Experimental

Experimental cinema or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms and alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working.

U.S. and foreign films

The English film title, original title, country of origin and production year are listed. Foreign-language films are subtitled in English.

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I Only Talk To Strangers

Sofia Touboura | Greece | 2015 | 9 m English, French with English Subtitles A young woman wandering around the city, randomly meeting people from different ages and backgrounds. The meetings unveil unexpected behaviours. A dive into the individual and collective unconscious, to retrieve lost data and break free from the fear of the unknown. A tribute to… Read more »

If These Walls Could Talk

Matthew Spaull | United States | 2016 | 21 m A young man becomes homeless when his mother becomes terminally ill. With the help of a youth agency he is housed in a shelter where he meets other homeless youth. They discover a strong bond in their love for creating music. Cast Jonathan Thomas James… Read more »

Arise

Humberto Braga | United States | 2016 | 9 m Facebook This music video is a visionary journey touching the divine peaks and darkest hells of the human experience. It embodies the dance between life and death, light and dark, good and evil, and, through experiencing the transformation in between, ultimately transcends the polarized boundary… Read more »

Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder: A Visual Music Film by Stephen T. Pope and Friends

Stephen Travis Pope | United States | 2014 | 1:18:00 “Secrets, Dreams, Faith and Wonder” is a feature-length abstract music/video ritual of thanksgiving in five parts: (1) a lament of surrender, (2) the reading of a teaching, (3) the celebration of the ritual, (4) the recitation of the creed, and (5) a hymn of benediction. When… Read more »

Besties

Marta Renzi | United States | 2015 | 6 m A friendship nested inside a party. Cast Mica Bernas Caitlin Roben Viewing Instructions

Stillpoint

Benjamin Ridgway | United States | 2016 | 1 m Facebook | Twitter An elusive point of stillness in a shifting and expanding world. Viewing Instructions

Disaster Man

Laura P. Valtorta | United States | 2015 | 13:25 Website A retired university professor recounts horrible stories about his life. This Movie is No Longer Available

I Am Listening

Curtis Speck | United States | 2015 | 25 m The dance film is based on two diaries-Anne Frank in Amsterdam and Regina Shelton in Eastern Germany during WWII. Cast Sofia Barchuk Lora D’Emilio Minghao Zhao Viewing Instructions

The Sky Over Berlin of My Childhood

Bakhtiyar Islamov | Kazakhstan | 2016 | 10 m Russian with English Subtitles This is a film about lost children in a strange place. Three boys jump from zone to zone using a teleportation box. They don’t look for happiness, love, or meaning, they simply run impulsively through spaces. “THE SKY OVER BERLIN OF MY CHILDHOOD”… Read more »

To the Nations

Patrick Müller | Germany | 2016 | 2 m What does an old war memorial tell us, 100 years later? Robert Hamerling (1830–1889) reflects back and calls for peace and intercultural understanding. Cast Klaus-Rüdiger Utschick Viewing Instructions