Avant Garde Movies

  • 1999
    Like a Dream that Vanishes

    Like a Dream that Vanishes

    Like a Dream that Vanishes

    4.71999HD

    "Like a Dream That Vanishes" continues Sternberg’s work in film both thematically and formally: the ephemerality of life echoed in the temporal...

    Like a Dream that Vanishes
  • 1973
    Sexual Meditation: Open Field

    Sexual Meditation: Open Field

    Sexual Meditation: Open Field

    3.81973HD

    OPEN FIELD is in the mind, of course, and exists as a weave of trees, grasses, waters, and bodies poised and fleeting at childhood's end. The scene...

    Sexual Meditation: Open Field
  • 2017
    Shedding Light

    Shedding Light

    Shedding Light

    02017HD

    I killed two fish for this project, and made them suffer as little as possible, in order to film them and in order to eat them. Attempting to uncover...

    Shedding Light
  • 1961
    Document 6.15

    Document 6.15

    Document 6.15

    01961HD

    Experimental film by Motoharu Jonouchi comprised of both archival footage from the 1960s Japanese student riots and dramatised re-enactions. It was...

    Document 6.15
  • 1985
    Two Times in One Space

    Two Times in One Space

    Two Times in One Space

    51985HD

    One film projected two times with a difference of a couple of seconds.

    Two Times in One Space
  • 1969
    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors

    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors

    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors

    01969HD

    "1969 period. In the beginning of this experimental film a figure in white ascends spiral staircases and escalators and moves away from the camera...

    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors
  • 2022
    are dandelions really so bad?

    are dandelions really so bad?

    are dandelions really so bad?

    02022HD

    A brief and experimental ode to the humble dandelion, shot on 16mm developed using an eco-processor made of dandelions.

    are dandelions really so bad?
  • 1970
    Inadequateness of a shadow

    Inadequateness of a shadow

    Inadequateness of a shadow

    01970HD

    A foolish shadow attempts to behave like a real entity but the irony takes place

    Inadequateness of a shadow
  • 1962
    A WOMAN DISTRESSED

    A WOMAN DISTRESSED

    A WOMAN DISTRESSED

    01962HD

    An 1962 Avant-Garde Comedy by George Kuchar.

    A WOMAN DISTRESSED
  • 2011
    The Pips

    The Pips

    The Pips

    02011HD

    An experimental short inspired by the music of Gladys Knight.

    The Pips
  • 2001
    The Ground

    The Ground

    The Ground

    62001HD

    What lives in the space between the stones, in the space cupped between my hand and my chest? Filmmaker/stonemason. A tower or ruin of remembrance....

    The Ground
  • 1970
    The Weir-Falcon Saga

    The Weir-Falcon Saga

    The Weir-Falcon Saga

    51970HD

    The term "The Weir-Falcon Saga" appeared to me, night after night, at the end of a series of dreams: I was "true" to the feeling, tho not the images,...

    The Weir-Falcon Saga
  • 2017
    Potamkin

    Potamkin

    Potamkin

    02017HD

    In 1933, at age 33, Harry Alan Potamkin died of complications related to starvation, at a time when he was one of the world's most respected film...

    Potamkin
  • 2005
    Poet's Dream

    Poet's Dream

    Poet's Dream

    02005HD

    The poet's dreams a maiden's bubbles through edifices of forest and eclectic contagion.

    Poet's Dream
  • 2025
    Zyndagi

    Zyndagi

    Zyndagi

    02025HD

    An experimental video collage piece that investigates the concept of self-destruction across genres, eras, and cultures. Features footage from Abbas...

    Zyndagi
  • 2024
    A Sense of Nothing

    A Sense of Nothing

    A Sense of Nothing

    02024HD

    A film motivated by nothing (but daily life and (my) vision). It represents nothing, it signifies nothing. There’s no hidden meaning, no...

    A Sense of Nothing
  • 2020
    Dear Friend

    Dear Friend

    Dear Friend

    02020HD

    This film was created as a gift for our loved ones while we were all in isolation. The sole utility of the piece is to brighten up your day and to...

    Dear Friend
  • 2008
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    02008HD

    A minimalist monochromatic film frame is projected through a glass pane fogged via a humidification system. The planular drift of the projected frame...

    Untitled
  • 2019
    Pareidolia

    Pareidolia

    Pareidolia

    02019HD

    In Pareidolia, analog abstract patterns made on 16mm film are used as source material for finding similar figurative images, interpreted by an online...

    Pareidolia
  • 2017
    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    02017HD

    "Thornton's magnum opus, this ongoing and open-ended serial follows its two improvisatory protagonists, children “raised by technology,”...

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding