Avant Garde Movies

Though best known for his collage films, Lawrence Jordan here makes exquisite study of the different aspects of light lilting through the early...

The constant movement of the wheels, threads, sprockets, feet and hands suggests restlessness, and this is paralleled by the soundtrack. The unknown...

The Dadaist, an eccentric creature who embodies the concept of the 20th century European avant-garde art movement Dadaism, destroys and mocks art...

Playing with the recording of a water polo match, Galeta creates a kind of Copernicus twist in the structure and perception of this sports game. The...

The Weavers of Nishijin captures the process of traditional textile manufacture in Nishijin.

A montage of Les Rallizes Dénudés concert footage, some archive and some contemporary, alleged to have been assembled by a French...

a one-reel experiment - part-'flicker film,' part-stop motion - shot on 16mm.

Women, landscapes and manifestations of color meet experimentally with the possibilities of the artisanal copying technique on 16mm.

Second short film by Andrea Campos, about a teenager who tries to combat her mother's compulsive alcoholism with the help of her stepfather. Kind of...

Sky and walls, a liana of water pipes, dilapidated backyards, cracks in walls, cracked walls full of lost, enigmatic children's signs, rusty railway...

This film tell us about intricate attitudes in male collectives on navy. The film bore in poetical form with respect for differently minded heroes.

A portrait of North Kolkata (Calcutta), this film searches the streets for the ebb and flow of humanity and reflects the changing landscape of a city...

Short film by Mary Ellen Bute

In 1969, the painter-sculptor Daniel Pommereulle made his third film, this one financed by Sylvina Boissonnas. Although only a short, Vite was one of...

A film of and through the trees. Leaves catch, consume and resist the light through the seasons.

The roll of 16 mm film of Shahin Parhami's "Mirror of Breath" was among a few rolls given to André Habib by Lara Breistein, following the...

UUFO consists of 6 short chapters/stories. Each describes a memory. Dealing with conflicting interpretations of China from the 1960s onwards, UUFO...

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...

Three adrift artists wander around a college campus and its local sites as they struggle to engage with art and its creation.

The 1980s, the Tuscan countryside. Two young lovers are driving east to enjoy the dawn but they end up at the scene of a crime and become the new...