Erik Satie Movies

A cinematographic attempt at a maximum of exertion and a maximum of relaxation based on the thoughts of John Cage, Chuang Tzu and others.

In the 1950s, a communist country. The film follows a retired detective who investigates two enigmatic murders. Both murders are connected to a...

A Parade for three managers and four performers. Sketchy drawings in a neatly arranged palette, involving quotes from the French composer Erik Satie,...

Various objects are observed using a high-resolution electron microscope: some paint pigments from a supposed 19th-century painting, a dollar bill,...

The fauna of the megalopolis, the jungle of the supermarket, the bedlam of brothels and bars, the effect of the bars in the fog, the swaying ears of...

The heart is still beating; the eyes can see, the ears can hear. Nights of the full moon, horror stories, disquiet. The spirits from the past are...

"Ghost Body" is a personal meditation on the ambivalences of interracial male homosexuality.

Short documentary on Belgian artist Piet Bekaert.

Animation. The theme is Weightlessness. Objects and characters are cut loose from habitual meanings, also from tensions and gravitational...

Recreation of Picasso and Cocteau's 1917 play. Apart of the ballet program, 'Picasso and Dance.'

Experimental short film by Caveh Zahedi featuring the music of Satie.

In interviews, several important GDR personalities and also GDR citizens comment on the events of October 1989.

Erik Satie’s work is at the heart of modern music. However, who was Satie? An elusive genius or a visionary misanthrope? The film tries to...

A travelogue of Port-au-Prince, Haiti concentrating on the daily life and rhythm of tropical island life.

A survey of the painting of Henri Matisse, revealing the development of the idyllic quality in his work. Studies pictures from the beginning of his...

Not to be confused with the mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell. This year's theme was "baby."

The journey through music and images of a long-distance relationship and how the things they love connect them.