Chess Movies

An epic battle between a knight and a pawn is about to start!... Except it doesn't, they're actually chess pieces

2ⁿ is a story about the exponential growth of numbers raised to powers. Part of the Mathematica Peep Shows, one of five films made to accompany...

Two retired, aging British officers meet in the club of special forces' veterans where they stress their conflicted views about WW2 in the former...

A chess game between two brothers gets ugly.

In 2003, Dutch artist Iepe Rubingh became the first World Champion of Chessboxing. This brain-busting combination of alternating rounds of chess and...

Two chess champions have a secret match to decide once and for all which of them is the better player.

A toymaker in Poland specializes in building lifesize mechanical men. He builds a chess-playing "automaton" to hide a pretty young Polish activist...

In the backdrop of a receding summer, with the aid of some brilliant chess moves, the life of a woman and the different men in her lives take centre...

An initially realistic chess game becomes a chaotic, animated quest for the favors of Betty Boop (the black queen) by Bimbo (white king) and others,...

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

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 documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979

Every Sunday, lonely bachelor and refined judge Mladen goes to play chess with his friend, sculptor Fedji. Slowly, he engages in a love affair with...

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

Branko Kralj is an alienated businessman and avid chess fan. He is married to the attractive Visnja and they have a son. Their marriage is weak and...

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

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

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...