Portrait of a Woman

A woman exists as an incomplete form of herself. She goes unknowingly through various stages of life. Suddenly, her real self wakes up and forces her to fight for liberation.

The Portrait of Cordua

"Location: a ballet company, Mrs. Cordua training alone, training together with another person, head exercises, body exercises, leg and arm exercises, supporting herself, working in the ballet room, taking off her makeup

Portrait of the painter at his workshop

The film is the cinematic encounter of two looks (that of the painter Arié Mandelbaum and that of the filmmaker Boris Lehman) with one voice: that of the singer Esther Lamandier (who goes by the same name as Arié: Mandel

Portrait of a Dying Giant

In the copper mine of the industrial town Bor in Eastern Serbia, miners have been melting copper in the same manner for more than a century.

Travel Portraits: Ivory Coast - Wax

Traditional Ivorian cloths tell many stories

Breath of the Word - The Portrait of Tomaž Pengov

A documentary featurette about the Slovenian singer-songwriter Tomaž Pengov.

Self Portrait '92

This is a sort of documentary made by Vilgot Sjoman about Vilgot Sjoman as a sort of cinematic autobiography aired on Swedish television originally in 1992.

The Mute Girl of Portici

The world's only opera to trigger a revolution during its premiere is "The Mute Girl of Portici" by Daniel Francois Esprit Auber. The audience in Brussels, outraged over a girl's mistreatment, exited the theater, stormed

Unfaithful Portrait

Portrait

Animator Pavel Koutský's portrait of the man in the street; just an animal.

Buried in Madness – Punk in Portugal 78-88 - The Second Wave

Directed by Hugo Conim and Miguel Newton, "Enterrado na Loucura – Punk em Portugal 78-88 - A 2ª Vaga" (“Buried in Insanity – Punk in Portugal 78-88 – The second wave”), continues a history that started to be told in “A U

Colonial Action of the Portuguese

The aim of this documentary – especially in the subtitles – is to promote the benefits of civilization. The buildings and roads, built by Africans, commanded by settlers. The agricultural facilities, the hospital. Then t

Portrait of a failed writer

At the age of twenty-three Joris writes his first novel and starts filming himself while opening letters from publishing houses. He receives nothing but rejections letters, but keeps on writing. Eight novels in seventeen

Ascent of Portjengrat

In 1910, the Parisian Albert Chapon and the Genevan Louis Arlaud filmed the ascent of Portjengrat (3,654 m) in the Penine Alps. The resulting film was a short 172 meters long produced by the Société Française des Films e

Portrait of a Monk

A portrait of a 90-year-old Carthusian monk dr. Josip Edgar Leopold from the Pleterje monastery.

Porté disparu

Twenty years after his disappearance and while everyone believes him dead, Jacques returns home incognito under the name Laurent Dupas. He finds his wife Hélène, who has remarried Eric, a bank manager. They all look happ

Portrait of a Reluctant Gentleman

There are many rumors about Eugen. That he likes it better with a beer on the park bench than in his flat at Östermalm. That he was a chemist who made his own amphetamines. That he fought in the Hitler Jugend. Is this tr

Statues of Portugal

Launch of a competition, organized by the newspaper O Século, entitled Statues of Portugal.

Portugal: Wild Land on the Edge

Portugal has a history that is deeply tied to its landscapes and wildlife. A unique breed of wild horses roams Portugal’s only national park, horses small and hardy enough to have accompanied Portuguese explorers on ocea

The Revolution in Portugal

Documentary newsreel of the republican coup d'état on October 5, 1910, that successfully overthrew the centuries-old constitutional monarchy in Lisbon, establishing the First Portuguese Republic.