Observational Documentary Movies

Stéphane Lissner, director of the Paris Opera, entrusts the staging of the opera-ballet Les Indes galantes to the visual artist Clément...

Amateur documentary film about the process of moving. A boy, Jakub, decides to make a documentary himself after a tour of one of the apartments. The...

Montreal — one of the few remaining affordable cities in North America — is now in the midst of an unprecedented housing crisis. An...

Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature documentary explodes such...

50 years after launching our dreams into space, we’re left with a troubling legacy: a growing ring of orbiting debris that threatens the safety...

Pussy Riot make a comeback after a long absence to stand with Ukraine. Their story and their struggle are told through archival footage and...

Bacteria, viruses, but also fungi, algae, pollen, and even insects: micro-organisms thrive and circulate constantly in our sky. How can so many...

Documentary film recounting the story of Ten House, the fire station right next to the World Trade Center, and the experiences of its firefighters on...

The current trend to render prostitution a profession "as any other" is belied by women who were themselves prostitutes. With clarity and courage,...

Fast on his feet with a fat mustache, short stature, and investigative gaze. For a couple of days in the mountain, in his native land, we approach a...

They have no roots, no seeds, no flowers, but mosses show immense survival capacities and can suspend their biological activity for long periods....

Today, hundreds of kilometers above our heads, millions of pieces of trash are orbiting randomly at breakneck speed. Scientists are now warning that,...

A feature length documentary shot in Iceland on mediums and the relationship between humans and invisible beings such as elves ghosts, angels, water...

Our planet is running out of drinking water. Only a vanishingly small proportion of the world's water is available as usable fresh water. This...

Amina, Sami and Jennyfer are high school students in the Paris suburbs, in 93. At the initiative of 3 of their teachers, they embark on an...

Utquiagvik is the northernmost city in Alaska, located 555 km beyond the Arctic Circle. This meditative documentary follows its young Inuit...

Three farming families in Hanyuan, China, strive to give their children a good life in the midst of an ecological crisis, as widespread use of...

This is the story of a team of 40 agents facing 4,000 job seekers at a job centre in the Parisian suburbs. Samia, Corinne, Thierry, Zuleika must...