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- DirectorBanksyStarsBanksyMr. BrainwashSpace InvaderFollowing the style of some of the world's most prolific street artists, an amateur filmmaker makes a foray into the art world.
- DirectorEd TracyStarsPatrick Isherwood
- DirectorLauren JacobsMartin WebbStarsDanny BoyleBanksyRiham IsaacBanksy sends filmmaker Danny Boyle on a mission to the original town of Bethlehem to stage a Nativity play at a hotel close to the wall in the West Bank.
- DirectorPhil GrabskyStarsPhillipe CézanneOne cannot appreciate 20th-century art without understanding the significance and genius of Paul Cézanne.
- DirectorDavid BickerstaffStarsXavier BrayJoanna DunnGabriele FinaldiA cinematic tour de force based on the National Gallery's exhibition Goya: The Portraits.
- DirectorMing LaiStarsGary BasemanGary BlackwellMichelle BorokDespite its huge impact, art education is often one of the first programs to be cut, especially when the economy is hard hit. 'Art Recession' explores the importance of art education, showing how it teaches us to communicate, develops our critical thinking skills, helps us to learn other subjects, expresses our individualism, enriches our culture, builds our society, and ultimately conveys our humanity. This documentary then offers powerful ways to save it.
- DirectorJRAgnès VardaStarsAgnès VardaJRJeannine CarpentierDirector Agnes Varda and photographer/muralist J.R. journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.
- StarsTinker HatfieldPlatonIan SpalterA look beyond blueprints and computers into the art and science of design, showcasing great designers from every discipline whose work shapes our world.
- DirectorTellerStarsTim JenisonPenn JilletteMartin MullInventor Tim Jenison seeks to understand the painting techniques used by Dutch Master Johannes Vermeer.
- DirectorRick BarnesOlivia Neergaard-HolmJon NguyenStarsDavid LynchLula LynchEdwina LynchArtist and filmmaker David Lynch discusses his early life and the events that shaped his outlook on art and the creative process.
- DirectorJeff FeuerzeigStarsDaniel JohnstonMabel JohnstonBill JohnstonDaniel Johnston, manic-depressive genius singer/songwriter/artist is revealed in this portrait of madness, creativity and love.
- DirectorAaron RoseJoshua LeonardStarsJulian Bennett HolmesThomas CampbellShepard FaireyThis documentary follows the lives and careers of a collective group of Do-it-yourself artists and designers who inadvertently affected the art world.
- DirectorHalina DyrschkaStarsErnst Peter FischerJulia VossAnna Laestadius LarssonThe first abstract artist was a woman, misjudged and concealed, Hilma Klint rocks the art world with her mind-blowing oeuvre.
- CreatorPerry Miller AdatoStarsMichael WoodGermano CelantRosalind KraussProvides a panorama of 2000 years of architecture, painting and sculpture, and studies the art masterpieces as reflections of the Western culture that produced them.
- DirectorYu HaiboYu Tianqi KikiStarsXiaoyong ZhaoYongjiu ZhouYueAn intimate portrait of a peasant-turned oil painter transitioning from making copies of iconic Western paintings to creating his own authentic works of art.
- DirectorMargy KinmonthStarsYaseen AroussiDaisy BevanSean CroninMargy Kinmonth's new film REVOLUTION - New Art For A New World is a bold and exciting feature documentary that encapsulates a momentous period in the history of Russia and the Russian Avant-Garde.
- DirectorJohn W. WalterStarsJoseph IalacciRichard FeigenFrances BeattyInterviews with Christo, Chuck Close, Roy Lichtenstein, Judith Malina, James Rosenquist and others help illuminate the life and work of Warhol contemporary Ray Johnson.
- DirectorTommy GulliksenStarsMatthias ScherwenikasCathie BoydChol-Hak HamArtists from across the Western world visit North Korea to take part in a "cultural exchange" - with varying degrees of success and failure.
- DirectorSteve BrownJessie DeeterStarsHarley K. DuboisMarian GoodellLarry HarveyEach year, 60,000 people from around the globe gather in a dusty windswept Nevada desert to build a temporary city, collaborating on large-scale art and partying for a week before burning a giant effigy in a ritual frenzy. Rooted in principles of self-expression, self-reliance and community effort, Burning Man has grown famous for stirring ordinary people to shed their nine-to-five existence and act on their dreams. Spark takes us behind the curtain with Burning Man organizers and participants, revealing a year of unprecedented challenges and growth. When ideals of a new world based on freedom and inclusion collide with realities of the "default world," we wonder which dreams can survive.