EXPERIMENTAL SHORT FILMS
A collection of the best experimental short films from around the world today.
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PLASTICPOEMS short film, 2min., Canada, Animation/Experimental
Two concrete poems come to life via animated text and sound in this short unnarrated video based on Fiona Tinwei Lam's visual poems about marine plastic pollution.
http://www.fionalam.net/
Directed by Fiona Tinwei Lam
Animation: Nhat Truong
Sound Design: Tinjun Niu
Director Statement
Each po... -
POSITIVE short film, 2min., France, Experimental
POSITIVE is a film and photo series starring three people with special skin conditions. Putting a spotlight on albinism and vitiligo through negative editing , the project aims to raise awareness of these skin conditions and the multiple and intersecting forms of discrimination those with albinis...
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MOMENTS IN PARADISE short film, 1min., Switzerland, Animation
Plants are growing in paradise; one of them nicer, more beautiful and taller than all the other and provoke a disciplinary action. Against all odds has consequences even in paradise.
Directed by bellopropello
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THE DRY SALVAGES short film, 5min., Dance/Experimental
An experimental dance film that blurs the grace of reality and explores the sense of connection and disconnection.
Directed by Agnes Maska
Cast: Madeleine Lee, Chase Yi, Daniel Dasent, Mark Chinnery
https://youtu.be/kFcqXP5nQcs
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VAINSANITY, 7min., USA, Drama/Experimental/Action
A man attempts to get the best out of himself for himself.
Writer/Director: Pierre Schlumberger
Produced by Danielle Afori
Cast: Josh Hardwick
Cinematographer: Christopher Pilarski
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HALLOWSTIDE short film, 4min., USA, Animation/Experimental
Dreamy, haunting forms transform, then ascend into a new spiritual world.
Writer/Director: Steve Socki
Music/Sound: Gary Chang
Director Statement
Steve Socki Aritst’s Statement Oct 2017"Hallowstide" is a non-narrative animated film; it is intended to be viewed as a visual poem. I was inspire...
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MEASURE, 2min., UK, Horror/Experimental
A woman contemplates how to end her relationship with her wayward partner.
Director Statement
I am interested in exploring the boundaries of fantastic genre and experimental film, both in form and content.Writer/Director: Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Cast: Victor Correia, Shelagh Rowan-Legg
Cinematogr...
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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