List of avant-garde films before 1930

Avant-garde and experimental films shɛŋa din yaai pɔi ni yuuni 1930. Amaa di shɛŋ malila yili shɛŋ bɛ ni sabi ti li, bee ka bɛ zaŋ li n-niŋ taarihi ni, di shɛŋa daa kuli chɛ bela ni.

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 Title  Director  Cast  Country  Subgenre/Notes 1900A Nymph of the WavesFrederick S. ArmitageCathrina BartoUnited StatesEarly use of optical printing 1901The Ghost TrainFrederick S. Armitage United StatesUse of overprinting; section shown in negativeStar TheatreFrederick S. Armitage United Statesa.k.a. "Building Up and Demolishing the Star Theatre." Single-frame, time-lapse subjectBruce Posner, Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1893-1941, Black Thistle Press/Anthology Film Archives 2001 1903The Infernal Cake WalkGeorges Méliès FranceGhostly, in-camera superimpositionsDown the HudsonFrederick S. Armitage, A.E. Weed United StatesSingle-frame, time-lapse travel actually "up" the Hudson RiverUnseen Cinema DVD Notes http://unseen-cinema.com/  1905Interior NY Subway, 14th Street to 42nd StreetBilly Bitzer United StatesShot from front of subway car, largely abstractMoMA Collection entry  1906The '?' MotoristWalter R. BoothUnited KingdomExceptional trick film in the style of Georges Méliés. Produced by R. W. Paul.http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1018840/ BFI Screenonline entry 1907Les Kiriki - Acrobates JaponaisesSegundo de Chomón FranceExceptional trick film, shot from the ceiling facing downward 1908FantasmagorieÉmile Cohl FranceEarly animation, reflective of the pre-modernist movement of the Incoherents 1910The Hasher's DeleriumÉmile Cohl FranceEarly animation; representation of a hallucination 1911The Automatic Moving CompanyRomeo Bosetti and/or Émile Cohl FranceOften attributed to Émile Cohl; recent scholarship points toward Bosetti.A Chord of ColorBruno Corra, Arnaldo Ginna Italy Abstract animation, Lost filmGiannalberto Bendazzi, "The Italians Who Invented the Drawn-On Film Technique" Study on the Effects of Four ColorsBruno Corra, Arnaldo Ginna Italy Abstract animation, Lost filmTranslation of Mallarmé's poem "Flowers" into ColorsBruno Corra, Arnaldo Ginna Italy Abstract animation, Lost filmTranslation of Mendelssohn's Spring SongBruno Corra, Arnaldo Ginna  Italy Abstract animation, Lost film 1912The DanceBruno Corra, Arnaldo Ginna Italy Abstract animation, Lost filmRaphaël Bassan, "Cinema and Abstraction: From Bruno Corra to Hugo Verlinde" The RainbowBruno Corra, Arnaldo Ginna Italy Abstract animation, Lost filmRaphaël Bassan, "Cinema and Abstraction: From Bruno Corra to Hugo Verlinde"  1913Rythmes colorés (Coloured Rhythm)Léopold SurvageFranceAbstract animation; ca. 105 drawings made but not filmedStandish D. Lawder, "The Cubist Cinema." New York University Press Anthology Film Archives series, 1975,  SuspensePhillips Smalley, Lois WeberValentine Paul, Lois WeberUnited StatesContains early examples of split-screen and a car chase. 1914Drama in the Futurist's Cabinet No. 13Vladimir KasyanovMikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, David BurliukRussiaLost filmNitrateville Thread, "The Drama in the Futurists Cabinet No. 13 (1914)" Jay Leyda, "Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film," Allen and Unwin, NYC 1960  1915La Folie du Docteur TubeAbel GanceAlbert DieudonnéFranceArchaic trick film, shot through Anamorphic lensThe HypocritesLois WeberCourtenay Foote, Myrtle StedmanUnited StatesAllegorical and highly symbolic religious picture; nude principal characterThe Picture of Dorian GrayVsevolod Meyerhold, Mikhail DoroninVavara Yanova, Vsevolod MeyerholdRussiaAdaptation of Oscar Wilde story by symbolist theater director; Lost filmJay Leyda, "Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film," Allen and Unwin, NYC 1960  1916Diana the HuntressCharles W. Allen, Francis Trevelyan MillerLionel Braham, Percy RichardsUnited StatesHighly stylized mythic film; fragment onlyIntoleranceD.W. GriffithLillian Gish, Robert HarronUnited StatesInfluential film which attempts to tell four stories at once; extensive use of montageThe Strong ManVsevolod MeyerholdMikhail Doronin, Vsevolod MeyerholdRussiaAdaptation of Stanisław Przybyszewski play by symbolist theater director; Lost film 1917ThaïsAnton Giulio BragagliaThaïs GalizskyItalyItalian Futurist film; incomplete print extant.Vita futuristaArnaldo GinnaFilippo Marinetti, Giacomo BallaItaly Italian futurist film; Lost film 1918Âmes des fousGermaine DulacSylvio de Pedrelli, Ève FrancisFranceSerial which incorporated avant-garde techniques; lost film.Gwendolyn Audrey Foster, "Wome Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary. Greenwood Press, Westport CT 1995, pg. 116Sandy Flitterman-Lewis, "To Desire Differently: Feminism and the French Cinema. University of Illinois Press, Chicago, 1990The Blue BirdMaurice TourneurTula Belle, Robin MacdougallUnited StatesStylized, almost surrealistic, fantasy filmNye dlya deneg radivshisya (Born Not for the Money)Nikandr TurkinVladimir Mayakovsky, David BurliukSoviet UnionRussian futurist adaptation of Jack London story Lost filmPetrić, Vlada. Constructivism in Film: The Man With the Movie Camera:A Cinematic Analysis. Cambridge University Press. 1987. Page 32. Il Perfido IncantoAnton Giulio BragagliaRenée Avril, Thaïs GalizskyItaly Lost Italian Futurist film.PrunellaMaurice TourneurIsabel Berwin, Jules RaucourtUnited StatesStylized, almost surrealistic, fantasy film; only a 30-minute fragment extantThe Young Lady and the HooliganVladimir Mayakovsky, Yevgeni SlavinskyFyodor Dunayev, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksandra RebikovaSoviet UnionThe only surviving film appearance by arch-Russian futurist Vladimir Mayakovsky 1919The Fall of BabylonD.W. GriffithConstance Talmadge, Alfred PagetUnited States Edited from Intolerance, widely influential in Europe; introduced 'Russian montage' to RussiaRose-FranceMarcel L'HerbierClaude-France Aïssé, Jacque CatelainFranceSymbolic romance 1920Anywhere Out of the WorldDudley MurphyChase HarringdineUnited States Dance film, Lost filmSusan Delson, "Dudley Murphy: Hollywood Wild Card" University of Minnesota Press, 2006AphroditeDudley MurphyKatharine HawleyUnited StatesDance film, Lost filmWilliam Moritz, "Visual Music and Film-As-An-Art Before 1950" in Karlstrom, ed. "On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art 1900-1950" University of California Press, 2005The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariRobert WieneConrad Veidt, Lil DagoverExpressionist horror film, greatly influential on avant-garde filmmakers, particularly in the United StatesLa Fête espagnoleGermaine DulacÈve Francis, Gaston ModotFrance First film written by Louis Delluc[imdb entry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0232643/combined]From Morn to MidnightKarlheinz MartinErnst DeutschWeimar RepublicAdaptation of Expressionist play, only film made by theatre director Martin; barred from German cinemas at the timeGenuineRobert WieneFern Andra, Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiWeimar RepublicParticularly extreme example of ExpressionismNude Woman by WaterfallClaude Friese-Greene United Kingdom Dance film.Le silenceLouis DellucÈve Francis, Gabriel SignoretFranceNaturalist, experimental short
