Portrait Movies
- 1966
Never a Backward Step
Never a Backward Step01966HD
This feature documentary is a profile of Canadian press tycoon Roy Thomson, whose single-minded attention to business brought him riches, power, and...
- 2018
Portrait of a Knight
Portrait of a Knight02018HD
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...
- 2025
Madiakho m'a dit
Madiakho m'a dit02025HD
- 1970
Mamita Lidia
Mamita Lidia01970HD
- 1963
Stop for Bud
Stop for Bud6.61963HD
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...
- 2024
A Life Like Any Other
A Life Like Any Other92024HD
Over many years, the director’s father filmed his family life almost obsessively. His daughter’s birth, his son’s first steps, and...
- 2019
Daughter of the Crater
Daughter of the Crater5.52019HD
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,...
- 1953
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman
Paul Tomkowicz: Street Railway Switchman5.71953HD
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...
- 2023
a little woman
a little woman02023HD
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...
- 2024
La mer n'oublie pas
La mer n'oublie pas02024HD
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...
- 2021
The New World of Xi Jinping
The New World of Xi Jinping62021HD
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...
- 1992
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.
- 1970
Kanade
Kanade101970HD
Widely considered an important milestone in Indian Architectural history, the Kanade brothers are a testimony of how life and work can coexist with...
- 2016
Checks & Balances
Checks & Balances52016HD
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...
- 2024
Sketchy Characters
Sketchy Characters02024HD
After unknowingly drawing a murderer, an aspiring artist becomes the only source of evidence in an ongoing case.
- 2013
Carmita
Carmita5.92013HD
Nearly half a century ago, Carmen Ignarra arrived to Mexico after leaving behind her Cuban homeland, in the hopes of becoming the greatest Caribbean...
- 1973
Grierson
Grierson6.51973HD
This feature film is a portrait of John Grierson, the first Canadian Government Film Commissioner and founder of the National Film Board in 1939....
- 2020
Brassens by Brassens
Brassens by Brassens7.7142020HD
An intimate portrait of Georges Brassens, giant of French song.
- 2014
De Wind
De Wind02014HD
- 2012
Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise
Juliette Gréco, l'insoumise02012HD
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,...