Poetic Documentary Movies

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

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

The rise and fall of Yugoslavian filmmaker Dušan Vukotić - the only Yugoslav Oscar-winner and one of the founding members of the Zagreb...

Women find empowerment behind the red nose and makeup, revealing the playful and subversive spirit of female clowning. Through poetic and intimate...

This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized. He is identified by...

A video poem about a house. The home, or at least its foundations, are what evoke memories of that childhood, now lost in time.

Choreography of familiar gestures that the author was able to spice up with a peculiar and original perspective.

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...

Filmed during lockdown 2020, ‘de Luz/Of Light’ explores fleeting perceptions and cyclic rituals of Portuguese coastal landscapes,...

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

Seamus Heaney travels across Lough Erne in Fermanagh, visiting early Christian sites and the settlements of the English and Scots who made their...

Robert Drew shows the sights and sounds from the funeral of President John F. Kennedy in November, 1963. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in...

Dating back to the 1800s, Birmingham’s roller skating scene is a flourishing, diverse community - but it lacks dedicated spaces. This...

Tommy sets out to document walking. He meets a colorful cast of characters, attaches microphones to his feet, and contends with what it means to...