Chantal Akerman Movies

Interview with the Belgian director discussing her films from the 1970s and her mother’s influence on her work.

The short documentary starts with Wieder-Atherton telling the story of how she came to fall in love; first with music in general, and then with the...

The hammer is the tool a sculptor uses to chip away at the block. It is the emblematic tool of French artist Jean-Luc Vilmouth. Akerman here...

A 2nd short super 8 film made by Chantal Akerman in Knokke to be used to be accepted at INSAS.

Ibro Hasanović met Chantal Akerman in 2014. From their recent friendship, this film was born, where the director reflects on her childhood, her...

Chantal Akerman produced NOW for the Venice Biennale in 2015, shortly before her death. Presented on multiple large screens, this seven-channel video...

What Lies Beneath the Sky is a portrait of New York City hit by hurricane Sandy shot in Super 8.

Tombée de nuit sur Shanghaï is Akerman’s contribution to the collective film L’état du monde (2007). Consists of...

“My mother laughs prelude” is a performance from the book that Chantal made about her mother. In 2013, Akerman’s mother was dying....

Found footage using Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman.

An unfinished Chantal Akerman film about the troubled youths and drug addicts going through rehabilitation in Yonkers. Myra Alfreds, who commissions...