Filmmaking Movies

A depressed filmmaker takes on a new project that might help him break into the mainstream or drive him further into despair and reclusivity.

A stumped scriptwriter discovers a supernatural ability.

Documentary exploring the thirty-seven years of preparatory work that director Carl Th. Dreyer did for "Jesus of Nazareth" – a film that was...

Kirill, a 19 year old boy whose father works as a construction director, wants to study filmmaking.

This coming-of-age memoir takes a candid look back on a group of struggling creatives isolated in the Appalachian Mountains. Three generations of...

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

Documentary on Christian Schocher, director of the legendary «Reisender Krieger» (1980).

An in-depth documentary on renowned film producer James Ivory, co-founder of globally acclaimed Merchant Ivory Productions.

In the midst of directing a film rehearsal and the departure of his partner, a homesick student filmmaker living abroad reconnects with his family...

A history of movie magic from 1895 to 1995, showing primitive effects used in such films as "A Trip to the Moon" up to the state of the art effects...

Travel films have an established format with their own conventions, history and baggage. It is a medium that has all too often sought to control,...

The special effects in The Play House (1921) are discussed.

A gifted but troubled detective investigates the disappearance of a celebrated filmmaker.

Against a collage of excerpts that span thirty-four films, a filmmaker reflects on the community he has built over more then a decade of low-budget...

An independent filmmaker takes on the challenge of creating a large scale WW1 film. When faced with harsh weather conditions and the constraints of...

A documentary film about cult director José María Zabalza. How he made pictures with very little money and was granted little...

Filmed mostly on a Mini DV camera Gavin has thought of a quick way to become successful and be the master of the world but he has to wait for it all...

This documentary rescues the valuable work of Martha Colmenares, an indigenous woman from the Zapotec highlands, who in the 1980s filmed the life and...

A documentary about the making of the first Star Wars film (and to a lesser extent Empire and Jedi) including a look at some of the deleted scenes,...

Documentary about the development of Buster Keaton's The Haunted House (1921).