Avant Garde Movies

  • 1990
    Protective Coloration

    Protective Coloration

    Protective Coloration

    01990HD

    This film is a succession of visual and aural "notes" generated by the patterns in animals' hides, which are arranged and re-edited into a complex...

    Protective Coloration
  • 2026
    Memories and My Mother

    Memories and My Mother

    Memories and My Mother

    02026HD

    A personal film on love, loss, and time. Through fragments of home, old footage, and found sounds, the filmmaker traces his mother’s quiet...

    Memories and My Mother
  • 2022
    Em Pedaços

    Em Pedaços

    Em Pedaços

    102022HD

    Em Pedaços
  • 2022
    An Atom on Creation's Throne

    An Atom on Creation's Throne

    An Atom on Creation's Throne

    52022HD

    Images of concrete and stone. A cemetery. Light making its way through the tree leaves.

    An Atom on Creation's Throne
  • 2018
    Two

    Two

    Two

    02018HD

    A short Avant-Garde experimental film

    Two
  • 1977
    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    The Heavens

    01977HD

    "The Heavens"–Symmetrical chaos envelops a lone, topless man, whose symmetrical abstractions conjure up a psychadelic version of DaVinci's...

    The Heavens
  • 1988
    Satrapy

    Satrapy

    Satrapy

    01988HD

    Rephotographed pornographic playing cards rhythmically intrude upon a piercing 5-beat score of different-sized black parallel lines, creating an...

    Satrapy
  • 2017
    Ether Reveries (Suite for Thérèse Rivière no.2)

    Ether Reveries (Suite for Thérèse Rivière no.2)

    Ether Reveries (Suite for Thérèse Rivière no.2)

    02017HD

    Drawing together footage, photographs and texts from archival sources as well as the artist’s personal collection of materials, Yto...

    Ether Reveries (Suite for Thérèse Rivière no.2)
  • 2018
    The Darkening Veil

    The Darkening Veil

    The Darkening Veil

    02018HD

    A meditative journey through an ancient and desolate land enveloped in an ever darkening mist.

    The Darkening Veil
  • 1967
    O

    O

    O

    01967HD

    "Fears and thrills... Part structure (the centerpoint): part improvisation."

    O
  • 2021
    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    02021HD

    A glimpse over the Diguillín River through the mechanical eye of an old digital camera. Light’s trail presents itself fortuitously over...

    Water from The Tremulous Stream
  • 1970
    Jesseme

    Jesseme

    Jesseme

    01970HD

    A young man embarks on an obsessive and increasingly surreal project to create the perfect human being. As the work progresses, the line between...

    Jesseme
  • 2023
    The Debacle of Mr. Eastward

    The Debacle of Mr. Eastward

    The Debacle of Mr. Eastward

    102023HD

    Weston Eastward, owner of a small delivery service, hires Garrett Britches to deliver packages to unusual clients, whom lead Garret to a dark secret.

    The Debacle of Mr. Eastward
  • 2005
    Vide-Uhhh!

    Vide-Uhhh!

    Vide-Uhhh!

    02005HD

    Produced using a VHS VCR and a digital camcorder, Vide-Uhhh! is an experimental piece, showcasing the VCR recording itself as Jesse England takes it...

    Vide-Uhhh!
  • 2000
    Esciue

    Esciue

    Esciue

    02000HD

    An avant-garde "experimental anthropological poem" from France.

    Esciue
  • 2017
    Scar

    Scar

    Scar

    02017HD

    A girl who was floating freely in the water accidentally gets her skin cut by a sailboat passing by. The story is derived from personal experience,...

    Scar
  • 2024
    After James Benning's YouTube

    After James Benning's YouTube

    After James Benning's YouTube

    02024HD

    Divided into 26 parts, an attempt to remake James Benning's film, YouTube (2011) with similar internet footage after 13 years.

    After James Benning's YouTube
  • 1997
    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)

    01997HD

    Video (color, sound) | Media and Performance

    Six Boxes (Single Sequence)
  • 2021
    Circle

    Circle

    Circle

    102021HD

    This short film follows a man lost in the woods driven by his fear of the unknown.

    Circle
  • 1970
    Common Mistakes

    Common Mistakes

    Common Mistakes

    01970HD

    Common Mistakes uses four synonyms for the word "mistake" (fallacy, error, accident, and blunder) to present a sample of widely held "truths" that...

    Common Mistakes