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Movies by Machine - AI and Cinema(de)

As artificial intelligence becomes ever more sophisticated, the film industry is split between enthusiasm at what the technology can achieve and concern over the future for human workers in the industry. Will actors and actresses be replaced by machines? An overview on the coming wave of AI in cinema.

Dog Days: The Making of 'Cujo'(en)

Documentary about the making of the 1983 thriller "Cujo"

Fritz Lang, le cercle du destin - Les films allemands(fr)

Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki(ja)

A look at legendary Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki following his retirement in 2013.

Moving Through Time: Fire Walk With Me Memories(en)

Documentary about the making of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.

On Life On-screen: Miseries and Splendour of a Monarch(fr)

A documentary on the collaboration of filmmaker Sacha Guitry and actor Michel Simon focusing on the film "La Poison" (1951).

Dreyer's Gertrud(da)

Documentary about the making and reception of Carl Th. Dreyer's final movie, "Gertrud."

A Day in the Life of French Cinema(fr)

Documentary showing one day of work of over 90 actors and filmmakers from French cinema on the same day. On 27 March 2002, 27 teams filmed actors, directors, producers and technicians at work, from Hawaii to Paris and from New York to Lisbon.

Homo Cinematographicus(fr)

Homo Cinematographicus is a human species whose unit of measurement and point of reference is the cinema and its derivative, television. Filmed at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival, the film offers an unspecified number of statements, talking about memories and a thousand fragments of stories, titles and film scenes, the warp of a gigantic collective Chanson de geste.

Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films(en)

A documentary about the rise and fall of the Cannon Film Group, the legendary independent film company helmed by Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus.

Preston Sturges: The Rise and Fall of an American Dreamer(en)

Documentary about the life and work of film director Preston Sturges.

Christopher Reeve, Superman Forever(fr)

A French documentary on Superman actor Christopher Reeve as told by his French voice dubbing actor, Pierre Arditi.

The Making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'(en)

A documentary film on the making of 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind'

Overnight(en)

Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells his first screenplay for The Boondock Saints.

Filmworker(en)

The story of Leon Vitali, who surrendered his promising acting career to become Stanley Kubrick's devoted right-hand man.

The One, the Only, the Real Tarzan(de)

The glorious and tragic story of American athlete and actor Johnny Weissmuller (1904-84), Olympic swimmer, water polo player and the only true Tarzan, an archetypal character and myth of cinema, that of the original Hollywood blockbusters (1932-48).

QT8: The First Eight(en)

A detailed account of the life and artistic career of legendary filmmaker Quentin Tarantino, from his early days as a video club manager to the scandalous fall in disgrace of producer Harvey Weinstein. A story about how to shoot eight great movies and become an icon of modern pop culture.

Tell Them Who You Are(en)

The son of acclaimed cinematographer Haskell Wexler confronts his complex father by turning the camera on him. What results is a portrait of a difficult genius and a son's path out of the shadow of a famous father.

Kieslowski: Dialogue(pl)

Documentary featuring a candid interview with Kieślowski and rare behind-the-scenes footage from the set of The Double Life of Véronique

Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers(en)

Documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.