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List of avant-garde films before 1930

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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.

TitleDirectorCastCountrySubgenre/Notes
1900
A Nymph of the WavesFrederick S. ArmitageCathrina BartoUnited StatesEarly use of optical printing[1]
1901
The Ghost TrainFrederick S. ArmitageUnited StatesUse of overprinting; section shown in negative[2][3]
Star TheatreFrederick S. ArmitageUnited Statesa.k.a. "Building Up and Demolishing the Star Theatre." Single-frame, time-lapse subject[4][5]
1903
The Infernal Cake WalkGeorges MélièsFranceGhostly, in-camera superimpositions[6][7]
Down the HudsonFrederick S. Armitage, A.E. WeedUnited StatesSingle-frame, time-lapse travel actually "up" the Hudson River[8][9]
1905
Interior NY Subway, 14th Street to 42nd StreetBilly BitzerUnited StatesShot from front of subway car, largely abstract[10]
1906
The '?' Motorist Walter R. Booth United Kingdom Exceptional trick film in the style of Georges Méliés. Produced by R. W. Paul.[11]
1907
Les Kiriki - Acrobates JaponaisesSegundo de ChomónFranceExceptional trick film, shot from the ceiling facing downward[12]
1908
FantasmagorieÉmile CohlFranceEarly animation, reflective of the pre-modernist movement of the Incoherents[citation needed]
1910
The Hasher's DeleriumÉmile CohlFranceEarly animation; representation of a hallucination[13]
1911
The Automatic Moving CompanyRomeo Bosetti and/or Émile CohlFranceOften attributed to Émile Cohl; recent scholarship points toward Bosetti.[14]
A Chord of ColorBruno Corra, Arnaldo Ginna ItalyAbstract animation, Lost film[15]
Study on the Effects of Four ColorsBruno Corra, Arnaldo GinnaItalyAbstract animation, Lost film[15]
Translation of Mallarmé's poem "Flowers" into ColorsBruno Corra, Arnaldo GinnaItalyAbstract animation, Lost film[15]
Translation of Mendelssohn's Spring SongBruno Corra, Arnaldo GinnaItalyAbstract animation, Lost film[15]
1912
The DanceBruno Corra, Arnaldo GinnaItalyAbstract animation, Lost film[15][16]
The RainbowBruno Corra, Arnaldo GinnaItalyAbstract animation, Lost film[15][17]
1913
Rythmes colorés (Coloured Rhythm)Léopold SurvageFranceAbstract animation; ca. 105 drawings made but not filmed[18][19][20]
Suspense Phillips Smalley, Lois Weber Valentine Paul, Lois Weber United States Contains early examples of split-screen and a car chase.
1914
Drama in the Futurist's Cabinet No. 13Vladimir KasyanovMikhail Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, David BurliukRussiaLost film[21][22]
1915
La Folie du Docteur TubeAbel GanceAlbert DieudonnéFranceArchaic trick film, shot through Anamorphic lens[23]
The HypocritesLois WeberCourtenay Foote, Myrtle StedmanUnited StatesAllegorical and highly symbolic religious picture; nude principal character[citation needed]
The Picture of Dorian GrayVsevolod Meyerhold, Mikhail DoroninVavara Yanova, Vsevolod MeyerholdRussiaAdaptation of Oscar Wilde story by symbolist theater director; Lost film[24]
1916
Diana the HuntressCharles W. Allen, Francis Trevelyan MillerLionel Braham, Percy RichardsUnited StatesHighly stylized mythic film; fragment only[25]
IntoleranceD.W. GriffithLillian Gish, Robert HarronUnited StatesInfluential film which attempts to tell four stories at once; extensive use of montage[citation needed]
The Strong ManVsevolod MeyerholdMikhail Doronin, Vsevolod MeyerholdRussiaAdaptation of Stanisław Przybyszewski play by symbolist theater director; Lost film[24]
1917
ThaïsAnton Giulio BragagliaThaïs GalizskyItalyItalian Futurist film; incomplete print extant.[26]
Vita futuristaArnaldo GinnaFilippo Marinetti, Giacomo BallaItalyItalian futurist film; Lost film[27]
1918
Âmes des fousGermaine DulacSylvio de Pedrelli, Ève FrancisFranceSerial which incorporated avant-garde techniques; lost film.[28][29]
The Blue BirdMaurice TourneurTula Belle, Robin MacdougallUnited StatesStylized, almost surrealistic, fantasy film[citation needed]
