Observational Cinema Movies

A tender moment between a woman and her grandchild.

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

Nai Nai follows the story of a Chinese immigrant grandmother, Chu-Ming Wu. Known as “Nai Nai,” Chu-Ming has always been a woman of...

On a psychedelic night, the protagonist speaks endlessly to his friends, friends we never hear. Beneath his loud, crude monologue, a different figure...

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

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

An observational peice about an individuals connection to the sport of climbing, showing their expericence.

In a near future shaped by a five-degree rise in global temperature, Raj moves through a flooded Singapore, his body already showing signs of...

Sean Dunne's observational documentary of a 2016 Donald Trump Rally.

A nighttime montage of strangers drifting through the city, People Like Ghosts is an experimental visual poem exploring modern isolation, silent...

Across the seasons, the film gives an account of life and work and the animals and visitors at Zurich Zoo, an institution that is one of the leading...

Udin, a young boy, drifts through his quiet routines inside an old bus yet within him he carries a world far heavier than his years.

The young director, Gael Metroz, takes the road alone, camera in hand, in the footsteps of Nicolas Bouvier. He discovers that the East is no longer...

What does it mean to belong to a place, a country? In a south Tel Aviv elementary school, that question is addressed head-on by a fourth-grade class...

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

Reya’s World delves into the raw and poignant struggle of a young woman navigating the depths of depression. Feeling trapped in a seemingly...