Experimental Documentary Movies

what was the last dream you had?

A meditation on childhood, loss, and the desire to recreate one’s innocence; the recalling of memories.

Fajar Suharno was a theater maestro from the 80's to the 90's. He was imprisoned because his theater activities were considered against the New Order...

A snooze alarm clock cannot wake a sleepy person. The bell of the alarm clock hence becomes a hypnotic trigger. Such an ordinary sound is redefined...

Filmmakers Sam and Amy journey into rural Australia to explore how the legacy of an American legend has transmitted and warped itself over time, and...

The Post(?) Feminist Dissonance Project uses a quote by Kathleen Hanna as a prompt, a voicemail box as an interviewing device, found footage as a...

Three individuals find themselves in the same strange dream in which they are haunted by an evolutionary ghost. Together, they share in each...

Based upon a habitual fidget of the filmmaker involving the tags in his clothing, Reilly Mitchell explores the feelings of his past by removing...

Rummage is an experimental documentary of the legendary rummage sale that takes place in Far Hills, New Jersey every first weekend in May and October.

A speaking into the void.

Documentary discussing expectations in sexual and intimate situations, by blending people's anonymous stories, poetry and dance.

This short documentary explores the intimate and unconventional life of my grandmother and her relationship with magic and with the love of her life....

In the fall of 1986, Richard Fung made his first visit to his father's birthplace, a village in southern Guangdong, China. This experimental...

An experimental short assembled from YouTube videos of the director’s former classmate, TV fragments, and a 2006 graduation interview recorded...

The Red Tide follows a life changing move to Florida. Exploring a new home located near famous earthworks by Robert Smithson, the enormous art...

A shot-on-video look at three impoverished Black communities in rural Georgia in 1976 - America's bicentennial, interspersing photos with footage and...

This semi-fictional short film follows the protagonist to Prague and explores how the medium of film can access the memories of a city. The film is...

A personal essay on the destructive nature of war and the traces left behind by militarism and mandatory military service. Through found footage, the...

"An experimental documentary on Reverend L.O. Taylor, a black Baptist minister from Memphis, Tennessee who was also an inspired filmmaker with an...