Agnès Varda

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Agnès Varda (May 30, 1928 – March 29, 2019) was a Belgian-born French film director and professor at the European Graduate School. Her films, photographs, and art installations focus on documentary realism, feminist issues, and social commentary — with a distinct experimental style.

Most Popular Agnès Varda Trailers

Total trailers found: 140

EXPRMNTL Trailer (2016)

08 October 2016

Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second ‘World Festival of Film and the Arts’ in 1949, organised in part by the Royal Cinematheque of Belgium.

Last Tango in Paris Trailer (1972)

15 December 1972

A recently widowed American begins an anonymous sexual relationship with a young Parisian woman.

Once Upon a Time... The Umbrellas of Cherbourg Trailer (2008)

18 May 2008

Television documentary about the making of Jacques Demy's 1964 film "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg".

The 8th Floor Trailer (2014)

10 May 2014

On the 8th floor of the Fondation Cartier in Paris, Raymond Depardon's film features a minute of silence with eight artists and scientists: David Lynch, Patti Smith, William Eggleston, Takeshi Kitano, Ron Mueck, Jean Michel Alberola, Agnès Varda and Misha Gromov.

Viva Varda! Trailer (2023)

17 May 2023

A pioneering post-war female film director, an instigator of the New Wave who was honored by Hollywood in her own lifetime, Agnès Varda has become a source of inspiration for a whole new generation of young filmmakers.

Michel Legrand, sans demi-mesure Trailer (2018)

25 December 2018

This documentary recounts the life of the late composer Michel Legrand, known for his works on Les Parapluies de Cherbourg or Les Demoiselles De Rochefort with the famous director Jacques Demy.

Cinéma! Cinéma! The French New Wave Trailer (1992)

18 June 1992

An intimate window into one of the great movements in film history that brought about an evolution in the art of cinema.

Cléo from 5 to 7 Trailer (1962)

11 April 1962

Agnès Varda eloquently captures Paris in the sixties with this real-time portrait of a singer set adrift in the city as she awaits test results of a biopsy.

Cinéast(e)s Trailer (2013)

15 October 2013

Is there such a thing as strictly feminine cinema? Is it more difficult for a woman than for a man to direct a film? Is gender parity necessary in the industry? Actress and producer Julie GAYET and actor and director Mathieu BUSSON ask these questions to twenty French woman filmmakers, who face a camera together for the first time.

The Creatures Trailer (1966)

03 September 1966

A writer decides to use the strange inhabitants of a small island as a basis for characters in his new book.

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché Trailer (2018)

07 December 2018

The epic life story of Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), a French screenwriter, director and producer, true pioneer of cinema, the first person who made a narrative fiction film; author of hundreds of movies, but banished from history books.

All the World's Memory Trailer (1956)

01 November 1956

A documentary about the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris. It presents the building, with its processes of cataloguing and preserving all sorts of printed material, as both a monument of cultural memory and as a monstrous, alien being.

Pier Paolo Pasolini - Agnès Varda - New York - 1967 Trailer (2022)

24 June 2022

Holding her 16mm camera, an optical prosthesis for a 20th-century stroller, Agnès Varda filmed 42nd Street in NYC in 1967, filming crowds of passers-by to the beat of the Doors.

The Young Girls of Rochefort Trailer (1967)

08 March 1967

In the seaside town of Rochefort, twin sisters Delphine and Solange dream of love and artistic fulfillment beyond their quiet lives.

Pictures of Europe Trailer (1990)

25 April 1990

What makes European cinema so special? Find out in Paul Joyce’s feature-length documentary, Pictures of Europe, which examines the differences between American independent and Hollywood movies and films from European directors.

Happiness Trailer (1965)

10 February 1965

Though married to the good-natured, beautiful Thérèse, young husband and father François finds himself falling unquestioningly into an affair with an attractive postal worker.

Vagabond Trailer (1985)

04 December 1985

Mona Bergeron is dead, her frozen body found in a ditch in the French countryside. From this, the film flashes back to the weeks leading up to her death.

Filming Desire: A Journey Through Women’s Cinema Trailer (2000)

09 July 2000

The film consists largely of a series of interviews with female filmmakers from several different countries and filmmaking eras.

