Filmmaking Movies

A short documentary about one of the best independent cinemas in the UK.

A behind-the-scenes documentary of the making of Contour, an independent martial arts comedy made for only $6,000.

Akerman, Monteiro, Oliveira, Ruiz, Schroeter and Wenders are among the directors he produced: Deux, trois fois Branco is a portrait of Portuguese...

On the slope of Sengokuhara, a film crew is getting ready to shoot a major scene of a samurai movie.

Documentary about Buster Keaton's The 'High Sign' (1921) and Keaton's developing style.

Four visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between...

Short film by Sandi Mitchell showing footage of the ruins of the NFB's Halifax office after it was destroyed in a fire in 1991.

A beautiful and vital film that tells the story of a young woman's fight with death.

Documentary film about Argentinian filmmaker Fernando Birri. An interview: a journey through documentary filmmaking, his childhood, the dawning of...

The main character has a dream: he wants to become a director. On his way to achieving it, he faces many challenges, and the hardest one is his...

In 1996, Women's Educational Media released their groundbreaking documentary Its Elementary-Talking About Gay Issues in School. It's Still Elementary...

A young filmmaker accidentally claps her idol’s mystical clapperboard, throwing the two on a frantic journey through film genres and beyond.

Documentary about the making and reception of Carl Th. Dreyer's final movie, "Gertrud."

Ben Model discusses scoring music for silent movies.

The making of Cleopatra (1934), showing pre-production, DeMille directing a scene, and the addition of music to the soundtrack.

A film crew hijacks their company's current production and improves it behind the director's back.

John H. Whitney Sr. explains the graphic art potential of the computer and the methods and philosophy involved in his computer filmmaking. Preserved...

The summer of 1960 was a critical moment in the history of film, when the fly-on-the-wall documentary was born. The Camera that Changed the World...