Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

An old man comes across a fascinating archive, then meets a woman who introduces him to the life of a banker, patron and philanthropist. A moving...

On January 1st, 1999, Caveh Zahedi started a one-year video diary. The idea was to shoot one minute each day. This is the result.

Spanning over 70 years, two women recount their experiences growing up in Colombia and immigrating to Canada. Intersecting with key moments in...

The untold state of mind dealing with an incurable disease. One is wondering if there's still a dream to achieve in life. One is running as if this...

Drawn from footage shot between 1949 and 1963, Jonas Mekas’s autobiographical diary film chronicles his early years in exile, capturing the...

The comings and goings of the late underground filmmaker, Curt McDowell—and the people and activities that came and went along with...

Made over six years in the hotels of six different countries, Hotel Diaries charts the 'War on Terror' era of Bush and Blair through a seven-part...

In 2022, when the economic crisis in her native country was at its peak, she decided to visit her family there. She turned her short trip into a...

I wasn’t told. I wasn’t told it would be so difficult to live together. To keep a family together. To maintain love and happiness. I...

A compilation of over 30 years of private home movie footage shot by Lithuanian-American avant-garde director Jonas Mekas, assembled by Mekas "purely...

Over the course of more than fifteen years, Clémenti films a series of intimate diaries, starting from daily encounters. In La...

A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.