Movies: Drawing

Kiko, a Japanese illustrator on assignment in France, gets suddenly overwhelmed by a strange new inspiration, while she realizes she's been spying on a gay couple on the beach next to the chapel where she's working. Obsessed by such a vision, she wil...

A young dyslexic and artistic woman is overcome with despair as she finds herself defined, not by her talents, but by her disabilities....

An illustrator can't find the perfect guy, so she draws her own....

Short documentary about artist Keith Haring, detailing his involvement in the New York City graffiti subculture, his opening of the Pop Shop, and the social commentary present in his paintings and drawings....

The odyssey of a young Cape Breton woman as she moves to the big city (Halifax) and supports herself after the birth of her illegitimate child by posing for college art classes, on her way to becoming an artist in her own right....

What did our parents leave behind for us in the boxes they got from their parents? An artist struggles with what he has gotten in the wake of his mother’s death, and a girl forces him to look inside not only the box but himself....

A film about being, having been and becoming through the lens of a boy desperately trying to sketch out a cloud....

A portrait of the artist as a "sublime demon with the archangel's face", with an innovative musique concrète soundtrack....

An indie documentary exploring the art form of hand-drawn animation through a contemporary lens in the digital era. Featuring insights and anecdotes by hand-drawn animation artists from around the world....

A visual journey into the life and legacy of one of Australia's most celebrated artists, Brett Whiteley....

Look out: Beryl's back. With Affairs of the Art, British animator Joanna Quinn recounts another gloriously unhinged chapter in the adventures of Beryl, the comic everywoman she unleashed upon the world with her debut film, Girls' Night Out, which too...

56-year-old artist Mindy Alper has suffered severe depression and anxiety for most of her life. For a time she even lost the power of speech, and it was during this period that her drawings became extraordinarily articulate....

In 1999, Paul and his partner Julie experienced beautiful moments with their young daughter. They are looking for a house in Montreal and frequently see their family, notably Julie's parents who live in St-Nicolas, a suburb of Quebec City. But the il...

This dreamlike fusion of political thriller and science-fiction fantasia is set to original music by Beyoncé....

Upon his arrival in Paris, filmmaker Tomas Cali immerses himself in learning French, as well as the language of sketching. In an art studio, he meets transgender life model Linda Demorrir, who helps him to connect with himself and his new city in a p...

Cut-out animated parody of Hamlet by pioneering British animator Anson Dyer....

A documentary about surrealist artist Salvador Dali, narrated by Orson Welles....

An experimental piece that obscures the lines between nostalgia and the surreal....

A cartoonist defies reality when he draws objects that become three-dimensional after he lifts them off his sketch pad....

The Colegio de Arquitectos de Catalunya commissioned Pere Portabella to make this film for the Joan Miró retrospective exhibit in 1969. There were heated discussions on whether it would be prudent to screen the film during the exhibit. Portabella too...