Movies: Chess

In 2003, Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh became the first World Champion of Chessboxing. This brain-busting combination of alternating rounds of chess and boxing was in fact an art performance calling for more balance in a world of extremes, and the audien...

A chess game between two brothers gets ugly....

When Death wants to bring the plague to Württemberg in 1349, he has not reckoned with the two guard soldiers Volckel and Utz, who engage him in a heated argument about plague ordinances and entry regulations....

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Sara, a young ballet dancer, drifts through boredom as a constrained classical dancer until she meets Jean, a West African plumber from the opposite side of town with natural simplicity and freedom in his dance movements. Curiosity leads towards an e...

When a beautiful stranger enters the cafe, two men decide to battle it out on a chessboard in order to decide who gets to approach her....

Four blind Indian boys compete to become chess masters....

Three weeks to make three films. Filmed in my last semester before College. "Time", "One Night", "8x8"....

Two men and their charming friendship....

A couple's break up gets out of hand as the man tries to woo his woman back in a strange house. Hijinks ensue....

A young man prefers to play chess rather than taking a swim. Only by moonlight does he go for a swim alone. Or so he thinks....

Marcel Duchamp and French director Jean-Marie Drot discuss life, art, and chess....

Based on the game of Chess that delves into the conflicts and confrontations of people between the rich and poor class and high and low strata of society. How does an ordinary boy, from the community of sanitation workers, become a grandmaster?...

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An intense chess match between two men who become increasingly judgmental on the inside....

In a game of Chess, a Knight and a Queen of opposing sides show that, with love, any move is possible....

A metaphysical odyssey of the Individua members as they grapple with mysterious masked figures and the imminent waiting for them at the end of the snowy forest....

When a young man finds himself in an unexpected battle he needs to act fast in order to save what he loves....

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Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally created as an assignment for Werner Herzog's online class on film making (one room, two actors, one ...