Portrait Movies

A look back at the life and career of Jean-Louis Foulquier (1943-2013), with testimonials from those who crossed his path and were accustomed to his...

The artist Sergente Palmerino and his wife lose their business, their home, and everything they had built in Montreal since the late 1930s in a fire.

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...

Sylvia Kristel – Paris is a portrait of Sylvia Kristel , best known for her role in the 1970’s erotic cult classic Emmanuelle, as well as...

Impassivity and silence are Mads Mikkelsen's trademarks, and roles without reply his specialty. His sculptural allure is such that his mere presence...

She was the first to study gorillas in their natural environment: the high mountains of Rwanda, where she settled in 1967. For nearly twenty years,...

Le Lignon: a long building with two towers, below it the Rhone River and its forest, habitat to many birds. Two microcosms that influence and inspire...

This short documentary tells the intensely personal story of Namrata Gill – one of the many real-life inspirations for Deepa Mehta’s...

Some celebrate him as a sex symbol and the most interesting actor of our time. Envious people talk about his smooth face, his washboard stomach, and...

Experimental film inspired by Andy Warhol's 'Sleep'.

Zina left Algeria to fulfill her childhood dream of driving trucks. At every turn, her cabin becomes a space of freedom and the highway a battlefield.

In a conservative Armenian family a 16 years old Karine dreams to become a veterinarian, but her family, especially her father, who is a well-known...

In 1986, during the Paris-Dakar rally, singer Daniel Balavoine, who was leading a humanitarian operation, was killed in a helicopter crash alongside...

A study of the psychology of a champion ski-flyer, whose full-time occupation is carpentry.

Desperate to become as rich and successful as their idol, a trio of Michael Jackson impersonators hustle their way into Hollywood agencies, are...

Through eyewitness accounts and archival footage, viewers are taken on a journey through the great battles that defined President Gamal Abdel...

Jean-Pierre Bacri was never happy about anything. But beyond the caricature of the grumpy man, from his apprenticeship years to his death in January...

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...