67 minutes / Color
English; French / English subtitles
Release: 2016
Copyright: 2015
I DON'T BELONG ANYWHERE: THE CINEMA OF CHANTAL AKERMAN explores some of the Belgian filmmaker's 40 plus films, and from Brussels to Tel Aviv, from Paris to New York, it charts the sites of her peregrinations.
An experimental filmmaker, a nomad, Chantal Akerman shared with Marianne Lambert her cinematic trajectory, one that never ceased to interrogate the meaning of her existence. And with her editor and long-time collaborator, Claire Atherton, she examines the origins of her film language, and aesthetic stance.
I DON'T BELONG ANYWHERE includes excerpts from many films made throughout Akerman's career, including JEANNE DIELMAN, 23, QUAI DU COMMERCE, 1080 BRUXELLES (1975), NEWS FROM HOME (1976), THE RENDEZ-VOUS OF ANNA, JE, TU, IL, ELLE (1974), SOUTH (1998), FROM THE EAST (1993), FROM THE OTHER SIDE (2002), LA-BAS (2006), and, what would be Chantal Akerman's last film, NO HOME MOVIE (2015).
"A career-spanning documentary [that] provides valuable insights"—Variety
"Offers an overview of Akerman's career while showcasing the behind-the-scenes process of her work."—IndieWire
"The least sentimental love letter you'll ever come across."—Vogue
Select Accolades
Narrative film adaptation by Chantal Akerman of Joseph Conrad's first novel, following a European man living in Southeast Asia and his half-indigenous daughter.
Chantal Akerman | 2016 | 127 minutes | Color | English; French | English subtitles
Four documentaries spanning two decades are included in this 5-disc box set, with a 16-page booklet and bonus film about the late filmmaker.
Chantal Akerman | 2016 | 419 minutes | Color | English; French; Spanish | English subtitles
A conversation with Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman about her films and her directorial philosophy.
Gustavo Beck and Leonardo Luiz Ferreira | 2012 | 62 minutes | Color | English
Chantal Akerman retraces a journey from the end of summer to deepest winter, from East Germany, across Poland and the Baltics, to Moscow. "One of the 10 Best Films of the 1990s."— J. Hoberman, Artforum
Chantal Akerman | 2003 | 110 minutes | Color | No dialog
Using technology developed for the military, the flow of illegal immigration into San Diego has been stemmed. But for the desperate, there are still the dangerous deserts of Arizona, where Chantal Akerman shifts her focus.
Chantal Akerman | 2012 | 99 minutes | Color | Spanish | English subtitles
In her essential final feature, Chantal Akerman documents her relationship with her mother, a Holocaust survivor.
Chantal Akerman | 2016 | 115 minutes | Color | English; French | English subtitles
Chantal Akerman follows choreographer Pina Bausch and her dance company on a European tour.
Chantal Akerman | 2013 | 57 minutes | Color | English; French | English subtitles
The heart of this journey is the brutal murder of James Byrd, Jr in Jasper, Texas. But this is not an anatomy of his murder, rather, it is an evocation of how this event fits in to a landscape and climate as much mental as physical.
Chantal Akerman | 2003 | 70 minutes | Color | English
