Boris Lehman Movies

  • 2007
    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    365 Day Project

    102007HD

    This exhibition focuses on Jonas Mekas’ 365 Day Project, a succession of films and videos in calendar form. Every day as of January 1st, 2007...

    365 Day Project
  • 2021
    Ghosts from the Past (How History Got into Me)

    Ghosts from the Past (How History Got into Me)

    Ghosts from the Past (How History Got into Me)

    02021HD

    How to talk about History, the big one and the small one, ours and that of each of us? Watching television, browsing the Internet, rummaging through...

    Ghosts from the Past (How History Got into Me)
  • 2012
    L'Artifice et le factice

    L'Artifice et le factice

    L'Artifice et le factice

    02012HD

    "L'Artifice et le factice" is the episode that covers the period from January 1, 1988 to December 31, 1988 of my filmed Notebooks.

    L'Artifice et le factice
  • 2003
    Man Carrying

    Man Carrying

    Man Carrying

    02003HD

    The man carrying his body, his reels of film, his bag and his old Nikon, is Boris Lehman, he's also Sisyphus, Jesus Christ, and Ixion as told by...

    Man Carrying
  • 1979
    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt

    01979HD

    Legendary drag performer Ocaña in performance with a cardboard Marilyn on the west side of the Berlin Wall.

    Ocana, der Engel der in der Qual singt
  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

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    Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

    Trying to Describe Oneself
  • 1991
    Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium

    Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium

    Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium

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    "Babel / Letter to my Friends who Stayed in Belgium" narrates the day-to-day existence of a filmmaker wandering through his city (Brussels) and who...

    Babel: A Letter to My Friends Left Behind in Belgium
  • 1975
    Autour de Jeanne Dielman

    Autour de Jeanne Dielman

    Autour de Jeanne Dielman

    61975HD

    During the filming of "Jeanne Dielman" Sami Frey recorded what was happening on the set. A film about a film in the making.

    Autour de Jeanne Dielman
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

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    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 1987
    Masque

    Masque

    Masque

    01987HD

    Boris Lehman's funereal mask is constructed when he is alive (which therefore requires him to construct a rudimentary canal to breathe through the...

    Masque
  • 2011
    War is Looming

    War is Looming

    War is Looming

    02011HD

    This film takes a look at the French concentration camp at Rivesaltes. It does not deal with the site of memory but rather memories of the site...

    War is Looming
  • 1995
    La dernière (s)cène ou l’évangile selon Saint-Boris

    La dernière (s)cène ou l’évangile selon Saint-Boris

    La dernière (s)cène ou l’évangile selon Saint-Boris

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    A dialogue based on the Gospel according to St John. The apostles are played by friends (the disciples) of Boris Lehman, most of themselves...

    La dernière (s)cène ou l’évangile selon Saint-Boris
  • 1984
    Jean-Gina B.

    Jean-Gina B.

    Jean-Gina B.

    01984HD

    This film is based on the true story of Jean Bella, who served as an officer in the Belgian Marine while being convinced, from an early age, that he...

    Jean-Gina B.
  • 2007
    Alterations and Repairs

    Alterations and Repairs

    Alterations and Repairs

    02007HD

    Portrait of Richard Kenigsman by Boris Lehman.

    Alterations and Repairs
  • 1983
    Couple, regards, positions

    Couple, regards, positions

    Couple, regards, positions

    01983HD

    A two-way mirror. Water and fire. Water extinguishes fire, and fire boils away water. There are many difficulties preventing them from understanding...

    Couple, regards, positions
  • 1990
    Looking for My Birthplace

    Looking for My Birthplace

    Looking for My Birthplace

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    Film director Boris Lehman returns to Lausanne, where he was born on 3 March 1944, at the end of the war.

    Looking for My Birthplace
  • 2016
    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms

    02016HD

    A day in the life of director Boris Lehman: he wanders from cafe to bookshop, cinema to museum, writer to musician, and into the storeroom of the...

    Lapses, Regrets and Qualms
  • 1995
    Life Lesson

    Life Lesson

    Life Lesson

    71995HD

    To attain knowledge, man and woman had to be willing to give up their innocence," says Boris Lehman. Life Lesson is a poetic and philosophic...

    Life Lesson
  • 2000
    When the Night Goes Tango

    When the Night Goes Tango

    When the Night Goes Tango

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    When the Night Goes Tango
  • 1974
    Album 1

    Album 1

    Album 1

    01974HD

    In July and August Lehman filmed 150 individuals in and around Brussels, and he himself was filmed by the same persons. Like in a kaleidoscope...

    Album 1