Avant Garde Movies

  • 1968
    (A)lter (A)ction

    (A)lter (A)ction

    (A)lter (A)ction

    81968HD

    (A)lter (A)ction, 1968. Videotape, black-and-white, sound; 65 minutes (director's edit: 57 minute television version).

    (A)lter (A)ction
  • 2011
    Venus in the Garden

    Venus in the Garden

    Venus in the Garden

    4.22011HD

    Mid-summer heatwave. Nikos and Alain, two male prostitutes and a female pimp, Monica, get tangled in a peculiar relationship after meeting in a dark...

    Venus in the Garden
  • 2015
    Distant Nixa

    Distant Nixa

    Distant Nixa

    02015HD

    The film choreographically covers the distance between two women and their mirroring selves, under Laurie Spiegel's soundscape and with the ambiance...

    Distant Nixa
  • 1964
    Sabath

    Sabath

    Sabath

    01964HD

    Short experimental 16mm film.

    Sabath
  • 2026
    ARCHAEOLOGY OF UNBORN FACES

    ARCHAEOLOGY OF UNBORN FACES

    ARCHAEOLOGY OF UNBORN FACES

    92026HD

    "Archaeology of Unborn Faces" is a silent cinematic excavation of the AI latent space. It stands before a digital purgatory, witnessing the agonizing...

    ARCHAEOLOGY OF UNBORN FACES
  • 2018
    Gems

    Gems

    Gems

    02018HD

    "as work in progress: treasures found in the streams around me."

    Gems
  • 2013
    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)

    02013HD

    Thanks to his myriad film roles, Lon Chaney is known as “the man of a thousand faces,” and you could say that the early horror era never...

    A Messenger from the Shadows (Notes on Film 06 A/Monologue 01)
  • 1936
    Dada

    Dada

    Dada

    6.41936HD

    A (barely) two minute short is that it was made specially for a Paramount newsreel segment on Bute and Nemeth making films in their teensy New York...

    Dada
  • 2025
    Haunters of the Silence

    Haunters of the Silence

    Haunters of the Silence

    6.82025HD

    In the stillness of night, a lone man is trapped in a state of sleep paralysis. As darkness closes in, he must confront the ghosts of his past.

    Haunters of the Silence
  • 1977
    Peripeteia I

    Peripeteia I

    Peripeteia I

    01977HD

    Peripeteia I and Peripeteia II, shot by the artist in Oregon’s rainforest, alone and without electricity. "Navigation spiraling sunwards....

    Peripeteia I
  • 2026
    JEEVA

    JEEVA

    JEEVA

    102026HD

    In a world where everyone is expected to be on point 24/7, life isn’t lived anymore — it’s performed. Always grinding. Always...

    JEEVA
  • 1967
    The Song of Italy

    The Song of Italy

    The Song of Italy

    5.31967HD

    Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s travels through Italy in 1967, this short captures scenes from the country’s cities and countryside. The...

    The Song of Italy
  • 2002
    Vanessa

    Vanessa

    Vanessa

    02002HD

    Vanessa is based on the untimely death of Vanessa Jordan. A work about loss and Michelangelo.

    Vanessa
  • 1988
    Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis

    Metamorphosis

    5.61988HD

    A film-parable about the eternal movement of mankind from the Stone Age to self-destruction.

    Metamorphosis
  • 1970
    Into the Meridian

    Into the Meridian

    Into the Meridian

    01970HD

    A musical audiovisual journey in four parts. A young man finds himself unexpectedly taking an audiovisual odyssey into a world of surreality, slowly...

    Into the Meridian
  • 2025
    Swinging Light

    Swinging Light

    Swinging Light

    52025HD

    An experience of a camera swinging in different gestures facing the optical distortion of the Sun. The last appearance of the smudge.

    Swinging Light
  • 2008
    Perfect Day

    Perfect Day

    Perfect Day

    02008HD

    A recollection of almost 40 years of career. A giant image-jukebox, from early 70s autoportrait to films for Alain Bashung / Elli Medeiros, private...

    Perfect Day
  • 2009
    Minus

    Minus

    Minus

    62009HD

    "Minus" is a fiction and at the same time experimental movie, which doesn't enjoy any distinct geography, language and time. The events occur in a...

    Minus
  • 2024
    Bodyguard

    Bodyguard

    Bodyguard

    02024HD

    Speaking upon the release of ‘Bodyguard’, Black Dahlia said: “Bodyguard is a theatrical exploration of gaining a new body but your...

    Bodyguard
  • 1991
    Psycho Attack Over Soviets

    Psycho Attack Over Soviets

    Psycho Attack Over Soviets

    4.81991HD

    Experimental film directed by Dmitry Frolov, shot in the midst of perestroika in the USSR. February 1991. Starring the drummer for the MEANTRAITORS...

    Psycho Attack Over Soviets