Symbolism Movies

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...

In a desolate world of endless horizons, black-clad figures drift through shifting states of emotion, identity, and self.

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

Following a tragic event that shattered her life, renowned author Alice Chevalier struggles to find meaning in her existence. Searching for answers...

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

A cinematic experiment inspired by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s music.

The Norwegian painter Edvard Munch is the author of a powerful body of work that is rooted in symbolism and expressionism. His most famous painting,...

Just another love story. The difference is Gerson.

This compelling film represents a rare record of an original genius. In Jung on Film, the pioneering psychologist tells us about his collaboration...

Peccatum is a poetic coming-of-age story about two young women growing up in a secluded Christian community. When one of them loses her parents, she...

From Malkuth to Kether and back, the whole spin of the wheel. A retelling of a series of dreams and visions experienced by the director in her Great...

That which is above is like that which is below, and that which is below is like that which is above...also birdos and fishies are nice.

For anyone who has ever wondered just what that mysterious pyramid on the back of the dollar bill really represents, investigative mythologist...

Disturbed by an irrational aversion to his house owner's unsettling left eye, man contemplates murder to escape the disturbing presence and restore...

In a town where everyone is planning to leave, a young boy sees a shooting star as his ticket to escape. As he spends his final hours with his little...

Tells the story a woman's life (and death) through poetry and symbolism.

In a world where the real and the virtual overlap, a character tries in vain to escape the solitude in which spectacular-market society envelops us...

The Saudi family is following strict instructions from their grandfather to remain confined in the desert during the early 1990s. A series of events...