Néstor Almendros Movies

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

The film chronicles Perceval's knighthood, maturation and eventual peerage amongst the Knights of the Round Table, and also contains brief episodes...

A man who trains fighting cocks vows to remain silent until one of his birds wins a championship.

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

An educational documentary film about planting and harvesting tomatoes.

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

An old lady returns from Africa where she made a fortune to find her son in Paris, whom she has not seen in five years, with the intention of...

Éric Rohmer's short for the portmanteau film Paris vu par (Six in Paris, 1965), concerning a haberdasher and his umbrella. Convinced he has...

Eric Rohmer directs this short documentary that narrates the presence of women in French universities as of the time of its release -- 1966. During...

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

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

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