Portrait Movies

An audiovisual self-portrait

Documentary about three Berlin cleaning ladies, their lives and their shattered dreams. The directors succeed in gaining deep insights into German...

A grandson shows his grandmother how to navigate an iPad 2 full of clues for solving a puzzle. Over a phone call, she recites an email she wrote...

Yesterday, today, tomorrow. The days pass, and so does life. Watching the waves to come and go, Laurence compiles sharp fragments of her life. This...

An intimate portrait filmed across 10 years of Mary, a charismatic and complex woman, born and raised in rural Kansas, USA. She runs a curiosity shop...

A feature-length documentary portrait of Québécoise painter Johanne Corno, who has lived and worked in New York City for more than 20...

Over many years, the director’s father filmed his family life almost obsessively. His daughter’s birth, his son’s first steps, and...

Newfoundland painter Gerald Squires has referred to his portraits as "confrontations," though not intending the hostility that word can convey. This...

Through testimonies from people who practice the art of drag, this short film offers an intimate insight into this world of rhinestones and glitter.

Samantha Flores, an 87 year old trans woman dreams with creating a nursing home for elder LGBTTI+ community.

"This installation or performance work puts my own earlier film of the Mona Lisa (1973) through another stage of transformation – my own...

Kirill can never see his hometown again: he fled Russia when Ukraine was attacked. His friend, Daniel, makes the journey and “cans...

Anouchka is a 30 year old screenwriter who works in a wine bar for a living. She traces her last 15 years of alcoholism thanks to a screenplay she...

Animation pioneer Evelyn Lambart recalls arriving at the NFB in the 1940s, her celebrated collaborations with Norman McLaren and her approach to her...

The Finnish modern dancer Noora Hannula dances through this documentary film in her own explosive style. Noora’s life has always been very...