Contemplative Cinema Movies

Northern Portugal. An imposing residence with its garden and magnolia tree. As we know, home is a place that film, this outdoor art, has often used...

A woman returning from an overseas volunteer posting takes the ferry home to her mother. A bittersweet tale on love, family and global warming.

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

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

Set in an alternate, post-apocalyptic 1976, a filmmaker follows a worn and disillusioned photographer who, despite the circumstances, continues to...

When Benny's younger brother, Loren, suddenly reappears after being missing for months, the two are forced to reckon with the drastically different...

On the rooftop of a house in Lima Norte, Francia and Amelia come together for a conversation that goes beyond the everyday, sharing profound...

A young woman rediscovers a letter from an old friend, forcing her to reconcile with the past.

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

For Sarah, her past has become a blur but she can’t shake the feeling that something horrible is locked away in her memories. Drawn back to her...

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

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...

An unknown man wakes up in purgatory, where he is confronted by an angel.

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

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

A silent collage of un-edited images taken from Google Earth, with pictures ranging from straightforward landscapes to more abstract, organic and...

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...

A pleasant drive through a countryside is filled by melancholy as unpleasant memories surface.