Experimental Movies

Filmmaker and artist Jack Smith described his own film as a “comedy set in a haunted movie studio.” Flaming Creatures begins humorously...

Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and...

8mm experimental film directed by Minoru Shinojima. Shot and edited by Kenji Onishi. For 40 years, Minoru Shinojima has been opposed to mining Mt....

He's hungry, and chances are you're also hungry, so tag along. Who knows, you might learn a thing or two.

Alfonzo is having a restless evening. Home alone with only an Aleister Crowley book for company, he yearns for some excitement. As though in answer...

The night before her eighteenth birthday recital, an overworked and undertalented pianist is abducted by three ghouls.

Referencing the Nazi regime's methodical restriction of jazz through their "10 Rules for Dance Bands," this film demonstrates progressively censored...

Ariadne, a theatre actress, is seemingly trapped inside a room. Once she lets go, the room starts shifting.

Returning to his hometown one last time, a wayward love rat reignites friendships and reopens old wounds in one self-destructive weekend.

Abuse is all around us, where do you fit in? Swing is an abstract , stylized dark comedy about abuse. In this short film, escalating abuse is...

After a young girl discovers a fascinating art museum, she becomes attached to the artwork she comes across. Although over time, there is a strange...

An experimental shortfilm in line with "Lux Æterna", showcasing the footage from Cecil B. DeMille's "King of the Kings". A voiceover pronunces...

Brakhage's frame-by-frame hand carvings and etchings directly into the film emulsion, sometimes photographically combined with paint, are illuminated...

A wordless dialogue between plaintive longing and everlasting love.

The film creates a vision of the destruction of the world and warns against its realization.

A weary hitman— who must bash his own head with a hammer in order to enter a murderous state of parasomnia— is promised freedom from...

Silent watchers and invisible speakers - an experimental reconstruction of Hong Kong’s everyday reality through CCTV images and dating app...