Experimental Documentary Movies

A unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens...

Do we still know the grotesque when we see it? Muniz Sodré and Raquel Paiva, two of Latin America's greatest thinkers in the field of...

During the last forty years, the photographer Sebastião Salgado has been travelling through the continents, in the footsteps of an...

This free-form film is a self-portrait, which revisits more than 40 years of the author’s filmography and questions the major stations of his...

'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underway, surreal tributes emerge: an off-Broadway...

Searching for life in daily rituals, Losing Touch undertakes a shift in perception and presents the city as an ugly yet ecologically rich landscape. ...

In this experimental documentary, a comedian’s break-up leads her to a surprising journey with a community of LARPers.

Phyllis Bigler has been going to the Spanish Peaks of Colorado since she was a child. Now in her 90s, she tells her stories.

An Indonesian student in London attempts to deal with the absurdity of confinement and immobility due to then-ongoing coronavirus lockdown by talking...

A personal documentary questioning the ways in which family imposed narratives force us into roles that we spend our lives either rebelling against...

A letter writer reflects on the space and people she encounters in her never ending journey. A letter reader dreams of unexpected things in his never...

This short experimental diary film reveals my struggles with mental illness in my adolescence and queer adulthood while simultaneously reflecting...

A celebration of home and belonging in South London. This is a film that tows the line between documentary and narrative, and celebrates neighborhood...

An experimental documentary that explores Saudi Arabia's relationship with the U.S. and the role this has played in the war in Afghanistan.

Shot over the course of 30 days at sea, filmmaker Alizé Jireh documents the group’s voyage across the North Atlantic—from moments...

After consolidating itself as a tourist destination in the mid-1960s, this small coastal village has become the dormitory town for the workers of a...

They pass each other everyday, obscured by the crowds. They will always be there, always crossing paths, alone.

A dystopian future that’s ever nearer, Acid City floats in toxic waters and is left to its own devices. But under the boiling sun, the city...

Eligibility is a film made by Ryan Cunningham. In this film, they discuss the question, "Why do I have to prove myself?" Through 80 minutes of...