Artist Movies

Vocation is a documentary on artists who knew from a very early age they wanted to be an artist. A decision that for them was instinctual and some...

In need of creative inspiration, a professionally stagnant and hard-partying Los Angeles artist recklessly indulges in a series of drug binges. As...

The antithesis of the virile heroes of his era, James Dean shook up the representation of adolescence and masculinity in three films shot in 1955,...

A documentary directed by Gregory Monro.

British surrealist Leonora Carrington was a key part of the surrealist movement during its heyday in Paris and yet, until recently, remained a...

The brief life of Jean Michel Basquiat, a world renowned New York street artist struggling with fame, drugs and his identity.

During the Italian Renaissance, Pope Julius II contracts the influential artist Michelangelo to sculpt 40 statues for his tomb. When the pope changes...

Yura Ivalu is an ambitious Inuk multimedia artist who spirals out of control when an estranged childhood friend, Sesi Ilupaalik, forces Yura to...

A children’s ministry director and a criminal fall for each other as they are forced to work together at the church. As walls break down, both...

The Arts Council commissioned this film to coincide with their major retrospective of Giacometti's work at the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) in the...

An elderly artist thinks he has become too stale and is past his prime. His friend (and agent) persuades him to go to an offshore island to try once...

Between the nostalgia of resurfacing roots and the desire to venture into song to experience a rebirth, Nicolas Maury reveals himself unguarded...

A daughter is constantly overshadowed by her famous father, but she is determined to make her own mark in the world.

A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.

An intense and imaginative artist, revered Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh possesses undeniable talent, but he is plagued by mental problems and...

Frank is a successful comic book author who is struggling to reinvent himself. His series is no longer selling, and his publisher is pushing him to...

An intimate journey through the formative years of David Lynch's life. From his idyllic upbringing in small town America to the dark streets of...