Fernando Birri Movies

Short documentary drawing parallels between the Sicilian people and their history of sacred visual representation.

A tribute to German film critic and cinema activist Helmut W. Banz made with outtakes from two features by Jürgen Heiter. Banz as an explorer,...

SELINUNTE marks Birri’s first cinematic effort, made during his years studying at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia di Roma.

Short documentary drawing parallels between the Sicilian people and their history of profane visual representation.

Exiled Chilean director Patricio Guzmán filmed in Cuba and in Venezuela to create this controversial statement on the creation and survival of...

The documentary tells the story of journalist Vladimir Herzog, nicknamed Vlado, who has been tortured and murdered during the repression years of...

Three boys from very different backgrounds who have just finished their military service must face the complex social reality of Argentina.

Equal parts philosophical treatise and artist’s portrait, this short follows the thoughts and methods of Argentine artist Juan Carlos...

A documentary on the professional and personal affordances of the influential sound engineer Antoine Bonfanti.

"Carlo and Rafaella are going to Rome for the first time. They have specially planned a journey they must make so that they can have a whole day...