Portrait Movies

"The World According to Arild Kristo" - A portrait of the Norwegian photographer, designer, screenwriter and filmmaker Arild Kristo (1939 - 2010)....

His signature roles were the edgy North German characters: Jan Fedder was one of the most popular actors in the North. He was one of the most popular...

Documentary about three Berlin cleaning ladies, their lives and their shattered dreams. The directors succeed in gaining deep insights into German...

Documentary tribute from a great-grandson to his great-grandmother. In a Sunday, filmed in her daily life, Aldéa speaks of universal subjects...

A village in Brittany. During the ten days leading up to All Souls Day, we can see it in its entirety "inhabiting" the cemetery, going from...

"This installation or performance work puts my own earlier film of the Mona Lisa (1973) through another stage of transformation – my own...

Documentary showing Laurent Terzieff's theatre company preparing a production of Murder in the Cathedral, featuring interviews with Terzieff, his...

Animation pioneer Evelyn Lambart recalls arriving at the NFB in the 1940s, her celebrated collaborations with Norman McLaren and her approach to her...

This film tells the story of Markus Anatol Weisse, who, astonishingly enough, became an artist, in spite of being only very partially sighted. Markus...

A portrait of Bruno S., who became famous as an actor in Werner Herzog's films The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and Stroszek and was forgotten all too...

In track and field he’s remembered as The Greatest. Athletics' first commercially global star. Away from the spotlight, his is a life often...

A young painter named Billie lives secluded in an apartment on her own. She tries to find inspiration despite external disturbances.

Get Back To Me follows North Queensland artist and raconteur Nathan Roche attempting to perform a standup comedy routine for the first and last time...

Widely considered an important milestone in Indian Architectural history, the Kanade brothers are a testimony of how life and work can coexist with...