THEME EXPLORATION

avant-garde filmmaking

12 films · 2 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Ciné-mafia
Ciné-mafia
1980 · Jean Rouch
Ornette: Made in America
Ornette: Made in America
1986 · Shirley Clarke
Chambre 666
Chambre 666
1982 · Wim Wenders
Close-Up
Close-Up
1990 · Abbas Kiarostami
Day for Night
Day for Night
1973 · François Truffaut
Film Lesson
Film Lesson
1991 · Werner Herzog
2017
2017
2017 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces
Los abrazo rotos (Broken Embraces
2009 · Pedro Almodóvar
Whiskey with Vodka
Whiskey with Vodka
2009 · Andreas Dresen
Year of the Devil
Year of the Devil
2002 · Petr Zelenka
Oh, Canada
Oh, Canada
2024 · Paul Schrader
Twin Peaks: The Return
Twin Peaks: The Return
2017 · David Lynch
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Stan Brakhage United States

Pioneer of abstract and experimental cinema who rejected narrative entirely, using hand-painted film stock and innovative optical techniques to create pure visual poetry.

 Joachim Trier Denmark

Contemporary provocateur who combines avant-garde visual experimentation with challenging narratives, systematically breaking cinematic conventions and audience expectations.