THEME EXPLORATION

documentary cinema

28 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

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
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
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
Appunti per un’Orestiade africana
1970 · Pier Paolo Pasolini
Announcement
Announcement
1997 · Jean Rouch
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Brussels Loops
Brussels Loops
1958 · Shirley Clarke
Flying Colors (, incomplete
Flying Colors (, incomplete
1917 · Frank Borzage
Hurray Mexico!
Hurray Mexico!
1932 · Sergei Eisenstein
Le Petit chaperon rouge
Le Petit chaperon rouge
1929 · Jean Renoir
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
My Dad Is 100 Years Old
2005 · Guy Maddin
The Shimpu Group
The Shimpu Group
1933 · Kenji Mizoguchi
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
100 Years of Japanese Cinema
1995 · Nagisa Oshima
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
Annual Award, German Democratic Republic Filmmakers Award
1990 · Zhang Yimou
El perquè de tot plegat
El perquè de tot plegat
1994 · Ventura Pons
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
Improvised and Purposeful: Cinema Novo
1967 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
La rosa blanca
La rosa blanca
1954 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
Matchless (John Papadopoulos, ) production assistant
1974 · Phillip Noyce
Symphony of Lianhua
Symphony of Lianhua
1937 · Fei Mu
The Strategic Legacy of Juan Perón
The Strategic Legacy of Juan Perón
2016 · Fernando Solanas
Women Filmmakers in Russia/I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman
Women Filmmakers in Russia/I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman
1988 · Sally Potter
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
One-Tenth of a Millimeter Apart
2021 · Wong Kar-Wai
The Protagonists
The Protagonists
1999 · Luca Guadagnino
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Len Wiseman United States

Pioneer of observational documentary who captures intimate institutional realities without narration, allowing raw human experience to unfold naturally.

 Agnès Varda France

Innovative documentarian who blended personal reflection with social inquiry, creating poetic and deeply humanistic explorations of everyday life and memory.

 Werner Herzog Germany

Visionary filmmaker who pushes documentary toward philosophical extremes, exploring human obsession and the mysteries of existence through meticulously crafted narratives.