Portrait Movies

In 2024, Abdelkrim Baba Aissa, aged 75, engages in a series of filmed interviews with Algerian journalist Thoria Smati. They address the chronology...

What if nobody wants to believe you? Hanni, a farmer's wife and mother of three, is worried about her daughter Magdalena. The girl is smaller than...

'if you only had one year left of your life, what would you do?' This question asks Swiss author Franz Hohler. His answer: 'Make death your adviser...

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic...

Portrait of a couple who decide to work and live for the summer time on a lonely alp.

Albert Camus, who died 60 years ago, continues to inspire defenders of freedom and human rights activists around the world today. The Nobel Prize...

When Werner Herzog was still a child, his father was beaten to death before his eyes. His mother was overwhelmed with his upbringing and thereupon...

Documentary portrait of the poet Karla Erbová is a confession of a creative personality who, despite many twists and turns in life, remains...

A feature documentary which captures Katharine Hepburn's spirit and determination, exploring her story using her own words, through a combination of...

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

Swedish documentary from 2012. "A devilish man who can do many arts". A portrait of August Strindberg (1849-1912), which in addition to his...

Samantha Flores, an 87 year old trans woman dreams with creating a nursing home for elder LGBTTI+ community.

A frustrated art student reaches into his dreams for inspiration, only to be taken on a journey by a mysterious doppelganger.

He was born different, and chose to become unique. Becoming Lucky Love follows how Luc Bruyère turned his “flaw” into strength and...