Poetic Documentary Movies

Isn't it strange how few personal stories we know about something experienced by millions of women? Inside is a poetic exploration of abortion...

Real testimonials from five Latin American immigrants who share their experiences and challenges, recounting what it has been like to build a new...

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

Documentary portrait of the poet Karla Erbová is a confession of a creative personality who, despite many twists and turns in life, remains...

Women find empowerment behind the red nose and makeup, revealing the playful and subversive spirit of female clowning. Through poetic and intimate...

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...

Seamus Heaney travels across Lough Erne in Fermanagh, visiting early Christian sites and the settlements of the English and Scots who made their...

The faces of a 5:00 PM crowd descending via the Pan Am building escalators in one continuous shot. In old-fashioned black and white, these faces...

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

Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1963. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

A story about Europe´s largest terrestrial mammal and their potential return to Swedish forests. The audience also meets Rikard, the main...

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

A montage of the skyscrapers of Manhattan opens with a succession of stationary views of the upper portions of numerous buildings. This is followed...

In a small commercial harbour in the south of France, two Moroccan sailors are watching over ferries that were abandoned by ship-owners. Young...

Dating back to the 1800s, Birmingham’s roller skating scene is a flourishing, diverse community - but it lacks dedicated spaces. This...

Documentary-essay short film about a inner/outter trip to the flowery desert in the north of Chile. A student film by Gabriel Lizama AKA Liz Taylor.

An experimental documentary on the Magdalene Laundry Institutions in Ireland, told through the myth of the banshee.