Avant Garde Movies

  • 1997
    Distorted

    Distorted "Tele" Vision

    Distorted "Tele" Vision

    71997HD

    “The visual harmony of the landscape is disturbed by a screen that allows us to see into the distance (television). The film is composed of six...

    Distorted
  • 1995
    Unstable Materials

    Unstable Materials

    Unstable Materials

    61995HD

    This film is made by some beautiful and unique alchemical transformations of the film material itself. It is a visual expedition into the world of...

    Unstable Materials
  • 2022
    Making Space

    Making Space

    Making Space

    02022HD

    Making Space is a film about trying to find oneself in the constant flow of change and renewal, navigating through the anxiety that comes with not...

    Making Space
  • 1970
    Inadequateness of a shadow

    Inadequateness of a shadow

    Inadequateness of a shadow

    01970HD

    A foolish shadow attempts to behave like a real entity but the irony takes place

    Inadequateness of a shadow
  • 2022
    N-th Cinematic Nail Factory, 2021

    N-th Cinematic Nail Factory, 2021

    N-th Cinematic Nail Factory, 2021

    02022HD

    The film is constructed from video material that the author shot in 1999 at the horseshoe factory in Karlovac (closed in 2005). It consists of 99...

    N-th Cinematic Nail Factory, 2021
  • 1977
    Centerbeam

    Centerbeam

    Centerbeam

    01977HD

    Film produced and directed by Ricky Leacock, Edward Pincus, and MIT Center for Advanced Visual Studies documenting the Centerbeam kinetic sculpture...

    Centerbeam
  • 2009
    The Pursuit of What Was

    The Pursuit of What Was

    The Pursuit of What Was

    72009HD

    How do those within the memories show themselves to us?

    The Pursuit of What Was
  • 1989
    REQUIEM

    REQUIEM

    REQUIEM

    91989HD

    REQUIEM
  • 2009
    Envío 21

    Envío 21

    Envío 21

    02009HD

    For Barbara Figueroa

    Envío 21
  • 1969
    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte

    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte

    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte

    01969HD

    "This film was presented as part of my 1969 thesis on Max Ernst. It was a personal tribute where I filmed his collages, then intercut live footage I...

    Max Ernst, Une Semaine de Bonte
  • 2011
    The Pips

    The Pips

    The Pips

    02011HD

    An experimental short inspired by the music of Gladys Knight.

    The Pips
  • 1999
    Merger

    Merger

    Merger

    01999HD

    A disgruntled bank teller’s system before the mornings commute.

    Merger
  • 1978
    Batsu

    Batsu

    Batsu

    01978HD

    An experimental short.

    Batsu
  • 2017
    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding

    02017HD

    "Thornton's magnum opus, this ongoing and open-ended serial follows its two improvisatory protagonists, children “raised by technology,”...

    Peggy and Fred in Hell: Folding
  • 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
  • 2016
    Now We Put The Little Feelers On The Butterfly

    Now We Put The Little Feelers On The Butterfly

    Now We Put The Little Feelers On The Butterfly

    02016HD

    Vast horizons and hollow landscapes. Figures in funeral gowns swaying from reality. Withering within without wunnienuther, we wandered windswept...

    Now We Put The Little Feelers On The Butterfly
  • 2006
    Everytown

    Everytown

    Everytown

    02006HD

    "The work Everytown deals with futuristic models from science, literature and film at the beginning of the 20th century. The focus lies on the social...

    Everytown
  • 1947
    Polka Graph

    Polka Graph

    Polka Graph

    01947HD

    Short film by Mary Ellen Bute

    Polka Graph
  • 1973
    Ikarus

    Ikarus

    Ikarus

    01973HD

    A slow-motion dive at 3,000 frames per second.

    Ikarus
  • 1996
    Prelude 14

    Prelude 14

    Prelude 14

    5.81996HD

    Prelude 14 begins in deep brilliant red which darkens into deeper reds and lavender shapes, disrupted by a variety of colors settling into browns and...

    Prelude 14