José Luis Guerín

A man returns to a city to try to track down a lovely woman he met six years earlier. (imdb)

Details the complexities of everyday neighbourhood life in Barcelona's formally rundown Barrio Chino or the Raval. Shot over a two-year period, the film follows the demolition of a dilapidated apartment complex and its re-emergence as luxury accommodation for a new breed of resident. (sensesofcinema.com)

A film that tells a "story" with many black and white photographs and some written words, allowing you to see the most literal definition of movies as moving images.

A silent homage to the origins of cinema, recreating the apparent disappearance of a French photographer in the 1920s. (imdb)

Filmmaker Jose Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he goes off the beaten track in some of the world's major cities. (imdb)

A correspondence, or exchange of letters and video diaries, between acclaimed filmmakers Jonas Mekas and José Luis Guerin. (anonymous)

Utilizing the impressionistic techniques of IN THE CITY OF SYLVIA (if SYLVIA was a riff on the "city film," the more miniaturized MEMORIES might be termed a "street-corner film"), Guerín uses a disturbing incident in his Barcelona neighborhood to thread together a rich tapestry on music, culture, community, the fragility of life, and the tenacity of life.

The life of a young girl who plays with little animals and insects is suddenly changed with the arrival of a film crew and a strange man. (imdb)

A documentary focused on the modern-day village of Innisfree, the location used by legendary director John Ford for his Irish romance The Quiet Man.

Little experimental film about the film En La Ciudad de Sylvia

After his classes, a teacher is questioned by his wife, who mistrusted the academic project is plotting her husband. The teacher's intention is to create a "school of the Muses" inspired by the classic references, that should be used to regenerate the world through engagement with poetry. The controversial order triggered a round of scenes around the word and desire. (jsanchez)

"White clouds pass by Notre-Dame in an old film by Jean Renoir. And I tell myself, thus, these clouds crossed over there more than 50 years ago."