Nye dlya deneg radivshisya (Born Not for the Money)Nikandr TurkinVladimir Mayakovsky, David BurliukSoviet UnionRussian futurist adaptation of Jack London story[citation needed] Lost film[30]
Il Perfido IncantoAnton Giulio BragagliaRenée Avril, Thaïs GalizskyItalyLost Italian Futurist film.[23]
PrunellaMaurice TourneurIsabel Berwin, Jules RaucourtUnited StatesStylized, almost surrealistic, fantasy film; only a 30-minute fragment extant[31][32]
The Young Lady and the Hooligan Vladimir Mayakovsky, Yevgeni Slavinsky Fyodor Dunayev, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksandra Rebikova Soviet UnionThe only surviving film appearance by arch-Russian futurist Vladimir Mayakovsky[30]
1919
The Fall of BabylonD.W. GriffithConstance Talmadge, Alfred PagetUnited StatesEdited from Intolerance, widely influential in Europe; introduced 'Russian montage' to Russia[citation needed]
Rose-FranceMarcel L'HerbierClaude-France Aïssé, Jacque CatelainFranceSymbolic romance[citation needed]
1920
Anywhere Out of the WorldDudley MurphyChase HarringdineUnited StatesDance film, Lost film[33]
AphroditeDudley MurphyKatharine HawleyUnited StatesDance film, Lost film[34][35]
The Cabinet of Dr. CaligariRobert WieneConrad Veidt, Lil DagoverWeimar RepublicExpressionist horror film, greatly influential on avant-garde filmmakers, particularly in the United States[citation needed]
La Fête espagnoleGermaine DulacÈve Francis, Gaston ModotFranceFirst film written by Louis Delluc[36][23]
From Morn to Midnight Karlheinz Martin Ernst Deutsch Weimar Republic Adaptation of Expressionist play, only film made by theatre director Martin; barred from German cinemas at the time[37]
GenuineRobert WieneFern Andra, Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiWeimar RepublicParticularly extreme example of Expressionism[citation needed]
Nude Woman by WaterfallClaude Friese-GreeneUnited KingdomDance film.[38]
Le silenceLouis DellucÈve Francis, Gabriel SignoretFranceNaturalist, experimental short[citation needed]

[23][39]

The Soul of the CypressDudley MurphyChase HarringdineUnited StatesDance film[40]
1921
El DoradoMarcel L'HerbierÈve Francis, Jacque CatelainFranceMelodrama, highly stylized sets and use of montage[citation needed]
FièvreLouis DellucÈve Francis, Gaston ModotFranceNaturalist melodrama[23]
ManhattaPaul Strand, Charles SheelerUnited StatesFirst City film[41]
Opus 1Walter RuttmannWeimar RepublicAbstract Animation[citation needed]
Opus 2Walter RuttmannWeimar RepublicAbstract Animation[citation needed]
Rhythmus 21Hans RichterWeimar RepublicAbstract animation. Backdated by Richter, not actually completed or screened in 1921.[42]
1922
Danse macabreDudley MurphyAdolph Bolm, Ruth PageUnited StatesDance film[3]
The Enchanted CityWarren NewcombeUnited StatesArt heavy futurist short[43]
La femme de nulle partLouis DellucÈve Francis, Gine AvrilFranceNaturalist melodrama[23]
Der SiegerWalter RuttmannWeimar RepublicSemi-abstract advertising film[citation needed]
1923
Cœur fidèleJean EpsteinLéon Mathot, Gina ManèsFranceNaturalist melodrama, experimental sequence; cited in Curtis[23]
Dnevnik 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. 16[44][45]
L'ironie du DestinDimitri KirsanoffDimitri Kirsanoff, Nadia SibirskaïaFranceNaturalist melodrama; Lost film[23]
The Man Without DesireAdrian BrunelIvor NovelloUnited KingdomFantasy, cited by Rotha[46]
La mort du soleilGermaine DulacAndré Nox, Denis LorysFranceSocial drama, experimental techniques[47]
Le Retour à la RaisonMan RayAlice Prin (Kiki de Montparnasse)FranceInsert film for a Dadist soirée[48]
La RoueAbel GanceSéverin-Mars, Ivy CloseFranceLengthy melodrama utilizing extensive segments of "Russian montage"[23]
La Souriante Madame BeudetGermaine DulacGermaine Dermoz, Alexandre ArquillièreFranceSocial drama, experimental techniques. Considered one of the first feminist films.[49] Premiered 9 November 1923.[50]
