William Kentridge Movies

  • 2015
    More Sweetly Play the Dance

    More Sweetly Play the Dance

    More Sweetly Play the Dance

    02015HD

    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...

    More Sweetly Play the Dance
  • 2010
    Drawing Lesson no. 47: Interview for Studio School

    Drawing Lesson no. 47: Interview for Studio School

    Drawing Lesson no. 47: Interview for Studio School

    02010HD

    Kentridge interviews himself for a job.

    Drawing Lesson no. 47: Interview for Studio School
  • 1997
    Ubu Tells the Truth

    Ubu Tells the Truth

    Ubu Tells the Truth

    01997HD

    Kentridge has combined images from documentary films and photographs together with moving puppets as well as his animated drawings.

    Ubu Tells the Truth
  • 2013
    Tango for Page Turning

    Tango for Page Turning

    Tango for Page Turning

    02013HD

    "Tango for Page Turning" belongs to a constellation of work created for "Refuse the Hour", a multimedia chamber opera conceived and written by...

    Tango for Page Turning
  • 1999
    Shadow Procession

    Shadow Procession

    Shadow Procession

    01999HD

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

    Shadow Procession
  • 2016
    William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments

    William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments

    William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments

    02016HD

    The artist portrays the glories and tragedies of the Eternal City along the banks of the Tiber river in Rome.

    William Kentridge, Triumphs and Laments
  • 1975
    Discourse on a Chair

    Discourse on a Chair

    Discourse on a Chair

    01975HD

    Kentridge's first film, animation made with Magic Marker.

    Discourse on a Chair
  • 2019
    Go to the Light

    Go to the Light

    Go to the Light

    02019HD

    Go to the Light
  • 2017
    Schubert: Winterreise

    Schubert: Winterreise

    Schubert: Winterreise

    02017HD

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

    Schubert: Winterreise
  • 1999
    Stereoscope

    Stereoscope

    Stereoscope

    01999HD

    Soho Eckstein is portrayed as interconnected with both images of the social injustices and upheaval of South Africa and his own sort of primal,...

    Stereoscope
  • 1994
    Memo

    Memo

    Memo

    01994HD

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

    Memo
  • 2012
    Mozart: Die Zauberflote

    Mozart: Die Zauberflote

    Mozart: Die Zauberflote

    02012HD

    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...

    Mozart: Die Zauberflote
  • 2013
    Second-hand Reading

    Second-hand Reading

    Second-hand Reading

    82013HD

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

    Second-hand Reading
  • 1970
    Sibyl

    Sibyl

    Sibyl

    01970HD

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

    Sibyl
  • 2020
    City Deep

    City Deep

    City Deep

    02020HD

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

    City Deep
  • 1970
    Carnets d'Egypte

    Carnets d'Egypte

    Carnets d'Egypte

    01970HD

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

    Carnets d'Egypte
  • 2003
    Tide Table

    Tide Table

    Tide Table

    6.52003HD

    The film sees a businessman (the Soho Eckstein figure from Kentridge's earlier films) standing on a hotel balcony watching the waves. Time passes, as...

    Tide Table
  • 1985
    Vetkoek

    Vetkoek

    Vetkoek

    01985HD

    He developed a method of filmmaking that he dubbed “poor-man’s animation,” in which he photographed charcoal drawings and collages...

    Vetkoek
  • 1970
    Soft Dictionary

    Soft Dictionary

    Soft Dictionary

    01970HD

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

    Soft Dictionary
  • 1970
    Exhibition

    Exhibition

    Exhibition

    01970HD

    short animation film.

    Exhibition