Chantal Akerman Movies

  • 2012
    My Mother Laughs Prelude

    My Mother Laughs Prelude

    My Mother Laughs Prelude

    82012HD

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

    My Mother Laughs Prelude
  • 2022
    Autour de La Folie Almayer

    Autour de La Folie Almayer

    Autour de La Folie Almayer

    02022HD

    An in-depth, behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Chantal Akerman's 2011 film adaptation of Joseph Conrad's book about a merchant, whose...

    Autour de La Folie Almayer
  • 1967
    Knokke: Une petite fiction 2

    Knokke: Une petite fiction 2

    Knokke: Une petite fiction 2

    5.21967HD

    A 3rd short super 8 film made by Chantal Akerman in Knokke to be used to be accepted at INSAS starring her friends her mother and herself.

    Knokke: Une petite fiction 2
  • 1967
    Knokke: Une petite fiction

    Knokke: Une petite fiction

    Knokke: Une petite fiction

    5.21967HD

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

    Knokke: Une petite fiction
  • 1997
    The Day When...

    The Day When...

    The Day When...

    7.31997HD

    Chantal Akerman reads a script detailing the woes that befell her on the day she thought about "The Future of Cinema". The camera continuously...

    The Day When...
  • 2015
    What Lies Beneath the Sky

    What Lies Beneath the Sky

    What Lies Beneath the Sky

    02015HD

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

    What Lies Beneath the Sky
  • 2007
    Nightfall in Shanghai

    Nightfall in Shanghai

    Nightfall in Shanghai

    7.52007HD

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

    Nightfall in Shanghai
  • 1968
    Blow Up My Town

    Blow Up My Town

    Blow Up My Town

    6.21968HD

    Suburbs of Brussels. A young woman locks herself in the kitchen of her apartment, as she blissfully devotes herself to dismantling the household...

    Blow Up My Town
  • 2010
    Les variations Dielman

    Les variations Dielman

    Les variations Dielman

    02010HD

    Found footage using Chantal Akerman's Jeanne Dielman.

    Les variations Dielman
  • 1967
    Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn

    Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn

    Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn

    5.51967HD

    A 4th short super 8 film made by Chantal Akerman with her friends in Brussels, shot in front of the former Hotel van Cleve-Ravenstein coincidentally...

    Bruxelles: La soeur et la mère de Marilyn
  • 1973
    Hanging Out Yonkers

    Hanging Out Yonkers

    Hanging Out Yonkers

    61973HD

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

    Hanging Out Yonkers