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.

Rebels Cover
84’
Rebels
Germany - 2022 de en

Three artists, united by the same urgency for freedom.

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.

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.

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.

Oliviero Toscani in Oliviero Toscani | Cover
25’
Oliviero Toscani in Oliviero Toscani
Italy - 2014 it en

When advertising becomes a visual weapon, between provocation, political awareness, and unapologetic scandal.

La rue zone interdite | La rue zone interdite | Cover
61’
Off Limits
Canada - 2005 fr en

Gilbert Duclos’s fight to preserve the freedom to photograph the street.

Anne Geddes | Photographer | Cover
26’
Anne Geddes | Photographer
France, Switzerland - 2018 en en

Behind the scenes of a meticulously crafted tableau that shaped the visual imagination of the 1990s.

Latif Al-Ani | Iraq’s Invisible Beauty - A film by Jurgen Buedts - cover
86’
Latif Al-Ani | Iraq’s Invisible Beauty
Belgium, France - 2023 en en

A moving pilgrimage into Iraq before the disaster: a portrait of an erased golden age.

Franco Fontana | Creative Horizon - A film by Giorgio Horn cover
28’
Franco Fontana | Creative Horizon
Italy - 2012 en en

Color as an act of framing: Franco Fontana, from landscape to abstraction.

Lois Greenfield | Photographer - A film by David Freydt - cover
26’
Lois Greenfield | Photographer
France, Switzerland - 2018 en en

Creative freedom as a condition of action.

Antoine d'Agata | The Cambodian Room | Cover
55’
Antoine d’Agata | The Cambodian Room
France, Italy - 2009 fr en

In a Phnom Penh room, photography confronts its own limits.

Louis Stettner | In Memory’s Light| A film by Christophe Debuisne (Cover)
23’
Louis Stettner | In Memory’s Light
France - 1999 fr en

Walking Paris with Louis Stettner, chasing the everyday light of memory.

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86’
Robert Capa, Gerda Taro & David Seymour|The Mexican Suitcase
Mexico, Spain - 2011 es en

The rediscovered negatives of Robert Capa, Gerda Taro, and David Seymour (Chim).

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88’
Claudia Andujar|The Lady with the Arrows
Germany, Switzerland - 2024 fr en

An experimental documentary approach, becoming one with the subject.