The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall

The Small Victorian Boy

October 2024 •English

In post Civil War West Virginia, 9 year old Jamie's life is forever changed when he unexpectedly meets his Uncle Vernon.

The Earliest Show: Outtakes & Bloopers

December 2016 •English

Co-hosts Josh Bath and Samantha Newman have troubles with their early morning talk show when Josh gets dumped live on the air and battles through the seven stages of grief.

Hercules Returns

September 1993 •English

When Brad gets fired from his job, he goes to reopen an old cinema, he enlists his frends to help him show the last film the cinema aired before it closed... Only they don't know, the film is in Italian. With everyone sitting ready they begin to dub the movie... on the fly!

Waiting for Guffman

August 1996 •English

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort Guffman will be in attendance.

Anduve Entonces Con Gitanos

June 2019 •Spanish

A group of friends in a car give a ride to a stranger who will affect their lives indirectly.

The Grand

June 2007 •English

The Grand is in the tradition of improvisational comedies like Best In Show and This Is Spinal Tap. The story is set in the world of professional poker and follows six players who reach the final table of the world’s second most famous high stakes tournament, the Grand Championship of Poker.

Final Cut

May 2022 •French

Things go badly for a small film crew shooting a low-budget zombie movie when they are attacked by real zombies.

Christmas Comes But Once a Year

December 1936 •English

At an orphanage, the children are sad because they received used defective toys as gifts. Professor Grampy sees the children while passing by in his sled and has an idea on how to give them a merry Christmas.

LoveStuck: The Improvised Feature Project

August 2017 •English

An improvised film; a man discovers he's emotionally stuck between his ex-girlfriend, his new girlfriend and his best friend; and in the course of a day he must follow his passion and become unstuck.

Duck Butter

April 2018 •English

Dissatisfied with the dishonesty they see in dating, strangers Naima and Sergio make a pact to spend 24 straight hours together in an attempt to fast forward their relationship.

Another Affair to Remember!

December 2023 •Swedish

Jean-Jacques Garbo is deeply dismayed by his wife's infidelity when he suddenly has inklings of another love affair.

Savoir Ce Qu’on Pense

Invalid date •French

Cecil Taylor: All The Notes

January 2005 •English

Cecil Taylor was the grand master of free jazz piano. "All the Notes" captures in breezy fashion the unconventional stance of this media-shy modern musical genius, regarded as one of the true giants of post-war music. Seated at his beloved and battered piano in his Brooklyn brownstone the maestro holds court with frequent stentorian pronouncements on life, art and music.

The Golden Apron

March 2025 •English

A mockumentary that follows the 5 main contestants of The Golden Apron contest, a competition in search of "the greatest home chef in America", being held by a nefarious food manufacturing company with their own corporate agenda.

Montreux Comedy Festival 2017 - Best Of

January 2018 •French

Pull My Daisy

November 1959 •English

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose wife invites a respected bishop over for dinner. However, the brakeman's Bohemian friends crash the party, with comic results. Pull My Daisy is a film that typifies the Beat Generation. Directed by Robert Frank and Alfred Leslie, Daisy was adapted by Jack Kerouac from the third act of his play, Beat Generation; Kerouac also provided improvised narration.

Orson Welles in Spain

June 1966 •English

Orson Welles pitches to potential investors his vision of a largely improvised bullfighter movie about an existential, James Dean type troubadour who sets himself apart from other matadors. In front of an audience of wealthy arts patrons, Welles pontificates on the state of cinema, the filmmaking process, and the art of bullfighting.

La gran fiesta del cine

Invalid date •Spanish

Five years after shooting "The Last Supper," an experimental feature film with no budget, a group of film technicians and artists gather to celebrate the film's unexpected success and decide what to do with the profits generated in theaters and digital platforms.

Ein Endspiel

January 2015 •German

For 14 years Johanna and Boris live as a couple. Looking for her purpose in life, Johanna visits a seminar of the alternative community "Center for Inner and Outer Peace". Although she's still in love with her boyfriend, Johanna decides to change her life completely, moving to Switzerland to live in this community. Boris however is not amused. During the world-cup soccer finale, the couple experience its own crucial struggle.

Liberté, égalité, improvisez !

September 2014 •French