Observational Documentary Movies

Three farming families in Hanyuan, China, strive to give their children a good life in the midst of an ecological crisis, as widespread use of...

In Japan, thousands of people disappear voluntarily every year. And there are companies ready to help those who want to disappear without a trace and...

30 years after the Chernobyl catastrophe and 5 years after Fukushima it is time to see what has been happening in the “exclusion zones”...

A feature length documentary shot in Iceland on mediums and the relationship between humans and invisible beings such as elves ghosts, angels, water...

Every day, we eat and breathe tiny plastic residues. What effects does this insidious contamination have on our bodies? Rigorous and lucid, this...

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

By exploring the relationship between the watched and the watching, our film uncovers the trauma and hope engendered by the Chinese all-surveilling...

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

The world's most beloved and scorned cephalopod, whose remarkable string of 8 correct 'predictions' during the 2010 Soccer World Cup made him a...

The two-part documentary Pop & Passion tells of power and magic, but also of the pressure and excess that prevails in the pop business.

A story of the LGBT struggle from the 1960s to the present, after the Stonewall riot sparked the militant action in New York that was to spread...

For centuries, many men and women have left everything to dedicate their lives to contemplation. LIBRES, is a journey into the interior of man. We...

A cat lounges on a chair, while the sound of birdsong and traffic echoes through a window.

Behind the glitz of Miss Italia, director Patrizia Mirigliani fights to save the iconic pageant, now wavering amid scandals and changing beauty...

Behind the scenes footage of I'm Dangerous Tonight. Footage shot by Stan Giesea and Eric H. Lasher

In this emotionally compelling documentary, Sister Helen opens a private home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in the South Bronx after the...

Filmed in Paris in 1964, this documentary short follows two fifteen-year-old girls from the city’s 16th arrondissement as they move through...

Suicide is one of the world's leading causes of death, with almost 800,000 people taking their own lives every year, not counting those who go...

Farrebique, the first feature-length effort of French documentary filmmaker Georges Rouqier, is widely regarded as his finest film. Rouqier...