Vincent Moon

Vincent Moon, born Mathieu Saura, is a French independent filmmaker, photographer, and sound artist.

La faute des fleurs: A Portrait of Kazuki Tomokawa (2010)

A mini-documentary about avant-garde Japanese musician Kazuki Tomokawa. Tomokawa is a prolific Japanese musician, active in the Japanese music scene since the early 1970s. He is often described as a "screaming philosopher" due to his idiosyncratic singing style. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Kazuki Tomokawa

A mini-documentary about avant-garde Japanese musician Kazuki Tomokawa. Tomokawa is a prolific Japanese musician, active in the Japanese music scene since the early 1970s. He is often described as a "screaming philosopher" due to his idiosyncratic singing style. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Kazuki Tomokawa

A Skin, A Night (2008)

Journey into the creative process of Brooklyn indie rock band the National with this unique documentary. Filmmaker Vincent Moon's cameras follow the band as they make their fourth album, "Boxer," and work to diversify their sound. More than just a technical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Matt Berninger  •  Aaron Dessner  •  Bryce Dessner  •  Bryan Devendorf

Journey into the creative process of Brooklyn indie rock band the National with this unique documentary. Filmmaker Vincent Moon's cameras follow the band as they make their fourth album, "Boxer," and work to diversify their sound. More than just a technical ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Matt Berninger  •  Aaron Dessner  •  Bryce Dessner  •  Bryan Devendorf

Mogwai: Burning (2010)

With much of Mogwai’s recent output having fallen uncharacteristically flat, one could be forgiven for thinking that this release, a live album and DVD set, signals the once-great band finally running out of ideas. Yet while Special Moves/Burning offers nothing in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Nat le Scouarnec
CAST:  Dominic Aitchison  •  Stuart Braithwaite  •  John Cummings  •  Barry Burns

With much of Mogwai’s recent output having fallen uncharacteristically flat, one could be forgiven for thinking that this release, a live album and DVD set, signals the once-great band finally running out of ideas. Yet while Special Moves/Burning offers nothing in ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Nat le Scouarnec
CAST:  Dominic Aitchison  •  Stuart Braithwaite  •  John Cummings  •  Barry Burns

An Island (2011)

In August 2010, French filmmaker Vincent Moon and Efterklang's 8 piece-live band met up on an island off the Danish coast. The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album, and a film full of performances, experiments and collaborations. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Mads Brauer  •  Casper Clausen  •  Thomas Husmer  •  Rasmus Stolberg

In August 2010, French filmmaker Vincent Moon and Efterklang's 8 piece-live band met up on an island off the Danish coast. The objective was to shoot a film. A film with the same length as an album, and a film full of performances, experiments and collaborations. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Mads Brauer  •  Casper Clausen  •  Thomas Husmer  •  Rasmus Stolberg

Esperando el Tsunami (2011)

An exploration of the sounds and people of today's Colombia, in a continuous improvisation of the filmmaker and the musicians, who composed and created during his trips around the country. A visual album created at the intersection between music and cinema. A ...  (more)

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An exploration of the sounds and people of today's Colombia, in a continuous improvisation of the filmmaker and the musicians, who composed and created during his trips around the country. A visual album created at the intersection between music and cinema. A ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
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Beirut - Cheap Magic Inside (2007)

In this DVD, you'll discover Beirut's latest album go live. On September, Chryde and Vincent Moon went to New York to film the band play all the tracks from the Flying Club Cup in bars, rooms, parks and even in an ice-cream truck garage. In the hour-long movie they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Zach Condon

In this DVD, you'll discover Beirut's latest album go live. On September, Chryde and Vincent Moon went to New York to film the band play all the tracks from the Flying Club Cup in bars, rooms, parks and even in an ice-cream truck garage. In the hour-long movie they ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Zach Condon

Híbridos - The Spirits of Brazil (2017)

From 3 years of research around Brazil, HÍBRIDOS, THE SPIRITS OF BRAZIL dives into the sacred culture of the largest country in South America through a very poetic and sensorial approach. As an exploration of trance-cinema, the film breaks down the distance between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Telmon
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From 3 years of research around Brazil, HÍBRIDOS, THE SPIRITS OF BRAZIL dives into the sacred culture of the largest country in South America through a very poetic and sensorial approach. As an exploration of trance-cinema, the film breaks down the distance between ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Telmon
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ASHRAM: The Spiritual Community of Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda (2019)

In the spring of 2017, film-makers Vincent Moon and Priscilla Telmon were invited to make a contemporaneous portrait of The Sai Anantam Ashram, the multi-ethnic and multi-generational spiritual community founded in 1983 by Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Telmon
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In the spring of 2017, film-makers Vincent Moon and Priscilla Telmon were invited to make a contemporaneous portrait of The Sai Anantam Ashram, the multi-ethnic and multi-generational spiritual community founded in 1983 by Alice Coltrane Turiyasangitananda, which ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Telmon
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La cueca antes de Dios (2018)

