Avant Garde Movies

Former European boxing champion Santiago Rojas has been completely disconnected from the world of boxing for several years. He now works at a small...

An exploration of the space where femininity and criminality collide. The film collages archival footage clips culled from silent films, original...

One of Paik’s most overtly political and poignant statements, Guadalcanal Requiem is a performance/documentary collage that confronts history,...

1 minute, color, silent 16mm

In 1981, Tomislav Gotovac carried out an unannounced action of being an artist begging for alms wearing a sign "Alms please! Thank you! Begging...

In December, 1941, using music by Stravinsky, this film provides a reaction to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. An egg is smashed by a hammer;...

By using an intervalometer and positioning the shutter to remain open between frames, I was able to capture the mystery of what happens during sleep,...

An essay on the brutality of beauty and innocence in a hostile world.

"Ryuta is 5 years old. Even though he is my son, I sometimes wonder what this small person is to me. Even though I see his joys and sadnesses and...

"I came across an old industrial film by Siemens on computer and their language. To better appreciate the film I first of all cut off the sound, I...

Turquoise and maroon-toned thin lines of paint are interspersed with variously toned circular "watermarks" of blotched paint giving-way to...

A series of individual portraits of friends and family, all interrelated in what might be called a branch growing directly from the trunk of SONGS 1...

The first film made by Markopoulos after moving to Europe, Bliss was shot over the course of two days using only available light to create a lyrical...

The film frame sometimes seems to function as a rug-like rectangle into or onto which the lover steps. Filmed in Orselina, Switzerland after reading...

A hand-painted film photographically step-printed so that the thicket-like lines of paint are “played-off” against some centered...

16mm film by Radoslav Vladić.

Singly-printed multi-colored watery "blobs" and "feathery" streaks of painted color, dominated by yellows and reds interweaving in complexity until...

Various forms of everyday motion in and around a city are shown at rapid speed.

A video poem concerned with race and gender issues. Images from monuments in Ottawa, locations and activities around Parliament - Canada Day, Gay...