THEME EXPLORATION

personal documentary

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Garrincha: Joy of the People
Garrincha: Joy of the People
1962 · Joaquim Pedro de Andrade
Gray’s Anatomy
Gray’s Anatomy
1996 · Steven Soderbergh
Just Waiting
Just Waiting
1975 · Stephen Dwoskin
Scenes from a Marriage
Scenes from a Marriage
1973 · Ingmar Bergman
Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson
Spike Lee Presents Mike Tyson
1990 · Spike Lee
Toni Erdmann
Toni Erdmann
2016 · Maren Ade
Summertime
Summertime
1955 · David Lean
The Killer
The Killer
2023 · David Fincher
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
Underwater Impressions
Underwater Impressions
2002 · Leni Riefenstahl
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Waltz with Bashir
Waltz with Bashir
2008 · Ari Folman
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Agnès Varda France

She pioneered intimate personal documentary by weaving her own life, memories, and subjective perspective directly into her films, blurring the line between cinema and autobiography.

 Chloé Zhao China/USA

She creates deeply personal documentaries and narrative films that blend her own observations and intimate character studies to explore themes of identity and belonging.