Movies: Contemplative cinema

For a long time, the Adriatic Sea used to be Central Europe's only link to the orient. This small sea became a symbol of entry to the vast, exotic world, allowing the city of Venice to call itself "Queen of the Seven Seas"....

A young woman is obsessed by memories of her lover, who had vanished the previous summer....

Jack wants to know if Ollie “like likes” him. But Ollie is meditating. So, he asks a bird instead....

A meditation on memory around Iceland's famous Ring Road....

La bride - The dog's leash tells the story of a dog on the run through the Belgian countryside, attached to an endless leash....

Indulging in frivolous passions and contemplating the essence of being, a young woman reflects her feelings that seem to be doomed and rejuvenating at the same time....

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Constructed purely out of b-roll, “Waste of a Day” is a completely improvised and unscripted short film that follows a man that has left his light on for too long......

Days slip away in a former baptist church haunted by its past...

When her bionic boyfriend Ethan proposes, Jackie finally feels like she has found her happily ever after— until a chance encounter with another human shows her how messy love can really be....

Contemplative and almost without dialogues, the film shows the routine of inhabitants in a city: a young woman who lives alone; an eldery that lives in the street, next to the river; a police officer; customers in a bar; two students. Little by littl...

In a rainy afternoon drive, a man embarks on a journey through his memories. As he questions his faith, the line between past and present begins to blur, leading him into a maelstrom of fragmented images....

A dark formless body moves . Formlessness of an entity is because a constant change in form is perceived as formless...

A remote and wild island on the west coast of Scotland is home to a small group of people that live in deep connection with the land, the sea and the weather. For different reasons, they left their city life to escape their inner demons and to live a...

A field laborer fights to survive in a hostile environment. The appearance of a strange presence and a revolver will change his destiny....

A woman returning home after having a sour day decides to sleep....

A boy traverses through thoughts of past, present, and future on a contemplative trip through the city....

One day, a man films himself killing his dog with his bare hands and posts the video on the Internet. One night, Ethan watches the video and sets out to find the man and the behind-the-scenes story behind the dog video....

A boy, metaphor of today's youth, reflects, waits and contracts in front of the inexorable progress of capitalism. The youth of today is called early to be mature, to have the illusion that the world is small, dependent on technology and finally to a...

"When the wax that inhabits the soul is deeply and abundantly, tenderly and sufficiently kneaded, every thing that is transmitted through the channel of sensations will be engraved in the heart of the soul” - Socrates...