Symbolism Movies

Doina, a shepherd’s wife in ancient Romania, turns her daily routine into ritual. When nature foretells his death, her journey through grief...

A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.

Today, few people's clothes attract as much attention as the royal family, but this is not a modern-day paparazzi-inspired obsession. Historian Dr....

When she waited impatiently for him, he never showed up for their date. He can't tell time; he's a fish out of water.

A lyrical story about love and death, realized as a message.

A group of teenage boys at a sleepover begin an ordinary night together — but when one of them wakes up, he discovers something far beyond...

A man who is fascinated with patterns and symbols discovers his one true path to enlightenment.

Art critic and broadcaster Waldemar Januszczak wrote and directed this examination of a man who was not only a great painter but sculptor, wood...

A rare clip from 1994 warning of the dangers that lurk in America: homosexuals and Satanists.

Five-year-old Vitka and her teenage cousin Larysa both yearn for a life beyond the archaic rules and restricting confines of their small, godforsaken...

After the death of his father, Kiril realizes that one day he will die too. Searching for some meaning, he ventures into his memories, and they take...

Living in a small rural town, with little available emotional help around her, a young woman returns for a visit to her therapist. She finally...

A young man, alone in his room, is visited by a mysterious voice, who forces him to reveal the murder he committed.

Flor is a woman who suffers from anxiety, depression and agoraphobia, and who is secluded in her apartment for reasons beyond her control. To...

Full of determination and uncertainty, Nutmeg pursues her daydream to escape a dull reality with a Walkman and her case of few sentimental belongings.

This documentary interweaves films and voice recordings by Maya Deren with interviews featuring colleagues and contemporaries who worked with or knew...

A cultural sciences professor named Sam has spent nearly two months buried in archival research on Remi Silva — a Lagos philanthropist of...

In Occupied Athens, a German woman, the wife of a Greek officer, falls in love with a teenage Jewish ice vendor. Love becomes fate: the woman dies...

A man breaks into people's houses at night and observes them, without stealing or violating anything. He simply looks, putting himself in their...

An artist, surrounded by the mess in her studio, struggles with frustration as she tries to find inspiration for her new painting.