Essay Film Filmes

An experimental short film, shot during the COVID-19 pandemic, made by one person. Using recorded scenes and archival footage, the short presents an...

A film about the city-scape as a diary or essay.

Alberto Van den Eynde's work investigates two conceptions of the image: as a capturer or rescuer of past moments and as a cause of the anguish...

The film is an insight into a teacher's soul and a contemplation upon his teaching fate. This portrait of a unique, experimental filmmaker and...

To My Motherland is an experimental personal essay film that blends personal photographs and home videos to explore the complexities of immigration,...

The film begins as a documentary about an author known for autofiction. By incorporating multiple making-of layers, it blends the process of making...

“Leda + Swans” depicts an infernal, mythic birth of cinema, dredging the violence and horror from Wallace McCutcheon’s comic short...

"A l likeness is a gift... it avoids... or confuses time if your prefer." said John Berger. Following this premise, 81.92 is a structuralist inquiry...

What do you see when you see a black screen?

Everyday Maneuver is a video that presents the viewer with an unrealistic scenery. Shot from a drone, it shows a city at daytime, but there isn't a...

A 25-minute visual essay by Kent Jones about Jean-Luc Godard and his film 'Weekend'.

A mother of three leaves the children at home to spend a month in Paris on her own. She re-reads “The Second Sex” by Simone de Beauvoir,...

Actor / director Aoki-Asta Konieczny attempts to get funding for her stage adaption of the seminal 1949 Polish science fiction film "In The Slit...

A film essay loosely based on LIMITE (1931) and TRICÔ E PITANGAS (2011), shot during film production classes.

A woman goes on a strange journey through the woods; Bookended by two dreams.

The author's personal confession. This essay film about the relationship between father and son is filmed exclusively in 16mm film in Prague,...