William Kentridge Movies

William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas – two of the most celebrated names in international contemporary art – come face to face in a series...

Kentridge has combined images from documentary films and photographs together with moving puppets as well as his animated drawings.

An immersive five-channel projection made in response to Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No.10.

William Kentridge’s ironic tribute to his hometown, animated on the basis of 25 drawings, is the first film of his “Drawing for...

History of the Main Complaint is the sixth film [of a] series and is based on twenty-one drawings. It was made shortly after the establishment in...

Sobriety, Obesity and Growing Old picks up the narrative and themes begun in Kentridge's first film, Johannesburg the Second Greatest City after...

An outdoor performance and film screening that brings together all of the short animated films from internationally renowned South African artist...

Kentridge interviews himself for a job.

In KENTRIDGE’s cross-disciplinary, cross-media world of artistic creation, images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre...

In KENTRIDGE’s cross-disciplinary, cross-media world of artistic creation, images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre...

In KENTRIDGE’s cross-disciplinary, cross-media world of artistic creation, images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre...

The artist portrays the glories and tragedies of the Eternal City along the banks of the Tiber river in Rome.

new view on WOI.

William Kentridge’s Notes Towards a Model Opera (2014–15) is an 11-minute video work that pulses with visual ingenuity and historical...

A film constructed from a succession of drawings on old books.

short animation film.

Kentridge's first film, animation made with Magic Marker.

Charcoal animation, taken from from Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image (2003).

A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are...

William Kentridge’s Monument is a captivating short animated film about the unveiling of a statue dedicated to the South African work force. ...