Non Narrative Movies

A dying man in his forties recalls his childhood, his mother, the war and personal moments that tell of and juxtapose pivotal moments in Soviet...

A structure-free, four-part examination of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Each part explores a different topic, from Hitler's cult of...

Days is a non-narrative cinematography exercise presented through a fly-on-the-wall lens, observing a young girl over the course of a day at the...

A dedicated bird watcher observes a hawk and journeys to the limits of what it means to be human.

In a French nightclub, choreographed song and dance routines are performed, rather than a streamlined narrative. They tell the story of Parisian...

A non-narrative short film tracking the movement of a flock of women through a megalithic landscape. They appear to be working, enacting a cryptic...

A portrait of a man sleeping under the open sky

A musical animated film which celebrates the simple and childish joy of hitting drums, scribbling on paper using marker pens, splashing paint or...

In Manhattan's Central Park, a film crew directed by William Greaves is shooting a screen test with various pairs of actors. It's a confrontation...

Liza is an abstract film that takes its name from a composition by George Gershwin.

"Beyond Noh" rhythmically animates 3,475 individual masks from all over the world, beginning with the distinctive masks of the Japanese Noh theater...

Inspired by the collaborative practice of composer John Cage and choreographer Merce Cunningham, composer Joan La Barbara and filmmaker Aleksandar...

An impressionistic piece of art based on the musical piece "The Weeping Meadow" by Eleni Karaindrou, from the film of the same name by Theo...

First part of the collaborative project "Brise-Glace" showing the diverse travels on the icebreaker "Frej". Directed by Jean Rouch.

A series of vaudeville acts inserted in images of reality, meant to demonstrate the ephemeral nature of all things.

A line is being extrapolated through a grid. When the line surpasses the boundaries of the grid, the process spreads to and reflects on its...

A secluded house in the countryside. And in it? A family cocktail of love, care, shared history and all kinds of gadgets and unfinished things. Or a...

Iwasaki’s ink oscillates like an evil lava lamp that might actually be alive and its progression into more and more disturbing images create an...

Animator Ryan Larkin does a visual improvisation to music performed by a popular group presented as sidewalk entertainers. His take-off point is the...