THEME EXPLORATION

performance documentation

26 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Another Telepathic Thing
Another Telepathic Thing
2015 · Jonathan Demme
24 Frames Per Second
24 Frames Per Second
1977 · Shirley Clarke
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
Sigui 1972: The Loincloths of Yamé
1972 · Jean Rouch
Man on Wire
Man on Wire
2008 · James Marsh
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing
2012 · Joshua Oppenheimer
The Red Shoes
The Red Shoes
1948 · Michael Powell & Pressburger
Viktor und Viktoria
Viktor und Viktoria
1933 · Reinhold Schünzel
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
A Conversation with the Sun (Installation)
2022 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Tacones lejanos
Tacones lejanos
1991 · Pedro Almodóvar
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
Jim Ritchie Sculptor
1971 · David Cronenberg
J’ai pas sommeil
J’ai pas sommeil
1994 · Claire Denis
Afternoons of Solitude
Afternoons of Solitude
2026 · Albert Serra
2DIE4
2DIE4
2026 · André Abdala
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026 · James Cameron
Signs of Mr. Plum
Signs of Mr. Plum
2026 · Urszula Morga
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
Stray Kids: The dominATE Experience
2026 · Paul Dugdale
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
PLAVE Asia Tour [DASH: Quantum Leap] Encore in Cinemas
2026
Copie conforme
Copie conforme
2010 · Abbas Kiarostami
Concrete Grandma
Concrete Grandma
1986 · Mai Zetterling
I clowns
I clowns
1970 · Federico Fellini
Lightning Over Water
Lightning Over Water
1980 · Nicholas Ray & Wim Wenders
Nightshade Flower
Nightshade Flower
1951 · Kon Ichikawa
Oko wykol
Oko wykol
1960 · Jerzy Skolimowski
Riten
Riten
1969 · Ingmar Bergman
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
Sculpture Mouvante – Jean Tinguely
1981 · Hiroshi Teshigahara
The Dream
The Dream
2014 · Paolo Sorrentino
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Alan Clarke United States

Pioneer of experimental cinema who documented live performances and created hybrid works blending dance, theater, and film to explore the nature of recorded movement.

 Andy Warhol United States

Created extensive films of live performances and happenings that questioned the boundary between performance, documentation, and art by filming real-time events with minimal intervention.