Documentary, Fantasy
'Afloat' is an experimental film that paints a portrait of Japanese performance artist: Ayumi Lanoire. The film opens as a telephone call between Ayumi and Person X, which meanders the audience through the various layers that make up her personas leading one to wonder whether she is in fact a myth or reality.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
It's Not Me
Prospero's Books
Interior Six
All We Sheep Have Gone Astray
FLES
Hummingbird
Beyond the Forest
Sublapse Video Mag 1
Begotten
i will grow old, and what will i remember?
The Flow of Resilience
Goodbye, Casanova
The Beaches of Agnès
At Land
Rampo Noir
Witch's Cradle
Belladonna of Sadness
Echoes Within
Grid
Fluid Fragments
SIMILAR MOVIES
It's Not Me
IMDB 7.1 | Jun , 2024
This free-form film is a self-portrait, which revisits more than 40 years of the author’s filmography and questions the major stations of his life, while capturing the political tremors of the time.Prospero's Books
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 1991
An exiled magician finds an opportunity for revenge against his enemies muted when his daughter and the son of his chief enemy fall in love in this uniquely structured retelling of the 'The Tempest'.Interior Six
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2022
In an evicted apartment, a ghost-like presence remembers its luminous past and its progression towards its current state of decay. It yearns to be what it once was.All We Sheep Have Gone Astray
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2012
All We Sheep Have Gone Astray is an experimental film that shows the internal struggles of a person who is frustrated with the function and structure of the world. The film sets a surreal portrayal of the person's mind as he talks to himself about his personal critique on humanity, individualism, and the idea of free will. The cinematic elements within the film guide the protagonist through his quest as he strives to retain his deepest thoughts from the outside world.FLES
IMDB 10 | May , 2023
A young man sits at a local restaurant with his friend: but he isn't paying attention to her as she speaks. This film visualizes his chaotic state of mind and how he uses mindfulness practice to tune back into the conversation. Mindfulness is being able to sit with and observe your thoughts. Being mindful improves focus and mental health. FLES is SELF spelt backwards.Hummingbird
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2024
Could film gelatin, a 16mm film camera, 3 lenses and film developing chemistry experimentation act as messengers between the spirit and the physical world? a one day trip to the remote town of Panguipulli (Chile) seeks to explore possibilities and to also expand on the power of audio frequencies as a healing instrument. A manifestation of the hummingbird movement? A connection between mind, landscape, sound, latent image? A replication of Rukapillan volcano’s intermittent flows of magma through fissures on the earth’s surface? -Colibri- erupts 16mm single frame experiments & bursts smoke and sonic healing vibrationsBeyond the Forest
IMDB 7 | Apr , 2006
A Romany woman travels from Praha to her home in TransylvaniaSublapse Video Mag 1
IMDB 8 | Jan , 1986
Video Fanzine featuring: Half Japanese, Redd Kross with Sky Saxon as Purple Electricity, R Kern, Sonic Youth, White Flag, Psycho Daisies, Charlie Pickett, Nick Zedd, Morbid Opera More R&R, Film, Prose. Pencil numbering indicates there was a run of 600 tapes.Begotten
IMDB 5.9 | Jun , 1991
Begotten is the creation myth brought to life, the story of no less than the violent death of God and the (re)birth of nature on a barren earth.i will grow old, and what will i remember?
IMDB 10 | Jun , 2024
A meditation on childhood, loss, and the desire to recreate one’s innocence; the recalling of memories.The Flow of Resilience
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2024
The film weaves together the filmmaker's introspections with survivor's collective memories. Amid deciphering a diary, the filmmaker reflects on personal encounters.Goodbye, Casanova
IMDB 0 | Jan , 2000
A aspiring novelist operates a tiny neighborhood bookstore. His wife is a talented painter. Their marriage is disintegrating, and they are about to sign their divorce papers. Meanwhile, the legendary Casanova and his lover Lavinia are characters trapped inside of a 17th-century children's book. The tragedy of the impending divorce triggers the release of Casanova and Lavinia from the confines of the children's pop-up book.The Beaches of Agnès
IMDB 7.7 | Dec , 2008
Filmmaking icon Agnès Varda, the award-winning director regarded by many as the grandmother of the French new wave, turns the camera on herself with this unique autobiographical documentary. Composed of film excerpts and elaborate dramatic re-creations, Varda's self-portrait recounts the highs and lows of her professional career, the many friendships that affected her life and her longtime marriage to cinematic giant Jacques Demy.At Land
IMDB 7.3 | Jan , 1944
A woman washes up on a beach and embarks on a surreal journey, encountering others and fragmented versions of herself in a quest for identity.Rampo Noir
IMDB 5.7 | May , 2005
An anthology film consisting of four segments based on literary works by Edogawa Ranpo.Witch's Cradle
IMDB 6.7 | Jan , 1944
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several individuals, most notably an unnamed young woman and an elderly gentleman. The film also shows a shadowy darkness and people filmed at odd angles, an exposed human heart, and other occult symbols and ritualistic imagery which evokes an unsettling and dream-like aura. Considered an unfinished film.Belladonna of Sadness
IMDB 7.4 | Jun , 1973
An evil feudal lord rapes a village girl on her wedding night and proceeds to ruin her and her husband's lives. After she's eventually banished from her village, the girl makes a pact with the devil to gain magical ability and take revenge.Echoes Within
IMDB 0 | Nov , 2024
“Can I be nostalgic about something I’ve never experienced?” asks debut filmmaker Pranami Koch. She has in mind her grandmother, a person she never knew who belonged to the Koches, a people in India with their own culture and traditions. In her search for connection and identity, Pranami travels to the countryside and immerses herself in the Koch community.Grid
IMDB 6 | Oct , 2021
A ritual of grids, reflections and chasms; a complete state of entropy; a space that devours itself; a vertigo that destroys the gravity of the Earth; a trap that captures us inside the voids of the screen of light: «That blank arena wherein converge at once the hundred spaces» (Hollis Frampton).Fluid Fragments
IMDB 3 | Nov , 2023
A roll and a half made to delight in color and the presence of friends. Steps toward learning to read in the dark.