Peter Kubelka Movies

  • 2020
    Tapes

    Tapes

    Tapes

    02020HD

    The tapes in the program consist of some of Mekas’ earliest cassettes from the 1990s not long after he first began working with video as well...

    Tapes
  • 1978
    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    Cinématon

    4.31978HD

    Cinématon is a 156-hour long experimental film by French director Gérard Courant. It was the longest film ever released until 2011....

    Cinématon
  • 2004
    Poetry and Truth

    Poetry and Truth

    Poetry and Truth

    72004HD

    Discarded takes from advertising films are presented almost untouched, as documents that unwittingly offer valuable and humorous insights into the...

    Poetry and Truth
  • 1986
    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life

    8.21986HD

    A film collage tracing the story of the lives, loves, and deaths within the artistic community surrounding Jonas Mekas.

    He Stands in a Desert Counting the Seconds of His Life
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....

    Birth of a Nation
  • 2006
    Notes on Marie Menken

    Notes on Marie Menken

    Notes on Marie Menken

    5.42006HD

    A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

    Notes on Marie Menken
  • 1978
    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    Four Shadows

    71978HD

    Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

    Four Shadows
  • 2016
    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    EXPRMNTL

    02016HD

    Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second...

    EXPRMNTL
  • 2024
    What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich

    What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich

    What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich

    02024HD

    n 2018, director Marieli Fröhlich initiated a documentary about her mother, the artist Gertie Fröhlich. The director interviews over 20...

    What Is Happening? Art in the Life of Gertie Fröhlich
  • 2005
    Restoring 'Entuziazm'

    Restoring 'Entuziazm'

    Restoring 'Entuziazm'

    02005HD

    A documentary on the restoration of Dziga Vertov's Entuziazm: Simfoniya Donbassa (1931).

    Restoring 'Entuziazm'
  • 2005
    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch

    02005HD

    A casual, personal portrait of Hermann Nitsch, made with footage I took over the many years of our friendship. Footage includes early performances in...

    Scenes from the Life of Hermann Nitsch