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All the World's Memory

An exploration of the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.

Icarus Films | 1956 | 21 minutes

Almayer's Folly

Narrative film adaptation by Chantal Akerman of Joseph Conrad's first novel, following a European man living in Southeast Asia and his half-indigenous daughter.

Icarus Films | 2011 | 127 minutes

Anne Clark – I’ll Walk Out Into Tomorrow

The film chronicles the work of the English poet and spoken word-artist Anne Clark. Shaped by punk she pioneered electronic music with her pre-techno classics "Sleeper In Metropolis" and "Our Darkness" and hugely impacted generations of musicians.

Deckert Distribution | 2017 | 81 minutes

The Art of Being Human

A remarkable artist who helps us see the humanity in others.

Bullfrog Films | 1995 | 28 minutes

Art Poetry, Part 1

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration? Art Poetry bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.

Pragda Films | 2012 | 62 minutes

Art Poetry, Part 2

Have you ever wondered what would it be like to mash-up Shakespeare’s poems with sound, music, pictures, and illustration? Art Poetry bringing people closer to poetry by representing a selection of the most significant poems in the history of literature in two-minute animation pieces.

Pragda Films | 2012 | 62 minutes

Artists & Love: Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

A story of an ardent love between two women with heroic destinies, united through life and death.

Icarus Films | 2020 | 26 minutes

Bertsolari

Bertsolaritza is an ancestral, completely improvised, form of Basque poetry. Anachronistic? Not at all: the bertsolari, with their spontaneous creation and wordplay, could be an inspiration for rappers and other improv artists.

Pragda Films | 2011 | 52 minutes

Bestseller

Why do some books become bestsellers? This documentary examines the phenomenon in today's global publishing industry.

Icarus Films | 2006 | 52 minutes

Bittersweet Blues

Driven by the poetry of language, Bittersweet Blues takes us into a parallel between the evolution of Acadian French and family memories.

National Film Board of Canada | 2015 | 24 minutes