Poetic Documentary Movies

  • 1930
    A Light-Play in Black-White-Gray

    A Light-Play in Black-White-Gray

    A Light-Play in Black-White-Gray

    5.31930HD

    This short film made by László Moholy-Nagy is based on the shadow patterns created by his Light-Space Modulator, an early kinetic...

    A Light-Play in Black-White-Gray
  • 1999
    Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes

    Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes

    Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes

    91999HD

    The pictures are burning. A house is in flames for exactly one minute. Cinema under attack: An anonymous fragment from the early days of film is...

    Tradition Is the Handing on of Fire and Not the Worship of Ashes
  • 2020
    A Body Exploded into a Thousand Pieces

    A Body Exploded into a Thousand Pieces

    A Body Exploded into a Thousand Pieces

    02020HD

    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...

    A Body Exploded into a Thousand Pieces
  • 2024
    Avant-Drag!

    Avant-Drag!

    Avant-Drag!

    7.22024HD

    Avant-Drag! paints portraits of ten drag artists of varying gender expressions and sexualities who take to the streets of Athens to query,...

    Avant-Drag!
  • 2015
    When the Earth Seems to Be Light

    When the Earth Seems to Be Light

    When the Earth Seems to Be Light

    7.92015HD

    A poetic documentary about modern youth... the stories of kids, skaters, artists and musicians in a post soviet Georgia - a country in a distracted...

    When the Earth Seems to Be Light
  • 2023
    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    WINHANGANHA

    02023HD

    WINHANGANHA (Wiradjuri language: Remember, know, think) - is a lyrical journey of archival footage and sound, poetry and original composition. It is...

    WINHANGANHA
  • 1979
    The Taste of Life

    The Taste of Life

    The Taste of Life

    81979HD

    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...

    The Taste of Life
  • 2017
    A Gentle Glow

    A Gentle Glow

    A Gentle Glow

    82017HD

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

    A Gentle Glow
  • 2024
    Letters to my Grandma

    Letters to my Grandma

    Letters to my Grandma

    02024HD

    A young filmmaker maintains an epistolary conversation with his deceased grandmother while he rediscovers the space they both inhabited for more than...

    Letters to my Grandma
  • 2024
    THE MACHINE

    THE MACHINE

    THE MACHINE

    02024HD

    THE MACHINE
  • 2024
    Sharing

    Sharing

    Sharing

    102024HD

    Sharing is a documentary that will show the process of building a video dance performed by four female artists who have a connection not only with...

    Sharing
  • 2016
    Pickle

    Pickle

    Pickle

    6.42016HD

    An ode to man's capacity to care for all creatures throughout their sometimes greatly protracted existence, displayed through the homegrown remedies...

    Pickle
  • 2023
    Sheltering Skies

    Sheltering Skies

    Sheltering Skies

    02023HD

    Exploration of the ordinary lives led by women of different classes—a college professor, an unmarried woman, and a seasoned drama artist. They...

    Sheltering Skies
  • 2024
    Una Lluz

    Una Lluz

    Una Lluz

    02024HD

    Una Lluz
  • 2024
    Sol de Mayo

    Sol de Mayo

    Sol de Mayo

    102024HD

    Sol de Mayo
  • 1970
    MARCIANO

    MARCIANO

    MARCIANO

    01970HD

    MARCIANO
  • 2023
    The Crying of the Sea

    The Crying of the Sea

    The Crying of the Sea

    22023HD

    Cosme and Monica live with their children and grandchildren in Bahia de Kino, a fishing town in the northern State of Sonora, Mexico. They used to...

    The Crying of the Sea
  • 1970
    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos

    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos

    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos

    01970HD

    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos
  • 2024
    Roberto Pires: Êle Fêz O Cinema Baiano Nascer

    Roberto Pires: Êle Fêz O Cinema Baiano Nascer

    Roberto Pires: Êle Fêz O Cinema Baiano Nascer

    02024HD

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

    Roberto Pires: Êle Fêz O Cinema Baiano Nascer
  • 2024
    Adagio

    Adagio

    Adagio

    102024HD

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

    Adagio