Experimental

Experimental cinema or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms and alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working.

U.S. and foreign films

The English film title, original title, country of origin and production year are listed. Foreign-language films are subtitled in English.

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In An Empty Wood

Chia-Hsin Lee | United States | 2018 | 2:36 This is a poetic animation film on the jealousy of seeing someone succeed in a path you once considered. Cast Hao Feng Writer Chia-Hsin Lee

Transmigrations

William Harper | United States | 2018 | 6:00 Website Shot over Lake Michigan near Chicago, this film is an expression of my engagement with line and the contrapuntal movement of multiple lines in music and imagery. The visual lines here are traces of the motion of air and lake traffic against the apparent motion… Read more »

HPV Barbie

Aliza Berger | United States | 2019 | 2:39 HPV Barbie uses an approachable and comedic tone to educate the masses and help folks feel less alone or frightened if they find out they have HPV and know very little about it. The film has been approved by Registered Nurses in Canada and the US…. Read more »

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The Cage of Sand

Edward Rankus | United States | 2018 | 10:40 If asked to say what this work is about in one word, the answer—which is woven into the soundtrack—would be a Joycean one: it’s a “collideorscape.” In 2016 I was asked to make an under-3-minute video based on just the title of a J. G. Ballard… Read more »

Uriel

Jing Wang, Harvey Goldman | United States | 2018 | 5:42 Website Uriel, prophet of poetry, prince of presence, archangel of the sun, propounds a new troublous truth and suffers the slings and arrows of the celestial Czars.The tumultuous times are upon us. Oh, Nicolaus Copernicus, transcendental historian of heliocentric geometry, forgive us, absolve us,… Read more »

The Dream – Le Reve

A woman dreams. At first the dream is pleasant, she sees her dead aunt when she was young, she is wearing white clothes. Then the dream darkens and changes into a nightmare.

Artistes Burlesques

John Bickerton | United States | 2018 | 6:30 Website | Facebook | Twitter Pianist/Composer John Bickerton created the film montage “Artistes Burlesques” as an homage to the surrealist films of the American artist Joseph Cornell. “Artistes Burlesques” combines found footage, public domain footage, and stock footage to create an otherworldly, dreamlike theater featuring circus… Read more »

Dear Deer

Endre Aalrust | Germany | 2019 | 19:21 Website Jaques Derrida’s staring cat Logos, a bowing deer, domestic servants, a headstrong mare and the director’s 19 years younger boyfriend are some of the characters we meet in the essayfilm Dear Deer. The distanced and slightly voyeuristic documentary footage, mainly shot in Argentina and Japan, is… Read more »

Screen Test: Part One

Emma Sywyj | United Kingdom | 2016 | 6:34 Website | Facebook | Twitter This silent film is compiled of old and new screen tests. The film showcases amongst others the star quality, on-screen charisma & talents of Audrey Hepburn, Robert De Niro, Marilyn Monroe, Milla Jokovich, Charlie Chaplin, Elvis, Audrey Tatou, Judy Garland and… Read more »

Baby Shower

Cricket Arrison | United States | 2017 | 4:57 Website | Twitter Oh my goodness, aren’t these nice ladies having a wonderful time at this baby shower? It is a nice one, isn’t it? Yes, it’s very, very nice. Cast Cricket Arrison Writer Cricket Arrison Producer Cricket Arrison