Chantal Akerman Movies

In 1940s Malaysia, European merchant Kaspar Almayer is obsessed with finding a treasure to secure his daughter's future. His dreams fall victim to...

Commissioned for the centenary of the famous French architect and designer Robert Mallet-Stevens and shot on the street that bears his name in Paris'...

Several young men and women arrive one after the other at Hôtel des Acacias, full of hope, desire and vitality. In the bustle of this hotel,...

An analysis of the work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman (1950-2015), an experimental and innovative artist, both in content and form, who has...

A portrait of pianist Alfred Brendel performing and analysing Franz Schubert's final three sonatas.

Jack and Julie live in a bare Parisian flat. By day, they make love; by night, Jack is a taxi driver while Julie wanders the city. One day, Julie...

Call for the regularization by the French government of all undocumented workers living in the country, a short film co-directed by 320 filmmakers...

Two girls come to Paris for the first time and try to live.

Akerman spends a month in Tel Aviv, in an apartment by the sea, contemplating childhood, family, and her Jewish identity.

A young film director is making a movie with his friend Christa. In the film-within-the-film there are two couples, one real, one imagined, and the...

From the Other Side is a haunting and minimalist documentary that explores the tragic realities of illegal immigration along the U.S.–Mexico...

The short documentary starts with Wieder-Atherton telling the story of how she came to fall in love; first with music in general, and then with the...

Presented in 2 parts, this 83 minute piece documents Wieder-Atherton's idea to do a set of pieces from across central and eastern Europe, including...

El Pampero records Chantal Akerman's visit to Argentina in 2005.

In this recently rediscovered home movie, three women—Chantal Akerman, Babette Mangolte, and Epp Kotkas—share a precious moment of...

Maniac Summer consists of images and sounds recorded in Paris in the summer of 2009. It is a sprawling triptych without a beginning or end and with...

Interview with the Belgian director discussing her films from the 1970s and her mother’s influence on her work.

During the filming of "Jeanne Dielman" Sami Frey recorded what was happening on the set. A film about a film in the making.

Documentary exploring why Belgian television doesn't invest more money in Belgian cinema as is the case in e.g. the netherlands.

Six directors, six independent films, six visions on the state of the world. Each carrying a unique and personal interpretation of a specific...