William Kentridge Movies

A study of a man's physical and mental limitations. In the 24 quite harsh and grueling fragments of the unfinished drama, a body and a mind are...

William Kentridge’s Monument is a captivating short animated film about the unveiling of a statue dedicated to the South African work force. ...

William Kentridge’s ironic tribute to his hometown, animated on the basis of 25 drawings, is the first film of his “Drawing for...

A journey into the mines provides a visual representation of a journey into the conscience of Kentridge's invented character, Soho Eckstein, the...

An immersive five-channel projection made in response to Dmitri Shostakovich’s Symphony No.10.

Felix in Exile introduces a new character to the 'Drawings for Projection' series: Nandi, an African woman, who appears at the beginning of the film...

Alan Yentob joins South African artist William Kentridge as he prepares an epic frieze along the banks of the river Tiber in Rome. Alan visits him in...

In KENTRIDGE’s cross-disciplinary, cross-media world of artistic creation, images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre...

Short documentation about the South African artist William Kentridge and his very unique animated films.

From the Queen of the Night's vocal pyrotechnics to Papageno's chirpy birdsongs, The Magic Flute is one of Mozart's most charming and engaging...

Franz Schubert´s Winterreise engages with its audience in a new and unexpected form. Matthias Goerne, 'the voice of perfection' (Le Figaro),...

A film constructed from a succession of drawings on old books.

A Kafka comedy in which simple office objects first escape from and finally overwhelm a middle-aged functionary.

In KENTRIDGE’s cross-disciplinary, cross-media world of artistic creation, images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre...

Kentridge interviews himself for a job.

In City Deep, the “zama zama” miners and the landscape merge into artworks hanging in the Johannesburg Art Gallery, itself built during...

new view on WOI.

The new work made by William Kentridge specially for EYE is a 45-metre-long frieze that depicts an endless parade of figures who collectively form a...

William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas – two of the most celebrated names in international contemporary art – come face to face in a series...

short animation film.