Zeitgeist Films

05/12/2025

Excited to announce our newest release, coming to theaters this fall!
KÖLN 75 tells the inside story behind jazz pianist Keith Jarrett’s fabled record-breaking 1975 concert in Cologne, Germany, through the eyes of the teenage concert promoter who made it all happen. Played by Mala Emde, Vera Brandes’ enthusiasm set her to multitasking – from booking the Cologne Opera House, promoting the event, and selling the tickets, to convincing Jarrett to stay to perform when the Bösendorfer Imperial Grand piano he was promised was nowhere to be found. John Magaro plays Jarrett with his own intensity, a sublime counterpoint to Brandes’ joyful and unstoppable enthusiasm at every situation she encounters. Köln 75 captures the compelling, entertaining and, until now, unknown back story about Jarrett’s one-hour, entirely improvised concert, which turned into the best-selling solo album in jazz history.

04/04/2025

HOLY COW opens today in Los Angeles and continues to charm audiences in New York. Don’t miss it!

03/14/2025

TWO WEEKS TO GO! This lovely ode to the love of French cheese opens March 28 . Buy your tickets now!

Winner - Youth Award - Un Certain Regard - Cannes Film Festival

After the tragic death of his father, 18 year old Totone is thrust into the unexpected and very adult role of looking after his younger sister and their failing family farm in the Jura section of France. He assumes even more responsibility when he enters a cash competition for the best Comte cheese made in this western part of the French Alps. A “verité” look at the hardscrabble life of French agriculture, it is simultaneously a coming of age story and above all an ode to the love of cheese.

03/12/2025

Happy birthday to an icon! 🎉 Celebrate the legend that is by watching ’s epic tribute. LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY– the #1 most popular documentary today on AppleTV! 👏👏👏👏
It’s also on Primve Video and Fandango At Home, plus it’s still showing in select theaters across the US!

03/11/2025

“Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story vibrantly celebrates the career of one of our greatest entertainers,” raves . And speaking of celebrating, tomorrow is ’s birthday and no better way to honor her than making plans to watch ’s delightful doc! Catch it tonight on , and more.

03/07/2025

Thrilled to announce our newest release which will open in theaters this summer!
Winner of the Truer Than Fiction Award at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards and a New York Times Critic’s Pick, A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY is an intimate, genre-bending portrait of the filmmaker’s trailblazing mother, Sheila Turner Seed – a vibrant and pioneering journalist, photographer, and filmmaker, who died suddenly and tragically when Rachel was just 18 months old. Uncovering the vast archive Turner Seed produced, including lost interviews with iconic photographers Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Cecil Beaton, Lisette Model, and Gordon Parks, and others, Rachel attempts to build a posthumous relationship with her mother through her interviews, photographs, journals, films, and the stories of those who remember her. The result is an unlikely mother-daughter conversation that evades time and space, exploring universal themes of memory, loss, and legacy.

03/01/2025

"A fitting and compelling tribute to a great star." –

"Disarmingly sweet and completely lovable" -

LIZA: THE TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY continues rolling out across the US!

🎵 🪩 LizaDocFilm.com

02/20/2025

We are thrilled to see two of our favorite Zeitgeist alumni on the Berlinale 2025 International Jury: Todd Haynes, jury head, whose ground-breaking, Sundance-winning POISON we released in 1991, and Maria Schrader, star of AIMÉE & JAGUAR which we released in 2000.

02/08/2025

Sound off. 📣 In honor of in theaters now, we wanna know... How would you describe in two words?

🎟️ LizaDocFilm.com

02/05/2025

Happy Birthday Darren Criss! 🎂 Fun fact: Darren appears in LIZA: A TRULY TERRIFIC ABSOLUTELY TRUE STORY talking about a time when Liza made him feel like a million bucks.

See the birthday boy in the critically-acclaimed documentary in theaters NOW!

Full list of playdates: https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/liza-a-truly-terrific-absolutely-true-story

02/03/2025

LIZA: THE TRULY TERRIFIC, ABSOLUTELY TRUE story is now playing and Los Angeles Times is a fan! ❤️

"Beyond the fascinating history that “Liza” delightfully unravels, there’s a comforting takeaway: the warmth and respect with which friends and loved ones old and new — Feinstein, Ben Vereen, Mia Farrow, John Kander, Darren Criss — talk about her on camera. What “Liza” touchingly suggests is those people are life’s real EGOT."

See the delightful doc in cinemas now!

NOW PLAYING

NYC at IFC Center
Los Angeles at Laemmle Royal and Laemmle Town Center 5
Key West at Tropic Cinema
Scottsdale, AZ at Harkins Theatres
Sedona, AZ at Sedona Film - Mary D Fisher Theater
Vancouver, BC at Vancouver International Film Festival Film Center
Palm Springs, CA at Camelot
Rehoboth Beach, DE at Rehoboth Beach Film Society
Ottawa, ON at Mayfair Theatre
Santa Barbara, CA at Santa Barbara International Film Festival Riviera Theater
Hudson, NY at Time and Space Limited
Fort Lauderdale, FL at Savor Cinema Fort Lauderdale

And so many more upcoming dates! Go here for the full list: https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/liza-a-truly-terrific-absolutely-true-story

Liza Minnelli's rise was fueled not only by hard work and a famously jealous mom but by a group of mentors who honed the EGOT winner's gifts into showbiz stardom.

01/31/2025

LIZA expands today to select theaters nationwide! 🌴☀️ Director Q&As tonight and tomorrow night in Los Angeles.

✨🎵Don't forget, more theaters are signing on to show this delightful doc daily, so be sure to check the link in our bio or LizaDocFilm.com for the most updated list of playdates.

📍If you don't see your city, tag your favorite indie theater so they know you want to see it!