The Crazy RayRené ClairHenri Rollan, Charles MartinelliFranceSurrealist comedy with science-fiction angle[51]
Rhythmus 23Hans RichterWeimar RepublicAbstract animation. Several scholars have shown that Richter likely backdated his film; this was probably made at least several years later.[52]
SaloméCharles R. BryantAlla Nazimova, Mitchell LewisUnited StatesArt Nouveau rendering of biblical story based on Aubrey Beardsley[53]
Sea of DreamsWarren NewcombeHazel LindsleyUnited StatesFuturistic fantasy; Lost film[54]
1924
The Adventures of OktyabrinaGrigori Kozintsev, Leonid TraubergZinaida Torkhovskaya, Yevgeni KumeikoSoviet UnionFirst production of FEKS; lost film[55]
Aelita: Queen of Mars Iakov Protazanov Igor Ilyinsky, Mikhail Zharov Soviet UnionScience-fiction film with Constructivist and Futurist sets.[56]
Ballet MécaniqueFernand Léger, Dudley MurphyAlice PrinFranceCubist film, with music score by George Antheil[57][19]
Entr'acteRené ClairAlice Prin, Francis Picabia, Erik Satie, Man Ray, Marcel DuchampFranceDadaist insert film for Erik Satie's ballet Relâche[58]
The Fugitive FuturistGaston QuiribetUnited KingdomComedy featuring "melting" wipe effect; futuristic projections on travel[59]
L'InhumaineMarcel L'HerbierGeorgette Leblanc, Jacque CatelainFranceHighly stylized science fiction feature[60]
Interplanetary Revolution Nikolai Khodotaev, Zenon Komisarenko, Yuri Merkolov Soviet Union Satire of Protazanov's Aelita: Queen of Mars
Kino-Eye Dziga Vertov Soviet Union
Opus IIIWalter RuttmannWeimar RepublicAbstract animation[citation needed]
Au secours!Abel GanceMax Linder, Jean TouloutFranceHorror-comedy, highly experimental in style[61]
Symphonie DiagonaleViking EggelingSwedenAbstract animation; in production from 1921.
Soviet ToysDziga VertovSoviet UnionSatirical animation and advertising[62]
1925
Les aventures de Robert MacaireJean EpsteinJean Angelo, Alex AllinFranceFantasy serial, cited in Rotha[citation needed]
Battleship PotemkinSergei EisensteinAleksandr Antonov, Grigori AlexandrovSoviet Union"Odessa Steps" sequence is a textbook example of Russian montage[citation needed]
La fille de l'eauJean RenoirCatherine Hessling, Pierre ChampagneFranceNaturalist drama, surrealist influenced[63]
Jean Cocteau fait du cinémaJean CocteauJean CocteauFrance16mm short, Lost film[64]
KIPHOJulius Pinschewer, Guido SeeberWeimar RepublicTrailer for International Film Congress of Berlin, 1925[65]
Lebende BuddhasPaul WegenerPaul Wegener, Asta NielsenWeimar RepublicFragment only; fragment is more experimental than Expressionist[citation needed]
Opus IVWalter RuttmannWeimar RepublicAbstract animation[citation needed]
The Pottery MakerRobert J. FlahertyUnited StatesSemi-documentary, experimental in style[66]
A Quoi revent les jeunes films?Henri Chomette, Man RayFranceLost film. Made as a collaboration between Chomette and Ray; later sub-divided into three different films.[67]
Rebus Film Nr. 1Paul LeniWeimar RepublicSemi-abstract filmed puzzle, part of a series of eight films[68]
Rhythmus 25Hans RichterWeimar RepublicAbstract animation; Lost film[69]
Strike Sergei Eisenstein Soviet Union
StromlinienOskar FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract animation[70]
The WayFrancis BrugièreSebastian Droste, Rosalinde FullerUnited StatesUnrealized project, dated by Rotha to 1923 and often dated to 1929; 1925 is correct[71]
1926
Anémic cinémaMarcel DuchampFranceDadaist semi-animated film[72]
Cinq minutes de cinéma purHenri ChometteFranceExtract from A Quoi revent les jeunes films?[67]
Jeux des reflets et de la vitesseHenri ChometteFranceExtract from A Quoi revent les jeunes films?[citation needed]
MénilmontantDimitri KirsanoffFranceUrban realist melodrama[73]
FilmstudieHans RichterWeimar RepublicMerger between abstract animation and photographic abstraction[74]
MoonlandNeil McGuire, William A. O'ConnorMickey McBanUnited StatesFantasy short, surrealist sets & situations[75]
