Writer Movies

After finding a strange DIY magazine at a coffee shop, a filmmaker attempts to uncover the identity of its anonymous author.

Two documentary filmmakers become the plaything of writer Peter Stamm and subject of the novel whose creation they actually wanted to document.

A man writing a script slowly realises that what he is writing is happening real-time

This biographical film examines the multitalented personality of Karel Čapek and the context behind the creation of his works such as Krakatit,...

Conflicted on where to take his story next a writer gets an unexpected visit from someone who tries to motivate him to continue writing.

This film is not a classic portrait but a documentary using fiction to bring Martin Suter’s novels to life while introducing us to the author...

Like a ticking time-bomb, Ronnie tries to hold his personal relationships and artistic career together while struggling with a debilitating writers...

A young aspiring screenwriter takes a ride along to research his script. But this is no ordinary ride along: he’s researching for a gangster...

Acclaimed actors draw from five of Douglass’ legendary speeches, to represent a different moment in the tumultuous history of 19th century...

Quentin Crisp was a writer, raconteur, social rebel, and "professional being". He was nearly 91 when he died of heart failure in 1999, and his death...

Documentary that involves a tribute to the life and work of Juan Filloy, the writer of the three centuries.

In his exploration of the cultural dynamic between East and West, Adolf Muschg, the most significant Swiss writer since Frisch and Dürrenmatt,...

An anthology horror involving a social gathering of writers on Halloween, where they each tell stories in hopes of winning a local competition.

Tatiana faces an economic crisis that has forced her to be temporarily away from her kids, her "gang", as she calls them. By writing out her feelings...

An elderly man is working tirelessly to revive the Jewish world lost in the Holocaust. His name is Aharon Appelfeld, and he became one of the...

Humorous, melancholy documentary about copywriter, photo model and poet Frans Vogel (1935-2016). A handsome kid who became involved in the art world...

"A young writer has a tought time trying to finish his book, in the midst of it, his terror seems to escape out of its pages"

An author writes a historical novel about witch persecution and is accused of blasphemy.

Tension flares between Sheriff Henry Turner and his son Jason after Henry loses his job and Jason takes over. A local writer chronicles the heart...

Documentary about Kathy Acker where she talks about her writing and her life in New York.