Avant Garde Movies

  • 2022
    Devil's Peak

    Devil's Peak

    Devil's Peak

    52022HD

    In the hyperkinetic multichannel video installation Devil’s Peak, Simon Liu surveys the psychogeography of Hong Kong as a feverish dreamscape,...

    Devil's Peak
  • 2021
    Hauntology of the Retrodromomania

    Hauntology of the Retrodromomania

    Hauntology of the Retrodromomania

    102021HD

    Hauntology of the Retrodromomania is an essayistic motion picture, a locomotory legwork, a deambulatory non-rural land survey, a casual journeying in...

    Hauntology of the Retrodromomania
  • 2018
    Naissance des étoiles #2

    Naissance des étoiles #2

    Naissance des étoiles #2

    02018HD

    Witnessing my daughters passage though childhood with a 35mm Russian movie camera.

    Naissance des étoiles #2
  • 1949
    The Petrified Dog

    The Petrified Dog

    The Petrified Dog

    5.31949HD

    Chases within chases. A mother runs after a child. A man seems to be pursuing himself. A woman who has been nibbling her lipstick through half of the...

    The Petrified Dog
  • 2009
    Man Painting

    Man Painting

    Man Painting

    02009HD

    The painter Alfredo Romero locks himself in his studio-apartment in the Estación de Francia neighborhood in Mollet del Vallès...

    Man Painting
  • 2010
    Envío 23

    Envío 23

    Envío 23

    02010HD

    Filmed in Zürich. For Robert Beavers. Talking about the illuminated and the un-illuminated.

    Envío 23
  • 2012
    Collector

    Collector

    Collector

    02012HD

    An experimental short by Tao Zhou.

    Collector
  • 2020
    Farewell to the Seashore

    Farewell to the Seashore

    Farewell to the Seashore

    02020HD

    A poetic exploration of the presence and absence of a mother.

    Farewell to the Seashore
  • 2025
    108 spin

    108 spin

    108 spin

    02025HD

    A kinetic prayer and structuralist intervention. Shot entirely on an iPhone 11 in a desolate Midwest laundromat, 108 spin documents the mechanics of...

    108 spin
  • 1964
    Jill Johnston Dancing

    Jill Johnston Dancing

    Jill Johnston Dancing

    01964HD

    In 1963 and 1964, Andy Warhol captured dancer-choreographers Lucinda Childs, Yvonne Rainer, and Freddy Herko, and Village Voice dance critic Jill...

    Jill Johnston Dancing
  • 2021
    Circle

    Circle

    Circle

    102021HD

    This short film follows a man lost in the woods driven by his fear of the unknown.

    Circle
  • 2024
    After James Benning's YouTube

    After James Benning's YouTube

    After James Benning's YouTube

    02024HD

    Divided into 26 parts, an attempt to remake James Benning's film, YouTube (2011) with similar internet footage after 13 years.

    After James Benning's YouTube
  • 2020
    Butterfly 360°

    Butterfly 360°

    Butterfly 360°

    102020HD

    The 360° project tells the story of a peaceful environment featuring a rare case phenomena where a swarm of butterflies is nurturing itself by...

    Butterfly 360°
  • 2022
    brushstrokes

    brushstrokes

    brushstrokes

    62022HD

    An afternoon in the woods. Every camera movement a stroke of a brush. An impossible painting. Never completing itself, always starting anew.

    brushstrokes
  • 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
  • 2016
    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory

    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory

    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory

    02016HD

    Using the unstability of digital to pursue the unstability of film.

    An Early Spring Afternoon, A Piece of Distant Memory
  • 1983
    On the Corner

    On the Corner

    On the Corner

    01983HD

    An urban ballet performed by street children.

    On the Corner
  • 1995
    Prelude 6

    Prelude 6

    Prelude 6

    6.31995HD

    Interplay of mostly horizontal lines inter-woven with "watermark" forms in a wide variety of tones which gradually tend to dissolve into blues at the...

    Prelude 6
  • 2026
    JEEVA

    JEEVA

    JEEVA

    102026HD

    In a world where everyone is expected to be on point 24/7, life isn’t lived anymore — it’s performed. Always grinding. Always...

    JEEVA
  • 2019
    The Boundaries

    The Boundaries

    The Boundaries

    02019HD

    Shenzhen River (the border btw Hong Kong and Shenzhen), and the Second Line of Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (the border between Socialism China and...

    The Boundaries