This is a list of avant-garde and experimental films released in the 2020s.
Title Director Cast Country Notes Ref. 2020KRABI, 2562Ben Rivers, Anocha SuwichakornpongUKLook Then BelowBen RiversUKFriend of the WorldBrian Patrick ButlerNick Young, Alexandra Slade, Michael C. Burgess, Kathryn Schott, Kevin Smith, Luke Pensabene, Neil Raymond RiccoUSA Metamorfose dos PássarosCatarina VasconcelosPortugalMovie That Invites Pausing Ken JacobsUSRed Moon TideLois PatiñoSpainThe Whole Shebang Ken JacobsUSThe Eyes of SummerRajee SamarasingheShalani Dilasha, Malka Malshani, Lanka RajapaksaSri Lanka / USAPurple SeaAmel AlzakoutGermany 20212020Friedl vom GrölleAustriaAn Approximation of their Barbarous Manners Christian Serritiello ItalyCitadelJohn SmithUnited KingdomAlice, Through the LookingAdam DonenSaskia Axten, Vanessa Redgrave, Steven Berkoff, Elijah Rowen, Slavoj Žižek, Carol ClevelandUnited Kingdom/GermanyDevil's PeakSimon LuHong KongDouble Wow Ken JacobsUSearthearthearthDaïchi SaïtoCanada/JapanEmber DaysNathaniel DorskyUSEmergence CollapseRainer KohlbergerAustriaEr is een geest van mij / Hay un fantasma míoMateo VegaNetherlands/PeruFictionsManuela de LabordeMexicoFlowers blooming in our throatsEva GioloItalyHold Me TightMélanie Robert-TourneurBelgium/FranceInner Outer SpaceLaida LertxundiSpainJust Beyond the TreesConnor MurphyLight CemeteryJonah MillsUSLight TrapPablo MarínArgentinaLight YearsJonah MillsUSMad GodPhil TippettUSManifestarsiGianmarco DonaggioItalyMerapiMalena SzlamChileMilano di CartaGianmarco DonaggioItalyParenthesisVasilios PapaioannuGreece/Italy/USPetrov's FluKirill Serebrennikov Ivan Dorn, Chulpan KhamatovaRussiaPhosphenesAndre de NervauxUKPolycephaly in DMichael RobinsonTrisha PaytasUSQuarantineDiana Ringo Anatoly Bely, Aleksandr ObmanovFinland, RussiaR and JCarey Williams David Zayas, María Gabriela de FaríaUSRock Bottom RiserFern SilvaUSSchool Radio to Major TomChisaka TakuyaJapanSON CHANTVivian OstrovskyChantal Akerman, Sonia Wieder-AthertonUSSpencerPablo Larrain Kirsten Stewart, Timothy Spall, Jack FarthingUS, UKTerceNathaniel DorskyUSThat Was When I Thought I Could Hear YouMatt WhitmanUSTime Flows in Strange Ways on SundaysGiselle LinPeter Yu, Wendy Toh, Iris LiSingaporeTitaneJulia Ducournau Vincent Lindon, Agathe RousselleFranceTonalliLos IngrávidosMexicoTrain AgainPeter TscherkasskyAustriaTransparents, I am.Yuri MuraokaYuri Muraoka, Nonoho Suzuki, Hana SuzukiJapanVortexGaspar NoéDario Argento, Françoise Lebrun, Alex LutzFrance/Belgium/MoroccoWater from The Tremulous StreamJaviera CisternaChileWhat is it that you said?Shun IkezoeEric SaitoJapanWhen Light is DisplacedZaina BseisoAlaa BseisoPalestineWorldsIsaac GoesCanada/USShow me Other PlacesRajee SamarasingheSri Lanka / USA 2022Agnès Varda - Pier Paolo Pasolini - New York - 1967 Agnès VardaAgnès Varda, Pier Paolo PasoliniFranceTHE HOUSE WAS QUIETBen RiversUKAttic Windows of the Infinite Sapphire Rachael GossUnited Kingdom/ItalyAzul no AzulGianmarco DonaggioPortugalBuster Keaton Embossed Ken JacobsUSAfter WorkBen Rivers, Céline CondorelliUKCounterfeit Poasts Jon RafmanCanadaCrimes of the FutureDavid Cronenberg Viggo Mortensen, Kirsten StewartUSThe Demands of Ordinary DevotionEva GioloItaly/BelgiumEpistolary Kisses Itamar A.C.FairytaleAlexander SokurovRussiaFata Morgana Tacita DeanUSFestina LenteBaya MedhaffarTunisia/FranceHerbariaLeandro ListortiGermany/ArgentinaIntervalNathaniel DorskyUSLake Forest ParkKersti Jan WerdalUSLight Oneiric Maren Pan, Sy BrandUnited KingdomLights, Like Angels, FlyingJoshua PeinadoRodny AquinoUSMorvan Scott HammenUSA Moth Orchid Flies at Night Maren Pan, Sy BrandUnited KingdomNaosNathaniel DorskyUSPigment-Dispersion Syndrome Jennifer ReevesUSSea Series 23 John PriceCanadaSoftly, the current may bend our bodies Maren Pan, Sy BrandUnited Kingdom/ItalyThe song nobody knows Rainer KohlbergerAustria The Sparrow Dream Robert BeaversUte AurandGermany/USATchaikovsky's WifeKirill Serebrennikov Alyona Mikhaylova, Odin BironRussiaThe Tomb of Kafka Jean-Claude RousseauJean-Claude RousseauFranceULTRADREAM Guillaume ValléeCanadaUmbra Daniela Muñoz BarrosoCubaWelcome Jean-Claude RousseauFranceXCXHXEXRXRXIXEXSX Ken JacobsUSXilma-xil Itamar A.C. W