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1. Dissent (2011)
34 min | Short, Drama
An old father, still a tyrant despite his age. Edward, the son, devoured by his Oedipus complex. And Karla, the young woman betrothed to Edward, who dreams about her future husband's ... See full summary »
Director: Helmut Dosantos | Stars: Guy Balotine, Jessica Park, Jim Maloy, Norman Sham
Votes: 5
2. Meshes of the Afternoon (1943)
Not Rated | 14 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Directors: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid | Stars: Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid
Votes: 15,193
3. At Land (1944)
15 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy
Silently, a woman wakes on a beach as the tides go in reverse. Her dreamscape unfolds as she tries to locate a chess piece traveling from the beach to a party to a country road and then back.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: John Cage, Maya Deren, Alexander Hammid, Hella Heyman
Votes: 3,340
4. Cinema16: American Short Films (2006 Video)
209 min | Drama
16 short and student films by an assortment of American film directors.
Directors: Tim Burton, Adam Davidson, Maya Deren, Adam Parrish King, Standish Lawder, George Lucas, Mike Mills, Stefan Nadelman, Joe Nussbaum, Alexander Payne, D.A. Pennebaker, Peter Sollett, Todd Solondz, Rawson Marshall Thurber, Gus Van Sant, Andy Warhol | Stars: George Lucas, Alexander Payne
Votes: 171
5. The Private Life of a Cat (1946)
22 min | Documentary, Short
Two cats have a litter of 5 kittens and then nurse, teach and play with them.
Directors: Alexander Hammid, Maya Deren
Votes: 1,109
6. Maya Deren, Take 0 (2012)
Documentary, Short
Directors: Jaime Ballada, Gerard Gil | Stars: Maya Deren, Graeme Ferguson, Robert Gardner, Alexander Hammid
Votes: 9
7. Ritual in Transfigured Time (1946)
Not Rated | 15 min | Short, Fantasy
An experiment with editing techniques that distort space and time in order to further contextualize an image.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Rita Christiani, Maya Deren, Anaïs Nin, Frank Westbrook
Votes: 1,829
8. Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1993)
Not Rated | 52 min | Documentary
A documentary film about Haitian vodou.
Directors: Maya Deren, Cherel Ito, Teiji Ito | Stars: John Genke, Joan Pape
Votes: 514
9. A Study in Choreography for Camera (1945)
4 min | Short, Fantasy, Music
A man dances in several locations, edited to have a fluent effect.
Director: Maya Deren | Star: Talley Beatty
Votes: 1,723
10. Witch's Cradle (1944)
12 min | Short, Fantasy, Mystery
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.
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Marcel Duchamp, Pajorita Matta
Votes: 878
11. Reminiscences of Yearning (2011)
90 min | Fantasy, Mystery
REMINISCENCES OF YEARNING is so many ghosts, searching the landscape for traces. there's no sense of the past- it's in the present, searching the footage for what remains, a summoning of ... See full summary »
Director: Rouzbeh Rashidi | Stars: Toofan Nasehi, Pooria Nick Dell, Rouzbeh Rashidi
Votes: 11
12. The Very Eye of Night (1955)
15 min | Short, Drama
Dancers, shown in photographic negative, perform a series of ballet moves, solos, pas de deux, larger groupings. The dancers glide and rotate untroubled by gravity against a slowly changing... See full summary »
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Don Freisinger, Richard Sandifer, Patricia Ferrier, Bud Bready
Votes: 1,112
13. Ensemble for Somnambulists (1951)
6 min | Short
Maya Deren's unfinished short film from 1951, "Ensemble for Somnambulists", set to DeVotchKa's "How It Ends".
Director: Maya Deren | Stars: Cynthia Barret, Terry Chapman, Frank Ionson, Brian MacDonald
Votes: 245
14. Vever (2018)
Not Rated | 12 min | Documentary, Short
An inter-generational tribute to feminist icons of experimental film, and to the complexities, quandaries, and doubt involved in art-making.
Director: Deborah Stratman
Votes: 108
15. Meditation on Violence (1949)
Not Rated | 12 min | Documentary, Short
The setting with the low walls and river views is located in a private area of The Cloisters museum.
Director: Maya Deren | Star: Chao Li Chi
Votes: 1,083
16. Vever (for Barbara) (2019)
12 min | Short
A cross-generational binding of three filmmakers seeking alternative possibilities to the power structures they are inherently part of. Each woman extends her reach to a subject she is ... See full summary »
Director: Deborah Stratman
Votes: 87
18. Julie's Smile (2013)
80 min | Drama
A gentle, peaceful woman endures a harrowing journey into madness as she struggles for love and peace in this complex, psychological drama.
Director: Eric Mattson | Stars: Stacie Barra, Becky Crawford, Jimmy Shay, Derek Braasch
Votes: 19
19. Roja Oscuridad (2018)
95 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery
A man stares a dead girl. He doesn't know what happen. Patricia has a visit: a woman warns her about a girl who's in danger. With the help of an old man, the killer recalls the events of the murder while Patricia begins to dream nightmares.
Director: Chris Jiménez | Stars: Eugenio Martínez, Lorena García, Elena García, Fátima Martín Acosta
Votes: 13
20. Black Lake (2020)
94 min | Horror
Aarya leaves her family in the city to pursue her passion for the arts. She is gifted a red scarf, and is haunted by a Churail; a demonic and malevolent South Asian Witch.
Director: K. Pervaiz | Stars: Ayvianna Snow, K. Pervaiz, Aditi Bajpai, Naseema
Votes: 116
21. Satan's Playground (2006)
Not Rated | 81 min | Horror
Satan's Playground is a chiller with a vacationing family lost in the woods and the Jersey Devil lurking in the Pine Barrens.
Director: Dante Tomaselli | Stars: Felissa Rose, Salvatore Paul Piro, Danny Lopes, Ellen Sandweiss
Votes: 1,007
22. Mother (II) (2019)
Short, Drama, Fantasy
An experimental short film in homage to one of the most influential female avant-garde filmmakers, Maya Deren. Featuring a dream-like narrative of a woman trapped within a fantasy and confronted by various versions of herself.
Director: Ewan Gotfryd | Stars: Alexandra Margot, Eve Mauro, James Duval, Emie Clarke
23. Probe and Night Beat (1956– )
60 min | Documentary, Talk-Show
Late night live show based in New York, the host interviewing politicians, social activists, writers, artists and scientists. The show changed its format from interviews to a panel of guests with the host as moderator.
Stars: Mike Wallace, John Wingate, Adam Clayton Powell Jr., Jacob Javits
26. Maeva (1961)
90 min | Drama
Director: Umberto Bonsignori | Stars: Tumata Teuiau, Jean Kave, Oscar Spitz, Poia
28. Eschew (2017)
Short, Drama, Fantasy
An experimental film done in black and white with tilted angles and peculiar framing. A story revolving around the creation of the universe.
Director: Ewan Gotfryd | Stars: Alexandra Margot, James Duval, Emie Clarke
30.
Probe and Night Beat (1956– )
Episode:
Charles Recht, Maya Deren
(1957)
Documentary, Talk-Show
Stars: Mike Wallace, Maya Deren, Charles Recht