Philippe Ciompi Movies

  • 2009
    Once Upon a Time Proletarian

    Once Upon a Time Proletarian

    Once Upon a Time Proletarian

    02009HD

    Film shows the present state of China through twelve platforms, an old farmer, a middle aged waitress, a car washer, a weapons dealer, fish store...

    Once Upon a Time Proletarian
  • 2022
    Taming the Garden

    Taming the Garden

    Taming the Garden

    6.742022HD

    Georgia’s former prime minister has found a unique hobby. He collects century-old trees, some as tall as 15-story buildings, from communities...

    Taming the Garden
  • 2025
    Alarm Notes

    Alarm Notes

    Alarm Notes

    02025HD

    A pioneer in sound recording, Ludwig Koch was suspected by the Nazis of complicity in the Reichstag fire. After taking refuge in England, he...

    Alarm Notes
  • 2019
    Look Then Below

    Look Then Below

    Look Then Below

    02019HD

    Ben Rivers' films study the otherworldly, looking for places and stories outside the daily conventions of reality. Look Then Below was filmed in a...

    Look Then Below
  • 2012
    Swandown

    Swandown

    Swandown

    4.22012HD

    Director Andrew Kötting and writer Iain Sinclair sail a swan-shaped pedalo from Hastings to Hackney in London in the build-up to the 2012...

    Swandown
  • 2018
    I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth

    I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth

    I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth

    4.92018HD

    April is released from prison after having been busted as an illegal sex worker. In the basement of a luxury hotel in Tbilisi where she works, she...

    I Am Truly a Drop of Sun on Earth
  • 2013
    Late at Night: Voices of Ordinary Madness

    Late at Night: Voices of Ordinary Madness

    Late at Night: Voices of Ordinary Madness

    02013HD

    ‘You have no choice about being here, you’ll have no choice about when you leave’ proclaims a woman in Xiaolu Guo’s latest...

    Late at Night: Voices of Ordinary Madness
  • 2019
    Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

    Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

    Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another

    5.82019HD

    With an elephant’s tusk as the protagonist, the film meditates on the endless tactility of conservation.

    Those That, at a Distance, Resemble Another
  • 2016
    Kawasaki Keirin

    Kawasaki Keirin

    Kawasaki Keirin

    02016HD

    In the industrial city of Kawasaki, on the corner of the street where my grandparents used to live, bettors of keirin — a cycling race...

    Kawasaki Keirin
  • 2010
    Not Waving, But Drowning

    Not Waving, But Drowning

    Not Waving, But Drowning

    02010HD

    Not Waving, But Drowning materialises the experience of Indian refugees during their arrest and detention by the harbour police in Zeebruges,...

    Not Waving, But Drowning
  • 2002
    The Most Beautiful Man in the World

    The Most Beautiful Man in the World

    The Most Beautiful Man in the World

    6.32002HD

    Lacey is a girl of about ten. On a lazy day, she watches some TV, rides her bike in front of her house, then explores a field across from her front...

    The Most Beautiful Man in the World
  • 2016
    To Bow Down

    To Bow Down

    To Bow Down

    02016HD

    Chaima, a 25-year-old woman of Maghreb origin, lives with her parents in a popular neighbourhood on the outskirts of Geneva. It's her day off, she...

    To Bow Down
  • 2008
    The Sun and the Moon

    The Sun and the Moon

    The Sun and the Moon

    6.82008HD

    'The Sun and the Moon, a film fairy tale, is about two women’s terrifying encounter with ‘Otherness’ in the form of a man, abject...

    The Sun and the Moon
  • 2018
    Trees Down Here

    Trees Down Here

    Trees Down Here

    5.72018HD

    In this short film of Cowan Court, which was completed by 6a architects in late 2016, Rivers has turned his camera onto the interactions between...

    Trees Down Here
  • 2022
    The Land Within

    The Land Within

    The Land Within

    4.32022HD

    After years of exile, Remo, an orphan, returns to his childhood village in the Balkans. He must help his adoptive cousin, Una, with the exhumation of...

    The Land Within
  • 2026
    Dream of Another Summer

    Dream of Another Summer

    Dream of Another Summer

    02026HD

    A woman's collapse amid urban ruins sparks an exploration of humanity's connection to physical spaces and a city's resilience in the face of...

    Dream of Another Summer
  • 2018
    Now, at Last!

    Now, at Last!

    Now, at Last!

    4.12018HD

    A film of a sloth, using three-colour separation to show sloth time.

    Now, at Last!
  • 2025
    The Other World

    The Other World

    The Other World

    02025HD

    In south-eastern Spain, there is a wall separating two worlds: a healthy world, and a sick world, once deemed contagious. The sanatorium of Les...

    The Other World
  • 2002
    The Great Reality TV Swindle

    The Great Reality TV Swindle

    The Great Reality TV Swindle

    02002HD

    In 2002, 30 young people gave up their jobs, homes and relationships to take part in what they believed was a new TV reality game show with the...

    The Great Reality TV Swindle
  • 2023
    The Wonder Way

    The Wonder Way

    The Wonder Way

    02023HD

    From her grandmother’s garden to California via the Mojave Desert and the cosmos, Emmanuelle Antille takes us on a journey to...

    The Wonder Way