Chess Movies

2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany...

A boy plays a chess game against an unknown opponent that gets stranger as he goes on.

Two brothers, raised by a chess master, must battle head to head in the world's most competitive chess tournament.

The plot revolves around three men waiting to be deported in a prison. To escape the monotony, they form chess pieces from their bread rations, with...

A teenage boy's mother needs money for surgery, but she can't afford it. After he finds a poster for a chess competition with a grand prize of $10k,...

Selected for the Cannes 2012 Short Film Corner. A man is standing in the middle of a river when he receives a phone call asking about his current...

Elliott, a lonely young man with no family, learns of a deceased grandfather he never knew. Feeling robbed of such a connection, he decides to hire...

An inspiring creative documentary that follows the story of one of Uganda's unsung heroes - Robert Katende. Popularly known as 'Coach Robert', he was...

Two retired, aging British officers meet in the club of special forces' veterans where they stress their conflicted views about WW2 in the former...

The story of the 1978 World Chess Championship between the Soviet Communist Party's protege, Anatoly Karpov and the traitor and Soviet defector,...

Four blind Indian boys compete to become chess masters.

Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally...

A chess champion and a poker hustler find themselves in a battle of wits after discovering a box full of money in a dumpster.

Martin wants to reconcile with his son Lucas, however, Lucas blames his father for the accidental death of his mother Julia. The reunion unleashes a...

What if the events in a key era in our history were actually completely different than what our history textbooks try to tell us? What if Master Jan...

Two chess champions have a secret match to decide once and for all which of them is the better player.

Chess is Henry's obsession. Unfortunately, his determination in winning, plus his never-ending battle against mental health, causes Henry's life to...

In an old library, two armies of chess pieces are about to start a war.

A Grim Reaper forms an unlikely friendship with a young girl.