Observational Documentary Movies

The director films their neighborhood over the course of a day

An incredible travel through space and time between the walls of the Paris Observatory, which is celebrating its 350th birthday. Place of discoveries...

Choreography of familiar gestures that the author was able to spice up with a peculiar and original perspective.

A documentary film on Kasimedu fish market, Chennai

Roger Boussinot directed this episode of the French television show Italiques, which features an overview of the art and career of Fantastic Planet...

A videographer observes a rock band during a continent spanning regional bus tour. The dichotomy of the forever touring musician is slowly...

During the pandemic, a 14 year old boy remains stuck in his school dormitory while his mother tries to contact him.

Our planet is running out of drinking water. Only a vanishingly small proportion of the world's water is available as usable fresh water. This...

In this documentary by Coline Serreau, known for her feature film Why Not?, a selection of Frenchwomen in characteristically no-win situations...

Alejandro Alsina is a Dominican painter who, through his art and eccentricity, has earned a place among the most recognized street artists in the...

Stunning stories from the unusual life of the Ural owl, a mysterious nocturnal predator that can fearlessly attack even humans. Set over a period of...

“I ask my mother about her past feminist commitment, and why she made a child on her own. She doesn’t answer me. I want to pierce the...

Larry Towell is a photographer with the prestigious Magnum agency. For 40 years, he has travelled our troubled planet, capturing the unspeakable. In...

An international diary of the impact of climate change is constructed from thousands of hours of in-the-moment footage. Through the process, we...

In the first half of the 19th century, the French ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon travelled to America to depict birdlife along the Mississippi...

Nanny, cook or sex slave. For a long time, the mistaken belief that the women in the terrorist organization Islamic State were condemned to blind...