Chantal Akerman Movies

  • 2009
    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton

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    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...

    East with Sonia Wieder-Atherton
  • 1970
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01970HD

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

    Untitled
  • 1984
    Paris Seen By... 20 Years After

    Paris Seen By... 20 Years After

    Paris Seen By... 20 Years After

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    Film comprised of six vignettes each illustrating one aspect of life in the French capital, each set in a different area of the city.

    Paris Seen By... 20 Years After
  • 1989
    One Day Pina Asked...

    One Day Pina Asked...

    One Day Pina Asked...

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    Chantal Akerman followed famous Choreographer Pina Bausch and her company of dancers, The Tanzteater Wuppertal, for five weeks while they were on...

    One Day Pina Asked...
  • 1987
    L'inhumaine

    L'inhumaine

    L'inhumaine

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    L'inhumaine
  • 1991
    Lest We Forget

    Lest We Forget

    Lest We Forget

    71991HD

    A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner....

    Lest We Forget
  • 2004
    Tomorrow We Move

    Tomorrow We Move

    Tomorrow We Move

    5.92004HD

    Single woman Charlotte tries to write erotic fiction despite not having any sensual experience.

    Tomorrow We Move
  • 1984
    I'm Hungry, I'm Cold

    I'm Hungry, I'm Cold

    I'm Hungry, I'm Cold

    6.51984HD

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

    I'm Hungry, I'm Cold
  • 2016
    No Home Movie

    No Home Movie

    No Home Movie

    6.52016HD

    Akerman films her mother Natalia, an elderly woman of Polish origin, in her Brussels apartment. For two hours, we will see them eating, chatting and...

    No Home Movie
  • 1989
    Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher

    Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher

    Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher

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    Far from Standardised visual recording, Akerman and her accomplice, the cellist Sonia Wieder-Atherton allows us to discover a fine moment of...

    Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher
  • 1986
    Golden Eighties

    Golden Eighties

    Golden Eighties

    6.51986HD

    In a lively shopping center, proprietors and customers are bustling, including three women vying for a man's heart with song and dance.

    Golden Eighties
  • 2000
    No Vladimir

    No Vladimir

    No Vladimir

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    Vladimir is an impeccably dressed student who wants to become a spy. In pursuit of this goal he learns all he can about espionage, learning codes and...

    No Vladimir
  • 2006
    Chantal Akerman, an autobiography

    Chantal Akerman, an autobiography

    Chantal Akerman, an autobiography

    02006HD

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

    Chantal Akerman, an autobiography
  • 1991
    For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador

    For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador

    For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador

    71991HD

    Commissioned by Amnesty International for its TV program Ecrire contre l’oubli (Write Against Oblivion), Akerman’s contribution in the...

    For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador
  • 1988
    Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

    Calling the Shots

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    Documentary about women in the film industry. Numerous notable actresses and female directors share their thoughts.

    Calling the Shots
  • 2003
    From the Other Side

    From the Other Side

    From the Other Side

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

    From the Other Side
  • 2009
    Maniac Summer

    Maniac Summer

    Maniac Summer

    82009HD

    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...

    Maniac Summer
  • 2016
    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better

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    A new short film by Vivian Ostrovsky remembering Chantal Akerman, beginning with their first meeting in the early 1970s. Using her own footage of...

    But Elsewhere Is Always Better
  • 1991
    Night and Day

    Night and Day

    Night and Day

    5.81991HD

    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...

    Night and Day
  • 1986
    The Hammer

    The Hammer

    The Hammer

    6.81986HD

    The hammer is the tool a sculptor uses to chip away at the block. It is the emblematic tool of French artist Jean-Luc Vilmouth. Akerman here...

    The Hammer