Anna Eriksson Anna Eriksson, Parco Lee FinlandMangosteenTulapop SaenjaroenThailandVisão do ParaísoLeonardo PirondiDavid OReilly, Douglas Goodwin, Jackson Fletcher, Dan Dixon Brazil / USA / UKStrangersRajee SamarasingheSri Lanka / USABold EagleWhammy AlcazarenPhilippines 20231984Diana RingoFinland, RussiaLotus-Eyed GirlRajee SamarasingheSri Lanka / United StatesCoralSonia OleniakUSA / PolandDildotectonicaTomás Paula MarquesPortugaland so it came about (A Tale of Consequential Dormancy)Charlotte PryceUSANocturne for a ForestCatarina VasconcelosPortugalThe Rays of a StormJulio Hernández CordónMexicoBorrowing a Family AlbumTamer El SaidEgypt In Visible LightGianmarco DonaggioNorway/ItalyPerformative FilmIn Praise of SlownessHicham GardafKhalid Mousmi, Abdellah Ben Messaoud, Fatima BenabbouUnited Kingdom / Italy Myanmar AnatomyPrapat JiwarangsanUnited Arab Emirates / Thailand Installation Filmyours,Eva Giolo, Rebecca Jane Arthur, Katja Mater, Sirah Foighel Brutmann, Eitan Efrat, Maaike NeuvilleBelgiumDeath MaskJohn GreysonKong Kie Njo, Spencer Britten, Jera WolfeCanadaGiant's KettleMarkku Hakala, Mari KäkiFinlandIjen, LondonBen RiversUKWhen We Encounter The WorldLeonardo Pirondi & Zazie Ray-TrapidoPortugal / USAShroomsJorge JácomePortugalLast ThingsDeborah StratmanValérie Massadian, Marcia BjørnerudFrance / USA / PortugalLaikaDeborah StratmanUSAThe Wool AliensJulia ParksUKHolographic WillMike StoltzUSALight, Noise, Smoke, and Light, Noise, SmokeNishikawa TomonariJapanDau:añcut (Moving Along Image)Adam PironKiowa Tribe of OklahomaNearest NeighborRebecca Baron, Douglas GoodwinUSAThe Zone of InterestJonathan GlazerChristian Friedel, Sandra HüllerUKSermon to the BirdsHilal BaydarovHuseyn Nasirov, Rana Asgarova, Orkhan IskandarliAzerbaijan 2024Animalia ParadoxaNiles AtallahAndrea GómezChilePotenciais à DerivaLeonardo PirondiBrazil / USAPepeNelson Carlo De Los Santos AriasJhon Narváez, Sor María Ríos, Fareed Matjila, Harmony Ahalwa, Jorge Puntillón GarcíaDominican Republic / Namibia / Germany / FranceDirect ActionGuillaume Cailleau, Ben RussellGermany / FranceMateria vibrantePablo MarínArgentinaBarruntoEmilia BeatrizShanti Lalita, Harry Josephine Giles, Alicia Matthews, Ángela GinorioUnited Kingdom / Puerto RicoNanacatepecElena Pardo, Azucena LosanaMexico / SpainPerformative FilmRemote OcclusionsUtkarshIndia / USAQuebranteJanaina WagnerBrazil Sarcophagus of Drunken LovesJoana Hadjithomas & Khalil JoreigeFrance / LebanonI Would Rather Be a StoneAna HušmanCroatiaO SeekerGavati Wad | with Varun SahniUSA / IndiaUm tropeço em cinco movimentosValentina RossetBrazilEnoGary HustwitUK / USABeing (the Digital Griot)Rashaad NewsomeUSAAI - FilmDetours while speaking of monstersDeniz ŞimşekGermany / TurkeyGrandmamauntsistercatZuza BanasińskaNetherlands / PolandThe Instability of CloudsZazie Ray-TrapidoUSATerminal IslandSam DrakeUSAHistory Is Written at NightAlejandro Alonso EstrellaTeresita Estrella CareagaCuba / FranceCrazy LotusNaween NoppakunSurat Kaewseekram, Phemsinee Sawangkla, Gorrawiya Aphipobthitikorn, Thongchai PimapunsriThailandDigital Devil SagaCameron WordenUSABreak no.1 & Break no.2.Lei LeiChinaMy Want of You Partakes of MeBeny Wagner & Sasha LitvintsevaUK/NetherlandsSingle FileSimon LiuItaly/USA/UK/Hong KongInvisible PeopleAlisa BergerFrance / GermanyAppearancesNicolás OnischukArgentinaRevolving RoundsJohann Lurf & Christina JauernikAustria35mm 3D2025. . . . Rumene zoreDavorin Marc Slovenia After DreamingChristine HaroutounianDavit Beybutyan, Veronika PoghosyanArmenia/USA/MexicoDandelionSteven SubotnickUSAExtra Life (and Decay)Stéphanie LagardeIsabelle Lagarde, Stéphanie Lagarde, Suzanne van der Schaaf, Rachele Borghi, Teresa CastroFranceA Monster with Its Mouth AgapeSteven McInerneyUKA Patriot of These WoodsKarel DoingUK2026Born of the YamMark Chua & Lam Li Shuen SingaporePerformative FilmKatabasisMartin MoolhuijsenGermany / ItalyPhi PattanaKomtouch NapattaloongThailand Yurugu – Invisible LinesPetna Ndaliko Katondolo, Laurent Van LanckerDemocratic Republic of the Congo / BelgiumButterfly Stories: Malaise IILaurence Favre Switzerland, GermanyInstallationForever…ForeverJohann Lurf70mm
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