EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS
A collection of the best experimental short films from around the world today.
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NO WOMAN, 3min., Afghanistan, Experimental
There is a world beyond our world, when it comes to a decision, there is always a big NO to WOMEN. in this case majority suffers from it but only few women take the risk and fights for it
http://nowomanfilm.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Woman-Short-Film/1617210611832188Writer/Director...
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MITTA HAS BEEN MASKING short film, 3min., USA, Experimental
A fugue on the interior elements of the personae ... psychological masking ... sense of self, dissociation and self-misrepresentation. An experiment in processing identity, autism diagnosis and psychosis, through film.
https://www.darbybailey.com/news/mitta-has-been-masking-new-short-film
Direc...
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FELIX HAS A DREAM short film, 4min., USA, Comedy/Experimental/Sci-Fi
As a meteor hurls towards Earth, Felix tries to party and reconnect with old friends.
Writer/Director: Robert Campbell Sturdevant
Cast: Max Brown
Producer: Erin Croom
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ALWAYS THE SUN short film, 9min., UK, Experimental / Black & White
A short film based on a poem: always the sun by Keith Sargent. Wilderness, illness and the great British cretinocracy.
Key Cast: Lindsay Seers
http://www.3x3x3.tv/
https://www.instagram.com/keithsargent3X3X3Director Biography - Keith Sargent
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LIGHT YEARS short film, 5min., Experimental/Crime
Since the beginning of modern cinema, viewers and critics alike have been transfixed by light contrasted with darkness. This interplay of light and dark was typical of film noir, a metaphor of good and evil in plots that featured crime, detectives, and mystery. We celebrate this genre through a s...
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PORTRAITS OF INCANTAION, 7min., Experimental/Black & White
a film by Taso Papadakis and Robyn Nisbet
performed, choreographed and co-produced by Robyn Nisbet
photographed directed, edited and co-produced by
Taso Papadakis, https://www.tasophoto.com
original musical score by Emile de Leon / Temple Sounds, https://www.templesounds.net
About the work: ...
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NO MORE Short Film
Directed by Fabricio Estevam Mira
While shaving his head in a dark and shabby bathroom, Jesus, thin, filthy, and in torn clothes, nurtures doubts about everything. Until the owner of the crumbling hotel where he lives knocks on the door, shouting at him for months of unpaid rent. Jesus is at his...
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SCAPELANDS, 4min., UK, Dance
Scapelands is a short dance film that explores our primal connections with nature and the effect of urban living on the human mind. With countries in lockdown due to the current global pandemic, the psychological impact of our physical environments is being felt more significantly across the worl...
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I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M DOING, 4min., Canada, Experimental
A man grieves the end of a relationship on a walk at night during a global pandemic.
Director Statement:
i don't know what i'm doing is an experimental film about a young man grieving the end of a relationship. The film was shot in one day in the middle of lockdown in Toronto with only a 3 per...
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RENEWABLE, 4min., UK, Dance
Inspired by the different landscapes and environments of Scotland and Indonesia and renewable energy sources, this screendance work was created through a digital art residency (Dance Dialogue) between Marc Brew (Marc Brew Company) and Mariska Febriyani (Ballet.id) exploring the concept of space a...
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WRECK, 4min., Canada, Music Video
"Wreck" is from Jean-Paul De Roover's new alternative/rock/progressive album "LOSS", available on CD/LP and all digital streaming services here:
Directed by Curtis Jensen
Produced by Jean-Paul De Roover
Musicians: Jean-Paul De Roover, Mack Davis, Scott Edwards
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WHILE WE WAIT, 18min., USA, Experimental
An experimental dance film that charts the emotional journey of an ensemble who struggles to keep working after their 2020 world premier is postponed due to a global pandemic.
Written & Directed by Lukas Huffman
Produced by Hannah Dennison
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DREAM ABOUT ME, 4min., USA, Experimental/Poetic
A poetic reflection of a broken friendship
Written & Directed by Juan Aragon
Described by one contemporary as Visual Poetry, Dream About Me is the type of film no person wants to ever make. It is a deluge of raw, unfiltered emotions towards those we loved, but abandoned us.
While originally w...
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BIRDS OF A FEATHER, 3min., Australia, Animation/Experimental
Set in a rainy city this film focuses on the scavengers on the street and how the effects of sharing and being greedy can alter one's perspective in life.
Directed by Richie Valentino
Director Statement:
Art offers the ability to express one's inner self.
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BEHIND THE GLASS, 5min., Canada, Animation/Experimental
Behind the glass is an animated drama about a man struggling to overcome his own limitations, while facing the rejection of society.
Written & Directed by Pedro de la Llave
Director Statement
Behind the glass is a drama about a man struggling to overcome his own limitations, while facing the r...
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TOM, 8min., USA, Horror/Experimental
Experimental horror film studying a 'Peeping Tom' as he gathers footage and reviews his findings amidst a storm of psychedelic visuals.
Director - Joshua Nicholas Goodman, Justin William Houghton
Produced by Goody Bags
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ALWAYS THE SUN, 9min., UK, Experimental/Black & White
A short film based on a poem: always the sun by Keith Sargent. Wilderness, illness and the great British cretinocracy.
Written & Directed by Keith Sargent
Key Cast: Lindsay Seers
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WATER DREAMS, 11min., Mexico, Experimental
Original language title: SueƱos de Agua
An old Mayan woman dreams about being a crocodile, in the nights an owl stalks her and does not allow her to dream anymore; tired of this, she goes in search of a shaman to ask for help.
Directed by Pablo Ortiz
Director of Photography: Alexander Jenkins
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ARIA (AIR), 3min., Italy, Experimental
Directed by Brace Beltempo e Barbara Sirotti
How are relationships changing during lockdown? Is time, still and truly, the only thing missing to understand each other?
So easily as a makeup mask following down her eyes, a woman tells her true shocking story, unfortunately similar to many others... -
LOVELY, 5min., Canada, Dance/Black & White
A woman remembers her worth and stands in her truth.
Directed by Yared Gebrekidan
Produced by Nathan Witte
Dancers: Cassandra Naud, Nasiv Sall, Nadia White
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LADY BE GOOD, 6min., USA, Dance/Music Video
A bartender reflects on one unforgettable night.
Directors: James Kinney and Pierre Marais
Producer: Straighten Your Crown Productions
CAST: Skye Mattox, Caleb Marshall, Ahmad Simmons, Alex Nordin, Jess LeProtto, Ramone Owens, Nathan Keen, Christian Borle
Lighting Designer: Curtis Shields
Wa...
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ANOMALY 4, 18min., UK, Animation/Experimental
There is no singular way to sum up this work. It does not really want to be explained by an elucidating text; it wants to rest in the medium that shapes it. It does not follow a convention of story telling that governs cinema. What it does follow is a freewheeling set of associations and the vaga...
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ANYONE, 5min., USA, Dance
A young woman, searching.
Directed by James Kinney
Produced by Nicole LaFountaine
Cast: Ryan Steele, Yesenia Ayala, Jessica Lee Goldyn, Blake Zeleznikar, Caleb Marshall, Arisa Odaka, Michael Graceffa, Cajai Fellows, Connor Schwantes,
Director Statement
Twelve years ago, I was commissioned to... -
TRACE, 4min., China, Dance
Directed by Yuxi Jiang
Performed by Yuxi Jiang