Poetic Documentary Movies

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

In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost discovers that the town still...

An experimental half-documentary half-fiction about a young person’s routine of getting to sleep and waking up.

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his...

After the Taliban takeover in 2021, LineOut follows Afghan refugees in a poetic dreamscape where a metaphoric voice reflects grief, healing, and the...

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

Two street artists with contrasting intentions about the artform tell the relevance of street art in society while accompanied by an enigmatic...

One filmmaker's exploration of natural light in California and its influence on people's lives.

In this short film the director reflects on the feeling of being on the wrong path in your life, that you have no control over your own life. But...

Through interspersed conversation and prose, this experimental documentary follows a poet and a neuroscientist as they explore the definition of...

The personal collaboration between Kiran Acharya and Clint Mansell is an early combination of documentary film and augmented reality.

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

In this short film Bert Haanstra gives his vision - from the water – of a tranquil Holland. During filming he held the camera upside down and...

A poetic mosaic of intimate and cultural perspectives on Pará reveals a sensory experience of discovery. Between spontaneous records, memory,...

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

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