Essay Film Movies

This Pixar documentary short follows Sarah Vowell, who plays herself as the title character, on why she is a superhero in her own way. (This short...

For 'Et les chiens se taisaient' Maldoror adapted a piece of theatre by the poet and politician Aimé Césaire (1913–2008), about a...

A fragmented collection of independent closed cinemas, in London during lockdown, captured on Super 8mm film.

The cooking show is as old as television itself. But why do we like watching the making of a meal that most of us will never cook, let alone eat?...

An experimental portrait of Fernando Fernán Gómez, one of the most renowned Spanish artists of all time.

Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

Musing on the nature of memory, Don Hertzfeldt recounts stories about a kiss from The King, a floating child in a backyard and a giant foot.

Born June 8, 1964, Frank Matter films four "twins", born the same day as him, but in other latitudes. Interweaving their life stories with rich...

"Situation of the Street" - An experimental study about Czech life, focusing on Prague's National Street, its businesses and the varied people who...

A video essay where the author presumes motivations and insights in a fictionalized biography regarding Debra Paget, a contract player for...

A video essay about a conversation the director had with a friend about a particular picture of a cat sitting in front of a plate of blins.

A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.

A documentary based on the mutual experiences of a trio of directors, which portrays life in the border village of Bystré during the last year...

A street in downtown Warsaw transforms into a kaleidoscopic portrait of Polish society. Behind the viewfinder is an Indian immigrant, who seeks to...

Jim, a slacker college student, decides to procrastinate on an essay worth 25% of his grade. Will he finish in time, or suffer the consequences?

The reunion of a group of former medical students results in a flood of bitter memories.

A provocative and poetic exploration of how the British people have seen their own land through more than a century of cinema. A hallucinated journey...

Korean film critic Jeong Sung-il’s camera explores the work of Wang Bing, a Chinese director who won international fame with his film Tie Xi...

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...