Simons is sent from a fictional post-war city Vaken to modern-day Canada via the solar eclipse. During this day trip, his mind jumped back and forth between his ruined hometown by Nuclear Weapons and modern-day Toronto to examine the themes of variation (un-unity), reconstruction, and isolation.
Sans Soleil is a poetic documentary that blends archive footage with personal musings to explore the themes of memory, time, and identity. The film takes the viewer on a journey across different countries and cultures, using images and narration to create a thought-provoking and visually stunning experience.
In a post-apocalyptic future, a man with a haunted past is forced to relive his childhood memories through time travel experiments. Through a series of still-frame images, he encounters a woman who becomes the key to his survival and love. As the experiments lead to a shocking revelation about the future of humanity, the man must confront his own mortality and the consequences of his actions.
This show sits at a crossroad of radio and cinema. The viewers are invited to tell their dreams and if they are selected, the authors "oniromancians with camera" put them in scene (hence the dream contest).
Short film presented at the Ouvroir Gallery, Second Life, which is composed of photographs taken in 1982 when Francis Ford Coppola invited Marker to Tulsa to be his second unit photographer on the film Rumble Fish. Marker returned to France after finding Tulsa uninspiring for filming.
Per Mubi: In this short film, Marker critiques, from a Socialist perspective, the role of the trade union movement in France at the dawn of the era of global web economies.
A letter from filmmaker Chris Marker to his friends in France, narrating his observations and thoughts during his trip to Siberia. The film combines real footage with animated sequences, offering a unique perspective on the region.
Far from Vietnam is a documentary film released in 1967, focusing on the Vietnam War. It is an omnibus film created by several filmmakers, exploring different aspects of the war and its impact on both Vietnam and the United States. The film uses various narrative techniques to convey the brutality of the war and the anti-war sentiment that was growing during that time.
After the Romanian Revolution reached its peak during the Christmas Holidays of 1989, Romania’s Communist patriarch and his wife Elena were sentenced to death by a military court and accordingly gunned down. Chris Marker’s short video-collage Détour Ceauşescu documents how the execution was depicted by France’s national TV-channel TF1.
A.K. is a documentary film that explores the life and work of A.K., a famous Japanese filmmaker. The film delves into his filmmaking process and the challenges he faced in his career. It also highlights his spiritual journey and his deep connection with Japanese culture.
A still, highly overexposed shot of a car bridge and the river below. A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.
In Immemory, Chris Marker has used the format of the CD-Rom to create a multi-layered, multimedia memoir. The reader investigates “zones” of travel, war, cinema, and poetry, navigating through photographs, film clips, music, and text, as if physically exploring Marker’s memory itself. The result is a veritable 21st-century Remembrance of Things Past, an exploration of the state of memory in our digital era. With it, Marker has both invented a literary form and perfected it.
An experimental meditation on Times Square's marquees and iconic advertising that captures the concurrently seedy and dazzling aspects of New York's Great White Way.
In 1978, just after Le fond de l'Air Est Rouge, which mercilessly analyzed the previous ten years of the revolutionary left's momentum until its collapse, Chris Marker made this complementary piece entitled Quand le Siècle a Pris Forme (Guerre et Révolution).
The Lovely Month of May is a documentary essay film that takes an intimate look at the lives of various French-speaking individuals during the month of May in 1963. Through a series of long-takes and nonlinear storytelling, the film delves into the personal journeys and experiences of a young man, a young woman, and a young soldier. It touches on themes of identity, class differences, social criticism, and the impact of politics and literature on French society.
A cinematic haiku by Chris Marker.
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich is a documentary that explores the life and work of renowned filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film delves into Tarkovsky's artistic process, his exile from Russia, and his contribution to cinematography.
Valparaiso is a documentary that captures the beauty of the harbor town in black and white, showcasing its unique features such as the funiculars, stairs, and fishing ports. The film also explores the transition from black and white to color, symbolizing the transformation of Valparaiso. It provides a glimpse into the daily lives of fishermen, sailors, and locals, highlighting the urban setting and the maritime atmosphere. The documentary serves as a travelogue, portraying the charm and character of Valparaiso, Chile.
At the end of the 1950s, French documentarian François Reichenbach spent eighteen months traveling the United States, documenting its diverse regions, their inhabitants, and their pastimes. The result is a journey through a multitude of different Americas, filtered through a French sensibility.