The Truth About Charlie Trailer (2002)

25 October 2002

Regina meets charming Joshua while vacationing in Martinique, as she contemplates ending her whirlwind marriage to enigmatic Charlie.

Faces Places Trailer (2017)

28 June 2017

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship.

Far from Vietnam Trailer (1967)

18 October 1967

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the Vietnam War.

Janela da Alma Trailer (2001)

20 October 2001

Nineteen people with differing degrees of visual impairment – from mild nearsightedness to total blindness – discuss how they see themselves, how they see others and how they perceive the world.

Kung-Fu Master! Trailer (1988)

09 March 1988

A lonely 40-year old woman finds herself shattering taboos by falling in love with the 14-year old Julien – but is it romance, or a desperate attempt to turn back time in the face of middle age?

The Gleaners and I Trailer (2000)

07 July 2000

Varda focuses her eye on gleaners: those who scour already-reaped fields for the odd potato or turnip.

Not Like Before Trailer (2005)

10 May 2005

From January to November 2004, as a kind of carnet de voyage alongside our other activities, we asked one and the same question of various people we met on our journeys, including friends: "Do you remember a moment in your life when something really changed?" We requested them to tell us a story to illustrate their reply, and we filmed them.

The First Interview Trailer (2011)

24 July 2011

In the world's first media interview, shot in Paris in August 1886, the great photographer Nadar interviews the famous scientist and sceptic Chevreul on his 100th birthday.

Cléo from 5 to 7: Remembrances and Anecdotes Trailer (2005)

12 January 2005

More than 40 years after making "Cléo de 5 à 7," Agnes Varda invites her star, two other cast members, and her assistant directors to look back.

#JR Trailer (2018)

04 September 2018

At 35 years old, photographer JR is a street art worldwide star. Discovered after the Paris’ suburb riots of 2005 for his portraits of young people, his collages have adorned the galleries of the Louvre, the Pompidou Center, the Pantheon, the National Assembly ever since … From New York to Shanghai, and the Israeli-Palestinian wall to the US-Mexico border, he has stuck or exhibited giant photos on the walls of dozens of countries and associated hundreds of thousands of unknown artists with his projects.

The Beaches of Agnès Trailer (2008)

17 December 2008

Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary.

La Pointe Courte Trailer (1956)

04 January 1956

A penetrating study of a marriage on the rocks, set against the backdrop of a small Mediterranean fishing village.

Americano Trailer (2011)

30 November 2011

A real estate agent from Paris arrives in Los Angeles to settle his late mother's estate, but a found photograph sends him on an impromptu journey to Mexico to find a woman named Lola.

Lady Oscar Trailer (1979)

03 March 1979

Oscar François de Jarjayes was born female, but her father insisted she be raised as a boy as he had no sons.

Great Directors Trailer (2009)

19 May 2009

Features conversations with ten of the world's greatest living directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles.

Behind the Artist: Andy Warhol, an American Prophet Trailer (2015)

19 June 2015

This documentary cracks open the meticulously constructed façade of Andy Warhol, exposing the complex figure behind the soup cans and Marilyns.

The Young Girls Turn 25 Trailer (1993)

19 May 1993

Agnes Varda's documentary of the celebrations arising from the 25th anniversary of her husband Jacques Demy's film The Young Girls of Rochefort.

Chance Is the Best Assistant Trailer (2018)

08 March 2018

An interview with Agnes Varda and JR.

Fiancés on the Bridge Trailer (1962)

11 April 1962

A subtitle warns, "beware of dark sunglasses." Anna and her lover, whose looks in bowler and bow tie are reminiscent of a young Buster Keaton, kiss chastely on a bridge overlooking the Seine.

Hello Cubans Trailer (1963)

26 November 1963

A photo montage of Cubans filmed by Agnès Varda during her visit to Cuba in 1963, four years after Fidel Castro came to power.

Lions Love Trailer (1969)

12 October 1969

Three actors in Hollywood live and love together. A director comes from New York to make a movie about actors and Hollywood.

Jane B. by Agnès V. Trailer (1988)

02 March 1988

The interests, obsessions, and fantasies of two singular artists converge in this inspired collaboration between Agnès Varda and her longtime friend the actor Jane Birkin.

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement Trailer (2021)

03 March 2021

A Woman Watches People.

