Avant Garde Movies

  • 2021
    A Heap of Broken Images

    A Heap of Broken Images

    A Heap of Broken Images

    52021HD

    Sunday afternoon. Images of last summer. A view of the sunset from a hill. Some flashes.

    A Heap of Broken Images
  • 2010
    Envío 22

    Envío 22

    Envío 22

    02010HD

    Filmed in London. For Annette Carle. Details of landscapes, roads.

    Envío 22
  • 1956
    Color of the Day

    Color of the Day

    Color of the Day

    01956HD

    Portrait of the streets from downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul.

    Color of the Day
  • 2002
    Soupirs d’écumes

    Soupirs d’écumes

    Soupirs d’écumes

    02002HD

    The twilight and half-closed vision of the blinding bursts barely reveals fleeting and luminous unexpected phosphorescences, through and through the...

    Soupirs d’écumes
  • 2008
    Valentine

    Valentine

    Valentine

    02008HD

    A short film shot in 8mm. Directed and shot by Kevin Schaefer.

    Valentine
  • 2010
    Envío 24

    Envío 24

    Envío 24

    52010HD

    Filmed in London, sent to Paris. For Helga Fanderl. "Dear Helga, today I have recieved a postcard from Chile. Shaking folds and tearing invisible...

    Envío 24
  • 2012
    WSTYD

    WSTYD

    WSTYD

    02012HD

    Here I am. A mind backed up by delusion of previous condition. Free or humiliated? Who is ashamed? Me or you? It is so hard to share one's secret.

    WSTYD
  • 2009
    Dahlia

    Dahlia

    Dahlia

    6.52009HD

    This work is one film of the omnibus ‘Seeing’. About ‘Seeing’: “Filmmaker Matsumoto Toshio, a pioneer of experimental...

    Dahlia
  • 1976
    Biljana Returned from London

    Biljana Returned from London

    Biljana Returned from London

    01976HD

    A man’s female friend who just came back from London spends time on the river shore.

    Biljana Returned from London
  • 2023
    bleared eyes of blue glass

    bleared eyes of blue glass

    bleared eyes of blue glass

    02023HD

    The "bleared eyes of blue glass" in the title of this experimental short expand on a verbal image from Virginia Woolf's novel The Waves, considered...

    bleared eyes of blue glass
  • 2025
    The Purpose

    The Purpose

    The Purpose

    02025HD

    A chair, a yogurt, and a masked man are guided to find themselves by an unknown entity.

    The Purpose
  • 1971
    Doldertal 7

    Doldertal 7

    Doldertal 7

    81971HD

    Edited but not printed. Filmed in Zurich. Original reversal film deposted in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

    Doldertal 7
  • 1965
    15 Song Traits

    15 Song Traits

    15 Song Traits

    8.51965HD

    A series of individual portraits of friends and family, all interrelated in what might be called a branch growing directly from the trunk of SONGS 1...

    15 Song Traits
  • 1969
    Untitled

    Untitled

    Untitled

    01969HD

    Made in 1969. 1min. 16mm. Black and White

    Untitled
  • 1968
    Der Schachtel

    Der Schachtel

    Der Schachtel

    01968HD

    Die Schachtel (The Box), 1968. 35mm film transfer to videotape, black-and-white, sound; 29 minutes.

    Der Schachtel
  • 1970
    Inadequateness of a shadow

    Inadequateness of a shadow

    Inadequateness of a shadow

    01970HD

    A foolish shadow attempts to behave like a real entity but the irony takes place

    Inadequateness of a shadow
  • 1969
    You Speak of Flins

    You Speak of Flins

    You Speak of Flins

    01969HD

    A group of leftist activists expose the exploitation of immigrant workers by a criminal network with connections to local government officials. The...

    You Speak of Flins
  • 1971
    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

    35, boulevard General Koenig

    91971HD

    Edited but unprinted. Filmed in Paris. Original reversal film in Temenos Archive, Zurich.

    35, boulevard General Koenig
  • 2007
    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6

    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6

    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6

    62007HD

    Strips of previously unexposed film went into the ocean and these fragments are what returned. In this final installment of a nine year project...

    What The Water Said, Nos. 4-6
  • 2015
    Ken Burns Says

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    4.52015HD

    Ken Burns Says "Jazz" 3 Billion Times (actually 2.97 bn) in Under 3.5 Minutes

    Ken Burns Says