Photography in movies

5 films

  • Dead Birds Flying High (Die toten Vögel sind oben)

    dir. Sönje Storm
    dok2022

    A story of birds, butterflies, fungi, moss and people. All these creatures, both dead and alive, were photographed by Jürgen F. Mahrt (1882–1940) with the same degree of attention. The former were captured for eternity, while the latter were depicted motionless but as if in a death-defying manner. The photographer was possessed by an obsession to act against the chaos of wars and the disaster of an abruptly changing landscape.

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  • Infinity. The Universe of Luigi Ghirri (Infinito. L'universo di Luigi Ghirri)

    dir. Matteo Parsini
    dok2022

    In this poetic portrayal of Luigi Ghirri (1943–1992), a master of contemporary photography, the director gives voice and, in particular the image, to the protagonist. The photographer takes the audience on a tour of the outskirts of daily life as seen from the corner of his eye, the area in between what is artificial and authentic or grand and small – the meso-scale.

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  • It's Only/Not Only A Body... Or A Short Film About Freedom (To tylko/aż ciało... albo krótki film o wolności)

    dir. Michał Hytroś
    dok2023

    Love thyself. This is the life credo of Zosia - a photographer, traveller and free spirit. Going round the world in her camper, she uses photography to make other women comfortable with nakedness and teaches them to love their own bodies.

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      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
    • VOD
      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD

  • Natalia LL - Art is like Love (Natalia LL - Sztuka jest jak miłość)

    dir. Andrzej Sapija
    dok2022

    In 2019 she became famous again when the decision to censor her works taken by the Director of the National Museum spurred a wave of protests. But the art of Natalia LL was controversial as early as in the 1960s. In collaboration with her husband, an artist himself, she created art that was shocking at the time.

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  • Signs of War

    dir. Juri Rechinsky, Pierre Crom
    dok2022

    The war which is raging in Ukraine now began nine years ago. French reporter Pierre Crom documented that period and today, using words and images, he talks about his experiences from the front and Ukrainian streets as well as the forebodings, sometimes surreal, that harbingered a full-scale invasion back then.

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      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
    • VOD
      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD