Avant Garde Movies

  • 1973
    Some Friends

    Some Friends

    Some Friends

    01973HD

    Roger Hammond’s silent portraits of film artists from the early 1970s were shot in and around David Larcher’s studio. Some Friends begins...

    Some Friends
  • 2005
    Big Black Square

    Big Black Square

    Big Black Square

    02005HD

    Short film by Paul Clipson from the Celluloid Sketches & Watercolor Movies DVD

    Big Black Square
  • 1997
    Le Mistral, Beautiful But Terrible

    Le Mistral, Beautiful But Terrible

    Le Mistral, Beautiful But Terrible

    01997HD

    The story is the closure, the film is how pain and anxiety are carried by the wind. There is no use trying to exert control, it only causes the...

    Le Mistral, Beautiful But Terrible
  • 1988
    Norm

    Norm

    Norm

    01988HD

    A twisted and macabre film by Mróz-Raynoch, which explores an exhibition where the guests are as grotesque as the exhibits (stylistically akin...

    Norm
  • 2006
    Kaleidoskop-In 10 Minuten Licht

    Kaleidoskop-In 10 Minuten Licht

    Kaleidoskop-In 10 Minuten Licht

    02006HD

    Short movie from the German band "Das Ich". "Kaleidoskop" was filmed by Kevin Gross.

    Kaleidoskop-In 10 Minuten Licht
  • 1975
    Drawers

    Drawers

    Drawers

    01975HD

    An early video curio pitched between performance art and George Méliès’ trick films, Drawers sees Colab artist Andrea Callard...

    Drawers
  • 1980
    Dr. Jeckyll and Ms. Hyde

    Dr. Jeckyll and Ms. Hyde

    Dr. Jeckyll and Ms. Hyde

    01980HD

    This black-and-white nightmare gives Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale
of the dark id a campy, gender-flipping treatment reminiscent...

    Dr. Jeckyll and Ms. Hyde
  • 1969
    You Speak of Flins

    You Speak of Flins

    You Speak of Flins

    01969HD

    A group of leftist activists expose the exploitation of immigrant workers by a criminal network with connections to local government officials. The...

    You Speak of Flins
  • 1973
    The Politics of Perception

    The Politics of Perception

    The Politics of Perception

    01973HD

    Following an introduction which establishes the social context of the film, ‘The Politics of Perception’ presents a one-minute...

    The Politics of Perception
  • 1987
    Accidental Confessions

    Accidental Confessions

    Accidental Confessions

    01987HD

    Scenes from a demolition derby event are combined with statements taken from automobile insurance claims in Accidental Confessions. In these claims,...

    Accidental Confessions
  • 2001
    Untied

    Untied

    Untied

    02001HD

    A small portrait of the volatility of intimacy and of breaking free from abusive cycles: made in response to a year of collapsing relationships and...

    Untied
  • 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
  • 1962
    Ahasverus

    Ahasverus

    Ahasverus

    01962HD

    Short experimental 16mm film.

    Ahasverus
  • 1961
    The Earth

    The Earth

    The Earth

    01961HD

    Short experimental 16mm film.

    The Earth
  • 1978
    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)

    01978HD

    Changes of spatial relationships, scales, locations, and materials are intimated with recognisable clues which nevertheless do not always eliminate...

    Interieur Interiors (To A-K)
  • 1999
    Incorrect Continuity

    Incorrect Continuity

    Incorrect Continuity

    01999HD

    “Sequences of space-time manipulation that raise the problem of continuity in the shot.” - Yo Ota

    Incorrect Continuity
  • 2000
    Incorrect Intermittence

    Incorrect Intermittence

    Incorrect Intermittence

    02000HD

    “This film offers a metacinematic study of tempo and change and a figure of velocity. […] Ota recorded [three different locations in...

    Incorrect Intermittence
  • 1981
    Temps Topologique

    Temps Topologique

    Temps Topologique

    01981HD

    “One can not speak of time as a thing in itself. It is movements and variations that give the feeling of time. Men have always linked time and...

    Temps Topologique
  • 1985
    Städel

    Städel

    Städel

    01985HD

    “Peter Kubelka…was teaching at Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste – Städelschule (Städel) at the time....

    Städel
  • 2006
    München, Raphaela

    München, Raphaela

    München, Raphaela

    02006HD

    A film about a young woman's future plans in Munich, Germany. MUNCHEN, RAPHAELA (also known as RAPHAELA RING MUNCHEN) is part of Mike Plante's...

    München, Raphaela