Avant Garde Movies

  • 2018
    Snake in Home

    Snake in Home

    Snake in Home

    02018HD

    The C-list TV actor Jonnie Zhang decides to change career as an estate agent. While preparing for the interview, he hires a cleaner to tidy up his...

    Snake in Home
  • 1971
    Centers

    Centers

    Centers

    01971HD

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

    Centers
  • 2022
    Not a Day Goes By

    Not a Day Goes By

    Not a Day Goes By

    02022HD

    Shot in a series of long-takes over several days, the film follows a flower shop attendant (played by Devereaux, then actually employed at a small...

    Not a Day Goes By
  • 1977
    Veil of Years

    Veil of Years

    Veil of Years

    01977HD

    Slow disintegration and aging of artists head, revealing underlying bone structure. Created using old picture-phone technology. New music added in...

    Veil of Years
  • 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
  • 2024
    Running Fields II

    Running Fields II

    Running Fields II

    02024HD

    Fifteen images of a camera running in a park and in obscurity searching the space of light through distorsion and the sensory of rapid motion.

    Running Fields II
  • 1976
    Superdyke Meets Madame X

    Superdyke Meets Madame X

    Superdyke Meets Madame X

    6.21976HD

    From the first kiss to breakup, Almy and Hammer record their relationship on a reel-to-reel ¾” tape recorder and microphone.

    Superdyke Meets Madame X
  • 2018
    Gems

    Gems

    Gems

    02018HD

    "as work in progress: treasures found in the streams around me."

    Gems
  • 1996
    Prelude 7

    Prelude 7

    Prelude 7

    6.31996HD

    The ocean, the trees, the varieties of cityscape and landscape assert themselves as "pictures", but the images are essentially a wash and tangle of...

    Prelude 7
  • 2009
    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis

    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis

    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis

    5.32009HD

    The film explores familiar landscape imagery Saïto and Goldstein share in their neighbourhood at the foot of Mount-Royal Park in...

    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
  • 2007
    Quiet Chaos of Desire

    Quiet Chaos of Desire

    Quiet Chaos of Desire

    62007HD

    "A good friend of mine died at 9:10 a.m. Saturday, July 21, 2007... my film piece is called "Quiet Chaos of Desire" it comes out of my experience in...

    Quiet Chaos of Desire
  • 2024
    Cygnus OB2#12

    Cygnus OB2#12

    Cygnus OB2#12

    02024HD

    Experimental short film of colors and lights

    Cygnus OB2#12
  • 1984
    43/84: 1984

    43/84: 1984

    43/84: 1984

    101984HD

    Kurt Kren recorded the last television debate in the Reagan/Mondale election campaign. In the viewfinder, the television filled the entire picture,...

    43/84: 1984
  • 1982
    No Title

    No Title

    No Title

    01982HD

    Poetic and romantic amateur footage of a young couple in a garden, as well as their travels — several spliced films with different plots were...

    No Title
  • 2017
    Films To Break Projectors

    Films To Break Projectors

    Films To Break Projectors

    4.52017HD

    ‘Films to Break Projectors’ glues, scrapes and splices 35mm, 16mm and 8mm film to create unprojectable celluloid collages. Reanimating...

    Films To Break Projectors
  • 1991
    paint'o jazz

    paint'o jazz

    paint'o jazz

    01991HD

    A short film, shot in a long take, interpreted, drawn and directed by Jean-Louis Bompoint, with the precious collaboration of Hélène...

    paint'o jazz
  • 1968
    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    The Mysteries

    91968HD

    "In my film I suggest that there is no greater mystery than that of the protagonists. War and Love are simply equated for what they are; the...

    The Mysteries
  • 2024
    Running Fields III

    Running Fields III

    Running Fields III

    02024HD

    Twenty images of a camera running next to a chemical platform and capturing abstract light throught improvised gestures and asymmetrical motion

    Running Fields III
  • 2014
    I W I

    I W I

    I W I

    62014HD

    Avant-garde, black & white realization of the synth driven score.

    I W I
  • 1989
    REQUIEM

    REQUIEM

    REQUIEM

    81989HD

    REQUIEM