Because I Was a Painter: Art That Survived the Nazi Camps

Painting Anna

2015

A young accountant finally pursues her dreams of becoming a painter.

Joan Mitchell, une femme dans l'abstraction

2022

Arabesques on the Pirosmani Theme

1985

Short film from Sergei Parajanov, a personal view of the director on the spectacular heritage of Niko Pirosmani (1862–1918), a Georgian primitivist painter.

Mário Eloy - A Runaway Painter

1998

Documentary about the life and work of Mário Eloy, one of the greatest painters of the second generation of modernism in Portugal.

A World Is Turning

1948

A lost chapter in black British film: extraordinary rushes from a documentary showcasing talented members of the black community.

L'Affaire Caravage

2020

In 2014 a large painting representing Judith Beheading Holofernes was discovered in an attic in Toulouse, France. A controversy ensued immediately about the attribution of the painting's authorship to Caravaggio. The documentary follows a famed art expert in charge of organizing the sale of the painting on behalf of the owners, while specialists debate on its authenticity.

The Diamond King

2025

Dick Perez, official Baseball Hall of Fame artist for over 20 years, painted the game's history and every inductee - a project he continues in his 80s. This childhood immigrant's portraits changed commemoration of America's iconic pastime.

Segantini: Back to Nature

2017

Giovanni Segantini rose from humble origins to become the most important of Italian pointillists, and one of the most important symbolist painters in the 19th century. This film focuses on his way of feeling nature as a source of artistic and spiritual inspiration.

Caravaggio: The Soul and the Blood

2018

An exciting and unsettling cinematic journey through the life, work and torments of Caravaggio.

Art Lives Series: Joan Miro

1978

With his seemingly naïve, symbolic paintings, Joan Miró formed a new artistic language in the 20th century. Brought up in Barcelona, the painter, graphic artist and sculptor was drawn to Paris and, under the influence of the surrealists, developed his unique style and poetic imagery that unite Catalan folk art and fantastic elements. Robin Lough followed the 85-year-old Miró to theatre rehearsals and went to see him in his studio on Majorca. There he met with an amazingly creative and disciplined artist, whose visionary pictures paved the way for abstract expressionism.

Gerhard Richter Painting

2011

Gerhard Richter has spent over half a century experimenting with a tremendous range of techniques and ideas, addressing historical crises and mass media representation alongside explorations of chance procedures. This first glimpse inside his studio in decades is exactly that: a thrilling document of the 79-year-old's creative process, juxtaposed with rare archival footage and intimate conversations with his critics and collaborators.

Waiting for Hockney

2008

A young working class Baltimore man spends 10 years on a single portrait, believing it is his means to fame and fortune. But he also believes that only one man can lead him there---the famous artist David Hockney. What happens when you finally meet the god of your own making?

Vera Klement: Blunt Edge

2010

As her 80th birthday is approaching, Vera Klement, an oil painter in Chicago, adamantly starts yet another new figure painting: a portrait of an artist under oppression, an homage to Russian composer, Dmitri Shostakovitch.

Lismer

1952

A short look at the world of artist Arthur Lismer.

Di Cavalcanti Di Glauber

1977

This controversial film from director Glauber Rocha records the funeral of his friend, major Brazilian painter Emiliano Di Cavalcanti.