MotherVsevolod PudovkinVera Baranovskaya, Nikolai BatalovSoviet UnionGripping social realist drama, heavy use of montage[citation needed]
A Page of MadnessTeinosuke KinugasaMasuo Inoue, Yoshie NakagawaJapanSurreal, intense representation of insanity using highly advanced film techniques.[76]
Raumlichtkunst seriesOskar FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract animation; multiple projector performances. Reconstructed 2012 by CVM in HD as a three projector installation.[77]
Rien que les heuresAlberto CavalcantiBlanche Bernis, Nina ChousvalowaFranceCity film[citation needed]
Secrets of a Soul G. W. Pabst Werner Krauss, Ruth Weyher Weimar Republic Co-written with psychoanalysts Karl Abraham and Hanns Sachs, with dream sequence and sets by Ernő Metzner.
A Sixth Part of the World Dziga Vertov Soviet Union
SpiralsOskar FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract Animation; incorporates footage made several years earlier[78]
Le voyage imaginaireRené ClairDolly Davis, Jean BõrlinFranceFantasy film with surrealist elements[79]
Wax ExperimentsOskar FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract Animation; incorporates footage going back to c. 1921[78]
1927
Bed and Sofa Abram Room Nikolai Batalov, Vladimir Fogel, Lyudmila Semyonova Soviet Union Written by Viktor Shklovsky
Berlin: Symphony of a Great CityWalter RuttmannWeimar RepublicCity film
City FilmRalph SteinerUnited StatesAmateur City film[80]
Combat de Boxe Charles Dekeukeleire Belgium Staging of boxing match, based on poem by Paul Werrie
Emak-BakiaMan RayAlice PrinFranceExtract from A Quoi revent les jeunes films?[citation needed]
The End of St. PetersburgVsevolod Pudovkin, Mikhail DollerAleksandr Chistyakov, Vera BaranovskayaSoviet UnionHistoric epic[citation needed]
La Glace à trois faces (The Three-Sided Mirror)Jean EpsteinRaymond Guérin-Catelain, Jeanne HelblingFranceAvant-garde projection of a narrative romance.[81]
Les Halles centralesBoris KaufmanFranceCity film[82]
L'invitation au voyageGermaine DulacEmma Gynt, Raymond DubreuilFranceImpressionistic "Cinéma pur"[83]
Die LandpartieAlex StrasserWeimar RepublicAnimated "grotesque"[84]
Loony LensAl BrickUnited StatesAnamorphic views; insert series to Fox Movietone newsreels, begun 1924, only 4 known,[75][85]
La marche des machinesEugène DeslawFranceSemi-abstract art film of machinery; filmed by Boris Kaufman[86]
München-Berlin WanderungOskar FischingerWeimar RepublicPhotographic single-frame film. Not released until decades later.[87]
NapoléonAbel GanceAlbert Dieudonné, Antonin ArtaudFranceEnormous historic epic, experimental techniques and multi-screen[citation needed]
Magic UmbrellaJerome HillUnited StatesGenre parody, filmed in Rome; color and sound added in 1965[88]
OrgelstabeOskar FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract animation; series of experiments made over several years.[78]
La p'tite LiliAlberto CavalcantiCatherine Hessling, Jean RenoirFranceNaturalist short, street film[citation needed]
PreludeCastleton KnightUnited KingdomExperimental projection of Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial, conventionally framed.[89]
En radeAlberto CavalcantiPierre Batcheff, Blanche BernisFranceUrban realist melodrama[73]
Seelische KonstruktionenOskar FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract animation.[87]
Sur un air de CharlestonJean RenoirCatherine Hessling, Johnny HudginsFranceSilly, surrealist dance short with sci-fi elements[citation needed]
Le train sans yeuxAlberto CavalcantiHans Mierendorff, Gina ManèsFranceWritten by Louis Delluc[citation needed]
Vieux châteauxEugène DeslawZet MolanFranceArtful semi-documentary[86]
Wing Beat Kenneth MacPherson United Kingdom
Your Acquaintance Lev Kuleshov Pyotr Galadzhev, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Yuri Vasilchikov Soviet Union Art direction by Aleksandr Rodchenko. Only a fragment survives.
