Experimental Film Movies

  • 1983
    Just Another Notion

    Just Another Notion

    Just Another Notion

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    As a guitar screeches, the image comes into focus. Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2012.

    Just Another Notion
  • 2020
    Further Radical

    Further Radical

    Further Radical

    02020HD

    In A Radical Film, Canapa experimented with thin slices of black radish on unexposed film, a reference to film's roots. Further Radical is the same...

    Further Radical
  • 1981
    The Shape of Things

    The Shape of Things

    The Shape of Things

    01981HD

    A singular cinematic figure, San Francisco’s Mike Henderson became one of the first independent African-American artists to make inroads into...

    The Shape of Things
  • 1959
    Impulses

    Impulses

    Impulses

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    1959 experimental short by Jim Davis.

    Impulses
  • 1976
    Projection Instructions

    Projection Instructions

    Projection Instructions

    01976HD

    Regrettably, the labour of projectionists is usually only considered by the audience when they ‘screw up’. This film offers an...

    Projection Instructions
  • 1977
    Impulse

    Impulse

    Impulse

    01977HD

    An early experimental abstract animation, made by drawing directly on to 16mm film.

    Impulse
  • 2014
    Perfumes of Venus

    Perfumes of Venus

    Perfumes of Venus

    02014HD

    A visual meditation inspired by gem and flower essences.

    Perfumes of Venus
  • 1970
    Fallen Branches

    Fallen Branches

    Fallen Branches

    01970HD

    A Photographer enamored with a lone tree tries to take a picture. He falls down to a rabbit hole of perspectives as he take the Sisyphean task of...

    Fallen Branches
  • 1966
    Blackout

    Blackout

    Blackout

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    Beginning in 1965 with Black Is, Tambellini launched a series of politically charged experimental films that explore the expressive possibilities of...

    Blackout
  • 1970
    King David

    King David

    King David

    01970HD

    [1970/2003, color, 7.5 min] Experimental short film preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.

    King David
  • 1987
    Continuum

    Continuum

    Continuum

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    In CONTINUUM, the world, the workers within the world and the labor of making the film itself are equated through montage and a brilliantly...

    Continuum
  • 2022
    Autophobia

    Autophobia

    Autophobia

    02022HD

    A girl appears in an empty room only in the presence of a mirror, she looks at it and finds herself covered in blood, meanwhile her real body is...

    Autophobia
  • 1982
    Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice

    Summer Solstice

    01982HD

    Experimental film by Ivan Martinac.

    Summer Solstice
  • 2024
    Sovereign Waves

    Sovereign Waves

    Sovereign Waves

    02024HD

    Experimental short film with some old video8 about the passage of time and how we perceive Memories

    Sovereign Waves
  • 2025
    Worlds

    Worlds

    Worlds

    02025HD

    Thirty-six layers of water aligned to create a perfect circle. 2 of 2

    Worlds
  • 2023
    Evolution from Imperfection

    Evolution from Imperfection

    Evolution from Imperfection

    02023HD

    Tells seven stories about women that serve to illustrate a trip to a world of emotions, with questions about beauty and imperfection, and the...

    Evolution from Imperfection
  • 2019
    Megalópolis

    Megalópolis

    Megalópolis

    02019HD

    Experimental short, soundtrack of someone coughing and grasping for air, manipulated images of lung scans.

    Megalópolis
  • 1970
    Solitude d'adolescence

    Solitude d'adolescence

    Solitude d'adolescence

    01970HD

    Solitude d'adolescence
  • 2023
    Praegnans

    Praegnans

    Praegnans

    02023HD

    A man, alone in a room, experiences a nightmare of his own

    Praegnans
  • 1970
    The Slides of Prof. Somkiat Tang-Namo

    The Slides of Prof. Somkiat Tang-Namo

    The Slides of Prof. Somkiat Tang-Namo

    01970HD

    This film was made from hundreds of educational slides that belonged to the late Professor Somkiat Tang-namo, a pioneer of art aesthetics in Thailand...

    The Slides of Prof. Somkiat Tang-Namo