Portrait Movies

Interview with the Swedish artist John E. Franzén.

Made in the sunset years of Paul Bowles’ life, the film sees the eccentric author and composer reminisce on how he ended up in Morocco.

Surviving against all odds. In 1940, Benjamin Orenstein, just a teenager, was sent to his first concentration camp in Poland. It was the beginning of...

Through eyewitness accounts and archival footage, viewers are taken on a journey through the great battles that defined President Gamal Abdel...

Having won 250 tournaments, including 83 without losing a single game, 3 Olympic medals, 6 Wimbledon titles and only suffered 7 defeats, Suzanne...

Sigrid Koetse, award-winning actor and grande dame of Dutch theater, lived most of her life in the public eye and was always surrounded by a crowd of...

A documentary portrait that captures Dušan Hanák in the process of working on a musical-poetic piece consisting of his guitar...

A few months before his death, Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda (1926-2016) revisited his work in an assembly room of the Andrzej Wajda Master School...

After consolidating itself as a tourist destination in the mid-1960s, this small coastal village has become the dormitory town for the workers of a...

Miloš Šejn: lying down, awake. And above all, creating. This documentary essay follows an artist whose work is “born of...

An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait

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

What is essential in a time of upheaval? Director Brittany Farhat documented the months of panic and epiphany in the leadup to July Talk’s...

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

Documentary paints a portrait of the versatile actor Javier Bardem ("Jamon Jamon"), who plays disturbing roles. His talent has already earned him...

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...