Philosophy Movies

Lucie was born with a protruding ear that she got from her mother. In this documentary she tries to find answers in her fathers' features.

A portrait exploring the enduring craft of wood canvas canoe building, and the quiet philosophy it inspires. "The Shape of Cedar" is both a...

Documentary examining the medieval myth of the Philosopher's Stone, a Holy Grail-type relic which supposedly held the key to alchemy and immortality....

Attempting to piece together the memories of his recent breakup with Sasha —a quietly perceptive, under-confident fellow writer—Nikhil...

A personal essay film about the nature of artistic creation and the responsibility that comes along with it.

Director Jan Bucquoy has a bunch of actors read from the Guy Debord novel which shares the same title. Slowly but surely real life an Debord's...

What does a bankrupt poet with no desire to live have to say about life?

Amid Guanajuato's vibrant streets, an aging filmmaker becomes a modern Don Quixote, joined by a spirited young animator as his loyal Sanchia....

Experimental meditation on land, consciousness, and artificial intelligence. Shot in the Okanagan and West Kootenays. Original music by Jack...

Lucien is a high school student lost in a meaningless adolescence. One day, he comes across a book by Nietzsche. This literary encounter is an...

We get up, go to work, eat and go to bed. Is our life about daily rituals or is there a deeper, more inscrutable meaning of life? Kjeld lives...

Alan Watts talks about our perception of the world, and how we derive metaphysics from it. Watts recorded this video in 1971 as a pilot for a public...

Investigates the central ideas of Marshall McLuhan using pictorial techniques and including his own comments. Examines the reaction of others to his...

Christopher Gabriel, a young American, suffers from constant nightmares. These dreams have been coming for a long time, and nothing seems to be able...

Being in the World is a celebration of human beings, and our ability, through the mastery of physical, intellectual and creative skills, to find...

Menon runs into his former wife Grace, who is married to a bedridden Mathew and loves him immensely. The movie revolves around their crossing and...

This refreshingly frank and impartial study of the discovery and development of the notorious hallucinogenic drug is notably free of moral...