Director: Bryce Dallas Howard
Pets is a 2025 American documentary directed by Bryce Dallas Howard that ventures across continents to capture the profound bonds humans form with their animal companions — from loyal dogs and curious cats to goats, pigs, and majestic birds of prey — in a warm, emotionally resonant portrait of what it means to share your life with another species.
What is Pets about?
Across a series of intimate vignettes filmed around the globe, this documentary introduces us to real owners and the animals they cherish. Each story unfolds at its own unhurried pace, letting viewers witness the daily rhythms, surprising moments of connection, and the quiet devotion that defines life alongside a pet. The film moves through joy and grief with equal honesty — a goat that becomes a family member in rural farmland, a bird of prey bonding with a falconer, a cat that anchors a solitary household through difficult seasons. Rather than a scientific study, the film is a heartfelt observation: these relationships are not accessories to human life but central to it, shaping habits, healing loneliness, and marking the passage of time in ways few other bonds can.
Cast & crew
Bryce Dallas Howard — known globally as an actress — steps behind the camera as director, bringing a storyteller's sensitivity to non-fiction filmmaking. The documentary features no traditional cast; instead its subjects are the animal-owner pairs themselves, whose unscripted interactions carry the entire emotional weight of the film. Howard's directorial instincts shape the material into something cohesive and deeply felt.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers scattered across North America, Europe, and Australia, the theme of companionship with pets carries particular resonance. Many diaspora households have found that a dog, cat, or other companion animal becomes a bridge between the culture left behind and the new life being built — a living presence that requires no language and offers unconditional familiarity. Pets is available on K-Time with full Persian dubbing, making it equally accessible to older family members and young children at home. Its gentle pacing and universal subject matter make it ideal family viewing, needing no prior knowledge of any culture, region, or tradition to enjoy.
Where & how to watch
Pets is available now on K-Time with Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles. Stream it on your TV, phone, or computer — no VPN required, no geo-blocking, no extra download. Start watching instantly with a K-Time subscription and cancel anytime.