Tattoo Movies

Bogus Kowalski is such a radical 17-year-old rebel that he even decides to have a "F*ck Off" tattoo on his forehead. His anger and frustration cannot...

Nicole is an introverted Liverpudlian teenager, all but deserted by her parents, with a mother distractedly working nights and a father who has...

David misses his ring-necked dove. It was his pet, his solace, and to remember the little creature he loved, he insists on adding its ashes to ink...

In this western, a decent Indian agent loses his job and his good name after someone steals the government money he was to deliver to a tribe....

When a young woman's boyfriend dies, she slips into grief and begins to believe that his spirit has returned in the form of a menacing skeleton doll.

Lilly and Cece are life-long best friends. However when matching tattoos and some mysterious ink jeopardize their friendship they have to face the...

A Mayan Trance on a young lad appears while having a Sacred Holy Tattoo inscription inked onto his skin

In this "beautifully intimate and utterly unique piece of cinema", Toby Amies crosses the line between filmmaker and carer, trying to cope with the...

A look into the world of body piercing and suspension and the people who do it.

Once associated with gangsters, in South Korea tattoos still divide opinion. Whilst they have grown in popularity, only licensed doctors can...

Tattoo girls is a memoir of life as it is and of women as they are. A window to the lives of seven women from the same city where nothing is exactly...

A bold reveal of a rose tattoo opens this 1980 documentary on tattooing in New Zealand. The potted history includes visits to tattoo parlours on K'...

His work illustrates people. Densha Tattoo reflects on craft, inspiration and the scene. — What is the essence of a human being? One stitch at...

Basel Tattoo 2016

Stories of people who regard augmenting their bodies as a way of life, whether for artistic reasons or out of pure vanity.

Everyone loves a killer Tattoo

First-time feature filmmakers Heretu Tetahiotupa, Christophe Cordier delve into the ritual art of Marquesan tattoo, sharing its cultural and...

A documentary film based on the art of tattooing, tattoo artists and their clients, with interviews exploring the fascination for, and the reasons...

Basel Tattoo 2014