Movies: Experimental cinema

A 16mm experimental short film loosely following a cormorant as it attempts to dry its wings....

Life is what we don't want it to be....

This is a poetic short film I made with Chloe Hall for a 12 week final major project where we adapted the poem my Forough Farrokhzad. This short film is about the confinement of women in Iran and the yearning for liberation in a patriarchal society....

A painter struggles with an empty canvas as a void grows inside of her....

After the sudden break up of a relationship, a young man tries to make a film using the images of his ex-girlfriend that he had on his camera....

"Lysreisen" is an experimental art film, a visual ode to tunnel lights. Its ethereal beauty and abstract visuals create a poetic journey, exploring the transformative dance of light with a captivating and artistic touch....

A woman reflects under the parapet....

Heart Murmurs is a poetic dialogue between the filmmaker and Dean, a young man living in Hong Kong. In reflecting on his experience living with a congenital disability and HIV during the first years of the COVID pandemic, Dean expresses his sense of ...

An experimental four-part short film that shows the outcomes of life through a vacation trip....

A video consisting of 82 pieces of found footage, individually titled and accompanied by a set of notes played on piano. Together, these 82 segments, combining image, text and sound, make up a statement that is neither large nor small....

In the aftermath of his father's death, a young man navigates a developing relationship with a brain-eating parasite....

Filmed during summer 2019, Jesus Is King brings Kanye West’s famed Sunday Service to life in the Roden Crater, visionary artist James Turrell’s never-before-seen installation in Arizona’s Painted Desert. This one-of-a-kind experience features songs a...

Inspired by The Hedge Theater by Robert Beavers, I took a walk around central park before, during, and after sunrise. This is my attempt at catching the energy of the soundtrack via the images, the energy that inspired this walk, and portraying both ...

The horses in Denys Colomb Daunant’s dream poem are the white beasts of the marshlands of the Camargue in South West France. Daunant was haunted by these creatures. His obsession was first visualized when he wrote the autobiographical script for Albe...

An exploration of entering and leaving consciousness from the perspective of non-human bodies trapped in everlasting cycles of abuse....

A seagull, a dog, a child, a call to prayer; Looking through a window, the corridor of a train, the wall of a medina; Everyday life is momentarily paused through the eyes of a stranger in an unknown land....

When it comes to adulthood, some societal assembly is required....

An experimental re-edit of Jack Frost, starring Michael Keaton....

The Spanish experimental filmmaker José Val de Omar turns three of his short films into a unitary work, full of meaning: Acariño Galaico; Fuego en Castilla; and Aguaespejo Granadino; creating a total journey through the world of the senses....

An experience of a camera swinging in different gestures facing the optical distortion of the Sun. The last appearance of the smudge....