THEME EXPLORATION

ethnographic filmmaking

20 films · 1 director

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ciné-mafia
Ciné-mafia
1980 · Jean Rouch
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces
Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces
2009 · Pedro Almodóvar
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Oh, Canada
Oh, Canada
2024 · Paul Schrader
Twin Peaks: The Return
Twin Peaks: The Return
2017 · David Lynch
Diamonds
Diamonds
2026 · Ferzan Özpetek
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
A Time and a Place
A Time and a Place
1977 · Gillian Armstrong
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
Casting Blossoms to the Sky: A Movie Document
2014 · Nobuhiko Obayashi
Death Day
Death Day
1934 · Sergei Eisenstein
French Dressing
French Dressing
1963 · Ken Russell
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
Lords of Little Egypt: Mai Zetterling Among the Gypsies
1961 · Mai Zetterling
Oraon
Oraon
1957 · Ritwik Ghatak
The Man of the Moment / Timely Mediator
The Man of the Moment / Timely Mediator
1932 · Kenji Mizoguchi
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Jean Rouch France

Pioneer of ethnographic cinema who revolutionized the form by combining observational filmmaking with reflexivity, creating works like 'Chronique d'un été' that blur the boundaries between documentary and ethnography.