Observational Cinema Movies

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

A boy stands in a field, flying his kite.

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 mixture of documentary and fiction as seen through the eyes of a non-participant observer, this drama presents the life of the fisherman Maldonado....

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

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...

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

A tender moment between a woman and her grandchild.

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

On the 43rd day the rain ceases to subside.