Movies: Writing

Explore the life of Flannery O’Connor whose provocative fiction was unlike anything published before. Featuring never-before-seen archival footage, newly discovered journals, and interviews with Mary Karr, Tommy Lee Jones, Hilton Als, and more....

A writer turns his sense of alienation and isolation during a party in the house of the woman he loves into an astronaut's lonely journey to an unknown planet. Both - writer and astronaut - set out in search of answers and life in hostile environment...

From his cozy library inside the walls of a suburban home, an intellectual snail tells of his life’s love, loss and change....

A writer tells a joke. Complications ensue....

Western book writer, Eugenio is going through a difficult phase. He is famous for the novels starring the Jesus Kid, but his sales have been going from bad to worse for some time. The light at the end of the tunnel seems to be a film director's invit...

At what point in our evolution did we start talking? To paint, play music and travel? When did we build our first imaginary worlds? When was the need to believe born? In short, where, when and how did the contours of man's essence take shape? Going b...

Oliver doesn't know how to deal with the fact that he is not with the girl he loves. So in desperation for coping with his feelings he starts to write letters in which he describes all the feelings and thoughts that he's trying to bury deep down....

This landmark documentary reveals the tragic life of a gifted young woman who was executed for speaking out during the height of Chairman Mao’s rule....

Isabella takes her granddaughter to Ireland to stay with a famous family friend for the holidays, only to discover that the best Christmases are simply spent with each other....

As night falls, Karen decides to leave the party where a friend is about to lose herself. A metaphor for life, this battlefield....

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets....

Mason Mecartea and Rob Hull push their brains to the limits in order to make the perfect film submission for Jimmy Fallon's Tonight Show Film Festival....

You are in the countryside. Just you and your girlfriend. You hope that with the silence of an isolated house in the woods you will find inspiration to write your next book. There is something wrong. You don't like this place. It tortures you. It's n...

After fighting with his boss and losing his job, Monty, a semi-successful thespian, flees back home to live with his parents under false pretenses. His old friends and family are left to deal with his inflated ego, while he comes to terms with the fa...

Japanese writer Kyoko Murakai comes to in Paris with the purpose of meeting “mythic Parisian women” and uncover the secret of their fulfilling lifestyles, which, she hopes, will serve as an inspiration for the main character of her next novel. This l...

A short film homage to Chilean writer Roberto Bolaño for the Festival d'Art Independent PEPE SALES 2016....

A journey back through Dacia Maraini's and her trips around the world with her close friends cinema director Pier Paolo Pasolini and opera singer Maria Callas. An in-depth story of this fascinating woman's life. Maraini's memories come alive through ...

Two writers work to generate story ideas for their next film against the deadline of their pitch meeting in the morning....

Two different persons who have hopelessly given up on life and the world for different reasons are brought together by fate....

Could dyslexia be a gift? Or can it only ever be a disability? Documentary maker Richard Macer sets off on a road trip with his dyslexic son Arthur to find the answer. En route, they meet Richard Branson and Eddie Izzard, and many other successful dy...