Observational Documentary Movies

A cat lounges on a chair, while the sound of birdsong and traffic echoes through a window.

They come from all walks of life and have lived for almost a century. They have lived through the upheavals of history. They are funny, moving and...

A short documentary about the behaviour of Japanese primary school students.

In the first half of the 19th century, the French ornithologist Jean-Jacques Audubon travelled to America to depict birdlife along the Mississippi...

In this documentary by Coline Serreau, known for her feature film Why Not?, a selection of Frenchwomen in characteristically no-win situations...

If the beach is synonymous with holidays and relaxation, it is also of capital importance for the animals and plants that flourish there. Between wet...

An intimate portrait filmed across 10 years of Mary, a charismatic and complex woman, born and raised in rural Kansas, USA. She runs a curiosity shop...

Mirazur, Argentine-born chef Mauro Colagreco's 3 Michelin starred restaurant on France's Mediterranean coast, was awarded Best Restaurant in the...

After Porn Ends 2 picks up where its predecessor left off and not only turns back the clock to meet the oldest living stars in adult film's history,...

The young director, Gael Metroz, takes the road alone, camera in hand, in the footsteps of Nicolas Bouvier. He discovers that the East is no longer...

At an altitude of 4500 meters, on the highest plateaus of Karnak in the Himalayan région of Ladakh, in a lunar setting where the sky blends...

A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.

An outward look into the universe, as scientists challenge traditional planetary thinking, and reveal the existence of unknown worlds: exoplanets.

Like crocodiles pulling zebra into the Mara River and like Orcas beaching themselves to capture sea lions, the aerial attacks of great white sharks...