Painting Movies

We all carry hell with us. The filmmaker’s hell exists on a canvas, which he studied carefully in childhood. The mystical picture has many...

With closed eyes, a woman stands in serene stillness, her skin becoming a canvas where neutral pigments intertwine. She dances and reclines,...

Acting as part ode and through a series of interpretations, Claudette’s Star depicts young artists considering with sheer wonder who is given a...

A youngster is painting a picture and discovers a world of imagination.

"I especially hope to inspire young women, because I often feel like so much emphasis is put on how beautiful you are, and how thin you are, and not...

Vincent, a 36-year-old employee of an art gallery in Manhattan, has an affair with a young girl. The girl sells him a painting of a girl with a...

Petr and Richard are among those for whom fixed working hours are a nightmare. They want to be masters of their own time and not be subordinate to...

The first of five interview short films with renowned painter Edward Povey during the install of a collection of four paintings at 2 Blackburne...

A view of the life and works of the late Alex Colville, the celebrated Canadian painter. Shows the influence on his life and works of his experience...

A critofilm analysing the pittorial style of the Early Renaissance painter Piero Della Francesca.

This critofilm illustrates the relationship between figurative art and numismatic decorations. The commentary lists the main iconographic themes,...

A newly married couple receive an unexpected visit from an old friend who has ulterior motives to end their relationship.

The sculptor and painter Agueda Lozano narrates the first contacts with plastic art that she had in her native Ciudad Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua;...

A journey into the hearts, minds and eyes of Georgia O’Keeffe, Emily Carr and Frida Kahlo - three of the 20th century’s most remarkable...

The Quays' interest in esoteric illusions finds its perfect realization in this fascinating animated lecture on the art of anamorphosis. This...

A ranger whose passion is nude painting comes to work in a remote Bosnian village. He asks the local women to pose naked for him. They are shy at...

In 1930s rural England, a young housemaid, Alice, becomes entangled in suspicion and power games when her employer, Beatrice, uncovers a hidden...

Stefan Luchian is a passionate painter who rebels against conservative art groups, determined to create a new form of art that celebrates beauty and...

Newfoundland painter Gerald Squires has referred to his portraits as "confrontations," though not intending the hostility that word can convey. This...