THEME EXPLORATION

documentary observation

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
For Monkeys Only
For Monkeys Only
2014 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
In the Dirt
In the Dirt
1972 · David Cronenberg
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
From the theme of Mahoroba "Doi Koinouta"
2001 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Nature
Nature
2019 · Artavazd Pelechian
Animals and Psychology
Animals and Psychology
1965 · Arthur Lipsett
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Summer in the City
Summer in the City
1970 · Wim Wenders
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
The Sound of Claudia Schiffer
2000 · Nicolas Roeg
Man No Run
Man No Run
1989 · Claire Denis
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Oh, Canada
Oh, Canada
2024 · Paul Schrader
12 Photographers
12 Photographers
1955 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
50) Vittorio De Sica Memorial Award for Film Career of Abbas Kiarostami from Vittorio De Sica Foundation, Italy
50) Vittorio De Sica Memorial Award for Film Career of Abbas Kiarostami from Vittorio De Sica Foundation, Italy
1997 · Abbas Kiarostami
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
Death Day
Death Day
1934 · Sergei Eisenstein
Di Cavalcanti
Di Cavalcanti
1977 · Glauber Rocha
Every Day Except Christmas
Every Day Except Christmas
1957 · Lindsay Anderson
General Assembly
General Assembly
1960 · Tomás Gutiérrez Alea
Giorni di gloria
Giorni di gloria
1945 · Luchino Visconti
Laughing Times
Laughing Times
1980 · John Woo
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961 · Mai Zetterling
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Len Wiseman United States

Pioneer of observational cinema who creates immersive, unmediated documentaries capturing institutions and human behavior with minimal narration or intervention.

 Agnès Varda France

Master of documentary observation who intimately observes everyday lives and social spaces, blending poetic sensibility with keen anthropological insight.