Richard Abel, "French Cinema: The First Wave 1915-1929," Princeton University Press, 1984 The Soul of the CypressDudley MurphyChase HarringdineUnited StatesDance film 1921El DoradoMarcel L'HerbierÈve Francis, Jacque CatelainFranceMelodrama, highly stylized sets and use of montageFièvreLouis DellucÈve Francis, Gaston ModotFrance Naturalist melodramaManhattaPaul Strand, Charles Sheeler United StatesFirst City filmOpus 1Walter Ruttmann Weimar Republic Abstract AnimationOpus 2Walter Ruttmann Weimar Republic Abstract AnimationRhythmus 21Hans Richter Weimar RepublicAbstract animation. Backdated by Richter, not actually completed or screened in 1921. 1922Danse macabreDudley MurphyAdolph Bolm, Ruth PageUnited StatesDance filmThe Enchanted CityWarren Newcombe United StatesArt heavy futurist shortWilliam Moritz, "Visual Music and Film-As-An-Art Before 1950" in Karlstrom, ed. On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art 1900-1950 University of California Press, 2005La femme de nulle partLouis DellucÈve Francis, Gine AvrilFranceNaturalist melodramaDer SiegerWalter Ruttmann Weimar RepublicSemi-abstract advertising film 1923Cœur fidèleJean EpsteinLéon Mathot, Gina ManèsFranceNaturalist melodrama, experimental sequence; cited in CurtisDnevnik Glumova (Glumov's Diary)Sergei EisensteinGrigori Alexandrov, Sergei EisensteinSoviet UnionFilmed inserts for The Wise Man, a production of the Moscow Proletkult Central Theater; issued as part of Kino Pravda No. 16Phil Cavendish, "From 'Lost' to 'Found': The 'Rediscovery' of Sergei Eisenstein's Glumov's Diary and its avant-garde context." KinoKultura Issue 41, 2013 James Goodwin, Eisenstein, Cinema and History. University of Illinois Press, 1993L'ironie du DestinDimitri KirsanoffDimitri Kirsanoff, Nadia SibirskaïaFrance Naturalist melodrama; Lost filmThe Man Without DesireAdrian BrunelIvor NovelloUnited KingdomFantasy, cited by RothaLa mort du soleilGermaine DulacAndré Nox, Denis LorysFranceSocial drama, experimental techniquesLe Retour à la RaisonMan RayAlice Prin (Kiki de Montparnasse)FranceInsert film for a Dadist soiréeLa RoueAbel GanceSéverin-Mars, Ivy CloseFranceLengthy melodrama utilizing extensive segments of "Russian montage"La Souriante Madame BeudetGermaine DulacGermaine Dermoz, Alexandre ArquillièreFranceSocial drama, experimental techniques. Considered one of the first feminist films. Premiered 9 November 1923. The Crazy RayRené ClairHenri Rollan, Charles MartinelliFranceSurrealist comedy with science-fiction angleRhythmus 23Hans Richter Weimar RepublicAbstract animation. Several scholars have shown that Richter likely backdated his film; this was probably made at least several years later.SaloméCharles R. BryantAlla Nazimova, Mitchell LewisUnited StatesArt Nouveau rendering of biblical story based on Aubrey BeardsleySea of DreamsWarren NewcombeHazel LindsleyUnited StatesFuturistic fantasy; Lost filmWilliam Moritz, "Visual Music and Film-As-An-Art Before 1950" in Karlstrom, ed. "On the Edge of America: California Modernist Art 1900-1950" University of California Press, 2005 1924The Adventures of OktyabrinaGrigori Kozintsev, Leonid TraubergZinaida Torkhovskaya, Yevgeni KumeikoSoviet UnionFirst production of FEKS; lost filmVselovod Pudovkin -- "The Youth of Maxim," Izvestiya, 17 December 1934; reprinted in Ian Christie, Richard Taylor -- "The Film Factory: Russian and Soviet Cinema in Documents 1896-1939," Routledge, Abingdon, Oxon 2002, ppg. 339Aelita: Queen of MarsIakov ProtazanovIgor Ilyinsky, Mikhail ZharovSoviet UnionScience-fiction film with Constructivist and Futurist sets.Ballet MécaniqueFernand Léger, Dudley MurphyAlice PrinFranceCubist film, with music