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A huge-selling world music artist, Cesaria Evora has developed a devoted following who are enraptured by her blending or world music and Latin rhythms. This documentary takes a look at her upbringing, initial struggles t
Mental trials of a woman who has been through twenty years of the Catholic experience. The images of the film are literal interpretations of dreams from this time period.
Iranian short documentary, part of a collection of portrait documentaries.
Interviews with and performance footage of conductor Sir John Barbirolli.
A portrait of Raymond Chandler, creator of the Philip Marlowe mystery thrillers, by John Foster and Fred Burnley. The film portrays Chandler's life and creative attitudes in his own words. Dramatised excerpts from his l
Lang Lang is already an undisputed international star of the piano. A "Wunderkind" like Mozart, Lang Lang is a demi-god in China and a superstar in the rest of the world. Portrait of An Exceptional Artist reveals not onl
Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Marlén builds stories of family and love, understanding their hairy tits as the center in the construction of their gender, pleasure and sexuality.
Interviews with the late Freddie Mercury.
Actor Takakura Ken visits Santa Cruz in Portugal and traces the footsteps of the writer Dan Kazuo, who spent his last years living there.
The father through the eye of the son, the painter through the eye of the filmmaker. Started at random 10 years ago, the picture rewrites in a very subjective way the life of Roger Gobron - born in 1899 in Brussels - who
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., discusses his development as a writer, including references to some of his major novels, his themes and their meaning, his relationship to other writers, problems in sustaining his special vision of A
Cited as “the best filmmaker of his generation” by directors ranging from Akerman to Benoît Jacquot, Philippe Garrel remains an alluring, somewhat enigmatic figure; this rare look at his world and his art was made right
'Scalia' is a 90-minute feature documentary from Mad Universe and director Chris Mortensen examining the judicial life, influence and legacy of the controversial and influential Supreme Court Justice who - in the words o
An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait
One of the world’s leading pianists and foremost interpreters of Bach’s music, Angela Hewitt appears in recital and with major orchestras throughout Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Sumiko Haneda returns to film what will be the final bits of Akiko Kanda's life, documenting Kanda's will to dance as she struggles with terminal cancer.
Documentary on the President of Reading University Motorsports Society and racer Kieran Wakefield.
The main character, Michèle, spends the hour discussing her views of life with some old and new friends, and tries to understand her own feelings about her place in the world and her sexuality, while a camera follows alo
Step by step, through the story of the movie creation process from an idea, to its realization, we meet Milcho Manchevski - an authentic artist, whose movies bravely defy cliches and usual expectations. The author of mov
Twenty-five years after his abduction during the Kosovo War, painter Skender Muja recalls a pivotal moment of survival. Held in a detention center, he was ordered to draw a Serbian commander’s portrait to save his life.