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...

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

Istanbul: Chronopolis is an experimental documentary that explores the city as a living organism where the linear flow of time is disrupted and the...

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

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

A documentary about a person who cleans his room with a vacuum cleaner, filled with disasters and mishaps.

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

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...

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...

Set against the vibrant spectacle of the jaripeo, a symbol of Mexican cowboy tradition and machismo, this story unveils a hidden world of queer...

I look around and observe the landscape. I let myself go because that's all I have left: to listen, to look, to sleep, perhaps to dream. The rattle...

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

Filmed throughout Ukraine just months before the full-scale Russian invasion, this vérité visual ethnography explores the overlaps of...

Filmmaker Ester Martin Bergsmark interrogates their response to a transphobic slur hurled at them following their move to Berlin. Exploring the root...

This short documentary explores the intimate and unconventional life of my grandmother and her relationship with magic and with the love of her life....

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

The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line...

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...

An examination of the hitherto unexplored relationships between Pan-African culture, science fiction, intergalactic travel, and rapidly progressing...