Portrait Movies

A frustrated art student reaches into his dreams for inspiration, only to be taken on a journey by a mysterious doppelganger.

At the close of Jacques Chirac's life, politician Jean-Louis Debré has wished to make a film to celebrate his friend, to tell the story of...

An intimate portrait filmed across 10 years of Mary, a charismatic and complex woman, born and raised in rural Kansas, USA. She runs a curiosity shop...

Johnny, 16, is a young driver of trot race who start doubting his vocation when he realizes Coquelicot, a young horse, is in danger because he didn't...

In this short documentary, five black women talk about their lives in rural and urban Canada between the 1920s and 1950s. What emerges is a unique...

With more than 70 films and 160 million cumulative tickets in France, Jean-Paul Belmondo is one of the essential stars of French cinema.

Metzer 58 play Punk. They were founded in a meet-up at Lebenshilfe Münster, an NGO that provides housing and other services to people with...

Alanis Obomsawin, a North American Indian who earns her living by singing and making films, is the mother of an adopted child. She talks about her...

When Ines died, she left a very particular legacy, 10 books that read 'For my children'; it was the story of her life. Marked by a youth idyllic...

When 30y/o Joel returns to the stairwell, he freezes in shock. His baby stroller is gone.

For the first time in six years, Barbara Morgenstern, pioneer of German-style electronic intimate pop, works on a new album. Her laptop sits on a...

The Finnish modern dancer Noora Hannula dances through this documentary film in her own explosive style. Noora’s life has always been very...

He has sold 120 million albums since 1960, that is to say more than 60 years of career and more than 7000 concerts all over the world, but Salvatore...

'if you only had one year left of your life, what would you do?' This question asks Swiss author Franz Hohler. His answer: 'Make death your adviser...

Through testimonies from people who practice the art of drag, this short film offers an intimate insight into this world of rhinestones and glitter.

Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic...

In this portrait film, we meet Inger Christensen in her apartment in Østerbro, Copenhagen, where she tells of her life and work, and reads...