Chris Marker Movies

Olympia 52 is a 1952 French documentary film about the '52 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Olympia 52 was produced by Peuple et Culture, a...

A still, highly overexposed shot of a car bridge and the river below. A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.

Pictures, collages, well, call'em XPLUGS

A young man, who served as a peacekeeper in Bosnia and Herzegovina for a few months during the war, recounts his experiences. Throughout the film, we...

A portrait of the Chilean artist Roberto Matta leading Marker on a wise and funny private guided tour of his solo exhibition at the Pompidou Center.

This documentary chronicles an Yves Montand concert for Chilean refugees in France.

A subway jigsaw of Marker's work: PASSENGERS.

Chris Marker’s Bullfight in Okinawa is a bizarre, 4 min documentary that introduces viewers to Japan’s subterranean past time of...

Some months after the fall of the Berlin wall, during the time of federal elections in Germany in 1990, Chris Marker shot this passionate...

A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.

This half-hour documentary focuses on Medvedkin and his CineTrain of the 1930s, a sort of mobile film workshop, complete with post-production...

A collection of three short 'haiku videos' by Chris Marker. The first haiku, 'Yanka / Tchaika', shows the river Seine passing under a bridge. A bird...

An oddly rhythmic and balletic tape emerges from the juxtaposition of an elephant lumbering around his enclosure at the zoo and elegant music by...

A wonderful tribute to the great Simone Signoret by Chris Marker. Rare documentary, made by movie clips and narration, with many lines Simone...

Two friends (and legendary French New Wave filmmakers) meet in real and virtual worlds.

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Three Cheers for the Whale chronicles the history of mankind’s relationship with the largest and most majestic of marine mammals, and...

Cat film by Chris Marker

In the fall of 1985, Christo "packed" the Pont Neuf. In the space of a week, enthusiasts, critics and curious people drastically change the...

A modern Miami adaptation of the 1962 French short film "La Jetee", the film recounts Luke's (Uncle Luke, legendary rapper from the hip-hop group 2...