ART & DOCS: Obsessive talents

Vivian Maier, a seemingly insignificant and highly secretive nanny, took more than 10.000 pictures during her lifetime, which she kept meticulously hidden. Decades later, her work is revealed by pure accident, establishing her as one of the most important street photographers of all time.

Texan inventor Tim Jenison attempts to solve one of the biggest riddles in art history: How did the Johannes Vermeer manage to recreate images with photorealistic precision 150 years before photography was even invented?

Robert Crumb, the man behind “Fritz the Cat” and “Mr. Natural”, is considered a controversial, trailblazing figure in the American underground comic book scene

Up for a trip into the mind of Tomi Ungerer? “Far Out Isn’t Far Enough” depicts one man’s wild, lifelong adventure on the fringes of civilized society.

Sophie Fiennes delivers her most ambitious work to date: a mesmerizing documentary on German artist Anselm Kiefer and his monumental installations.

The unconventional love story of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara starts in ’70s New York. 40 years of chaotic marriage later, the two Japanese artists are still struggling with their creative demons.

In her first official visit to Greece, director Sophie Fiennes (“The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema”, “The Pervert’s Guide to Ideology”, “Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow”) will discuss the process of merging fine art with documentary.

“The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema” takes the audience on a roller coaster ride through some of the most important movies of all time, guided by the charismatic Slavoj Žižek.

Considered the most important living documentary filmmaker in the US, Frederick Wiseman infiltrates the depths of the National Gallery in London, housing one of the greatest collections of paintings in the world.

Famously difficult experimental filmmaker Jack Smith has finally found a champion worthy of his extraordinary legacy; director Mary Jordan sorts through extensive material, offering an insightful portrait of a self-destructive paranoid artist.

In this classic documentary, the French suspense master Henri-Georges Clouzot invites us into Pablo Picasso’s studio, capturing the great Spanish painter at the height of his creative fever.

Vivian Maier, a seemingly insignificant and highly secretive nanny, took more than 10.000 pictures during her lifetime, which she kept meticulously hidden. Decades later, her work is revealed by pure accident, establishing her as one of the most important street photographers of all time.

Charmed by the colorful alchemy of garbage, Brazilian artist Vik Muniz abandons his comfortable apartment in Brooklyn to travel to the world’s largest garbage dump on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, for a unique project.

Texan inventor Tim Jenison attempts to solve one of the biggest riddles in art history: How did the Johannes Vermeer manage to recreate images with photorealistic precision 150 years before photography was even invented?

Up for a trip into the mind of Tomi Ungerer? “Far Out Isn’t Far Enough” depicts one man’s wild, lifelong adventure on the fringes of civilized society.

The unconventional love story of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara starts in ’70s New York. 40 years of chaotic marriage later, the two Japanese artists are still struggling with their creative demons.