Avant Garde Movies

  • 2017
    The Green Ray

    The Green Ray

    The Green Ray

    7.62017HD

    A Green Ray that never features. Instead, we sense it, seeing beyond our own eyes, beyond the hills, we sense it for an instant. We are plunged into...

    The Green Ray
  • 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
  • 1962
    Justice

    Justice

    Justice

    91962HD

    A man and a woman quarrel in the street. Others take sides, and a brawl begins. The police finally intervene and justice is carried out in a manner...

    Justice
  • 2013
    Sun Song

    Sun Song

    Sun Song

    7.32013HD

    A poetic journey from the darkness of dawn into the brightness of the midday sun in the American South. Filmed over the course of six months on one...

    Sun Song
  • 2008
    Metaphysics of Sound

    Metaphysics of Sound

    Metaphysics of Sound

    02008HD

    Adopting mainly hand contact printing with photographic enlarger, «Metaphysics of sound» started from September of 2006 and completed in...

    Metaphysics of Sound
  • 1972
    Mis-Takes

    Mis-Takes

    Mis-Takes

    31972HD

    A colorful collage, with a subtle ecology theme, made largely from footage from trial runs of programs used for many of the other films.

    Mis-Takes
  • 2025
    Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

    Catastrophe

    02025HD

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

    Catastrophe
  • 2022
    Reverie

    Reverie

    Reverie

    02022HD

    An experimental portrayal of being adrift in a daydream.

    Reverie
  • 1999
    Cloud Chamber

    Cloud Chamber

    Cloud Chamber

    81999HD

    This hand-painted step-printed film begins in a field of white light slightly bespeckled with ephemeral glazes of flecks of silver which gradually...

    Cloud Chamber
  • 1996
    Prelude 11

    Prelude 11

    Prelude 11

    6.11996HD

    Thick weaves of multicolored lines and dull-colored blobs play off against each other.

    Prelude 11
  • 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
  • 1969
    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

    A Persian Rug

    01969HD

    The film frame sometimes seems to function as a rug-like rectangle into or onto which the lover steps. Filmed in Orselina, Switzerland after reading...

    A Persian Rug
  • 2025
    The Purpose

    The Purpose

    The Purpose

    02025HD

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

    The Purpose
  • 1987
    Nocturnes

    Nocturnes

    Nocturnes

    01987HD

    Chopin "Nocturnes" accompany this study in black and white inspired by Huysman's decadent novel "À rebours".

    Nocturnes
  • 2001
    The Ground

    The Ground

    The Ground

    6.22001HD

    Interweaving stonework and filmmaking, Beavers evokes memory through hammer strokes and chisel sounds that shape both image and rhythm. In this...

    The Ground
  • 1969
    Gloria in the Glass

    Gloria in the Glass

    Gloria in the Glass

    01969HD

    1 minute, color, silent 16mm

    Gloria in the Glass
  • 2018
    Naissance des étoiles #2

    Naissance des étoiles #2

    Naissance des étoiles #2

    02018HD

    Witnessing my daughters passage though childhood with a 35mm Russian movie camera.

    Naissance des étoiles #2
  • 2005
    Vide-Uhhh!

    Vide-Uhhh!

    Vide-Uhhh!

    02005HD

    Produced using a VHS VCR and a digital camcorder, Vide-Uhhh! is an experimental piece, showcasing the VCR recording itself as Jesse England takes it...

    Vide-Uhhh!
  • 1995
    Prelude 3

    Prelude 3

    Prelude 3

    5.21995HD

    Many white interruptive frames and absolutely straight-edged multi-colored lines amidst "clouds" of color, finally thickened into blobs with lengthy...

    Prelude 3
  • 1984
    Joe's Maison

    Joe's Maison

    Joe's Maison

    01984HD

    The film began as a record of the painter Joseph Glin and his series of paintings inspired by "La Maison Des Mortes" by Guillaume Apollinaire. After...

    Joe's Maison