Avant Garde Movies

  • 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
  • 1952
    Panta Rhei

    Panta Rhei

    Panta Rhei

    6.41952HD

    In 1952, Haanstra made Panta Rhei , another view of Holland through the eyes of a painter and filmmaker. Its poetic images of water, skies and clouds...

    Panta Rhei
  • 2023
    Unfurl

    Unfurl

    Unfurl

    02023HD

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

    Unfurl
  • 2001
    The Ground

    The Ground

    The Ground

    6.22001HD

    What lives in the space between the stones, in the space cupped between my hand and my chest? Filmmaker/stonemason. A tower or ruin of remembrance....

    The Ground
  • 1938
    Jack's Dream

    Jack's Dream

    Jack's Dream

    6.31938HD

    A lucid dream turned nightmarish reality. A ship sinking into a world of fear. A short film that’s mostly puppetry by one of America's...

    Jack's Dream
  • 2000
    Persian Series #11

    Persian Series #11

    Persian Series #11

    5.32000HD

    Persian Series #11 begins with a "window" of yellow paint adrift in the full frame of multicolored paint-shapes. Alternating black-space/white-space...

    Persian Series #11
  • 2025
    Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

    02025HD

    An archival film recovered by the Kydean Film Institute 10 years after the bombing of Renegraad.

    Catastrophe
  • 1969
    The Midnight Party

    The Midnight Party

    The Midnight Party

    5.31969HD

    A short film where circus performers entertain children.

    The Midnight Party
  • 1970
    Fysisk Kontakt

    Fysisk Kontakt

    Fysisk Kontakt

    01970HD

    Fysisk Kontakt
  • 2000
    Persian Series #6

    Persian Series #6

    Persian Series #6

    5.92000HD

    Persian Series #6 begins with what appears to be dried red and yellow rose petals, suddenly shot-thru with blue which causes a shift to violets and...

    Persian Series #6
  • 1970
    Rotting

    Rotting

    Rotting

    01970HD

    An experimental non-linear horror film portraying several surreal scenes of grotesque and violent acts

    Rotting
  • 1988
    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    01988HD

    The lives of people are observed within the confines of one, twenty-two story high rise apartment complex and its adjacent courtyard in Trump...

    The Balcony
  • 1959
    Komposition II/1922

    Komposition II/1922

    Komposition II/1922

    01959HD

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

    Komposition II/1922
  • 1964
    Jill Johnston Dancing

    Jill Johnston Dancing

    Jill Johnston Dancing

    01964HD

    In 1963 and 1964, Andy Warhol captured dancer-choreographers Lucinda Childs, Yvonne Rainer, and Freddy Herko, and Village Voice dance critic Jill...

    Jill Johnston Dancing
  • 1950
    Swain

    Swain

    Swain

    6.81950HD

    Swain is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe, features a dreamlike narrative of a young man’s ritualized rejection of...

    Swain
  • 2024
    The Saxophone

    The Saxophone

    The Saxophone

    02024HD

    A man stumbles upon a saxophone.

    The Saxophone
  • 1947
    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    5.71947HD

    A young man desperately seeks the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers far more through surreal...

    Fragment of Seeking
  • 1970
    Oxygen

    Oxygen

    Oxygen

    5.71970HD

    In this story set in near future, a group of young rebels, hippies and 1968 protesters want to cede and make an independent Island from the Mainland....

    Oxygen
  • 2023
    Cormorant

    Cormorant

    Cormorant

    02023HD

    A 16mm experimental short film loosely following a cormorant as it attempts to dry its wings.

    Cormorant
  • 1983
    OK Today Tomorrow

    OK Today Tomorrow

    OK Today Tomorrow

    01983HD

    Arriving in the US with a background in abstract art, opera, and film—including work with German director Werner Schroeter—Vogl began...

    OK Today Tomorrow