1928
L'ArgentMarcel L'HerbierBrigitte Helm, Alfred AbelFranceExperimental, modernized treatment of Zola novel[citation needed]
Blue BottlesIvor MontaguElsa Lanchester, Joe BeckettUnited KingdomHybrid of experimental style and slapstick comedy[90]
De Brug (The Bridge)Joris IvensNetherlands
Celles qui s'en fontGermaine DulacFranceVisualization of music[citation needed]
The Fall of the House of UsherJean EpsteinJean Debucourt, Marguerite GanceFranceHorror, highly stylized[citation needed]
Disque 957Germaine DulacFranceVisualization of music[91]
The Eleventh Year Dziga Vertov Soviet Union
L'Étoile de merMan RayAlice PrinFranceSurrealist film financed by Charles De Noailles; written by Robert Desnos
Ghosts Before BreakfastHans RichterWeimar RepublicDadaist fantasy[citation needed]
Grotesken im SchneeAlex Strasser, Lotte ReinigerWeimar RepublicAnimated "grotesque" with sillouhettes[84]
HändeStella Simon, Miklós BandyWeimar RepublicStylized love story utilizing only hands; made in silent and sound versions[92]
InflationHans RichterWeimar RepublicMontage made for the feature Der Dame mit der Maske (1928).[93] Visual abstraction on the subject of runaway inflation in Weimar-era Germany.
ImpatienceCharles DekeukeleireYvonne SelmaBelgiumPhotographic abstract film[citation needed]
In the Shadow of the Machine Albrecht Viktor Blum, Leo Lania Weimar Republic Montage made of footage shot by Dziga Vertov for A Sixth Part of the World
Johann the Coffin MakerRobert FloreyUnited StatesHorror short, Lost film[citation needed]
JûjiroTeinosuke KinugasaAkiko Chihaya, Junosuke BandoJapanExpressionistic treatment of Samurai story[94]
The Last MomentPaul FejosOtto Matieson, Lucille La VerneUnited StatesIndependently-made, experimental feature; Lost film[citation needed]
The Life and Death of 9413 - A Hollywood ExtraRobert Florey, Slavko VorkapichJules Raucourt, George VoyaUnited StatesUltra low budget anti-Hollywood film[95][96]
The Love of ZeroRobert FloreyAnielka Elter, Captain Marco ElterUnited States[92]
Les nuits électriquesEugène DeslawFranceSemi-abstract art film of neon signs[97]
October, a.k.a. Ten Days That Shook the WorldSergei EisensteinNikolay Popov, Vasily NikandrovSoviet UnionContains Eisenstein's most radical uses of montage[citation needed]
Le petite marchande d'alumettesJean Renoir, Jean TedescoCatherine Hessling, Eric BarclayFranceFantasy short with surrealist elements[98]
Praha v záři světel (Prague Shining in Lights)Svatopluk InnemannCzechoslovakiaCity film[99]
RennsymphonieHans RichterWeimar Republic
The 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.[100]
The Tell-Tale HeartCharles KleinCharles Darvas, Hans FuerbergUnited StatesHorror short[101]
Thèmes et VariationsGermaine DulacFranceVisualization of music[102]
There It IsCharles BowersCharles Bowers, Kathryn McGuireUnited StatesTwo reel comedy, absurd in the extreme[citation needed]
Twenty-Four Dollar IslandRobert J. FlahertyUnited StatesCity film, variously dated to 1926, 1927. Premiered in NYC, 1 January 1928[103]
ÜberfallErnő MetznerWeimar Republic
The Fall of the House of UsherJames Sibley Watson, Melville WebberUnited StatesShort film
