Avant Garde Movies

An anthology of surreal films by Patrick McGuinn featuring Vincent, a puppet who is obsessed with Twinkies and pasta.

A short, experimental film that traces how two lovers (who are actually CCTV cameras) argue about love, ownership and sex in a virulently capitalist...

The world appears black on black until it separates from itself, looks at itself, includes itself, and sees colour.

A father must face his dark past when his gifted daughter has visions of a young girl reborn from her deceased mother. This award-winning...

Experimental short film exploring New York City's multicultural history through the eyes of three chosen individuals.

The romantic relationship between a man and a woman.

A found footage film about a strange and mysterious movie production.

Flash Passion is one of the very first films that the two artists made in Athens when they took up the super-8 camera and extended their theatre...

Documentary tribute to what VH1 called “the single greatest rock omnibus program ever aired” and Brooklyn Vegan named “the most...

A man meets a woman at a deserted railroad station somewhere in northern New England. It is the middle of winter; snow is falling. The two drive to a...

The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film. It documents...

A city in permanent darkness becomes the stage for four actresses rehearsing a play. As performance and reality converge, a mysterious presence...

Dinner time in a remote home of a prairie family turns nightmarish when a band of blood spattered outlaws break through the front door in search of...

Two halves split by the perseverance of a scorpion. Come on, feet.

A young artist named Toma begins to feel that his life in Belgrade begins suffocating him, so he sneaks aboard a cargo ship and travels down the...

A lone wind ensemble musician photographs an ongoing performance as she's suddenly joined by a past lover.

One morning, the late Karlheinz Stockhausen awoke from a dream that told him to take to the sky. Stockhausen envisioned four helicopters swirling in...

The story of Nisar Ahmed Khan, told through his children and the people he served, a spiritual guide whose followers still visit his tomb on his...

A drifter spends the night in an abandoned house and encounters a Window of Consciousness. This award-winning film combines elements of art house,...