Avant Garde Movies

  • 1968
    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler

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    From 1967-71 Barry Spinello made films without camera or tape recorder by hand drawing both sound and picture directly onto clear 16mm leader. His...

    Sonata for Pen, Brush, and Ruler
  • 1977
    La cité des neuf portes

    La cité des neuf portes

    La cité des neuf portes

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    Filmmaker and teacher, Stéphane Marti has been researching experimental cinema as an art form liberated of aesthetic codes and the economics...

    La cité des neuf portes
  • 2006
    Esmectatons Original Film - Regret

    Esmectatons Original Film - Regret

    Esmectatons Original Film - Regret

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    Esmectatons Original Film - Regret
  • 1999
    Ad Vice

    Ad Vice

    Ad Vice

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    "Ad Vice consists of a succession of colored projection surfaces with segments of text from the worlds of advertising, sport and popular culture." -...

    Ad Vice
  • 1966
    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien

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    Seeing, Hearing, Saying Nothing. Ben stands with ears, eyes, mouth bandaged.

    Je ne vois rien, je n'entends rien, je ne dis rien
  • 1988
    The Balcony

    The Balcony

    The Balcony

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    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
  • 2011
    Diptych: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

    Diptych: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

    Diptych: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name

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    Inspired by the famous gay Greek painter Giannis Tsarouhis' paintings, Diptych is a contemplation on male beauty, the impossibility of open gay love...

    Diptych: The Love That Dare Not Speak Its Name
  • 2014
    Second Sighted

    Second Sighted

    Second Sighted

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    Obscure signs portend a looming, indecipherable slump. An oracular decoding of the landscape.

    Second Sighted
  • 2014
    The Occidental Hotel

    The Occidental Hotel

    The Occidental Hotel

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    “The Occidental Hotel is a “city” film—I was inspired to emulate the Surrealists’ sense of wandering, of flaneury, of...

    The Occidental Hotel
  • 1977
    Veil of Years

    Veil of Years

    Veil of Years

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    Slow disintegration and aging of artists head, revealing underlying bone structure. Created using old picture-phone technology. New music added in...

    Veil of Years
  • 2013
    The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks

    The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks

    The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks

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    This documentary aims to register this unknown side of James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks. Trieste. Bloomsday, 2013. Dance in slow motion, accompanied...

    The Red Bank. James Joyce: His Greek Notebooks
  • 1990
    New York Portrait, Chapter III

    New York Portrait, Chapter III

    New York Portrait, Chapter III

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    "[Hutton’s] latest urban film, New York Portrait, Chapter III, takes on a unique tone in relation to Hutton’s ongoing exploration of...

    New York Portrait, Chapter III
  • 2025
    Zyndagi

    Zyndagi

    Zyndagi

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    An experimental video collage piece that investigates the concept of self-destruction across genres, eras, and cultures. Features footage from Abbas...

    Zyndagi
  • 1970
    Fysisk Kontakt

    Fysisk Kontakt

    Fysisk Kontakt

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    Fysisk Kontakt
  • 2025
    The Purpose

    The Purpose

    The Purpose

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    A chair, a yogurt, and a masked man are guided to find themselves by an unknown entity.

    The Purpose
  • 2025
    Six Unkind Silences

    Six Unkind Silences

    Six Unkind Silences

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    A Landscape documentary about the silent voids the living inhabit after everyone they love has gone.

    Six Unkind Silences
  • 2024
    From My Room

    From My Room

    From My Room

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    An unseen character observes the cold, harsh world around them while listening to The Beach Boys, hidden away in the safety of their bedroom.

    From My Room
  • 2024
    D-Zug

    D-Zug

    D-Zug

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    A 3 minute Shortfilm playing with the expressionistic themes of the German Poem “D-Zug” by Gottfried Benn.

    D-Zug
  • 2024
    It's how we all feel

    It's how we all feel

    It's how we all feel

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    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
  • 2024
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    eu coloco o óculos, mas continua tudo embaçado...

    eu coloco o óculos, mas continua tudo embaçado...

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    eu coloco o óculos, mas continua tudo embaçado...