Portrait Movies

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...

This short documentary is the portrait of an 88-year-old woman who lives alone in a log cabin without running water or electricity in the Williams...

His signature roles were the edgy North German characters: Jan Fedder was one of the most popular actors in the North. He was one of the most popular...

"What could be more unsettling than a man close to death whose profound arrogance drives him relentlessly to hang onto both his power and his...

In the 1960s, a young Spanish flamenco dancer named Antonia Singla captivated audiences with her strikingly passionate performances. Having lost her...

This feature film is a portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939....

Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the...

Documentary about what makes a house a home.

This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

Mariem, 53, a former estate agent, has been living at a shelter for several months. Surrounded by women in far more precarious circumstances than...

A grandson shows his grandmother how to navigate an iPad 2 full of clues for solving a puzzle. Over a phone call, she recites an email she wrote...

"This installation or performance work puts my own earlier film of the Mona Lisa (1973) through another stage of transformation – my own...

When the lights dim and the stage is revealed, Meschke channels life through the strings of his puppets, triggering the spiritual connection between...

A bloodstain on a sheet triggers a great transformation in Tina, an eleven-year-old girl. As she spreads out the laundry with her mother, she will...

After unknowingly drawing a murderer, an aspiring artist becomes the only source of evidence in an ongoing case.

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