A Family Portrait
An auto-ethnographic film that explores the sensory relationship between distance and memory. After finding a family portrait on my phone one evening in Germany, I felt a longing for my hometown. I wanted to make a film
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An auto-ethnographic film that explores the sensory relationship between distance and memory. After finding a family portrait on my phone one evening in Germany, I felt a longing for my hometown. I wanted to make a film
An intimate look at the Oscar-nominated actor’s incomparable artistry, and the acting process which informed his transformative performances. Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, George C. Wolfe, Branford Marsalis,
Hudina's move into cinema with his old drawings, paintings, and photographs animated onto film.
In this intimate film, the filmmaker reflects on his fears and struggles to reveal his identity to his father through a narration of their memories together.
A documentary portrait of Masters student Cameron Brown featuring his co-advisor Dr Robert Hanner.
Made during summer 2021.
Me, my tripod and the coastline.
In the courtyard of an old house in Saida, a woman is rehearsing a scene from a movie. She introduces her family, and the camera records both moments from her family's everyday life and scenes from the upcoming movie.
“Grotesque dancer” Valeska Gert speaks with inimitable repartee and typical Berlin brashness about her scandals and the people she met. She recreates her grotesque dances and pantomimes for the camera with the young Nast
An intimate, behind-the-music portrait of one of the most unassuming yet influential creative artists of our time, guitarist Bill Frisell. Frisell said of the film, “It’s like the inside of my brain!”
This documentary depicts the 50-year career of Indian photographer Raghu Rai, a staple at the illustrious Magnum Photos Agency, but also his relationship with his daughter and the film’s director, Avani Rai. The camera b
A short, silent, oblique self-portrait from 1983. Filmed on 16mm Kodachrome 40 and some black-and-white stock (the superimpositions were made in-camera) and reworked on the optical printer at the LFMC.
Fernanda Wittgens joined the Brera Museum in 1928, and after a few years she was its director. Courageous and visionary, during the war she saved artworks from the bombings, aided political opponents of Fascism and Jewis
Lily is a museum curator who finds a painting that looks just like her. Lily’s search for the artist leads her to Ireland, where she meets William, a charming man who helps her on her quest and may also know more about t
Told in the cinematic tradition of classic westerns, “COWBOYS - A Documentary Portrait” is a feature-length film that gives viewers the opportunity to ride alongside modern working cowboys on some of America's largest an
The Aromanians (Rrãmãnji) are an ethnic group found mainly in today’s Albania, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania. For filmmaker Alexandra Gulea, this question of heritage is connected to the name she shares with her grandmoth
Self Portrait (Decomposed) is an exploration of the transsexual body through the practice of process cinema. This self-portrait was developed with a mint and hibiscus tea on the new moon, and left to rot in compost until
A self portrait by Samantha Hart
In a historical vegetable garden on a Dutch estate, the 85 year-old pruning master and the gardener tend to the espaliers. As they prune, the men chat about food, the weather, the world and they share their knowledge of
Photographer Imogen Cunningham presents her own work in this Academy Award-nominated documentary.