Koko's Earth ControlDave Fleischer, Max FleischerKoko the ClownUnited StatesAnimated cartoon with exceptional visual dynamism; flash frames[citation needed]
ZvenigoraOleksandr DovzhenkoMikola Nademsky, Semen Svashenko, Alexander PodorozhnySoviet UnionFilm poem with fantasy elements[104]
1929
Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich (Everything Turns, Everything Revolves)Hans RichterWeimar RepublicSound; music by Walter Gronostay. Only roughly half of this 15-minute experimental short still survives.[105][106]
Arsenal Oleksandr Dovzhenko Amvrosy Buchma, Georgiy Kharkiv, Semyon Svashenko Soviet Union
The BridgeCharles VidorNicholas Bela, Charles DarvasUnited StatesExperimental narrative film based on Ambrose Bierce story, also known as The Spy; sometimes dated 1930-31[citation needed]
Brumes d'automneDimitri KirsanoffNadia SibirskaïaFranceFilm poem, with synchronized music track[73][107]
Dr Turner's Mental Home Dora Carrington, Beakus Penrose United Kingdom Short, experimental melodrama. Not publicly screened.
DriftersJohn GriersonUnited KingdomDocumentary with a distinctly modernist orientation[108]
Étude cinégraphique sur une arabesqueGermaine DulacFranceVisualization of music[109]
Every DayHans RichterSergei Eisenstein, Basil WrightUnited KingdomArtful semi-documentary about everyday life[110]
H2ORalph SteinerUnited States
Histoire de détectiveCharles DekeukeleirePierre BourgeoisBelgiumSemi-abstract film; despite the title, not a detective story[citation needed]
Images d'Ostende Henri Storck Belgium
Impressionen vom alten Marseiller Hafen (Vieux Port)László Moholy-NagyWeimar RepublicCity film[citation needed]
LullabyBoris DeutschRiva Deutsch, Michael VisaroffUnited StatesExpressionist drama, likely incomplete; Horak dates it to 1925[54]
Man with a Movie CameraDziga VertovSoviet Union
Monkey's Moon Kenneth MacPherson
MontparnasseEugène DeslawLuis Buñuel, Filippo MarinettiFranceCity film, with synchronized sound[111]
My GrandmotherKote MikaberidzeAleksandr Takaishvili, Bella ChernovaGeorgiaEccentric combination of avant-garde and social comedy[citation needed]
Les Mystères du Château de DéMan RayMan Ray, Georges AuricFranceSurrealist short funded by Charles De Noailles[citation needed]
The New BabylonGrigori Kozintsev, Leonid TraubergDavid Gutman, Yelena KuzminaSoviet UnionProduction of the Factory of the Eccentric Actor[112]
La PerleHenri D'UrselGeorges Hugnet, Kissa Kouprine, Renee Savoye, Mary StutzBelgiumExperimental narrative film.[113]
Pour vos beaux yeux Henri Storck Belgium
RainJoris Ivens, Mannus FrankenNetherlands
Skyscraper SymphonyRobert FloreyUnited StatesCity film[114]
The Storming of La SarrazHans Richter, Sergei Eisenstein, Ivor MontaguBéla Balász, Léon MoussinacWeimar RepublicMade during a film conference; Lost film[citation needed]
Studie Nr. 1Oskar FischingerWeimar RepublicAbstract animation.[78]
TusalavaLen LyeNew ZealandAbstract animation[115]
Un Chien AndalouLuis BuñuelPierre Batcheff, Simone MareuilFranceShort surrealist film written by Buñuel and Salvador Dalí[citation needed]
War Under the SeaM.G. MacPherson, Jean MichelsonUnited StatesArtkino[116] production; Lost film[80]
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  56. Central Europe Review - Aelita: The first Soviet sci-fi film?.
