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

To photograph fashion without ever stopping at appearances. 

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Letizia Battaglia (Cover)
27’
Letizia Battaglia|Amore Amaro
Italy - 2012 it en

A photographer against the mafia, a life of resistance, a sensitive and sharp eye.

RK 5
54’
Roger Kasparian|The Eye of the 60s
France - 2014 fr en

The greatest musicians of the ’60s, on the brink of fame • A genius of portraiture.

LBAP 11 - FREYA MAES COVER
51’
A Flemish Photography|The Naked Belgian
Belgium - 2016 nl en

Belgian people reveal themselves under the lens of six photographers...

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15’
Aïssatou Ciss|Dox Dadje: Walking, Meeting
Senegal, Belgium - 2024 fr en

The street as a fertile source • Art as resilience.