Avant Garde Movies

  • 1923
    Return to Reason

    Return to Reason

    Return to Reason

    6.31923HD

    Experimental film, white specks and shapes gyrating over a black background, the light-striped torso of Kiki of Montparnasse (Alice Prin), a gyrating...

    Return to Reason
  • 2024
    PROLIX

    PROLIX

    PROLIX

    02024HD

    A young woman watches TV with her cat in the room. A dying man explores what's left of his psyche.

    PROLIX
  • 1980
    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

    Lake Placid '80

    81980HD

    Paik produced this exuberant, high-speed collage as a commission for the National Fine Arts Committee of the 1980 Olympic Winter Games. In a...

    Lake Placid '80
  • 1997
    Ten Minutes of Silence

    Ten Minutes of Silence

    Ten Minutes of Silence

    8.71997HD

    The mute documentary-experimental film "Ten Minutes of Silence" is a film expression of the trends embodied in the painting "Black Square" by...

    Ten Minutes of Silence
  • 2021
    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!

    8.62021HD

    This programme tells the story behind the conception, recording and release of this groundbreaking album. By use of interviews, musical...

    Classic Albums: Frank Zappa & The Mothers Of Invention - Freak Out!
  • 2004
    The Daddy's Meat

    The Daddy's Meat

    The Daddy's Meat

    102004HD

    A gloomy tale or a completely innocent family picnic on the open air ...

    The Daddy's Meat
  • 1969
    Rhythm of Two Figures

    Rhythm of Two Figures

    Rhythm of Two Figures

    01969HD

    "This film was part of my thesis presentation at Chelsea College of Art in 1969. It expresses my interest in the human form and how two human forms...

    Rhythm of Two Figures
  • 1984
    Piramides 1972-1984

    Piramides 1972-1984

    Piramides 1972-1984

    7.51984HD

    Ivan Ladislav hides a true chamber of wonders behind the clear, mathematically abstract structure of his films and videos, meticulously compiled...

    Piramides 1972-1984
  • 2018
    Spring Masks

    Spring Masks

    Spring Masks

    02018HD

    Living in fragments, pieced together in varied ways, uncertainly, and yet... Inside there is a familiar chaos, awaiting a key...

    Spring Masks
  • 2024
    Cara-cola

    Cara-cola

    Cara-cola

    62024HD

    A light explodes and becomes a snail.

    Cara-cola
  • 2007
    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music

    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music

    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music

    02007HD

    Frank Scheffer's (collage like) documentary on the American composer and rock guitarist Frank Zappa, as broadcast by VPRO in the Netherlands April...

    Frank Zappa: A Pioneer of the Future of Music
  • 2010
    Non Plus One

    Non Plus One

    Non Plus One

    4.82010HD

    A young writer struggling to create a good story meets a cute waitress and imagination and fantasy blossom.

    Non Plus One
  • 1969
    Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes

    Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes

    Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes

    4.61969HD

    A documentary of an avant-garde theatre performance, presents an orgiastic rite of sex, degradation, and bloody sacrifice, performed by Zero-Jigen.

    Cybele: A Pastoral Ritual in Five Scenes
  • 1965
    The Art of Vision

    The Art of Vision

    The Art of Vision

    6.91965HD

    The Art of Vision is a film that can change our whole ideas about the relationship of seeing, perception, and emotion with the preoccupations of the...

    The Art of Vision
  • 2019
    Dada

    Dada

    Dada

    102019HD

    The Dadaist, an eccentric creature who embodies the concept of the 20th century European avant-garde art movement Dadaism, destroys and mocks art...

    Dada
  • 2025
    Mirror of Breath

    Mirror of Breath

    Mirror of Breath

    02025HD

    The roll of 16 mm film of Shahin Parhami's "Mirror of Breath" was among a few rolls given to André Habib by Lara Breistein, following the...

    Mirror of Breath
  • 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
  • 1981
    Pig-Chicken Suicide

    Pig-Chicken Suicide

    Pig-Chicken Suicide

    6.41981HD

    Pig Chicken Suicide is a veritable assault on the senses, mixing violent images of animal slaughter, racial strife and surrealism to tell the story...

    Pig-Chicken Suicide
  • 2026
    7 Piano Sketches

    7 Piano Sketches

    7 Piano Sketches

    5.82026HD

    A piano tuner wanders through the streets of New York after dark, seeking artistic inspiration. Sketchbook in hand, he observes the city’s...

    7 Piano Sketches
  • 1986
    The Suicide Squeeze

    The Suicide Squeeze

    The Suicide Squeeze

    71986HD

    A fascinating case of narrative deconstruction, THE SUICIDE SQUEEZE is a '40s style whodunit pressed through the wringer of an optical printer.

    The Suicide Squeeze