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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Karma

Karma is a short film about some cycles. A story about a hunter, comes out from the waving waters of the sea at the dawn and and arrives to a strange and paradisal lagoon. This lagoon has an old watchtower. The hunter that thinks he has the right for hunting, puts some traps in forbidden… Read more »

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Hypnotism

Hypnotism is The routine story of the people who are involved thoroughly in the modern life and their human identity is manipulated by change in their unconscious mind and seems all felled in a self-made sleep

The Last Adjunct

Dorothea Braemer | United States | 00:06:00 | 2021 English A 6-minute, 3-Act contemplation about an adjunct who becomes and activist and then a tenure-track professor, raising questions about social responsibility in an exploitative system. Cast Holly Johnson Jacquie Cherry Roger Scott Kevin Kitchen Dianne Bennett Greta Lee Carl Lee Conrad Burgos Chloe Varni Heather… Read more »

Dark at Sea

A man’s struggle versus himself to find true meaning in his journey as a dancer. An unsettling exploration of frustration and defeat; and the externalization of oneself’s addiction to success.

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Cartas de Amor a un Torero

Reyes Caballero | Spain | 00:15:00 | 2020 España, años 1936 al 1942, hay varias historias que se juntan en este guión, hechos reales del entorno, con historias ficticias, amores ocultos, mujeres espías, baile y ganaderos de más de 50.000 cabezas de ganado! Toreros y poderío agrícola. Fabrica de Mantas para el ejercito, la mayor… Read more »

I see everything

Brad Overbeck | United States | 00:05:23 | 2020 A structural cinema video using “found” clips from other cinematic works. There is no narrative (no-story-to-tell). Clips move to and from (by montage) one space to another with only minor associations. Some cuts are almost reflexive (up/down, loud to soft, micro to macro.

Flip Cinema

Birgit Ramsauer | Germany | 00:07:39 | 2021 The collaboration of tape, words, sound without borders. Our intimate space is the experiment. 1. R. performs with tape. She plays with perspective/space. Artist and material are in a dialogue. 2. Stern comes back to his roots of a German born American. His childhood memories include the… Read more »

Spiritual Avail

Nicholas Kundrat | United States | 00:52:30 | 2022 English A meditation on the journey of a soul told through a series of nine vignettes. Cast Nicholas Kundrat Writer Nicholas Kundrat Producer Nicholas Kundrat

Decade

Paul Michael Rodgers | United States | 00:10:30 | 2022 “Decade” is an experimental documentary of the director’s upbringing, chronicling from birth to adolescence his journeys at the intersection of an unexamined faith and a larger world. Constructed from family photos, this animated commentary depicts the relationship between a religious mother and her son whose… Read more »