The Vault

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

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

A documentary about faith through an essay on aging and the fear of death. A story about a group of elders in a ghost town and their lifetime struggle for the r

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

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

A film essay, a personal story, a tribute to the mothers and families of premature babies, at-risk newborns and the vulnerable disadvantaged. Grey Zone is a doc

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

A straitlaced turn-of-the-century father presides over a family of boys and the mother who really rules the roost. Life with Father is a 1947 American Technicol

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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

When our land speaks, what do you hear? Through found footage and the endangered Louisiana Creole language, this personal essay film reflects on the stakes of e

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

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