A large collection of pop'n music artists! 2 live DVD / 2002

A collection of pop'n music artist live performances, filmed August 23rd, 2002.

Artist's Life / 1999

The Woman Behind the Tattoo Artist / 2012

Ang Babae sa Likod ng Mambabatok unravels the multiple layers of the almost mythological figure-living legend, Fang Od, a 92 year old woman who has been called the ‘Last [Traditional] Tattoo Artist of Kalinga.’ The first layer of the story is the one she is most famous for-being a tattoo artist. At her eyes, she continues to exhibit sharpness and precision in the very demanding art and skill of tattooing. The second layer shows her many stories as woman who has reached the age of looking back. She regales us with stories of her many suitors, of her youth, the dancing and the feasts. She also looks back with not just a tinge of regret that she never married nor had children of her own. Her body covered in tattoos is a landscape on its own mirroring the map of a woman who has chosen wittingly or unwittingly a road diverging from convention and in the process became a culture-bearer.

Artists of Perestroika / 2022

Art, dance, music and theater know no boundaries and do not need any language other than the language of art. In times of Glasnost and Perestroika in Russia it went well in the field of cultural relations between the Netherlands and Russia. At the time, an intense collaboration developed between the Dutch and Russian artists, resulting in friendships that continue to this day.

A large collection of pop'n music artists! 4 Live DVD /

Scrap Artist / 1980

A documentary short telling about Salah Abdel Karim the scrap artist.

Working Class Artists / 1975

The film shows works of art by people of various occupations who are engaged in fine art in their free time. It was achieved through interviews in which people talk about the world of work - a world of no freedom, necessity and coercion in which they do not see themselves as individuals. Painting enables them to escape from everyday banal reality into the world of beauty and freedom. So-called ordinary people of various occupations have a built-in awareness of the problematic nature of humanism in the modern world. Through interviews, the film articulates a story, kind of - it is a vision of the apocalyptic end of modern civilization that has no higher, metaphysical meaning. At the same time, there is hope that after the collapse of modern civilization, a society of meaning, love and freedom can be created.

Lightning Change Artist / 1899

A man makes twenty complete changes in two minutes, combining with them dances. The changes are made in full sight of the audience. Biondi, Fregoli and Mons change behind the scenes.

Ritratto dell'artista (da Narcisso) / 1973

Experimental interpretation of the Narcissus myth.

Whiffles, Cubic Artist / 1912

After visiting the first Cubist exposition in Paris, Rigadin (Charles Prince) is struck by his discovery: A egg is a rhombus, the earth a cube! Unfortunately, he is engaged to Miss Rondebosse (Gabrielle Lange), whose father is head of the Tradition...

Artist and War / 2018

War leaves an indelible scary mark on people's lives, but at the same time there is an illusion, and maybe war is beautiful? The honored artist of Ukraine, Alexander Vasyakin, who had passed the blockade of Leningrad and the fronts of the Second World War, who lived a long creative life, talks on this topic. (Two monuments of work by A. Vasyakin were installed in Moscow: a monument to the Defenders of Moscow, and a sculpture of John Paul II).

Death of a Female Artist / 2014

It came as a shock at the peak of her artist career, HSU Su-chen died of cancer. She went cross-disciplinarily in a short 14 years of her creative life. From early work such as “Self-Portrait” revealing multi layers of her own images to “Plant-Paradise” which collaborated with many people of different expertise lead her to the winning of Taishin Bank Arts Annual Award. HSU always walks out of the box to touch all of us from deep inside herself to ordinary plants as well as neglected communities in foreign countries. Every step of her attempts raised applause. This film assembles HSU’s talks and images of exhibitions of different locality spreading world wide including Vietnam, Micronesia, Australia and footages photographed by her personally at many places in Taiwan. It tells an extraordinary story and unseen visions of a distinct artist who endlessly discovers real issues of human life.

Way North, Five Norwegian Artists / 1985

In this documentary, the author Roald Dahl presents the five monumental Norwegian artists Frans Widerberg, Arne Nordheim, Stein Mehren, Cecilie Løveid and Sverre Fehn.

Three Graves of the Artist / 2022

The film tells the story of the talented Armenian painter Vahan Ananyan's adventurous life and artistic heritage. Vahan, being born and raised in Yerevan, but growing increasingly disappointed in Armenian reality (the earthquake, the war, the collapse of the Soviet Union), moves to Tallinn, then Kyiv and Odesa to works there. After his passing Vahan's remains were buried in Tallinn, Odesa, and Yerevan. His artistic heritage remains in faraway countries.

Great Martial Artist / 2019

The Republic of China was the era when the martial artists wre at their peak, and it was also the most pessimistic era. Xuantong abdicated, and the current situation was turbulent. Tianjin Wuxing took advantage of the momentum to rise. Mo Shoucheng, the owner of the Xingyi Boxing Gym of the Mohist School, is open-minded and cares about the country and the people. Dissatisfied with the martial arts do not teach the real boxing skills but the art of pleasing the strong ones, so he broke the rules and taught the true skills which made him against his peers. The big disciple around Ji Rufeng hides his indentity, and he is used by the military to set up a terrifying trap by joining forces with martial arts.

Five Contemporary Artists from Southwest China / 1993

This film gives a matter-of-fact record of the creation and lives of 5 artists: Wang Chuan, Zhou Chunya, Ye Yongqing. Zhang Xiaogang, and Mao Xuhui. They belong to the generation that grew up under the People's Republic that took part in all the big and small political movements and social transformations in China in the last 30 years. Now, in the course of China's transformation to modernization, they are facing a rather complicated reality and cultural problem. Time flies like an arrow -- natural selection is going on mercilessly. For the past decade, they have always been consistent in the observation of a lofty spirit, and independent personal integrity, and never have they given up their love and exploration for a single day.

China, One Million Artists / 2018

Documentary charting the rise of Chinese art following the death of Mao, and how some artists embraced Western styles while other critiqued it by hijacking communist propaganda.

Slatan Dudow: A Film Essay about a Marxist Artist / 1975

A biographical documentary about the Bulgarian born film director Slatan Dudow (1903–1963).

The Artists of Yuanmingyuan / 1995

In the years before 1995, young artists who pursued free creativity came from all over the country to Yuanmingyuan, in the western suburbs of Beijing. These people settled in the rental houses of the village farmers, and then ambitiously bought paint-stretched canvases to explore and create art. The biggest difficulty they face is to make up for the monthly rent to be paid to the landlord. Selling paintings is not their only means of survival; they would also rely on other crafts to maintain their lives. Their works were very different; they have a spirit of rebellion, and they do not conform to traditional aesthetics. This is what caused Sate officials to intervene. (Shot May–December 1995.)

The Artist / 2014