Poetic Documentary Movies

In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly...

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

«I often have dreams. Careless dreams. When the sun was shining. It was calm and quiet. And a peaceful sky overhead.» An experimental...

What is a film if not a therapeutic act? Wa(te)r is a poetiс reflection on my 2022–2023 diary entries, poured from one medium to...

On the island of La Gomera, children imagine stories while they examine archeological remains. An ethno-fictional journey in which past and present...

A poetic documentary in which the narrator must grapple with the grief and emotions following the death of a close friend.

A short documentary that discusses gender and reconciling with the past.

The animated corpse of Moscow goes on after its inhabitants left. Filled with weeps and whispers of the mourning ghosts, torn apart with phone...

The second half of Gustav Deutsch's experimental Film ist. series, constructing new narratives and moods out of existing footage, mostly from early...

Through an unsent letter, the author travels through time and recalls moments when love affected him intensely. Evocative images explore how pain and...

A poetic short film showing a day in the 2019 protests in Santiago, Chile through documentary images.

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

In an age of chaos, destruction, and decay, the resurrection of nature was the last ray of vitality and a testament to survival. The film ventures...

For years I've been looking for the means to capture everyday life just as it is perceived through a glance from the street. Twenty years ago, you...

Buried beneath the Earth’s surface, scientific communities are searching for answers in total secrecy. In these little-known and inaccessible...