaker of...