Avant Garde Movies

An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.

Blue for a Moment is a documentary portrait of Swedish-born, Berlin-based musician Sven-Åke Johansson, a key figure in European improvised and...

A small collection of red rocks from the beach cycle through the primary colours before ultimately losing both their colour and form, abstracted...

“Before ‘Virgin’, I never put much stock in the idea of a ‘cursed’ production. Take a film like ‘Incubus’....

The clip shows a film fragment in which the French film comedian Fernandel shuffles along the street sadly and apparently aimlessly. Colours are...

An unhappy young man becomes confused about reality, guilt, his own identity and love life after he gets to know his next-door neighbor, a seductive...

A young man named Phillip finds himself in a purgatory reality that's littered with clues of his past life. From the discovery of his own corpse to...

New experimental short from James Fotopoulos.

Seeing himself as a form unable to experience intimacy, he is given the chance when brought to the household of twin sisters.

The wind carries an aspiring healer into a chaotic, virulent parallel world. Paralyzed by a familiar universe that is gradually becoming distorted,...

A lonely woman is wandering in the woods looking for better days.

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his...

You find yourself in a foreign landscape. Two other people are on the horizon. Something about the world around you is off. It isn't long before...

Mrs. Van Houten has shown signs of losing touch with reality, and her husband discusses possible treatment with Dr. Caligari, who says Mrs. Van...

A filmmaker uses cinema through the flicker of memory and dreams to chase the fragments of a life slipping through his fingers.

A Frank Zappa show goes way beyond a mere concert – it is an experience…a flight of improvisation, musicianship, and cerebral cynicism....

A short film following a young woman as she's pursued by a mysterious stranger in the woods.

This live recording was culled from seven September 1992 concerts given in Vienna, Berlin, and Frankfurt by the Ensemble Modern, a Frankfurt-based...

Recorded Live in Paris in 1980, this is a rare recording of Frank Zappa performing at the peak of his career with his incredible backing band,...

After her boyfriend ends their relationship, the dreamself of a heartbroken woman floats through the air over an industrial wasteland singing ballads...