Movies: Experimental cinema

Made with virtually no budget during COVID-19 quarantine in 2020, IRANIAN LIVES MATTER abstractly recounts the true story of what occurred in Iran during the November 2019 protests, sparked by a surprise hike in gasoline prices, which quickly spread ...

The creation of an infinite space. Light modulations over water surfaces, conjugating into multiple alterations. Time and light being reshaped through a liquid lens. The illusion of a starry night turns into a sea “roofed over by rainbows.”...

The second film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher....

The fifth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher....

The eighth film from Shahriar Hanife's series of experimental etudes, an Iranian researcher....

When she doesn't recognize herself in the mirror, a woman goes into crisis....

A short video about the processing of matter, using found footage, all food-related, as its material. A comparatively unobtrusive soundtrack, though one which underlines the seriousness of the subject, has been added....

A man who wants to end his life in this mortal world in three acts....

Images of concrete and stone. A cemetery. Light making its way through the tree leaves....

A theoretical exercise can stem from a physical one: using the camera as if it was the vibrating device placed on the olive trees for the harvest of its fruit, the final result is a series of original and intriguing images. The camera shakes, gets in...

The world through an unconventional lens....

Journey through the memories of the tour of India in July 2024....

An unknown man wakes up in purgatory, where he is confronted by an angel....

From the world to the most basic principles of visual perception....

Experimental Claymation done by Ellie Thatcher...

A shift in both format and fragmentation. While previous interludes thrived within the constraints of 4:3, this iteration expands into 16:9—widening the frame but not the control. The extra space becomes a new playground for glitches, distortions, an...

Depicting the sun rising on a midwestern winter landscape filmed over 1 hour and 10 minutes, this film explores the relationship between natural light and the illusion of passing time through superimpositions and high framerates....

The „Haelgung“ films are charmingly impressionistic diary entries, crafted as mini homages to my closest friends, captured with a delightful lack of planning or structure and edited in camera....

The day with the sky neither too blue nor too grey. With a hint of red. The train crowded and the backpacks between the feet. The loves on every corner, the ones we pretend not to see....

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