Experimental Documentary Movies

What are they? What do they seek? When all the lights go out, they will wander. And you will never see them.

A Real Hero is an experimental documentary about the life and humanitarian work of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

A speaking into the void.

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...

Three individuals find themselves in the same strange dream in which they are haunted by an evolutionary ghost. Together, they share in each...

Filmmakers Sam and Amy journey into rural Australia to explore how the legacy of an American legend has transmitted and warped itself over time, and...

A grandmother faintly narrates her quilts, as seen through the warped glass lens of a broken camera, a laptop webcam, and a clunky Xerox scanner.

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

This experimental documentary explores the complex intersection of queerness and illness, examining how these experiences shape both the body and...

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...

Rummage is an experimental documentary of the legendary rummage sale that takes place in Far Hills, New Jersey every first weekend in May and October.

In 2002, Lana Kaiser became well known in the first season of the German version of the Idol television franchise. She was born in 1985 and went by...

A material. A style. A purpose. A structure. The day. The night. The tragedy. The change. The pain. The monotony. A material. A style. A purpose. A...

The Enigma of Hedonism are profile documentaries that tell the life of Heri Dono. His attitude and view as an artist that transcends canvas and time...

Based upon a habitual fidget of the filmmaker involving the tags in his clothing, Reilly Mitchell explores the feelings of his past by removing...

Trail traces.

This semi-fictional short film follows the protagonist to Prague and explores how the medium of film can access the memories of a city. The film is...

In the year 2020, when the world was forced to ‘change’, I wanted to confirm what changed and what did not change in me. The white mask I...