40 Days to Learn Film

Souvenirs d'Othello(fr)

Actress Suzanne Cloutier is interviewed about "Othello", Orson Welles' masterpiece, in which she played Desdemona.

The Sound of Crickets(es)

After the disappearance of Aldemar his wife decided to get overall uncertainty by including him in the list of deaths in the 1938 Colombian National Census. Today, 83 years later, I repeat her. I try to find myself among the numbers in the digital database in order to finish the torture that has also implied my own disappearance.

On Screen!: Mon Oncle Antoine(en)

Documentary about the 1971 Canadian film by Claude Jutra.

A lo Mejor Algún Día(es)

Disclosure(en)

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about themselves.

První akční dokument(cs)

Motion and Emotion: The Road to 'Paris, Texas'(en)

Documentary about the making of Wim Wenders' 1984 film, with interviews conducted in 1989.

Twiggy(en)

Twiggy takes a comprehensive look at the life story of UK model and cultural icon Twiggy, real name Lesley Lawson, whose career kickstarted in the 1960s. It features interviews with Twiggy and her husband Leigh Lawson, as well as commentary from Erin O’Connor, Paul McCartney, Lulu, Poppy Delavigne, Brooke Shields, Pattie Boyd and Zandra Rhodes.

Cut(en)

A peculiar homage to the things that go wrong, this film is purportedly about rugby. The self-explanatory title for this jumpy “documentary” is less concerned with the filmed subject (the game, the field, the players) than a comic editing style and the complete acknowledgement given to the technical aspect of gathering and manipulating raw footage.

Auge in Auge - Eine deutsche Filmgeschichte(de)

This is not merely another film about cinema history; it is a film about the love of cinema, a journey of discovery through over a century of German film history. Ten people working in film today remember their favourite films of yesteryear.

L’aventure des Visiteurs du soir(fr)

Documentary about the making of Marcel Carné's 1942 film.

Return to Seraing(fr)

Documentary about the making of Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne's 2011 film "The Kid with a Bike"

In the Web of Time(cs)

Documentary about the making of the 1967 Czech film "Marketa Lazarova".

Creative Artists of India: Satyajit Ray(en)

Documentary about Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray

Where Is Musette?(en)

Documentary filmed on-set during the making of Aki Kaurismaki's "La vie de Boheme"

Behind the Scenes of 'Y Tu Mamá También'(es)

On-set documentary about the making of the film "Y tu mamá también."

Ciné regards: Jacques Tati(fr)

Interview with the French film director, conducted for television in 1978.

Filming Haneke(fr)

A making-of documentary featuring interviews with director Michael Haneke, actor Juliette Binoche, and producer Marin Karmitz, as well as on-set footage of cast and crew of "Code Unknown".

The Rebellious Olivia de Havilland(fr)

The legendary British-American actress Olivia de Havilland (1916-2020), who conquered Hollywood in the thirties, challenged the film industry when, in 1943, she took on the all-powerful producer Jack Warner in court, forever changing the ruthless working conditions that restricted the essential rights and freedom of artists.

Cartoons Go To War(en)

This remarkable documentary dedicates itself to an extraordinary chapter of the second World War – the psychological warfare of the USA. America’s trusted cartoon darlings from the studios of Warner Bros., Paramount, and the “big animals” of the Disney family were supposed to give courage to the people at the homefront, to educate them, but also to simultaneously entertain them. Out of this mixture grew a genre of its own kind – political cartoons. Insightful Interviews with the animators and producers from back then elucidate in an amusing and astonishing way under which bizarre circumstances these films partially came into existence.