Ego: The Strange and Wonderful World of Self-Portraits

Laura Cumming takes a journey through more than 500 years of self-portraits and finds out how the greatest names in western art transformed themselves into their own masterpieces.

Next Door: Hope

Cellist Helena is married to Mário, who criticizes her as an artist and a woman, leaving her insecure to the point of leaving the stage and becoming isolated and dependent on her husband.

New York Portrait, Chapter III

"[Hutton’s] latest urban film, New York Portrait, Chapter III, takes on a unique tone in relation to Hutton’s ongoing exploration of rural landscape. The very fact that Hutton is dealing with older footage, with archives

A Portrait of Michael Crichton

Michael Crichton discusses his early career as a writer, leading up to his writing of the best-selling novel "The Andromeda Strain" and his involvement with the making of the film.

Vidal e a História de Portugal

Ich, die Hauptperson. 30 Tage aus dem Leben eines Portemonnaies

A wallet follows the financial weal and woe of an average (West) Berlin family of three on an average income. A cheerful, satirical look at everyday life in 1960, the Schulze family lives in an apartment building somewhe

A Portrait of Mr. Huang

Part of Qiu Jiongjiong’s 'chatterbox' oral history trilogy, this short documentary focuses on current storyteller and ex-cop Huang Songnian. Qiu playfully splices montage cuts between Huang’s wildly entertaining, sometim

A British Picture: Portrait of an Enfant Terrible

Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of unconventional interconnected episodes – his thirties childhood in Southampton; his first sexual experience (watching Di

Six portraits XL : 2 Jacquotte et Daniel

Jacquotte : Once a year, in July, on the way to vacation, Jacquotte relives her childhood for a few hours in her beloved parents' home, which has remained intact. They died long ago, but nothing has been touched in the

The Bread Peddler

A brave woman is sentenced to prison on false testimony. She escapes twenty years later and takes refuge in Paris where she carries bread while looking for her children Georges and Lucie who will find her and exonerate h

Hemingway: A Portrait

Hemingway: A Portrait

99e régiment d'infanterie : assaut du portique

A regiment of soldiers demonstrate their skills.

Paredes Pintadas da Revolução Portuguesa

Following the Revolution of April 25, 1974, the walls of the city of Lisbon became a means of celebrating and transmitting revolutionary ideals and slogans. The text by painter António Domingues praises this plastic work

A Portrait - The Choreographer Sasha Waltz

The portrait in the moon

Nicolas is a 5-year-old boy who loses his mother. His aunt tells him she’s in heaven, pointing to the moon. Inspired, Nicolas decides to build a rocket to go visit her.

Introduction to the Sony Portapak and Camera

A demonstration of the Sony Portapak 1/2" tape recording deck, including using camera and microphones, and a discussion of best practices for avoiding damage and achieving the highest quality recordings.

Portamento

'This is not a film. 'This is not a film, it's not a clip, it's not a video drama, it's not an experimental film. As the director himself says, "The genre is undefined". However, it is by no means esoteric, and its unnat

Self-Portraits

In 1993-1994, when I was in art school, I felt like an outsider amongst outsiders.  I was queer, but there were so few out queer people around me.  I felt like I had no identity, so I started to obsessively do a numbered

Astor Piazzolla in Portrait

Concert and Interview with Astor Piazzolla and his sextet by the BBC-Bristol.

Portraits of a Young Eastern-European Jewish Orphan Girl

Portraits of a Young Orphan Jewish Girl from Eastern-Europe (2003) is a very short film, a confirmation of the possibility of creating cinematic masterpieces with an non-existent budget. The charming portrait of this you