Chantal Akerman Movies

This visual essay, produced in 2023, builds upon rare radio interviews that Chantal Akerman gave in 1975 and 1977, in which she reflects on her films...

In this unfinished work, a young mother, her little girl, as well as a friend of the mother's, spend the summer in a villa. The mother shares her...

A sensitivity to sounds coming from the activities of an unwelcome guest in the close quarters of an apartment is only one important component in...

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...

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

Chantal Akerman investigates the American Deep South through the story of a lynching and grisly murder of an African-American man that took place in...

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

All of the time and effort put forth to stage a musical is chronicled here in this bright and funny French outing. The story is set at a shopping...

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

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...

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

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

A filmmaker’s self-portrait, asking hard questions of herself and of us. Invoking Aurore Clément as a kind of stand-in or proxy, a...

Six directors, six independent films, six visions on the state of the world. Each carrying a unique and personal interpretation of a specific...

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...

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

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

Ibro Hasanović met Chantal Akerman in 2014. From their recent friendship, this film was born, where the director reflects on her childhood, her...

An analysis of the work of Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman (1950-2015), an experimental and innovative artist, both in content and form, who has...

An in-depth, behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Chantal Akerman's 2011 film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's book about a merchant, whose...