Essay Film Movies

  • 2020
    In Ictu Oculi

    In Ictu Oculi

    In Ictu Oculi

    8.52020HD

    The six-decade transformation of a block of houses, shown by means of artfully featured archival shots, highlights the beauty and sadness of...

    In Ictu Oculi
  • 1994
    The Mermaids

    The Mermaids

    The Mermaids

    01994HD

    A video essay by Luiz Rosemberg Filho on the standardization of beauty through mass media.

    The Mermaids
  • 2005
    A Way

    A Way

    A Way

    02005HD

    "If there is a relationship between production and destruction, between the development of productive and destructive forces, then the atom bomb is...

    A Way
  • 2023
    Cambalhota

    Cambalhota

    Cambalhota

    102023HD

    A girl mixes fiction with reality while writing a letter to her grandmother.

    Cambalhota
  • 2018
    Everyday Maneuver

    Everyday Maneuver

    Everyday Maneuver

    02018HD

    Everyday Maneuver is a video that presents the viewer with an unrealistic scenery. Shot from a drone, it shows a city at daytime, but there isn't a...

    Everyday Maneuver
  • 1965
    Tonto-tour

    Tonto-tour

    Tonto-tour

    01965HD

    A series of visual paradoxes between the names of the streets of Madrid and those of the shops located in them.

    Tonto-tour
  • 2021
    O Cinema é Minha Vida

    O Cinema é Minha Vida

    O Cinema é Minha Vida

    52021HD

    In the dressing room of the French cinema, minutes before attending a lecture, François Truffaut recalls his trajectory

    O Cinema é Minha Vida
  • 2025
    The Barbie Movie

    The Barbie Movie

    The Barbie Movie

    02025HD

    Equal parts documentary, visual essay, experimental collage narrative, and parodic homage to and of all things Barbie, this caustic and exciting...

    The Barbie Movie
  • 2024
    Taube Feuer

    Taube Feuer

    Taube Feuer

    02024HD

    With noise-canceling headphones, they communicate with an inaudible counterpart. Decoupled, they move around the room and meet their surroundings....

    Taube Feuer
  • 2014
    Clear Skies, Light Breeze

    Clear Skies, Light Breeze

    Clear Skies, Light Breeze

    02014HD

    Clear Skies, Light Breeze, is a 2013 visual essay by Tati expert Stéphane Goudet about the debut of Monsieur Hulot

    Clear Skies, Light Breeze
  • 2025
    What to Film?

    What to Film?

    What to Film?

    02025HD

    Experimental documentary dissecting artistic inspiration through raw imagery and collage, aiming to answer a defining question for artists: What to...

    What to Film?
  • 2018
    Beata Virgo Viscera

    Beata Virgo Viscera

    Beata Virgo Viscera

    02018HD

    An essay about films about flying.

    Beata Virgo Viscera
  • 2006
    Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)

    Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)

    Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)

    02006HD

    A dog's funeral becomes part of a chain of absurd events including a tomato ketchup battle, a reconstruction of the battle of Austerlitz and a...

    Záviš, kníže pornofolku pod vlivem Griffithovy Intolerance a Tatiho Prázdnin pana Hulota aneb Vznik a zánik Československa (1918 - 1992)
  • 2025
    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment

    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment

    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment

    02025HD

    Television was invented as a result of scientific and technical research. Its power as a medium of news and entertainment altered all preceding media...

    Motion Pictures are Your Best Entertainment
  • 2024
    We Used to Be Friends.

    We Used to Be Friends.

    We Used to Be Friends.

    02024HD

    For a long time they were an integral part of our society, today they live neglected in our cities and are deemed a problem. The pigeon is a relic of...

    We Used to Be Friends.
  • 1966
    La Camargue

    La Camargue

    La Camargue

    5.51966HD

    A short 6-minute essay-documentary by Maurice Pialat on the region in which much of the action of Nous ne vieillirons pas ensemble unfolds.

    La Camargue
  • 1983
    The Occult Philosophy

    The Occult Philosophy

    The Occult Philosophy

    11983HD

    An attempt to visualize a secret knowledge about the nature of man —a philo-clip—, through the use of structures of dissociated geometry...

    The Occult Philosophy
  • 2025
    Love By Hands

    Love By Hands

    Love By Hands

    02025HD

    A collage-style video essay that explores the idea of love through touch. Guided by fragments of films, paintings, photographs, and other visual...

    Love By Hands
  • 2019
    A Film Inspired by Real Events

    A Film Inspired by Real Events

    A Film Inspired by Real Events

    02019HD

    Through the footage from his family's Handycam, the director creates a portrait of his family that is falling apart.

    A Film Inspired by Real Events
  • 2021
    Personal Life of a Hole

    Personal Life of a Hole

    Personal Life of a Hole

    02021HD

    A hole gapes in a house wall. A small flaw, something imperfect that we seldom consciously direct our attention to. Filmmaker Ondřej...

    Personal Life of a Hole