The World in Shots Trailer (2021)

31 August 2021

"Il mondo a scatti" is a film that intertwines images of today and yesterday, still images and moving images through a dialogue between two people who reflect on the visible and invisible things of the world: Cecilia Mangini, unstoppable ninety years old, photographer, documentary maker, screenwriter is filmed by Paolo Pisanelli, photographer, director, curator of cultural events.

One Hundred and One Nights Trailer (1995)

25 January 1995

Monsieur Cinema, a hundred years old, lives alone in a large villa. His memories fade away, so he engages a young woman to tell him stories about all the movies ever made.

The World of Jacques Demy Trailer (1995)

22 September 1995

Agnès Varda's documentary portrait of her late husband, Jacques Demy. A companion piece to her Jacquot de Nantes.

Varda by Agnès Trailer (2019)

05 April 2019

An unpredictable documentary from a fascinating storyteller, Agnès Varda’s last film sheds light on her experience as a director, bringing a personal insight to what she calls "cine-writing," traveling from Rue Daguerre in Paris to Los Angeles and Beijing.

One Sings, the Other Doesn't Trailer (1977)

09 March 1977

The intertwined lives of two women in 1970s France, set against the progress of the women's movement in which Agnes Varda was involved.

Agnes Varda : Leçon de cinéma Trailer (2019)

20 January 2019

Harumi Trailer (2019)

12 May 2019

In the hills of Los Angeles the reclusive, stylish and enigmatic 96-year-old Harumi Taniguchi spent decades painting, writing poetry and dancing in her home designed by architect Richard Neutra.

Stavros Tornes: The Poor Hunter of the South Trailer (1994)

26 September 1994

"The Poor Hunter of the South" is the title of the film Stavros Tornes never got to make, rightfully featured alongside his name on this documentary by Stavros Kaplanidis ("Canteen", "Play it Again, Christos").

A Visual History with Agnès Varda Trailer (2017)

09 November 2017

Agnès Varda shares her career and life story on the eve of receiving her Honorary Oscar in 2017: from her childhood and early influences to her life with Jacques Demy, and of course a lifetime of images, her unique artistic journey as a photographer, filmmaker and visual artist.

Viva Varda! Trailer (1970)

01 January 1970

Director Agnès Varda talks with LIONS LOVE (. . . AND LIES) star Viva about their work together, in this long-lost interview conducted for French television in 1970.

Shooting Women Trailer (2008)

05 October 2008

Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new generation of camerawomen's visions.

Jacquot Trailer (1991)

15 May 1991

Jacquot Demy, the son of a garage owner and a hairdresser, is fascinated by cinema and decides to pursue his dream of becoming a filmmaker by any means necessary.

Documenteur Trailer (1982)

20 January 1982

After separating from the father of her son, a young French woman tries to find lodging and a fresh start in L.

Uncle Yanco Trailer (1967)

01 October 1967

While in San Francisco for the promotion of her last film in October 1967, Agnès Varda, tipped by her friend Tom Luddy, gets to know a relative she had never heard of before, Jean Varda, nicknamed "Yanco".

Agnès Varda: From Here to There Trailer (2011)

01 October 2011

Agnès Varda travels around the world to meet friends, artists and filmmakers for an expansive view of the global contemporary art scene.

Elsa the Rose Trailer (1966)

23 October 1966

Images and poems of the celebrated couple Louis Aragon and Elsa Triolet. Elsa’s youth as recalled by Aragon, with commentary by Elsa.

Along the Coast Trailer (1958)

01 November 1958

Tongue-in-cheek look at the French Riviera, especially in summer when it overflows with tourists. Reviews its history and famous visitors; displays its faux-exotic buildings, its crowded beaches, its trees and monuments; and, pokes fun at the colors women wear and the vagaries of fashion.

Mur Murs Trailer (1982)

20 January 1982

Venturing from Venice Beach to Watts, Varda looks at the murals of LA as backdrop to and mirror of the city’s many cultures.

The Gleaners and I: Two Years Later Trailer (2002)

18 December 2002

Agnès Varda’s follow-up to her acclaimed documentary THE GLEANERS AND I takes us deeper into the world of those who find purpose and beauty in the refuse of society, revisiting many of the original film’s subjects.