  57. MOMA dadabase entry.
  58. Film Notes -Entr' Acte.
  59. The Fugitive Futurist (1924) | BFI National Archive.
  60. Gleaming the Cubist.
  61. The Devil's Manor: Au Secours! 1923.
  62. Dziga Vertov's Soviet Toys (29 January 2012).
  63. 莆田看纺传媒广告有限公司.
  64. Ciné-club : Jean Cocteau.
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  66. Alanen, Antti (19 January 2010). Antti Alanen: Film Diary: The Pottery Maker.
  67. 1 2 First Light: Chomette.
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  71. Strange Flowers blog.
  72. DADA Companion entry.
  73. 1 2 3 Santiago Rubin de Celis, "The Paradoxes of Dimitri Kirsanoff".
  74. Hans Richter - Filmstudie (1926).
  75. 1 2 Unseen Cinema program.
  76. Open Culture: A Page of Madness: The Lost, Avant Garde Masterpiece from the Early Days of Japanese Cinema (1926)
  77. CVM - Raumlichtkunst.
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  79. The Film Till Now: A Survey of World Cinema, with an additional section by Richard Griffith, revised and enlarged edition, (London: Vision, 1949)
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  81. Senses of Cinema, "La Glace à trois faces," http://sensesofcinema.com/2006/cteq/glace-a-trois-faces/
  82. Les Halles centrales (1927).
  83. Sabzian, "Double Bill: L'invitation au voyage (Germaine Dulac, 1927) & Paris qui dort (René Clair, 1924)" Archived 4 Silimin gɔli March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
  84. 1 2 Filmblatt – Filmblatt ist die filmwissenschaftliche Zeitschrift von CineGraph Babelsberg e.V. (16 December 2023).
  85. Silent Era : Home Video Reviews.
  86. 1 2 Vieux châteaux (1927).
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  88. The Jerome Foundation.
  89. Prelude (1927) | BFI National Archive.
  90. BFI Screenonline: Blue Bottles (1928).
  91. Light Cone - DISQUE 957.
  92. 1 2 Unseen Cinema DVD notes.
  93. Die Dame mit der Maske | filmportal.de.
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  98. The Art and Culture of the Movies blog.
  99. Bohemian National Hall program.[permanent dead link]
  100. Maryann de Julio, "Another Look at Germaine Dulac’s The Seashell and the Clergyman." Senses of Cinema, December 2013
  101. Jennifer Baldwin, "The Tell-Tale Lens".
  102. Light Cone - THÈMES ET VARIATIONS.
  103. None.
  104. Zvenigora (no 52) (5 February 2010).
  105. Lost Films.[permanent dead link]
  106. Alles dreht sich, alles bewegt sich excerpt at Experimental Cinema
  107. imdb entry https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0233385/combined
  108. BFI Screenonline: Drifters (1929).
  109. Light Cone - ÉTUDE CINÉGRAPHIQUE SUR UNE ARABESQUE.
  110. BFI Screenonline: Every Day (1929).
  111. Montparnasse (1929).
  112. La perle.
  113. DVD More Treasures from the American Film Arcbives.
  114. BFI Screenonline: Tusalava (1929).
  115. Unseen cinema. 1, The mechanized eye. Episode 16, "Oil" : a symphony in motion / Cineric, Inc. presents ; by Jean Michelson and M.G. MacPherson for Artkino ; direction, M.G. MacPherson (en). “Unrelated to the U.S. distributor of Soviet films, Artkino was the name chosen by two amateur movie enthusiasts, Jean D. Michelson and M.G. McPherson, from Burbank, California. In the late 1920s and early 1930s they completed several fiction shorts, which they shot in 35mm, including "War Under the Sea” (1929), "The Trap” (1930), and "Oil” (1930-33). —JAN-CHRISTOPHER HORAK”