The Film library

Dive into the art of visual storytelling with The Darkroom Rumour's handpicked collection of documentaries on photography. From the intimate tales of renowned photographers to the exploration of photographic techniques and histories, our library is a gateway to seeing the world through a different lens. Explore, learn, and be inspired by the unique perspectives and captivating stories that each film offers. New films are added each month.

 

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Christine Spengler - cover
88’
Christine Spengler | The Spenglers
France - 2022 fr en

Photographing war, revealing the intimate.

Battre le pavé - cover
24’
Pounding the Pavement
Canada - 2025 fr en

Six photographers, six ways of exploring Montreal and revealing what its streets have to offer.

 

Giovanni Gastel - cover
28’
Giovanni Gastel | The Search for the Absolute
Italy - 2012 it en

To photograph fashion without ever stopping at appearances. 

Voyage au bout des mers Marcel Mochet cover
51’
Marcel Mochet | Journey to the End of the Seas
France - 2015 fr en

A photographic journey into the lives of those who work at sea.

Rebels Cover
84’
Rebels
Germany - 2022 de en

Three artists, united by the same urgency for freedom.

Sylvain Granjon cover
26’
Sylvain Granjon | Les Zidiomatiks
France - 2016 fr en

Sylvain Granjon makes words stumble so he can turn them into images.

Bert Stern - cover
87’
Bert Stern I Original Madman
United States - 2011 en en

The man who wanted to see everything, desire everything, photograph everything.

Thomas Devaux Cover
23’
Thomas Devaux | The Shoppers
France - 2014 fr en

A film about the making of an image, from captured reality to its transformation.

Syria Street Cover
25’
Stefano De Luigi | Syria Street
Italy, Syria, Lebanon - 2015 it en

Stefano De Luigi photographs a street in Tripoli where war has divided two neighborhoods, two sides, two everyday lives.

Witkin & Witkin cover
97’
Joel-Peter & Jerome Witkin | Witkin & Witkin
Mexico - 2017 en en

Twin brothers, two radical bodies of work: an intimate face-to-face between painting, photography and family memory.

Lady Tarin Next Girl - Cover
29’
Lady Tarin | Next Girl
Italy - 2014 fr en

An intimate immersion into a female gaze that reimagines nudity as an act of freedom and empowerment.

Myriam Meloni Bosa - Cover
34’
Myriam Meloni | Bosa
Italy - 2015 fr en

A photography of waiting and dignity.

Herman Selleslags | Life will give you pictures - cover
73’
Herman Selleslags | Life Will Give You Pictures
Belgium - 2024 fr en

Thousands of images, a life to unveil.

2. Publicidad Metinides
88’
Enrique Metinides | The Man Who Saw Too Much
United States, Mexico - 2015 es en

Metinides’s world: fragile, brutal, magnetic.

Massimo Berruti 6 - cover
29’
Massimo Berruti | Guerra infinita 
Italy - 2014 it en

Massimo Berruti photographs lives marked by war in Pakistan.

Sidony Cloud - Cover
8’
An introduction to the Art and Work of Sidony Cloud
France - 2025 fr en

Collage as a simple, lively, and free way of seeing differently.