Chess Movies

The one game that truly test a persons intelligence and sanity. Chess.

Short TV film upon the story of Ludwik Niemojski of the same title, which was a part of his "Incredible Stories". It tells about Bartolomeo,...

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

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.

The Polish national chess squad, the 'Golden Team', won the world chess championship in Hamburg in 1930, and was renamed by the German press as the...

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

Two brothers, raised by a chess master, must battle head to head in the world's most competitive chess tournament.

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...

An inspiring creative documentary that follows the story of one of Uganda's unsung heroes - Robert Katende. Popularly known as 'Coach Robert', he was...

We follow Isak, a young boxer who has been trained by his father Urban since childhood. When Urban is suddenly diagnosed with Alzheimer's, their...

A stop-motion clay-animated chess game, which is about as exciting as watching… a chess game.

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...

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

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

A documentary about the top Dutch chess players of 1979

Short film interpretation of Jorge Luis Borges poem Ajedrez. Narrated in Chinese. Features the Wei Yi Immortal game against Lazaro Bruzon. Originally...

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.

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...

Selected for the Cannes 2012 Short Film Corner. A man is standing in the middle of a river when he receives a phone call asking about his current...

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