Notes on Marie Menken

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

Invest in Failure (Notes on Film 06-C, Monologue 03)

Norbert Pfaffenbichler pieces together clips from 160 James Mason films to examine the eternally urbane star's career.

Flutter Echoes and Notes Concerning Nature

In the past Indonesia used to be ruled by mighty Kingdoms that relied on farming and fishing. Those days are over. The amount of farmers diminishes by 100.000 people every year. This film is about two sets of different p

Notes from Altmühltal

Notizen aus dem Altmühltal shows the West German south as mezzogiorno of the Wirtschaftswunder republic: the simple folk, as they say, vegetate a bit dully through their days; meanwhile, the authorities do nothing to pro

A Musical War of Love

Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes

Sonny Rollins: Beyond the Notes uses his 80th birthday concert to look into the man and his music.

Swingtij (Blue Notes & Higher Grounds)

Seven Happy Notes

The film is based on the best choreographic numbers from the performances of the Leningrad Music Hall, songs of pop stars and romances performed by popular singers. The concert numbers are united by the storyline of the

Notes of a Wayfarer

A blind old man lives in a lost way station. He intuitively determines the condition of the railway tracks, which are monitored by his son. Every month, a track meter equipped with state-of-the-art technology passes thro

Silent Notes

After finding out he is going deaf, Bruce is stuck at a crossroads: he needs a surgical intervention that he can’t afford. In his attempt to find a solution that will get him the money, he meets Ethan, a lonely man who n

Kleine Bank mit schlechten Noten

Notes for Jerome

A tribute to Jonas Mekas' late friend and patron, Jerome Hill. Filmed on 16mm across three visits to Hill’s estate in Cassis, France, the film plays out as a tender visual diary of memory, passing time, and artistic exil

Notes sur l'émigration. Espagne 1960

An investigation into the motives of Spanish workers who migrated to Switzerland in the late 50s, early 60s turns into a sometimes caustic, sometimes melancholic rumination on the land they left behind. A work in between

Notes for a Film in India

A 1968 short documentary film by Pier Paolo Pasolini where he visits India in the search of a king who could give up his body to feed a starving tiger.

Notes, Imprints (On Love): Part I

An autobiographical collection of instances that describe the action of living in a post-industrial landscape, the end of a love story and the politics of what is private and what is public. The camera, as a device for r

The Editor’s Notebook

The Editor’s Notebook is a salute from one titan of Chicago media to another. A sponsored film produced by Wilding Picture Productions on behalf of the Chicago Daily News, The Editor’s Notebook mixes documentary footage,

Notes on a Summer

Writer and filmmaker Llorente’s homeland becomes the focus of a simmering drama played out amongst the beaches, squares and lush green mountains of this north-western province of Spain. The action follows Marta as she sw

Moscow in Notes

A promotional concert film made for promoting and introducing Moscow to foreigners.

The Seven Notes of My Childhood

In the post-war devastation, a little boy, the son of a former enemy of the people, is desperately trying to survive after a severe spinal injury. Self-belief, love of life and music work wonders.

The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci strove to know the world equally through artistic and scientific means. This poetic portrayal of one of history’s most imaginative minds returns to the Goodman nearly three decades after it burst onto t