score by George AntheilEntr'acteRené ClairAlice Prin, Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp FranceDadaist insert film for Erik Satie's ballet RelâcheThe Fugitive FuturistGaston QuiribetUnited KingdomComedy featuring "melting" wipe effect; futuristic projections on travelL'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierGeorgette Leblanc, Jacque CatelainFranceHighly stylized science fiction featureInterplanetary RevolutionNikolai Khodotaev, Zenon Komisarenko, Yuri MerkolovSoviet UnionSatire of Protazanov's Aelita: Queen of MarsKino-EyeDziga VertovSoviet UnionOpus IIIWalter Ruttmann Weimar RepublicAbstract animationAu secours!Abel GanceMax Linder, Jean TouloutFranceHorror-comedy, highly experimental in styleSymphonie DiagonaleViking Eggeling SwedenAbstract animation; in production from 1921.Soviet ToysDziga Vertov Soviet UnionSatirical animation and advertising 1925Les aventures de Robert MacaireJean EpsteinJean Angelo, Alex AllinFranceFantasy serial, cited in RothaBattleship PotemkinSergei EisensteinAleksandr Antonov, Grigori AlexandrovSoviet Union"Odessa Steps" sequence is a textbook example of Russian montageLa fille de l'eauJean RenoirCatherine Hessling, Pierre ChampagneFranceNaturalist drama, surrealist influencedJean Cocteau fait du cinémaJean CocteauJean CocteauFrance16mm short, Lost filmKIPHOJulius Pinschewer, Guido Seeber Weimar RepublicTrailer for International Film Congress of Berlin, 1925Malte Hagener, "Moving Forward, Looking Back: The European Avant-Garde and the Invention of Film Culture, 1919-1999" Amsterdam University Press, 2007Lebende BuddhasPaul WegenerPaul Wegener, Asta NielsenWeimar RepublicFragment only; fragment is more experimental than ExpressionistOpus IVWalter Ruttmann Weimar RepublicAbstract animationThe Pottery MakerRobert J. Flaherty United StatesSemi-documentary, experimental in styleA Quoi revent les jeunes films?Henri Chomette, Man Ray FranceLost film. Made as a collaboration between Chomette and Ray; later sub-divided into three different films.Rebus Film Nr. 1Paul Leni Weimar RepublicSemi-abstract filmed puzzle, part of a series of eight films 
Rhythmus 25Hans Richter Weimar RepublicAbstract animation; Lost filmStrikeSergei EisensteinSoviet UnionStromlinienOskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation[Moritz, William. Optical Poetry. Fischinger filmography]The WayFrancis BrugièreSebastian Droste, Rosalinde FullerUnited StatesUnrealized project, dated by Rotha to 1923 and often dated to 1929; 1925 is correct 1926Anémic cinémaMarcel Duchamp FranceDadaist semi-animated filmCinq minutes de cinéma purHenri Chomette FranceExtract from A Quoi revent les jeunes films?Jeux des reflets et de la vitesseHenri Chomette FranceExtract from A Quoi revent les jeunes films?MénilmontantDimitri Kirsanoff FranceUrban realist melodramaFilmstudieHans Richter Weimar RepublicMerger between abstract animation and photographic abstractionMoonlandNeil McGuire, William A. O'ConnorMickey McBanUnited StatesFantasy short, surrealist sets & situationsMotherVsevolod PudovkinVera Baranovskaya, Nikolai BatalovSoviet UnionGripping social realist drama, heavy use of montageA Page of MadnessTeinosuke KinugasaMasuo Inoue, Yoshie Nakagawa JapanSurreal, intense representation of insanity using highly advanced film techniques.Open Culture: A Page of Madness: The Lost, Avant Garde Masterpiece from the Early Days of Japanese Cinema (1926)Raumlichtkunst seriesOskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation; multiple projector performances. Reconstructed 2012 by CVM in HD as a three projector installation. Rien que les heuresAlberto CavalcantiBlanche Bernis, Nina