Contemplative Cinema Movies

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as...

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction.

A monumental windstorm and an abused horse's refusal to work or eat signal the beginning of the end for a poor farmer and his daughter.

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the...

A humanoid robot deliverywoman muses on the mystery of human nature as she drops off parcels around the galaxy.

A switchman at a seaside railway witnesses a murder but does not report it after he finds a suitcase full of money at the scene of the crime.

A grieving young inventor finds solace in repairing an antique typewriter.

A quiet killer is looking for a room. The real state agent, shy and expressionless, guides him through Tokyo, towards the ruins the decadent economy h...

"Protected by the mountains that surround the neighbourhood, on the outskirts of the city of Sabará, Brazil, a group of young people are having fun on...

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

Jean-Luc Godard brings his firebrand political cinema to the UK, exploring the revolutionary signals in late '60s British society. Constructed as a mo...

When her bionic boyfriend Ethan proposes, Jackie finally feels like she has found her happily ever after— until a chance encounter with another human...

A fearless horse bonds two men to each other and to the traditions that define their community.

A slow, dialogue-free film about a woman's journey in Siberia.

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...

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

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 childh...

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

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