Movies: Chess

The World Chess Championship is a juicy battle, rife with passion, power and money. Boris Gelfand has spent his entire life getting ready for this moment; he was raised to become a champion since the age of six. His father devoted all his life to cul...

A documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979...

In an old library, two armies of chess pieces are about to start a war....

The speed chess tournament that has taken place once in a month for already 35 years involves well-known people from the field of culture. The game has no other purposes than the game itself. Some hobbies may seem funny for bystanders; however, for t...

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

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

A world-famous chess grandmaster is led into a game of psychological cat and mouse when he accepts a challenge from an overzealous fan....

Several days in the lives, and profiles of, the owners and players of the open air street chess tables in downtown San Francisco. An informative and insightful portrait of a freely public, yet effectively anonymous, subculture: a unique and colorful ...

A delusional young boy explains a day in his life and his passion for Chess....

Documentary about an unlikely youth chess team from Indianapolis who went on surprise the chess world with their success. The team, made up of young African Americans with no previous experience and led by their devoted teacher, went on to win the Un...

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

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 ...

Martin wants to reconcile with his son Lucas, however, Lucas blames his father for the accidental death of his mother Julia. The reunion unleashes a tense exploration of their emotions and wounds that have yet to heal....

It's constantly going on - the battle of the brains. Across the chessboard, people of all varieties and all ages meet. A rhythmic tribute to chess....

A boy plays a game of chess by himself but after looking away for a moment he realizes the pieces on the board have begun to move by themselves....

A Grim Reaper forms an unlikely friendship with a young girl....

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