ChousvalowaFrance City filmSecrets of a SoulG. W. PabstWerner Krauss, Ruth WeyherWeimar RepublicCo-written with psychoanalysts Karl Abraham and Hanns Sachs, with dream sequence and sets by Ernő Metzner.A Sixth Part of the WorldDziga VertovSoviet UnionSpiralsOskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract Animation; incorporates footage made several years earlier[Moritz, William. Optical Poetry. Fischinger Filmography]Le voyage imaginaireRené ClairDolly Davis, Jean BõrlinFranceFantasy film with surrealist elementsThe Film Till Now: A Survey of World Cinema, with an additional section by Richard Griffith, revised and enlarged edition, (London: Vision, 1949)Wax ExperimentsOskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract Animation; incorporates footage going back to c. 1921 1927Bed and SofaAbram RoomNikolai Batalov, Vladimir Fogel, Lyudmila SemyonovaSoviet UnionWritten by Viktor ShklovskyBerlin: Symphony of a Great CityWalter Ruttmann  Weimar RepublicCity filmCity FilmRalph Steiner United StatesAmateur City filmJan-Christoper Horak, ed., Lovers of Cinema: the first American film avant-garde, 1919-1945. University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. Combat de BoxeCharles DekeukeleireBelgiumStaging of boxing match, based on poem by Paul WerrieEmak-BakiaMan RayAlice PrinFranceExtract from A Quoi revent les jeunes films?The End of St. PetersburgVsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail DollerAleksandr Chistyakov, Vera BaranovskayaSoviet UnionHistoric epicLa Glace à trois faces (The Three-Sided Mirror)Jean EpsteinRaymond Guérin-Catelain, Jeanne HelblingFranceAvant-garde projection of a narrative romance.Senses of Cinema, "La Glace à trois faces," http://sensesofcinema.com/2006/cteq/glace-a-trois-faces/Les Halles centralesBoris Kaufman FranceCity filmL'invitation au voyageGermaine DulacEmma Gynt, Raymond DubreuilFranceImpressionistic "Cinéma pur"Sabzian, "Double Bill: L'invitation au voyage (Germaine Dulac, 1927) & Paris qui dort (René Clair, 1924)"  Die LandpartieAlex Strasser Weimar RepublicAnimated "grotesque"Loony LensAl Brick United StatesAnamorphic views; insert series to Fox Movietone newsreels, begun 1924, only 4 known,La marche des machinesEugène Deslaw FranceSemi-abstract art film of machinery; filmed by Boris KaufmanMünchen-Berlin WanderungOskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicPhotographic single-frame film. Not released until decades later.[Moritz, William. Optical Poetry, Fischinger Filmography] NapoléonAbel GanceAlbert Dieudonné, Antonin ArtaudFranceEnormous historic epic, experimental techniques and multi-screenMagic UmbrellaJerome Hill United StatesGenre parody, filmed in Rome; color and sound added in 1965OrgelstabeOskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation; series of experiments made over several years.La p'tite LiliAlberto CavalcantiCatherine Hessling, Jean RenoirFranceNaturalist short, street filmPreludeCastleton KnightUnited KingdomExperimental projection of Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial, conventionally framed.En radeAlberto CavalcantiPierre Batcheff, Blanche BernisFranceUrban realist melodramaSeelische KonstruktionenOskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation.Sur un air de CharlestonJean RenoirCatherine Hessling, Johnny HudginsFranceSilly, surrealist dance short with sci-fi elementsLe train sans yeuxAlberto CavalcantiHans Mierendorff, Gina ManèsFranceWritten by Louis DellucVieux châteauxEugène DeslawZet MolanFranceArtful semi-documentaryWing BeatKenneth MacPhersonUnited KingdomYour AcquaintanceLev KuleshovPyotr Galadzhev, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Yuri VasilchikovSoviet UnionArt direction by Aleksandr Rodchenko. Only a fragment survives. 