Movies

Henri Storck and Joris Ivens’ landmark of social documentary, blending staged scenes with locals and on-the-spot reportage to depict the 1932...

Between documentary and fiction, "Branding" (also know as "Breakers") stars an unemployed sailor from Katwijk, a land that sparked Ivens’...

A travel report from Cuba, a year after the fall of Batista, reflecting the euphoria of the early years of the revolution.

Filmed inside Pharmacy No. 3 in Shanghai, Joris Ivens and Marceline Loridan-Ivens document the daily work of a state pharmacy that functions as both...

On the border of North and South Vietnam, civilians live underground and cultivate their land in the dead of night, farmers take up arms, and bombs...

The film is an appeal by the International Democratic Women's Federation against a new war, calling on all mothers of the world to protect their...

Commissioned film for the Continental Commission for the Propagation of Creosote Oil about extraction and application of creosote oil (carboleum), a...

Using footage taken by Soviet battlefront cameramen, this penetrating documentary about Russian life during World War II is narrated by Walter Huston...

A study of traffic movement in Paris.

"Action Stations" documents the work of a Canadian corvette escorting Allied convoys across the North Atlantic during World War II. Combining staged...

A student is working part-time on a canal boat in Amsterdam and a young director wants to make a film about her.

A documentary about Italy's underground oil and metan deposits, sponsored by Italian state-owned oil company, ENI. Pictures of the state-of-the-art...

At the age of 14 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from...

The Hefbrug may not be a remarkably beautiful bridge, but through a mix of close-ups, long shots, bird’s eye views and low angles, Joris Ivens...

A César award winning documentary about a high school in Beijing where a student throws a ball in the direction of the teacher who had just...

A film about piling.

This colour documentary reports about the 5th international peace journey which took place from 30 April to 13 May 1952 and in which 94 drivers from...

A North Vietnam–era documentary attributed to Joris Ivens that compiles graphic evidence of the effects of U.S. weapons—shown across...

1933 year, Germany. The mother of worker kill nazis organizes pure resistance against political tyranny reigning in a country.