Avant Garde Movies

  • 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
  • 1984
    Wet

    Wet

    Wet

    51984HD

    Short avant garde film. Views of rippling water.

    Wet
  • 2004
    Hokus Fokus

    Hokus Fokus

    Hokus Fokus

    02004HD

    A filmmaker gets lost in a world of his own creation, literally. He is plotted against by his outer demons, searches for his lost sex scene and...

    Hokus Fokus
  • 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
  • 1990
    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave

    5.81990HD

    Brakhage begins here with Carlsbad Caverns as a stand-in for Plato's Cave and then responds to the philosopher's notion of inaccessible ideal forms...

    Visions in Meditation #3: Plato's Cave
  • 1969
    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors

    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors

    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors

    01969HD

    "1969 period. In the beginning of this experimental film a figure in white ascends spiral staircases and escalators and moves away from the camera...

    Stairs, Tunnels and Mirrors
  • 1999
    The year of the hare

    The year of the hare

    The year of the hare

    01999HD

    Surrealistic existential adventure to the depths of a life of a human-hare

    The year of the hare
  • 1932
    The Cradles

    The Cradles

    The Cradles

    6.31932HD

    A woman rocks a cradle; a man comes to land from the sea, but leaves to view it from a distance.

    The Cradles
  • 1985
    Two Times in One Space

    Two Times in One Space

    Two Times in One Space

    71985HD

    One film projected two times with a difference of a couple of seconds.

    Two Times in One Space
  • 1981
    New York Portrait, Chapter II

    New York Portrait, Chapter II

    New York Portrait, Chapter II

    7.51981HD

    Chapter Two represents a continuation of daily observations from the environment of Manhattan compiled over a period from 1980-1981. This is the...

    New York Portrait, Chapter II
  • 1971
    Mangúe-Bangúe

    Mangúe-Bangúe

    Mangúe-Bangúe

    5.21971HD

    The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a...

    Mangúe-Bangúe
  • 2002
    Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note

    Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note

    Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note

    72002HD

    Frank Zappa: Phase Two is a 2002 documentary about Frank Zappa. It features a lot of footage from Scheffer's previous film, but new material from...

    Frank Zappa: Phase II - The Big Note
  • 2013
    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    02013HD

    Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known as “the man of a thousand faces,” and you could say that the early horror era never...

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
  • 1985
    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars

    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars

    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars

    01985HD

    Frank Zappa stopped by the Night Flight studios in 1985 to talk about music videos, censorship, the PMRC and what it's like to play in his band.

    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars
  • 2026
    Loinnir

    Loinnir

    Loinnir

    02026HD

    Filmed on vacation with dear friends on Magheraclogher Beach near the village of Bunbeg and on Tory Island, both in Ireland. An excerpt from the...

    Loinnir
  • 1979
    New Old

    New Old

    New Old

    6.21979HD

    "Chronicles of the Present Times" - An experimental trilogy. New Old flows together footage from more than a decade of his wandering between scenes,...

    New Old
  • 2026
    Two-Factor

    Two-Factor

    Two-Factor

    102026HD

    Dissonant selves dancing around opposition and harmony.

    Two-Factor
  • 2011
    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards

    22011HD

    An experimental film comprised of Stanley Kubrick's THE SHINING played forwards and backwards at the same time on the same screen, creating bizarre...

    The Shining: Forwards and Backwards
  • 2004
    Between Science and Garbage

    Between Science and Garbage

    Between Science and Garbage

    5.22004HD

    A whirlwind of improvisation combines the images of animator Pierre Hébert with the avant-garde sound of techno whiz Bob Ostertag in this...

    Between Science and Garbage
  • 2019
    Number Two

    Number Two

    Number Two

    02019HD

    Number Two’ is an audio visual work which materializes the definite possibilities of sight and the existence of light in space with the drama...

    Number Two