Avant Garde Movies

  • 2017
    Shedding Light

    Shedding Light

    Shedding Light

    02017HD

    I killed two fish for this project, and made them suffer as little as possible, in order to film them and in order to eat them. Attempting to uncover...

    Shedding Light
  • 2015
    Ken Burns Says

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    4.52015HD

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    Ken Burns Says
  • 2018
    .TV

    .TV

    .TV

    6.52018HD

    The much sought-after, two-letter web domain suffix of the title is examined as both a form of capital and an emblem of a country on the brink of a...

    .TV
  • 2019
    Experimetral

    Experimetral

    Experimetral

    02019HD

    A journey into a mind of an artist with creative crisis.

    Experimetral
  • 2006
    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

    Cinnamon

    52006HD

    An experimental film that lifts the veil on the world of African American drag racing.

    Cinnamon
  • 1936
    Dada

    Dada

    Dada

    6.1671936HD

    A (barely) two minute short is that it was made specially for a Paramount newsreel segment on Bute and Nemeth making films in their teensy New York...

    Dada
  • 2024
    It's how we all feel

    It's how we all feel

    It's how we all feel

    02024HD

    A film of the avant-garde genre. It represents wanting to escape, but ultimately finding comfort in your mental illness (not in a good way).

    It's how we all feel
  • 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
  • 2011
    Christ Church – Saint James

    Christ Church – Saint James

    Christ Church – Saint James

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    In the spring of 1998, Christ Church - Saint James, an historic black church in Toronto's Little Italy, was destroyed by arson. All that remained...

    Christ Church – Saint James
  • 1949
    The Petrified Dog

    The Petrified Dog

    The Petrified Dog

    5.31949HD

    Chases within chases. A mother runs after a child. A man seems to be pursuing himself. A woman who has been nibbling her lipstick through half of the...

    The Petrified Dog
  • 1969
    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte

    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte

    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte

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    "This film was presented as part of my 1969 thesis on Max Ernst. It was a personal tribute where I filmed his collages, then intercut live footage I...

    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte
  • 1974
    Path of Cessation

    Path of Cessation

    Path of Cessation

    61974HD

    In PATH OF CESSATION the image that is communicated to us by Fulton is a highly mystifying one. Rather than analyze, or enter into a dialogue with...

    Path of Cessation
  • 1932
    Burlesque

    Burlesque

    Burlesque

    61932HD

    In Burlesque, the young journalist and film critic Kucera concocted a playful mixture of Surrealist trick shots and newsreel material to express his...

    Burlesque
  • 1970
    Portret

    Portret

    Portret

    01970HD

    A portrait of Eric de Kuyper.

    Portret
  • 2002
    Vanessa

    Vanessa

    Vanessa

    02002HD

    Vanessa is based on the untimely death of Vanessa Jordan. A work about loss and Michelangelo.

    Vanessa
  • 1957
    Fantastic Vision

    Fantastic Vision

    Fantastic Vision

    4.71957HD

    Footage filmed in Spain, subjected a new visual effects process. Deslaw devoted himself to the discovery of a new machine that enabled film to be...

    Fantastic Vision
  • 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
  • 1999
    Like a Dream that Vanishes

    Like a Dream that Vanishes

    Like a Dream that Vanishes

    4.71999HD

    "Like a Dream That Vanishes" continues Sternberg’s work in film both thematically and formally: the ephemerality of life echoed in the temporal...

    Like a Dream that Vanishes
  • 1997
    Ten Minutes of Silence

    Ten Minutes of Silence

    Ten Minutes of Silence

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    The mute documentary-experimental film "Ten Minutes of Silence" is a film expression of the trends embodied in the painting "Black Square" by...

    Ten Minutes of Silence
  • 1959
    Komposition II/1922

    Komposition II/1922

    Komposition II/1922

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

    Komposition II/1922