Painting Movies

A photographer and a painter are challenged to swap mediums, to create an abstract self-portrait exploring unfamiliar techniques.

This critofilm analyzes painting in Pompeii between 59 and 79 AD, the year of the eruption of Vesuvius. Through long continuous shots, various works...

A documentary on the artist Winfred Rembert, whose paintings depicted bigotry in America in the latter part of the 20th century.

A film about three of our leading visual artists, Bhupen Khakar, Nalini Malani and Vivan Sundaram. It takes, as its point of departure, a glass mural...

Documentary film about Gothic painting and its representatives.

Tyler, a young gay man who is HIV positive, must deal with the demons of his past when he is confronted by a mysterious woman.

Cheng, an ambassador of Peranakan Culture in Singapore discovers a painting that propels him to leave Singapore.

Impression and interpretation: A film that relies on sensory techniques to tell a story about depression, alienation and ultimately loneliness.

A young artist and his friend reevaluate their contradicting perceptions on life and who they're becoming to eachother.

The term “critofilm” was coined by Ragghianti himself in 1948 to denote a new critical methodology, inaugurated precisely by...

In search of his lost soul mate, an unpainted Vinylmation finds himself on a quest that alters the destiny of his entire world.

A day in the life of the Belgian painter, Michaël Borremans.

A groundbreaking documentary on the internationally renowned painter, designated by ARTnews Magazine one of the world's top-ten living artists. This...

A romantic comedy about a writer coming back to Finland is bored with the High Society life and starts a modeling job for a young and beautiful...

AGNI, a visual artist in the twilight of his life, is rushing to complete his monumental work. Caught up in a frantic creative routine despite his...

Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is both a cultural icon and a lasting source of artistic inspiration. His famous female figures,...

The film approaches the work of the Greek artist Nikos Koniaris. The particular way in which the painter depicts human suffering is presented through...

Portrait of the painter Manuel Moldes, from Pontevedra, Spain, about the work he does in the preparation of a retrospective of his work.