Um Cinema Quase Paradiso

This short documentary presents the singular movie theater of the historic city of Ouro Preto, in Brazil, the Cine Vila Rica. Throug the looks of five characters that represents different ages and different reasons for t

Why is Cinema Important?

A documentary about why cinema is important to people and what it means to them.

Cinema, do Micro ao Macro

An interview with film professors recounting their experiences with the seventh art and reflecting on contemporary implications.

Bordeaux, le cinéma pour mémoire

Tim Burton : un monstre de cinéma

Cinema Pioneers: Georges Méliès

Um Olhar Inquieto: O Cinema de Jorge Bodanzky

During the height of the military dictatorship, Jorge Bodanzky documented the construction of the Humboldt University [research station] in Mato Grosso. While flying over the surrounding area—amidst the dense, unbroken f

Mexico! Un cinema alla riscossa

The Cinema Mexico is one of the last single-screen cinemas left in Milan. Its story is inextricably tied to the figure of Antonio Sancassani who ran it independently for the past thirty years taking care of every single

sisyphe au cinéma

Dreams of Tokyo, Dreams of Cinema

A documentary about cinematographer Gabriel Veyre's adventures introducing cinema to Japan and South America. Veyre was a traveling cameraman for the Lumiere Co. He declared cinema dead only 2 years after its inception a

Tarkovsky's Cinema

Contains interview footage with Tarkovsky as he discusses each of his seven major films. He also talks about his world-view and his philosophy of filmmaking. The film also includes footage of a Tarkovsky lecture to young

Le cinéma fait le Mur

On the night of 12-13 August 1961, the GDR erected a wall that separated Berlin in two. Very quickly, the cinema takes hold of the subject. In the West as in the East, spies, fugitives, smugglers, agents of the Stasi are

One Hundred and One Nights

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.

O eclipse do cinema

Frankenstein by Manual Cinema

Manual Cinema stitches together the classic story of Frankenstein with Mary Shelley’s own biography to create an unexpected story about the beauty and horror of creation. Manual Cinema combines handmade shadow puppetry,

Cinéma Express : Le train au cinéma

REVISTA DO CINEMA BRASILEIRO #98

Masha and the Bear - To the Cinema

Masha is an energetic three-year-old who lives in an old train station in the forest. Precocious, silly, and friendly with everyone she meets, this energetic girl can’t seem to keep herself out of trouble. Bear is a war

The Bougainvillea and the Cinema

Baiser de cinéma