Portrait Movies

This documentary explores the work of Robert Doisneau, and the subjects his photographs have addressed, from the workers of the Renault factories in...

A video letter to Nancy Holt, made in homage to a shared interest in terminal lakes, framed views, monuments and time. Filmed on and around the Great...

Ninja is famous around the world for her fierce ballroom performances, but she is not as well-known in her native country of French Guyana. But a...

96-year-old clarinet master Grigoris Kapsalis, the last living musician of a generation that shaped the music of Epirus, has long been an integral...

This film tells the story of Markus Anatol Weisse, who, astonishingly enough, became an artist, in spite of being only very partially sighted. Markus...

Maurizio is a young university student living in Zürich, with a passion for diseases. Unlike many others, he can see an inherent beauty in them....

Igor is 33 years old, he has been living for 5 years in a converted truck in his native Vosges. His ambition is to be self-sufficient thanks to his...

"The World According to Arild Kristo" - A portrait of the Norwegian photographer, designer, screenwriter and filmmaker Arild Kristo (1939 - 2010)....

Over many years, the director’s father filmed his family life almost obsessively. His daughter’s birth, his son’s first steps, and...

Achour is thirty. Night and day, he walks. Rebellious soul, he crisscrosses Alger and its neighborhoods, stays at friends' houses and often leaves...

Disturbing circumstances surrounding a portrait in a chateau

A feature-length documentary portrait of Québécoise painter Johanne Corno, who has lived and worked in New York City for more than 20...

Documentary tribute from a great-grandson to his great-grandmother. In a Sunday, filmed in her daily life, Aldéa speaks of universal subjects...

Is the city of Zurich suffering from ‘density stress’? What is it like to live in mega cities such as São Paulo, Mexico City and...

The film approaches the work of the Greek artist Nikos Koniaris. The particular way in which the painter depicts human suffering is presented through...