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24 results for “essay film”

Around the World with Orson Welles

1955 ★ 7.1

A six-part British television travel series written, directed, and presented by Orson Welles for ITV in 1955. Filmed entirely in Europe, the series follows Well

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Néron essayant des poisons sur des esclaves

1898 ★ 5.2

Nero, seated on a throne, has slaves summoned. Each drinks poison and dies, the second even though he can see the corpse of his predecessor. "Néron essayant des

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My Last Five Girlfriends

2010 ★ 5.3

Depressed and suicidal, thirtysomething bachelor Duncan – determined to find the secret to a healthy, strong relationship, – flashes back to his last five relat

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A Life in Suitcases: A History of Tulse Luper

2005 ★ 5.8

A comic study of 20th-century history, reconstructing the life of writer, creator and professional prisoner Tulse Luper. Born in 1911 Newport and last heard of

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Peripheral Visions

2025 ★ 0.0

A student struggling on his essay mistakenly stumbles across an otherworldly phenomenon that threatens his very concept of reality, sending him spiralling down

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The Wound and the Knife (Notes for a Film About García Wehbi)

2019 ★ 3.0

"The wound and the knife" is several things, or at least three: a documentary, a fiction and an essay. A documentary about the creative process of the last 5 y

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Moravian Hellas

1964 ★ 4.8

Karel Vachek’s graduate film offers us a documentary essay which is both a light-hearted and aggressive little piece and also a parody of investigative film jou

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Helsinki, Forever

2008 ★ 7.1

Helsinki, Forever is a montage film about the city of Helsinki by the award-winning Finnish film director and academic Peter von Bagh. The film draws a portrait

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Moscowin Kavery

2010 ★ 6.8

Moscowin Kavery (English: Moscow's Kaveri ) is a 2010 Tamil romantic drama film written and directed by cinematographer Ravi Varman, making his directorial debu

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Petersburg

2003 ★ 4.2

A poetic essay on the city of St. Petersburg in the 18th century, based on poems by Alexander Pushkin and Alexander Blok and a novel by Andrey Belyi. The film c

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Classic Alice

2014 ★ 0.0

When college student Alice receives a bad grade on an essay, she partners with her friend Andrew to film a documentary about living her life according to classi

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Histoire(s) du cinéma

1989 ★ 4.9

An 8-part essay film chronicling the history of cinema, examining the history of the concept of cinema and how both relates to the 20th century. Documentary

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Beloved/Friend

1999 ★ 5.5

Based on a work of Josep Maria Benet i Jornet entitled "Testament", the film tells the story of an aging professor of medieval literature with the dilemma of de

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Darkroom

2026 ★ 0.0

Darkroom is a city symphony and filmed diary that captures the invisible pulse of Buenos Aires through a visual, introspective journey. The film opens on the va

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my dog doesn't understand art

2026 ★ 0.0

A short essay film about the act of filming, nature, power, and my dog.

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There Is No Sea in Buenos Aires (Notes for a Love Poem)

2026 ★ 0.0

At 22, Elena discovers the essay film while falling in love with an Argentine woman she will see only four times. *En Buenos Aires no hay mar* is a sincere expl

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Wake (Subic)

2015 ★ 6.0

First begun in 2006, WAKE (SUBIC) completes the documentary diptych, FOR EXAMPLE, THE PHILIPPINES, the first part of which, VAPOR TRAIL (CLARK) was released in 2

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La dernière énigme

1982 ★ 4.8

In-between essay and fiction, La dernière énigme established Ossang's formal territory: a contemporary mythology. Inspired by the book On Terrorism and the Stat

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Dance of Earth

2026 ★ 0.0

Blurring the lines of truth and fiction, this sociological essay film collages moments of distant future with observations on technology led evolution and what

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THE LIVE IS ON, BUT NOBODY’S HOME

2026 ★ 0.0

The absurd ways in which we are forced to find comfort in our increasingly alienating and online world are brought to the fore in this essay film on homesicknes

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Flicker

2026 ★ 0.0

Dag Kaszlikowski, a physicist and filmmaker, created a short, sensuous essay on perception. It focuses on the scientific idea of the so-called Boltzmann brain,

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Aphasic correspondences

2026 ★ 0.0

An audiovisual essay constructed from Super 8 footage filmed during camera tests for the short film ‘La Trampa’. Through gestures, light, and silences, it refle

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Vampir Cuadecuc

1972 ★ 6.2

An atmospheric essay, which is an alternative version of Count Dracula, a film directed by Jess Franco in 1970; a ghostly narration between fiction and reality.

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Six fois deux/Sur et sous la communication

1976 ★ 7.3

In this radically unconventional television series, Godard and Miéville analyze the political economy of personal and mass media communications in relation to s

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