Experimental Movies

A young artist's desire to reach new heights with his creations is pushed to the limit as he decides to take a different substance each day to see...

This expressive and experimental short film by Iain Delavan features two distinct emotionally significant videos, broken up by an ethereal synthetic...

Darkness and light, as seen by VIFF’s favourite Buddhist erotist. Part of the TOKYO LOOP animation anthology produced by ImageForum Japan.

A frenetic found-footage documentary made entirely from “lost” unlabeled media on YouTube - weaving together nearly a thousand raw...

This short film follows an intoxicated character's journey through the mystery, beauty and eeriness of his environment.

This film is about a conversation between a woman and an old house.

The life, death, and resurrection of Elvis Presley, as he is transformed from man into product. Composed primarily of an illustrated biography filmed...

In a world where everyone's faces are painted, hers gets complicated with an experience. This leads her to a long and heavy journey with those of the...

'star born brutal' is a diaristic exploration of liberation and trauma, in which recurrent memories oscillate between the Imaginary and the Real. The...

Contrast between purity and pollution represented by a flow of water that we follow.

An essay around the streets, as an homage to Fernando Pessoa

A young man becomes inundated by strange visions and a local homeless man while he and his acquaintances deal with the aftermath of a major...

Keratin is a collaboration with the London Sinfionetta, visually responding to Gavin Higgins' Seven Welsh Folk Songs: I. Dacw 'Nghariad i. The film...

Yukari Nishihara, 25, earns her living as an art model and aspires to become an actress. One day, while she was out, she saw “a man's face...

Super 8 black and white short film.

As he falls down the spiral of personal obsession; a delusional mycologist finds himself in the midst of seeking the unattainable. Morals won't play...

A collection of interwoven images are threaded together by a string of unspecified women who roam their dreamscape which they are unable to escape....

An homage to the influential practice and philosophy of artist Nasreen Mohamedi. The film incorporates Mohamedi’s personal notes and her unique...