Movies and TvShows featuring "avant-garde-short" theme.
In a post-apocalyptic future, a man with a haunted past is forced to relive his childhood memories through time travel experiments. Through a series of still-frame images, he encounters a woman who becomes the key to his survival and love. As the experiments lead to a shocking revelation about the future of humanity, the man must confront his own mortality and the consequences of his actions.
Un Chien Andalou is a surreal and avant-garde short film directed by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí. The film consists of a series of unrelated and dreamlike scenes that defy traditional narrative structure. It features iconic imagery such as a razor cutting an eye, a severed hand, and ants emerging from a hole in a man's palm. Un Chien Andalou is considered a seminal work of surrealist cinema and has had a lasting impact on the art film genre.
With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.
Strange occurrences in a desolate ranch cause two brothers to fight for their sanity.
Possibly in Michigan is a surreal and experimental horror musical that takes place in a shopping mall in Michigan. The film explores themes of cannibalism, murder, and feminism, and features masked characters and a mysterious stalker. Set in the 1980s, the movie combines art-house aesthetics with avant-garde storytelling.
Jean-Christophe lives with his mother, an English prostitute, in Paris. He dreams of becoming a model. Over the course of a day, he endures a series of abusive encounters that will change him forever. He goes from innocence to experience as he, and his dreams, are destroyed by those around him. The violence of the film is accentuated by the use of BDSM, Performance Art and Dance.
Tonight's program has been composed by and for grown-ups who are children at heart. Eternal history, the tale of Belle-Rose. Also known as Beauty and the Beast.
Photos, animation, and music illustrate the story of the Beatles.
An experimental short film from Toshio Matsumoto featuring Mona Lisa.
A woman is stalked by a mysterious hooded spectre. An Autumnal homage to and inspired by Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren.
A filmmaker gets lost in a world of his own creation, literally. He is plotted against by his outer demons, searches for his lost sex scene and contends with several other versions of himself. A joyful rule-breaking carnival ride through a filmmaker's dreamland.
An exhilarating whatsit and freewheeling black comedy, Anger’s latest takes aim at the independent film scenes in NY and L.A. with no-holds-barred ferocity, formal ingenuity, and an eyebrow-raising cast that includes Lola Kirke, Mac DeMarco, and Rosanna Arquette.
Meshes of the Afternoon is a surreal and experimental short film that follows a woman as she navigates through dream-like sequences and encounters alternate realities. The film explores themes of identity, perception, and the unconscious mind. It uses various symbols and visual motifs such as flowers, knives, stairs, and mirrors to create a sense of unease and mystery. The protagonist's encounters with a doppelganger and a hooded figure add to the surreal atmosphere of the film.
À propos de Nice is a satirical and avant-garde silent film that showcases the stark wealth disparity and decadence of the residents of Nice, France. The film combines elements of a travelogue, city symphony, and social satire to create a poetic and visually stunning depiction of life in the French Riviera.
At Land is a surrealist and avant-garde movie that follows a woman's journey through strange and symbolic scenarios. It explores themes of feminism and utilizes surrealistic imagery and storytelling techniques. The movie is known for its unique and experimental style.
The death of the minotavr talks about the concept of the heroine's journey. Suffering, horror and exhaustion lead the protagonist to a process of transformation, abyss and expiation, because only murdering to minotaur and everything he represents is possible to return to life. From the female gaze, it shows the depth of the emotional wounds caused by domestic violence; the same one that the surrealist Dora Maar lived and that ask why, as a society, instead of killing the minotaur, we blindly continue to send him women only to be devoured and ask them why they simply did not fight, why they did not try get out of the labyrinth.
TAPESTRY, part of Lawrence Jordan's "Odyssey" triptych and filmed much later in Jordan's life, is a charged record of his bachelor life after marriage and child-rearing.
In this avant-garde short film, a female scientist embarks on a surreal and comedic journey to the center of the Earth. Along the way, she encounters absurd situations, montages of epic action and fantasy, and explores themes of capitalism and industrialism. Filled with homage to classic films and steampunk elements, this film is a melodrama spoof with multiple love interests and a comedic twist on the scientific quest-adventure genre.
In this avant-garde short film, a man with a leg amputation interacts with an incompetent nurse in a single location. The film explores themes of unhappiness and the color black.
In the unfinished avant-garde short film 'Witch's Cradle', a mysterious woman explores the realms of witchcraft and dark fantasy, using abstract and surreal imagery. Through a series of no-dialogue scenes, the film portrays the supernatural elements of witchcraft and showcases modern art techniques.