1928L'ArgentMarcel L'HerbierBrigitte Helm, Alfred AbelFranceExperimental, modernized treatment of Zola novelBlue BottlesIvor MontaguElsa Lanchester, Joe BeckettUnited KingdomHybrid of experimental style and slapstick comedyDe Brug (The Bridge)Joris Ivens NetherlandsCelles qui s'en fontGermaine Dulac FranceVisualization of musicThe Fall of the House of UsherJean EpsteinJean Debucourt, Marguerite GanceFranceHorror, highly stylizedDisque 957Germaine Dulac FranceVisualization of musicThe Eleventh YearDziga VertovSoviet UnionL'Étoile de merMan RayAlice PrinFranceSurrealist film financed by Charles De Noailles; written by Robert Desnos Ghosts Before BreakfastHans Richter Weimar RepublicDadaist fantasyGrotesken im SchneeAlex Strasser, Lotte Reiniger Weimar RepublicAnimated "grotesque" with sillouhettesHändeStella Simon, Miklós Bandy Weimar RepublicStylized love story utilizing only hands; made in silent and sound versionsInflationHans Richter Weimar RepublicMontage made for the feature Der Dame mit der Maske (1928). Visual abstraction on the subject of runaway inflation in Weimar-era Germany.ImpatienceCharles DekeukeleireYvonne SelmaBelgiumPhotographic abstract filmIn the Shadow of the MachineAlbrecht Viktor Blum, Leo LaniaWeimar RepublicMontage made of footage shot by Dziga Vertov for A Sixth Part of the WorldJohann the Coffin MakerRobert Florey United StatesHorror short, Lost filmJûjiroTeinosuke KinugasaAkiko Chihaya, Junosuke BandoJapanExpressionistic treatment of Samurai story[imdb entry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019043/combined]The Last MomentPaul FejosOtto Matieson, Lucille La VerneUnited StatesIndependently-made, experimental feature; Lost filmThe Life and Death of 9413 - A Hollywood ExtraRobert Florey, Slavko VorkapichJules Raucourt, George VoyaUnited States Ultra low budget anti-Hollywood filmJan Christopher Horak, ed. Lovers of Cinema: The First American Avant-Garde, University of Wisconsin Press, Madison WI 1995The Love of ZeroRobert FloreyAnielka Elter, Captain Marco ElterUnited StatesLes nuits électriquesEugène Deslaw FranceSemi-abstract art film of neon signsOctober, a.k.a. Ten Days That Shook the WorldSergei EisensteinNikolay Popov, Vasily NikandrovSoviet UnionContains Eisenstein's most radical uses of montageLe petite marchande d'alumettesJean Renoir, Jean TedescoCatherine Hessling, Eric BarclayFrance Fantasy short with surrealist elementsPraha v záři světel (Prague Shining in Lights)Svatopluk Innemann CzechoslovakiaCity filmRennsymphonieHans Richter Weimar RepublicThe Seashell and the ClergymanGermaine DulacAlex Allin, Genica AthanasiouFranceSurrealist dream film written by Antonin Artaud. Often dated to 1927, but premiered in Paris, 9 February 1928.Maryann de Julio, "Another Look at Germaine Dulac’s The Seashell and the Clergyman." Senses of Cinema, December 2013 The Tell-Tale HeartCharles KleinCharles Darvas, Hans FuerbergUnited StatesHorror shortThèmes et VariationsGermaine Dulac FranceVisualization of musicThere It IsCharles BowersCharles Bowers, Kathryn McGuireUnited StatesTwo reel comedy, absurd in the extremeTwenty-Four Dollar IslandRobert J. Flaherty United StatesCity film, variously dated to 1926, 1927. Premiered in NYC, 1 January 1928ÜberfallErnő Metzner Weimar RepublicThe Fall of the House of UsherJames Sibley Watson, Melville Webber United StatesShort filmKoko's Earth ControlDave Fleischer, Max FleischerKoko the Clown United StatesAnimated cartoon with exceptional visual dynamism; flash framesZvenigoraOleksandr DovzhenkoMikola Nademsky, Semen Svashenko, Alexander PodorozhnySoviet UnionFilm poem with fantasy elements 1929Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich (Everything Turns, Everything Revolves)Hans Richter Weimar RepublicSound; music by Walter Gronostay. Only roughly half of this 15-minute experimental short still survives. Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich excerpt at Experimental Cinema ArsenalOleksandr DovzhenkoAmvrosy Buchma, Georgiy Kharkiv, Semyon SvashenkoSoviet UnionThe BridgeCharles VidorNicholas Bela, Charles DarvasUnited StatesExperimental narrative film based on Ambrose Bierce story, also known as The Spy; sometimes dated 1930-31Brumes d'automneDimitri KirsanoffNadia SibirskaïaFrance Film poem, with synchronized music trackimdb entry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233385/combinedDr Turner's Mental HomeDora Carrington, Beakus PenroseUnited KingdomShort, experimental melodrama. Not publicly screened.DriftersJohn Grierson United KingdomDocumentary with a distinctly modernist orientationÉtude cinégraphique sur une arabesqueGermaine Dulac FranceVisualization of musicEvery DayHans RichterSergei Eisenstein, Basil WrightUnited KingdomArtful semi-documentary about everyday lifeH2ORalph Steiner United StatesHistoire de détectiveCharles DekeukeleirePierre BourgeoisBelgiumSemi-abstract film; despite the title, not a detective storyImages d'OstendeHenri StorckBelgiumImpressionen vom alten Marseiller Hafen (Vieux Port)László Moholy-Nagy Weimar RepublicCity filmLullabyBoris DeutschRiva Deutsch, Michael VisaroffUnited States Expressionist drama, likely incomplete; Horak dates it to 1925Man with a Movie CameraDziga Vertov Soviet UnionMonkey's MoonKenneth MacPhersonMontparnasseEugène DeslawLuis Buñuel, Filippo MarinettiFrance City film, with synchronized soundMy GrandmotherKote MikaberidzeAleksandr Takaishvili, Bella ChernovaGeorgiaEccentric combination of avant-garde and social comedyLes Mystères du Château de DéMan Ray Man Ray, Georges AuricFranceSurrealist short funded by Charles De NoaillesThe New BabylonGrigori Kozintsev, Leonid TraubergDavid Gutman, Yelena KuzminaSoviet UnionProduction of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor*La PerleHenri D'UrselGeorges Hugnet, Kissa Kouprine, Renee Savoye, Mary StutzBelgiumExperimental narrative film.Pour vos beaux yeuxHenri StorckBelgiumRainJoris Ivens, Mannus Franken NetherlandsSkyscraper SymphonyRobert Florey United StatesCity filmThe Storming of La SarrazHans Richter, Sergei Eisenstein, Ivor MontaguBéla Balász, Léon MoussinacWeimar RepublicMade during a film conference; Lost filmStudie Nr. 1Oskar Fischinger Weimar RepublicAbstract animation. TusalavaLen Lye New ZealandAbstract animationUn Chien AndalouLuis BuñuelPierre Batcheff, Simone MareuilFranceShort surrealist film written by Buñuel and Salvador DalíWar Under the SeaM.G. MacPherson, Jean Michelson United StatesArtkino production; Lost film

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Kundivihira
 Paul Rotha and Roger Manvell, "Movie Parade: A Pictorial Survey of the Cinema" London: The Studio, 1936
 Jay Leyda, "Kino: A History of the Russian and Soviet Film" Princeton University Press, 1983 (originally published in 1960)
 Parker Tyler, "Underground Film: A Critical History" New York: Da Capo Press, 1995 (originally published in 1969)
 David Curtis, "Experimental Cinema" New York: Universe Books, 1970
 P. Adams Sitney, "Visionary Film" New York: Oxford University Press, 1979
 Jan-Christoper Horak, ed., Lovers of Cinema: the first American film avant-garde, 1919–1945. University of Wisconsin Press, 1998. 

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