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Temporary Slaraffenland (2009)

A look into the music of Slaraffenland.  (more)

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A look into the music of Slaraffenland.  (more)

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Live in Jurunas (2013)

The tecnobrega star Gaby Amarantos performs her musics in her neighbourhood, in Belém, northern Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Brasil
CAST:  Gaby Amarantos

The tecnobrega star Gaby Amarantos performs her musics in her neighbourhood, in Belém, northern Brazil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Brasil
CAST:  Gaby Amarantos

Rabih Beaini Plays Vincent Moon (2016)

The spiritual power of the music around the world  (more)

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The spiritual power of the music around the world  (more)

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A Distant Country (2020)

A journey from the outside to the inside, from the movement to the stillness, from the noise to the silence. A call for us to be more. What if confinement is teaching us the true meaning of freedom?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Telmon
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A journey from the outside to the inside, from the movement to the stillness, from the noise to the silence. A call for us to be more. What if confinement is teaching us the true meaning of freedom?  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Telmon
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From Freedom To Freedom (2020)

Inspired by the context set by the Covid-19 pandemic, and by the fact that we spent Portuguese Freedom day under a certain confinement, we wanted to find out perspectives on freedom that defy the dominant narratives. So, we challenged filmmakers to create shorts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  João Diogo Marques  •  Sophy Romvari  •  Priscilla Telmon  •  Felipe Ríos Fuentes  •  Miguel C. Tavares  •  Daniel Brereton  •  Vasco Mendes  •  Diana Antunes  •  Nisha Jurairattanaporn  •  Mike Thorn  •  Diogo Cão
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Inspired by the context set by the Covid-19 pandemic, and by the fact that we spent Portuguese Freedom day under a certain confinement, we wanted to find out perspectives on freedom that defy the dominant narratives. So, we challenged filmmakers to create shorts ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  João Diogo Marques  •  Sophy Romvari  •  Priscilla Telmon  •  Felipe Ríos Fuentes  •  Miguel C. Tavares  •  Daniel Brereton  •  Vasco Mendes  •  Diana Antunes  •  Nisha Jurairattanaporn  •  Mike Thorn  •  Diogo Cão
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Bruno S, With Devotion (2013)

a film by Vincent Moon & Nick Dangerfield  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Nick Dangerfield
CAST:  Bruno S.

a film by Vincent Moon & Nick Dangerfield  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Nick Dangerfield
CAST:  Bruno S.

PEOPLE 2018 ★ THE FILM (2018)

PEOPLE - THE FILM Vincent Moon’s journey through our magical PEOPLE Festival 2018. These moments out of time, in between spaces, the ritual, the coming together of 200 musicians to create and share to an audience of 5000 people. …all of these communal experiences ...  (more)

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PEOPLE - THE FILM Vincent Moon’s journey through our magical PEOPLE Festival 2018. These moments out of time, in between spaces, the ritual, the coming together of 200 musicians to create and share to an audience of 5000 people. …all of these communal experiences ...  (more)

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When We Are Born (2021)

WHEN WE ARE BORN is a unique live performance film that tells a touching and thoroughly human story based in part on Ólafur’s life. Filmed on location in Iceland in summer 2020, it features the contributions of an unparalleled creative collective including ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Ólafur Arnalds

WHEN WE ARE BORN is a unique live performance film that tells a touching and thoroughly human story based in part on Ólafur’s life. Filmed on location in Iceland in summer 2020, it features the contributions of an unparalleled creative collective including ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
CAST:  Ólafur Arnalds

Old Harp Singing of East Tennessee (2019)

A short musical film on the Old Harp tradition from East Tennessee, shot around a gathering in a church of the Smoky Mountains  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon  •  Priscilla Telmon
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A short musical film on the Old Harp tradition from East Tennessee, shot around a gathering in a church of the Smoky Mountains  (more)

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La danse des ombres (2020)

It was a magical night.  (more)

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It was a magical night.  (more)

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Odessa La Yiddish (2015)

Odesa and its jewish soul. Iosif Jerebker and Taisiya Zborovskaya are probably the last yiddish singers of Odesa. Accompanied by Anna Rozen on piano, they took us some decades ago, in an old jewish mansion, into this fabulous and, oh so joyful music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
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Odesa and its jewish soul. Iosif Jerebker and Taisiya Zborovskaya are probably the last yiddish singers of Odesa. Accompanied by Anna Rozen on piano, they took us some decades ago, in an old jewish mansion, into this fabulous and, oh so joyful music.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Vincent Moon
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