Essay Film Movies

  • 2007
    Sam in the Bag

    Sam in the Bag

    Sam in the Bag

    02007HD

    While Trevor and Sam are smoking pot, Trevor’s mom comes home. When she finds out, Trevor reveals his father’s adulterous ways and...

    Sam in the Bag
  • 2017
    In the Intense Now

    In the Intense Now

    In the Intense Now

    7.82017HD

    A personal essay which analyses and compares images of the political upheavals of the 1960s. From the military coup in Brazil to China's Cultural...

    In the Intense Now
  • 1975
    Four Shorts on Architecture

    Four Shorts on Architecture

    Four Shorts on Architecture

    01975HD

    A visual essay on contemporary Kiwi architecture.

    Four Shorts on Architecture
  • 2021
    You Could Have Seen The Mona Lisa

    You Could Have Seen The Mona Lisa

    You Could Have Seen The Mona Lisa

    02021HD

    The world’s museums are closed. What are you missing?  Take a real-time walk through the Louvre towards the “greatest painting...

    You Could Have Seen The Mona Lisa
  • 2015
    Genoveva

    Genoveva

    Genoveva

    02015HD

    A photograph of an unknown Mapuche great-grandmother is the starting point of this documentary essay. Through the analysis of said picture,...

    Genoveva
  • 2018
    Night and Fog in Zona

    Night and Fog in Zona

    Night and Fog in Zona

    5.52018HD

    Korean film critic Jeong Sung-il’s camera explores the work of Wang Bing, a Chinese director who won international fame with his film Tie Xi...

    Night and Fog in Zona
  • 2017
    Once There Was Everything

    Once There Was Everything

    Once There Was Everything

    72017HD

    Kogonada looks at how the motif of doors reverberates through Robert Bresson's work.

    Once There Was Everything
  • 1970
    The Swedish Troll Factory

    The Swedish Troll Factory

    The Swedish Troll Factory

    01970HD

    Artists Nathalie Gabrielsson and Peter Sköld uncover a massive disinformation campaign against the Swedish welfare model that started in the...

    The Swedish Troll Factory
  • 1970
    Moving Memories

    Moving Memories

    Moving Memories

    01970HD

    On April 1st, 2022, my grandfather passed away and i felt lost. I think my path changed when, some days after he passed away, i was offered a small...

    Moving Memories
  • 1997
    Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

    Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

    Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty

    6.4741997HD

    A very personal look at the history of cinema directed, written and edited by Jean-Luc Godard in his Swiss residence in Rolle for ten years...

    Histoire(s) du Cinéma 2b: Deadly Beauty
  • 2022
    Klassenverhältnisse am Bodensee

    Klassenverhältnisse am Bodensee

    Klassenverhältnisse am Bodensee

    02022HD

    A filmmaker reconstructs a common memory about the formerly industrialized Lake Constance region, which was also largely built up by migration...

    Klassenverhältnisse am Bodensee
  • 2013
    What Is Neorealism?

    What Is Neorealism?

    What Is Neorealism?

    7.42013HD

    Filmmaker Kogonada unpicks what defines the Golden Age of Italian cinema with a side-by-side comparison of two edits of the same film, one according...

    What Is Neorealism?
  • 1975
    Engel und Puppe

    Engel und Puppe

    Engel und Puppe

    101975HD

    Engel und Puppe is the first film by Italian filmmaker and writer Ellis Donda. Screened at Oberhausen in 1975, Engel und Puppe is a political...

    Engel und Puppe
  • 1997
    Hovory o lékařské etice

    Hovory o lékařské etice

    Hovory o lékařské etice

    01997HD

    Hovory o lékařské etice
  • 2019
    The Philosophy of Horror (Part I): Etymology

    The Philosophy of Horror (Part I): Etymology

    The Philosophy of Horror (Part I): Etymology

    02019HD

    The Philosophy of Horror is a seven-part abstract adaptation of Noël Carroll’s influential film theoretical book of the same title...

    The Philosophy of Horror (Part I): Etymology
  • 1983
    The Occult Philosophy

    The Occult Philosophy

    The Occult Philosophy

    11983HD

    An attempt to visualize a secret knowledge about the nature of man —a philo-clip—, through the use of structures of dissociated geometry...

    The Occult Philosophy
  • 2020
    You & Eye

    You & Eye

    You & Eye

    102020HD

    A personal, poetic essay film exploring eye contact, social anxiety, and the nature of connection between self and other.

    You & Eye
  • 2024
    A Weak & Panicked Animal

    A Weak & Panicked Animal

    A Weak & Panicked Animal

    02024HD

    Enclosed by a civilised landscape, society reduces the problem of human survival to a minimum. The sidewalk, the fence, the clearing, demarcate a...

    A Weak & Panicked Animal
  • 2021
    Unpublished Visions

    Unpublished Visions

    Unpublished Visions

    02021HD

    Four filmmakers working in the region of Galicia (in the northwest of Spain) follow and portray on the screen Galician artists working in disciplines...

    Unpublished Visions
  • 2022
    The Sound of Crickets

    The Sound of Crickets

    The Sound of Crickets

    02022HD

    After the disappearance of Aldemar his wife decided to get overall uncertainty by including him in the list of deaths in the 1938 Colombian National...

    The Sound of Crickets