Néstor Almendros Movies

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

An educational documentary film about planting and harvesting tomatoes.

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

The story of the persecution of homosexuals and intellectuals in Cuba under Fidel Castro's dictatorship, from the beginning of the Cuban Revolution...

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

Nadja is a guest student, who stays at Cité Universitaire and visits the Sorbonne, while preparing a thesis on Proust; she also likes to...

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

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...

In Asamblea general (1960), the documentary about Fidel's address of the First Declaration of Havana in the Plaza of the Revolution, Alea practises...

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

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

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

Short film that examines the different types of ceremonial make-up worn by the Mapuga tribe.

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...

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

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

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

An episode of the show "Océaniques " about the craft and lighting techniques of the legendary French cinematographer Henri Alekan

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

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