Néstor Almendros Movies

This film is a record of the first Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. It reflects the various ways the festival was given shape by...

A documentary that follows Dr. Penny Patterson's current scientific study of Koko, a gorilla who communicates through American Sign Language.

Young José María goes through a painful journey until he discovers that he is a transsexual.

Monique is dying of cancer, lying in bed in the apartment above the store her family owns. Her philandering husband carries on with life, her son...

Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips...

Eric Rohmer and his actors prepare and rehearse "Perceval le Gallois".

Daniel needs some money to buy a duffle coat that is in fashion, so he agrees to work for a photographer by dressing up as Santa Claus. He discovers...

Viviane, a French Consul's wife, is in New Guinea to find exotic feathers for export to Paris. She encounters four European travelers who are en...

Short film about the Mapuga tribe’s feast of pigs with sweet potatoes.

Short film on the ceremony of ‘Sing Sing’ practised by Papua New Guinea’s tribes.

As he prepares for a show, fashion designer Giorgio Armani discusses his principles of fashion, his family history and the city of Milan.

Eric Rohmer directs this short documentary that narrates the presence of women in French universities as of the time of its release -- 1966. During...

Six vignettes set in different sections of Paris, by six directors. St. Germain des Pres (Douchet), Gare du Nord (Rouch), Rue St. Denis (Pollet), and...

An old lady returns from Africa where she made a fortune to find her son in Paris, whom she has not seen in five years, with the intention of...

A documentary about the Cuban Revolution's transition into an authoritarian dictatorship, including repression, imprisonment, torture, and execution...

Éric Rohmer's short for the portmanteau film Paris vu par (Six in Paris, 1965), concerning a haberdasher and his umbrella. Convinced he has...

Government agents hire a mercenary to infiltrate a crime ring that's selling guns to a right-wing militia in Texas.

An American art student thinks she's found love with a handsome prince, but things are not what they appear to be.

An interview with cinematographer Nestor Almendros about his work with French film director François Truffaut. Footage taken from the 1986...

In just a few simple lines, a picture of the French countryside in the 1960s: the last moments of a disappearing, changing world. The simplest...