Avant Garde Movies

  • 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
  • 2017
    Munchsferatu

    Munchsferatu

    Munchsferatu

    82017HD

    Munchsferatu is a painter who has become a vampire by living only for his art. An experimental narrative mashup film with David Bowie, Gérard...

    Munchsferatu
  • 2025
    NAIL POLISH

    NAIL POLISH

    NAIL POLISH

    102025HD

    A non-binary teen goes on a journey toward acceptance, after being kicked out.

    NAIL POLISH
  • 2020
    there is a willow grows aslant a brook,

    there is a willow grows aslant a brook,

    there is a willow grows aslant a brook,

    02020HD

    "My name, melancholia".

    there is a willow grows aslant a brook,
  • 1970
    Rhythm and Environment

    Rhythm and Environment

    Rhythm and Environment

    01970HD

    3-minute experimental animation based on the techniques of John Whitney.

    Rhythm and Environment
  • 2015
    Distant Nixa

    Distant Nixa

    Distant Nixa

    02015HD

    The film choreographically covers the distance between two women and their mirroring selves, under Laurie Spiegel's soundscape and with the ambiance...

    Distant Nixa
  • 2007
    Matouqin Nocturne

    Matouqin Nocturne

    Matouqin Nocturne

    02007HD

    A baby, John, who was abandoned in the church with a horse-headed koto on his side. His grandfather was once a Morin Khuur player and died in the...

    Matouqin Nocturne
  • 2024
    PROLIX

    PROLIX

    PROLIX

    02024HD

    A young woman watches TV with her cat in the room. A dying man explores what's left of his psyche.

    PROLIX
  • 1972
    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite

    5.21972HD

    This film evolves from several years’ observation of the sexual energy which charges the world of business and the qualities of palatial...

    Sexual Meditation: Office Suite
  • 2024
    Guts and Glitz

    Guts and Glitz

    Guts and Glitz

    4.52024HD

    Audiovisual material gathered by filmmaker Fox Maxy over a decade, including documentary footage, television clips, and animation—sometimes...

    Guts and Glitz
  • 1996
    Prelude 8

    Prelude 8

    Prelude 8

    61996HD

    ...as removed as possible from any recognition of either exterior scene of interior feedback phenomena. It is, in its ineffability, as close to pure...

    Prelude 8
  • 2000
    Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

    Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

    Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die

    02000HD

    Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die is a 2000 documentary about Frank Zappa.

    Frank Zappa: The Present-Day Composer Refuses To Die
  • 1973
    Sexual Meditation: Open Field

    Sexual Meditation: Open Field

    Sexual Meditation: Open Field

    4.41973HD

    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
  • 1979
    The Taste of Life

    The Taste of Life

    The Taste of Life

    81979HD

    For years I've been looking for the means to capture everyday life just as it is perceived through a glance from the street. Twenty years ago, you...

    The Taste of Life
  • 2022
    The Art of Un-War

    The Art of Un-War

    The Art of Un-War

    92022HD

    Renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko creates powerful responses to the inequities and horrors of war. This in-depth investigation into the artist...

    The Art of Un-War
  • 1961
    Serenity

    Serenity

    Serenity

    6.81961HD

    Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known existing version is not Markopoulos’s edit...

    Serenity
  • 2018
    The Hymns of Muscovy

    The Hymns of Muscovy

    The Hymns of Muscovy

    6.72018HD

    The film is a trip to the planet Muscovy - an upside-down twin city of Moscow in space. As the title of the work suggests, the journey also takes us...

    The Hymns of Muscovy
  • 2016
    Elli

    Elli

    Elli

    02016HD

    Calm shots of a seascape also examine optical colour mixing using various flicker effects.

    Elli
  • 2023
    No Ball Games

    No Ball Games

    No Ball Games

    02023HD

    In this cyclical fever dream, a woman struggles to win over the crowd.

    No Ball Games
  • 2024
    From My Room

    From My Room

    From My Room

    02024HD

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

    From My Room