Avant Garde Movies

  • 1971
    Mangúe-Bangúe

    Mangúe-Bangúe

    Mangúe-Bangúe

    5.21971HD

    The quasi-fictional story of transgender sex workers living in Rio de Janeiro's swampy red light district, who are joined by a group of hippies and a...

    Mangúe-Bangúe
  • 2024
    From My Room

    From My Room

    From My Room

    02024HD

    An unseen character observes the cold, harsh world around them while listening to The Beach Boys, hidden away in the safety of their bedroom.

    From My Room
  • 1947
    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    Fragment of Seeking

    5.71947HD

    A young man desperately seeks the fleeting image of a female companion, and though he never quite catches her, he discovers far more through surreal...

    Fragment of Seeking
  • 1982
    Ghost Sonata

    Ghost Sonata

    Ghost Sonata

    01982HD

    Video project dubbed "an Opera without Words" made by the experimental, avant-garde band Tuxedomoon.

    Ghost Sonata
  • 1976
    The Letter

    The Letter

    The Letter

    01976HD

    A symbolic rape by the Devil and a renewal of self worth.

    The Letter
  • 1998
    Money, a Mythology of Darkness

    Money, a Mythology of Darkness

    Money, a Mythology of Darkness

    101998HD

    In a nightmarish world, dominated by the decline and degradation of Man , Christ resurrected wandering, across three different eras of human history.

    Money, a Mythology of Darkness
  • 1970
    Rhythm and Environment

    Rhythm and Environment

    Rhythm and Environment

    01970HD

    3-minute experimental animation based on the techniques of John Whitney.

    Rhythm and Environment
  • 2003
    A Red Score in Tile

    A Red Score in Tile

    A Red Score in Tile

    02003HD

    Made up of piano, this shows Basinski's patented tape-loop technique perfectly and still stands as one of his most affecting pieces of music; still...

    A Red Score in Tile
  • 1974
    A Voyage on the North Sea

    A Voyage on the North Sea

    A Voyage on the North Sea

    01974HD

    Marcel Broodthaers’ film and book, both titled A Voyage on the North Sea which were distributed together as part and parcel of the same...

    A Voyage on the North Sea
  • 2008
    The Inn of Floating Imagery

    The Inn of Floating Imagery

    The Inn of Floating Imagery

    02008HD

    This piece represents a kind of autobiographical vision. I use myself to create all the figures, sometimes employing masks from the Noh theater to...

    The Inn of Floating Imagery
  • 1971
    Night, Proud Sister

    Night, Proud Sister

    Night, Proud Sister

    01971HD

    Experimental short film.

    Night, Proud Sister
  • 2012
    Open Eyes

    Open Eyes

    Open Eyes

    52012HD

    Collective experimental film by Team 8mm TENGOKU.

    Open Eyes
  • 1985
    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars

    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars

    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars

    01985HD

    Frank Zappa stopped by the Night Flight studios in 1985 to talk about music videos, censorship, the PMRC and what it's like to play in his band.

    Night Flight with Frank Zappa, Porn Wars
  • 1956
    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    No. 10: Mirror Animations

    6.11956HD

    Study for Film No. 11: Mirror Animations (1957). Harry Smith described the film as, “An exposition of Buddhism and the Kaballah in the form of...

    No. 10: Mirror Animations
  • 1973
    Narcissicon

    Narcissicon

    Narcissicon

    01973HD

    A narrative self-discovery theme done in real time in Art Nouveau style.

    Narcissicon
  • 1960
    Steel - Variations on a Theme

    Steel - Variations on a Theme

    Steel - Variations on a Theme

    101960HD

    Steel - Variations on a Theme
  • 2021
    Chance Encounters With Oxygen

    Chance Encounters With Oxygen

    Chance Encounters With Oxygen

    02021HD

    A psychedelic, avant-garde collage film designed to accompany PRPL PPL's experimental album of the same name.

    Chance Encounters With Oxygen
  • 2009
    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis

    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis

    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis

    5.32009HD

    The film explores familiar landscape imagery Saïto and Goldstein share in their neighbourhood at the foot of Mount-Royal Park in...

    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
  • 2007
    Matouqin Nocturne

    Matouqin Nocturne

    Matouqin Nocturne

    02007HD

    A baby, John, who was abandoned in the church with a horse-headed koto on his side. His grandfather was once a Morin Khuur player and died in the...

    Matouqin Nocturne
  • 2024
    The Trouble With Forgetting

    The Trouble With Forgetting

    The Trouble With Forgetting

    02024HD

    To forget about the end of a relationship, a woman fantasizes about an ideal one. Fantasy and reality begin to melt into one another, but the past...

    The Trouble With Forgetting