Movies: Poetic documentary

  • 1921
    Manhatta

    Manhatta (1921)

    Manhatta

    6.71921HD

    Morning reveals New York harbor, the wharves, the Brooklyn Bridge. A ferry boat docks, disgorging its huddled mass. People move briskly along Wall St. or stroll more languorously through a cemetery. Ranks of skyscrapers extrude columns of smoke and s...

    Manhatta
  • 1961
    Zoo

    Zoo (1961)

    Zoo

    6.91961HD

    A perfect, fast and hilarious montage. Using images from Artis (Amsterdam Zoo), Bert Haanstra shows that a couple of similarities can be discovered between human and animal. Particularly the manner in which human and ape are confronted with each othe...

    Zoo
  • 1928
    The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra

    The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra (1928)

    The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra

    6.51928HD

    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 the number 9413 written on his forehead....

    The Life and Death of 9413, A Hollywood Extra
  • 2024
    The Boy of The Fish

    The Boy of The Fish (2024)

    The Boy of The Fish

    62024HD

    "The Boy Of The Fish" follows Noon, a young boy living in a Syrian refugee camp, who finds solace and a sense of freedom in a whale-shaped doll he names "Bahr." Set against the challenging realities of camp life, Noon’s journey is both a story of res...

    The Boy of The Fish
  • 1964
    Faces of November

    Faces of November (1964)

    Faces of November

    6.21964HD

    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 2002....

    Faces of November
  • 1958
    Glass

    Glass (1958)

    Glass

    7.51958HD

    This short documentary, shot in the glass factories of Leerdam and Schiedam, demonstrates how glass blowers do their work. But thanks to the superbly edited ballet of working hands and the sequence of mechanical motions of the engines, is it especial...

    Glass
  • 2024
    A Bad Name

    A Bad Name (2024)

    A Bad Name

    02024HD

    Two street artists with contrasting intentions about the artform tell the relevance of street art in society while accompanied by an enigmatic graffiti writing, “Bon Jovi.”...

    A Bad Name
  • 1956
    Recreation

    Recreation (1956)

    Recreation

    5.11956HD

    Featuring a commentary by Noël Burch (in nonsense French), Recreation's rapid-fire montage of single-frame images of incredible density and intensity has been compared to contemporary Beat poetry....

    Recreation
  • 2024
    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs (2024)

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs

    02024HD

    A short anecdotal documentary about the nature of destruction, a debilitating deadlock of humanity....

    Pretty Land And Green Its Sighs
  • 1929
    Skyscraper Symphony

    Skyscraper Symphony (1929)

    Skyscraper Symphony

    5.81929HD

    A montage of the skyscrapers of Manhattan opens with a succession of stationary views of the upper portions of numerous buildings. This is followed by a wide variety of fluid shots, which also begin to show more and more of the surrounding city, in a...

    Skyscraper Symphony
  • 1966
    Chanson de gestes

    Chanson de gestes (1966)

    Chanson de gestes

    6.51966HD

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

    Chanson de gestes
  • 2020
    Eternity Interrupted

    Eternity Interrupted (2020)

    Eternity Interrupted

    92020HD

    The personal collaboration between Kiran Acharya and Clint Mansell is an early combination of documentary film and augmented reality....

    Eternity Interrupted
  • 2023
    MARCIANO

    MARCIANO (2023)

    MARCIANO

    02023HD

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    MARCIANO
  • 2014
    End of Summer

    End of Summer (2014)

    End of Summer

    5.62014HD

    A hypnotic and slow-burning journey through the austere landscapes of the island of South Georgia and the Antarctic Peninsula. Shot on black and white super 8 film as a series of mostly static tableaux over a period of 20 days during the waning days ...

    End of Summer
  • 1969
    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos

    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos (1969)

    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos

    01969HD

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    Con Traje y Sin Zapatos
  • 2021
    Pick up the Wind

    Pick up the Wind (2021)

    Pick up the Wind

    62021HD

    A short film following Anthony, a young child from the small, rural town of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba. We see him in different moments of his daily life as he interacts with different forms of environmental, familial, and social influences. Whil...

    Pick up the Wind
  • 2024
    The Noise of Time

    The Noise of Time (2024)

    The Noise of Time

    02024HD

    In the town of Xoco, the spirit of an old villager awakens in search of its lost home. Along its journey, the ghost discovers that the town still celebrates its most important festivities, but also learns that the construction of a new commercial com...

    The Noise of Time
  • 2024
    Exílio

    Exílio (2024)

    Exílio

    02024HD

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    Exílio
  • 1929
    Rain

    Rain (1929)

    Rain

    7.31929HD

    A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower....

    Rain
  • 2019
    The Scars

    The Scars (2019)

    The Scars

    102019HD

    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 is comparable to a crease in the pages of the family album, but also to a crack in the walls of the ...

    The Scars