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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Final Letter

Orwa Alahmad | France | 2018 | 17:00 Arabic with English Subtitles IMDB  | Facebook A short film based on a true story about a Syrian refugee who drowned in the sea when he tried to reach France. Cast Anna Choukair Orwa Alahmad Writer Orwa Alahmad Producer Orwa Alahmad Bassam Maalouf

Ocean of Oblivion

Shaun Seong-young Kim | United States | 2018 | 4:27 Tragedy will repeat when we forget the previous tragedies. Writer Shaun Seong-young Kim

Beneath the Skin Deep

Neil Hunt | United Kingdom | 2016 | 8:53 How many sick people does your GP see each day? Ever wondered how the doctor feels? Ever thought to ask them? Maybe they endure similar amounts of pain and anguish as anyone else who walks through their door but they cann’t show it. They are trained… Read more »

Atoms of Ashes

Maggie Scrantom | United States | 2017 | 6:50 IMDB  | Facebook A young woman weaves through the stages of grief after a miscarriage, confronting the vast universe inside her own body and beyond. Where do we begin and end if we are already made of stardust? Cast Siobhan Reddy-Best Kroydell Galima Kara Grace Watkins… Read more »

The Control

Mike Stasko, Eric Schiller | Canada | 2017 | 1:34:00 Twitter To send humanity to a distant galaxy, the mysterious CEO of The Fuller Corporation must develop a cutting-edge computer-brain interface to keep his hibernating colonizers safe and sane for a journey of unknown length. Mike, a brilliant, single-minded programmer, and Eric, an unorthodox neurochemist,… Read more »

Redemption

Anthony Venezia | United States | 2018 | 7:05 Redemption is my third and final non-narrative experimental film that deals with the death and resurrection of the human essence. This is not about a physical death but a spiritual one. The themes are my abstract interpretations of actual events that I have experienced. Those experiences dealt… Read more »

White Balance

Latham Zearfoss | United States | 2018 | 9:45 This experimental documentary seeks out moments of cognitive dissonance around the multifaceted, liberal ideas of whiteness. Further, it questions how power circulates as ideology, via material and immaterial means. Paired with an unnerving original score, the camera lands on episodic vignettes that unpack white identity as… Read more »

The Cabin Boy

Patrick Müller | Germany | 2017 | 2:30 English, German with English Subtitles Tristan Corbière’s (1845–1875) depiction of a dead fisherman’s family life, told through pictures of the Mediterranean. Producer Patrick Müller

The Sky Comes with You

Istad Art | Norway | 2018 | 6:25 The film is about exclusion from society. It is recorded in Rome near Piazza di Venezia during Christmas season. A man is shouting out his message and singing a tune. He expresses his frustration about people in general and his own beliefs. The imagery is abstract. Vivid… Read more »

Little Fokkers: Art and Genius Editions…

Jim Hall | United States | 2018 | 5:15 Two elderly Frenchman sit on a park bench in Paris during the 1970’s and discuss what they remember about the World War(s). The Fokker and Messerschmitt were the names of the two planes the Germans used against the French. But, which plane was identified with which… Read more »