Avant Garde Movies

During WWII, the Japanese army developed experimental balloons able to cross the Pacific Ocean and reach the West Coast of North America in 3-6 days....

A man stumbles upon a saxophone.

“My attempt at a filmic interpretation of Haraguchi Noriyuki’s ‘Inclined Horizon,’ a three-dimensional physical work featured...

An audiovisual experiment that shows how oil is refined into gasoline and ultimately powers cars and other vehicles, accompanied by classical music...

An experiment with three dimensions in a moment of clarity: the focus of the camera's lens towards the present, the speed of the train and the...

A young man recalls different moments of his life, reflecting the preservation of memory, the enigma of time and the inevitability of death

Arf Arf is a sound poetry (voice and gesticulation) group. They describe their first film together as 'songs nailed together in a film'. The film is...

Conceived in 1922, conceptual design published in "De Stijl Nr. 5" (1923), but not realised until 1959.

A symbolic rape by the Devil and a renewal of self worth.

This hand-painted step-printed film begins in a field of white light slightly bespeckled with ephemeral glazes of flecks of silver which gradually...

A city symphony of kinetic movement in the concrete jungle. A cacophony of textures, layers and surfaces moving in unison and discord yearning for an...

A woman is stalked by a mysterious hooded spectre. An Autumnal homage to and inspired by Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren.

Poet and artist Vito Acconci points his finger towards the camera and his own reflection in an offscreen video monitor.

Unfurl is a minimalist short film composed of six contemplative shots featuring different colored plastic bags placed before a dual-camera setup,...

In the dining room of the abandoned house a white, faded entity feeds on her pieces. Memories keep her here and time transforms her into something...

A girl reads during a bus ride

An unseen character observes the cold, harsh world around them while listening to The Beach Boys, hidden away in the safety of their bedroom.

A photogram, used previously only within art photography, is adapted to create abstract moving patterns.

The life of painter, dancer and poet Mark Turbyfill, seen in his 70th year, is evoked through Markopoulos’ unique form of cinematic portraiture.

A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this...