Observational Cinema Movies

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

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

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

They pass each other everyday, obscured by the crowds. They will always be there, always crossing paths, alone.

A boy stands in a field, flying his kite.

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

A woman meditates on her life in an 80-minute unbroken zoom shot.

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

On the 43rd day the rain ceases to subside.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.