Non Narrative Movies

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet...

"Beyond Noh" rhythmically animates 3,475 individual masks from all over the world, beginning with the distinctive masks of the Japanese Noh theater...

A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of...

Seven actors are brought to an isolated house where they must stay in character for three days under constant surveillance.

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian...

Zdenek Pešánek created the first public kinetic sculpture, for the power station in Prague. This short experimental film focuses on a...

In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation...

First part of the collaborative project "Brise-Glace" showing the diverse travels on the icebreaker "Frej". Directed by Jean Rouch.

A portrait of a man sleeping under the open sky

An observer, who clears his mind and reduces the number of his means only to work with time and space. Not only does the observer reach certain...

A secluded house in the countryside. And in it? A family cocktail of love, care, shared history and all kinds of gadgets and unfinished things. Or a...

A dedicated bird watcher observes a hawk and journeys to the limits of what it means to be human.

Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the...

Days is a non-narrative cinematography exercise presented through a fly-on-the-wall lens, observing a young girl over the course of a day at the...

A musical animated film which celebrates the simple and childish joy of hitting drums, scribbling on paper using marker pens, splashing paint or...

An elegy to a love affair that has gone sour, a fond farewell to that most beautiful material that has subjugated our planet – plastic.

Rudra has come back one morning, has return to his friend Saruar's home. He had disappeared from home leaving no cue, a year ago. Saruar first came...

A 5 minute, 2D, straight-ahead animated film by Bruce Bickford.

The day-to-day life of a family of farmers from the up-country of Coronel Freitas, city in the west of Santa Catarina, Brazil. The routine of a...