Leonardo da Vinci is acclaimed as the world’s favourite artist. Many TV shows and feature films have showcased this extraordinary genius but often not examined closely enough is the most crucial element of all: his art. Leonardo’s peerless paintings and drawings will be the focus of Leonardo: The Works, as we present every single attributed painting, in Ultra HD quality, never seen before on the big screen. Key works include The Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, Lady with an Ermine, Ginevra de’ Benci, Madonna Litta, Virgin of the Rocks, and more than a dozen others.

This film also looks afresh at Leonardo’s life – his inventiveness, his sculptural skills, his military foresight and his ability to navigate the treacherous politics of the day – through the prism of his art. To be released on the 500th anniversary of his death, this is the definitive film about Leonardo: the first to truly tell the whole story.

"Way back in 2011, we released our very first venture into what would become a live film based on a major Leonardo da Vinci exhibition at the National Gallery in London. It was one of those blockbuster shows that you just couldn’t get a ticket for, and so, it was most exciting to use the relatively new medium of event cinema to bring it to such a huge audience - something that had never been done in the art world before. It has been a desire of mine since then to revisit Leonardo and to create a film that would explore more of his works. Compared to our 2011 film Leonardo Live, which focused on one exhibition and Leonardo’s Milan period specifically, Leonardo: The Works (which first graced cinemas in 2019 on the 500 year anniversary of the artist’s death) was a remarkably ambitious project in scope since its inception. We set out to tell the full story of the artist himself, to show you, our audience, every single attributed painting and to film as many of them as possible on location, which meant travelling to galleries all over the world from Scotland to Washington D.C. to Poland. Given the development of digital technology since, we were also able to capture these masterpieces in a visual quality previously impossible.
After 500 years, you would perhaps think that everything there is to know about Leonardo is already known - it’s not. New conservation projects are always uncovering new discoveries and debates between scholars are perhaps more heated than ever before. To evoke such interest in so many people a staggering 500 years on from one’s death is an extraordinary feat in itself. With more works by Leonardo being brought together on the big screen than ever before, this film will show you how and why our fascination with the artist continues to this day." Phil Grabsky, Director

[Not Available in Italy, Spain & Poland]