Observational Documentary Movies

A short look into an independent Mexican eatery in Surrey and the characters who work there.

In a small cockpit-like room, we see two young hip hop musicians from Tokyo giving birth to a beat: precision, patience and camaraderie hold sway,...

In this emotionally compelling documentary, Sister Helen opens a private home for recovering addicts and alcoholics in the South Bronx after the...

When an academic unearths a forgotten history, residents of the small township of Pukekohe, including kaumātua who have never told their...

The Spectacle is a short reflective documentary that explores the world of modern tourism. Filmed in various locations across Europe, the documentary...

LOURDES, a small village where the Virgin Mary appeared to a young girl about 150 years ago. Still today LOURDES is more alive than ever. And Our...

Since the year 2000, there have been several waves of suicides among the indigenous population of the Colombian Amazon. I discovered that the men...

A tiny parcel shop in Berlin, which sends packages to faraway loved ones, offers the city’s Georgian community a slice of home.

"Journey to the West" is an embedded documentary film into a bus full of Chinese tourists visiting Europe (6 countries in 10 days!) for the very...

From the slow waitings for opening of the big top to the loneliness in the dressing room backstage, Abuhadba follows the life of a small circus in...

Interspersing daily life during the occupation with the fight for rights, the documentary follows the Warao indigenous people and portrays their...

Six Italian directors explore contemporary Milan in a rich and eclectic portrait of urban life and spaces—both rooted in history and bursting...

Augusto M. Torres makes a tour of images in honor of the CIRCUS THEATER of Orihuela.

What is the "feeling" of a city? Is it the roads, the light that illuminates them, the people that live there and their stories? It's all these...