Portrait Movies

  • 1966
    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    Never a Backward Step

    01966HD

    This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...

    Never a Backward Step
  • 2018
    Portrait of a Knight

    Portrait of a Knight

    Portrait of a Knight

    02018HD

    Portrait of a Knight is a musical romance about the way in which historic ideals inform contemporary urban life. Rachel is a young archivist living...

    Portrait of a Knight
  • 2025
    Madiakho m'a dit

    Madiakho m'a dit

    Madiakho m'a dit

    02025HD

    Madiakho m'a dit
  • 1970
    Mamita Lidia

    Mamita Lidia

    Mamita Lidia

    01970HD

    Mamita Lidia
  • 1963
    Stop for Bud

    Stop for Bud

    Stop for Bud

    6.61963HD

    Stop for Bud is Jørgen Leth's first film and the first in his long collaboration with Ole John. […] they wanted to "blow up cinematic...

    Stop for Bud
  • 2024
    A Life Like Any Other

    A Life Like Any Other

    A Life Like Any Other

    92024HD

    Over many years, the director’s father filmed his family life almost obsessively. His daughter’s birth, his son’s first steps, and...

    A Life Like Any Other
  • 2019
    Daughter of the Crater

    Daughter of the Crater

    Daughter of the Crater

    5.52019HD

    A woman with a deep love of the land, Yolande Simard Perrault sees her life as having been shaped by a planetary upheaval in Charlevoix, Quebec,...

    Daughter of the Crater
  • 1953
    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman

    5.71953HD

    In this film, Paul Tomkowicz, Polish-born Canadian, talks about his job and his life in Canada. He compares his new life in the city of Winnipeg to...

    Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
  • 2023
    a little woman

    a little woman

    a little woman

    02023HD

    A bloodstain on a sheet triggers a great transformation in Tina, an eleven-year-old girl. As she spreads out the laundry with her mother, she will...

    a little woman
  • 2024
    La mer n'oublie pas

    La mer n'oublie pas

    La mer n'oublie pas

    02024HD

    Saud now lives in Paris, caring with devotion and tenderness for his two young children while closely following the drama in Gaza. “It's hard...

    La mer n'oublie pas
  • 2021
    The New World of Xi Jinping

    The New World of Xi Jinping

    The New World of Xi Jinping

    62021HD

    Behind his polite exterior lies a formidable leader with a ruthless character, ready to do anything to make China the world's leading power by the...

    The New World of Xi Jinping
  • 1992
    Thor Modéen: Strålande tider, härliga tider!

    Thor Modéen: Strålande tider, härliga tider!

    Thor Modéen: Strålande tider, härliga tider!

    01992HD

    Portrait documentary of the Swedish comedic actor Thor Modéen full of clips from his greatest roles.

    Thor Modéen: Strålande tider, härliga tider!
  • 1970
    Kanade

    Kanade

    Kanade

    101970HD

    Widely considered an important milestone in Indian Architectural history, the Kanade brothers are a testimony of how life and work can coexist with...

    Kanade
  • 2016
    Checks & Balances

    Checks & Balances

    Checks & Balances

    52016HD

    Accommodated since Algeria's Bloody Decade of the 1990’s in the "House of the Press", the journalists of the famous daily newspaper El Watan...

    Checks & Balances
  • 2024
    Sketchy Characters

    Sketchy Characters

    Sketchy Characters

    02024HD

    After unknowingly drawing a murderer, an aspiring artist becomes the only source of evidence in an ongoing case.

    Sketchy Characters
  • 2013
    Carmita

    Carmita

    Carmita

    5.92013HD

    Nearly half a century ago, Carmen Ignarra arrived to Mexico after leaving behind her Cuban homeland, in the hopes of becoming the greatest Caribbean...

    Carmita
  • 1973
    Grierson

    Grierson

    Grierson

    6.51973HD

    This feature film is a portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939....

    Grierson
  • 2020
    Brassens by Brassens

    Brassens by Brassens

    Brassens by Brassens

    7.7142020HD

    An intimate portrait of Georges Brassens, giant of French song.

    Brassens by Brassens
  • 2014
    De Wind

    De Wind

    De Wind

    02014HD

    De Wind
  • 2012
    Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise

    Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise

    Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise

    02012HD

    Her chansons made her world-famous: Juliette Gréco. The French singer and actress died on September 23 at the age of 93. To mark the occasion,...

    Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise