Essay Film Movies

Iggy Pop reads and recites Michel Houellebecq’s manifesto. The documentary features real people from Houellebecq’s life with the text...

A "cinematic object" by Mariano Llinás, divided into 9 chapters, based on the poetry of Henri Michaux.

A meditation on early Swedish anime fandom and coming of age at the turn of the millennium. Memories from a first love in bleeding video colors, the...

Two quotes from Paul Valéry: "Humanity is threatened by two dangers: order and disorder." and "Nothing is more contrary to your nature than to...

Commissioned by French television, this is a short documentary on the neo-classical statues found throughout Paris, predominantly on the walls of...

The author's personal confession. This essay film about the relationship between father and son is filmed exclusively in 16mm film in Prague,...

The personal stories lived by the Uncle, the Father and the Son, respectively, form a tragic experience that is drawn along a line in time. This line...

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

Since its publication 200 years ago, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has influenced vast swathes of popular culture. Adaptations have starred...

Brute Force explores how our knowledge-making practices affect the world. Drawing on quantum theory and geology, the film exposes the intrinsic...

A witty, forthright dive into the wonderful world of boobs by singer and filmmaker Elizabeth Sankey – from enhanced boobs to 'free the nipple',...

A filmmaker reconstructs a common memory about the formerly industrialized Lake Constance region, which was also largely built up by migration...

Why do we do incredibly difficult things that have no practical application? Is there a parallel between geographic and artistic exploration? Fram...

After a dizzying trip through the cosmos we see how an astronaut is flung into space. Rudderless, irrevocably heading for the eternal black hole. The...

Through his own photographs, the Basque artist Néstor Basterretxea (1924-2014) is portrayed by the art critic and exhibition curator Peio...

The fascinating story of the rise to power of dictator Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) in Italy in 1922 and how fascism marked the fate of the entire...

The film is an insight into a teacher's soul and a contemplation upon his teaching fate. This portrait of a unique, experimental filmmaker and...

A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

A tribute to a fascinating film shot by Alfred Hitchcock in 1958, starring James Stewart and Kim Novak, and to the city of San Francisco, California,...