THEME EXPLORATION

documentary cinema

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
And the Show Goes On
And the Show Goes On
1996 · Mrinal Sen
Kino-week
Kino-week
1918 · Dziga Vertov
Kings of the Road
Kings of the Road
1976 · Wim Wenders
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
The Salesman
The Salesman
2016 · Asghar Farhadi
Lumière & Company
Lumière & Company
1995 · Bigas Luna & Cédric Klapisch & Lasse Hallström & Michael Haneke & Peter Greenaway & Spike Lee
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
Where Are You, Jafar Panahi?
2026 · Jafar Panahi
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
46) Officier de la Legion d’Honneur from Ministry of Culture and Art of France
1996 · Abbas Kiarostami
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Announcement
Announcement
1997 · Jean Rouch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Len Wiseman United States

Pioneer of observational documentary who captures raw institutional life without narration, letting reality speak through extended, unfiltered sequences.

 Agnès Varda France

Blended lyrical personal essay with documentary form, creating intimate explorations of memory, aging, and human connection that transcend traditional documentary boundaries.

 Werner Herzog Germany

Merges poetic vision with documentary inquiry, using the form to probe philosophical questions about human obsession, nature, and the limits of reality itself.