I AM

I AM 2024

1

A short film about life.

2024

Two Pence Magic

Two Pence Magic 1929

5.60

Two Penny Magic (Zweigroschenzauber) starting off with a little magic trick. It then presents an array of images from swimmers, bicyclers, murderers, airplanes in flight, boxers, lovers, runners, becoming in the end a collection of images in a magazine.

1929

Entr'acte

Entr'acte 1924

6.90

Stop-motion photography blends with extreme slow-motion in Clair's first and most 'dada' film, composed of a series of zany, interconnected scenes. We witness a rooftop chess match between Marcel Duchamp and Man Ray, a hearse pulled by a camel (and chased by its pallbearers) and a dizzying roller coaster finale. A film of contradictions and agreements.

1924

The Medusa Raft

The Medusa Raft 1980

5.80

Story about a group of eccentric Dadaist artists in a small Serbian town in the 1920s.

1980

Ghosts Before Breakfast

Ghosts Before Breakfast 1928

6.80

Hans Richter, noted for his abstract shorts, has everyday objects rebelling against their daily routine.

1928

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde 1997

1

Man Ray, the master of experimental and fashion photography was also a painter, a filmmaker, a poet, an essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of American modernism. Known for documenting the cultural elite living in France, Man Ray spent much of his time fighting the formal constraints of the visual arts. Ray’s life and art were always provocative, engaging, and challenging.

1997

Re/cycle

Re/cycle 2019

7.70

With input from actor and writer Jan Hlobil, director and cinematographer Rene Smaal presents a film in the true surrealist tradition, in the sense that only 'found' elements were used, and that it defies interpretation based on ordinary cause-and-effect time sequence.

2019

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray

Return to Reason: Four Films by Man Ray 2024

9.00

An immersion into the surreal and dreamlike world of painter, photographer and filmmaker Man Ray (1890-1976), one of the most prolific American visual artists, through four of his short films, brought to life by the atmospheric music of SQÜRL.

2024

HOLGER

HOLGER 2024

1

Described as 'a fairytale with its roots in the worlds of dadaism and surrealism'.

2024

Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels

Gaga for Dada: The Original Art Rebels 2016

5.00

To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the surreal art movement, comedian Jim Moir (a.k.a. Vic Reeves) presents this documentary exploring the history of Dadism and the lasting influence it has had on himself and others.

2016

Mann kann ja nie wissen

Mann kann ja nie wissen 1987

1

A documentary-feature film mix detailing the life of famous German dadaist Kurt Schwitters.

1987

Eedam

Eedam 2019

1

Absolute blackness... the color that artists will see sooner than all the people on earth, because the artist is the color of his world, his writings and creations, is an expression of hanging the artist by censoring his art by the unworthy.

2019

Time for Sushi

Time for Sushi 2017

1

A sequel to the 2011 "Going to the Store" and 2013 "Late for Meeting" animated short films, which feature a silly, disjointed journey in the traditions of dadaism and surreal humor in film.

2017

Somnio Ergo Sum

Somnio Ergo Sum 2023

6.00

An AI takes millions of inputs and rehashes them into something semi-new. The same thing human brain does when sleeping. Humans call it "dreams".

2023

Dada

Dada 2019

1

The Dadaist, an eccentric creature who embodies the concept of the 20th century European avant-garde art movement Dadaism, destroys and mocks art pieces such as Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, whilst expressing his impulsive fury at logic and reason.

2019

Jim Dine

Jim Dine 1966

1

Jim Dine at work and at home. Includes footage of Dine discussing his life, his artistic development, and what is called "ugly" in his work. Examines a number of Dine's works from different periods, including his tie paintings, tool paintings, palettes, collages, and "happenings," and considers Dine's concern with objects in his work.

1966