Joris Ivens Movies

A lyrical portrait of Amsterdam and its changing appearance during a rain-shower.

In 1962 Joris Ivens was invited to Chile for teaching and filmmaking. Together with students he made …A Valparaíso, one of his most...

In seven different parts, Godard, Ivens, Klein, Lelouch, Marker, Resnais, and Varda show their sympathy for the North-Vietnamese army during the...

Frank Capra-directed propaganda film produced during World War II depicting the United States' new enemy: Japan.

It is an autobiographical fiction starring Ivens as an old man who has spent his life trying to "tame the wind and harness the sea" by capturing them...

The 400 million people of China are heirs to a great civilization, as their pagodas and stone lions can attest. But they are under attack from the...

Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on...

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world.

Two weeks after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, in August 1945, Indonesian Independence leaders proclaimed “Indonesia Merdeka!”...

A propaganda film made during the Spanish Civil War in support of the Republican government against the rebellion by Gen. Francisco Franco's forces...

A poetic ode to the River Seine, Ivens' distinguished camera eye surveys its lively banks and step-stone canals with a vérité candor, a...

Documentary filmed during the shooting of “À Valparaiso” which shows the children’s reactions to the performance of a circus...

The Dutch documentary filmmaker Joris Ivens (1898-1989) received the honorary title 'Old friend of the Chinese people' from the Chinese communist...

An industrial film which shows the operations inside the Philips Radio plant: In a mêlée of activity, glassblowers make delicate glass...

Documentary portrait of Dziga Vertov, father of documentary cinema.

A documentary showing the struggle to bring electricity to rural areas of the United States.

Instructional film about the (former) biggest harbour in the world, with a hybrid format. Well known Ivens themes are revisited, like The Flying...

At the age of 14 Joris Ivens was fond of Cowboys and Indians stories, so he decided to invent one himself. He made a script and used a camera from...

The film is a documentary portraying a struggle as man tries to subdue nature. To prevent flooding and for purposes of land reclamation, the people...

In a port city, a youth plays a computer game that determines the fate of a woman (whose interracial romance is threatened by white punks) and other...