Avant Garde Movies

  • 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 Montréal, Canada. Usi...

    Trees of Syntax, Leaves of Axis
  • 1991
    The Leaving

    The Leaving

    The Leaving

    6.51991HD

    Everyone has to be ready to appear before God, or it is irrevocably too late. My Lord. Save our guilty souls. Do not desert us. According to the short...

    The Leaving
  • 2019
    Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)

    Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)

    Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)

    02019HD

    The fourth in a series of feature-length documentaries about Progressive rock written and directed by Adele Schmidt and José Zegarra Holder. Krautroc...

    Romantic Warriors IV: Krautrock (Part I)
  • 1966
    Shout

    Shout

    Shout

    51966HD

    Close-ups of two faces, shouting at each other.

    Shout
  • 1992
    One 11 and 103

    One 11 and 103

    One 11 and 103

    01992HD

    Avant-garde composer John Cage is famous for his experimental pieces and "chance music" but temporarily branched into video in 1992 with this art film...

    One 11 and 103
  • 2000
    Decease

    Decease

    Decease

    102000HD

    Spring comes every year and brings us hope for recovery and development. But time is inexorable and fleeting. Not for everyone will come next spring ....

    Decease
  • 2022
    The Art of Un-War

    The Art of Un-War

    The Art of Un-War

    02022HD

    Renowned artist Krzysztof Wodiczko creates powerful responses to the inequities and horrors of war. This in-depth investigation into the artist focuse...

    The Art of Un-War
  • 2021
    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    Water from The Tremulous Stream

    02021HD

    A glimpse over the Diguillín River through the mechanical eye of an old digital camera. Light’s trail presents itself fortuitously over the reflection...

    Water from The Tremulous Stream
  • 1968
    Razor Blades

    Razor Blades

    Razor Blades

    51968HD

    In Razor Blades, Paul SHARITS consciously challenges our eyes, ears and minds to withstand a barrage of high powered and often contradictory stimuli....

    Razor Blades
  • 2022
    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything

    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything

    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything

    02022HD

    A Sunday walk in a forest turns into a poetic journey on perception.

    When I Close My Eyes I See Everything
  • 2024
    Experiments of Colour and Substance

    Experiments of Colour and Substance

    Experiments of Colour and Substance

    02024HD

    A young artist's desire to reach new heights with his creations is pushed to the limit as he decides to take a different substance each day to see how...

    Experiments of Colour and Substance
  • 2018
    Monelle

    Monelle

    Monelle

    82018HD

    Around the sleeping bodies, some presences occupy the architecture and move around the space in obscure activities: nothing of their actions is visibl...

    Monelle
  • 2017
    Time, Ago!

    Time, Ago!

    Time, Ago!

    7.32017HD

    "Time, forward!" - two orchestral suites by George Sviridov, published for the first time in 1968 (first suite) and in 1977 (second suite). The suites...

    Time, Ago!
  • 1987
    Nocturnes

    Nocturnes

    Nocturnes

    01987HD

    Chopin "Nocturnes" accompany this study in black and white inspired by Huysman's decadent novel "À rebours".

    Nocturnes
  • 2024
    HOLGER

    HOLGER

    HOLGER

    02024HD

    Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'.

    HOLGER
  • 1971
    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon

    91971HD

    Paper-Scissor-Rock wars draws an episode where the two generals portray the Second World War, mostly through the rock-scissors-bag, but also by some a...

    The War of Jan-Ken-Pon
  • 1996
    Stairway to Heaven

    Stairway to Heaven

    Stairway to Heaven

    9.51996HD

    This Petersburg you will not see on the covers of glossy magazines and advertising brochures. This city is ghosted and brutal, and it is inhabited by...

    Stairway to Heaven
  • 1950
    Swain

    Swain

    Swain

    01950HD

    Swain is inspired by Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Fanshawe, features a dreamlike narrative of a young man’s ritualized rejection of heterosexuality, as a mys...

    Swain
  • 2016
    Pis

    Pis

    Pis

    02016HD

    Pis
  • 2000
    Persian Series #6

    Persian Series #6

    Persian Series #6

    5.82000HD

    Persian Series #6 begins with what appears to be dried red and yellow rose petals, suddenly shot-thru with blue which causes a shift to violets and gr...

    Persian Series #6