Observational Cinema Movies

A boy stands in a field, flying his kite.

A tender moment between a woman and her grandchild.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

On the 43rd day the rain ceases to subside.

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.

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.

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...

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

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.