They are the first and the last, those who imagine stories and give voice to the characters who live them. However, they never speak. But now, they emerge from the shadows of a poorly lit room and tell their secrets, their tricks, their influences; they tell their own story, that of those who face the blank page, the absolute nothingness; that of those who are the true authors, those who create and destroy entire universes. They are the screenwriters.

A portrait of legendary filmmaker Nicholas Ray while he is working as a film professor at a college ...
This short film focuses on the job of the Hollywood screenwriter.

Music is an integral part of most films, adding emotion and nuance while often remaining invisible t...

Actor and writer Mark Gatiss embarks on a chilling journey through European horror cinema, from the ...

This 82-minute 1991 documentary by Eckhart Schmidt features a 1980 interview with Douglas Sirk in wh...

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u...

A documentary about the Armenian avant-garde filmmaker, Artavazd Pelešjan.

His world is full of glamour, mystery and intrigue and now you get to be a part of it! Let gadget wi...

A fragmented collection of independent closed cinemas, in London during lockdown, captured on Super ...

How the Islamic State has created a powerful propaganda factory that manipulates and twists at its c...

A documentary about the life and career of film director Ernst Lubitsch
A portrait of costume designer Patricia Field.

Mixing new images to existing São Paulo movies takes, the documentary presents the city from the per...

Film journalist and critic Rüdiger Suchsland examines German cinema from 1933, when the Nazis came i...

A poetic documentary about the lost film culture in the small villages on the Croatian islands durin...

Eva Ebner is a Berliner who gives the appearance of being rather eccentric. She knows the film busin...

Focussing on his early career, this profile looks at director Alfred Hitchcock’s breakthrough in sil...

Famous Spanish film critic Alfonso Sánchez talks about his personal life, his work and Anouk Aimée. ...

A documentary about the making of 1976's "Obsession" featuring interviews with director Brian De Pal...