Jonas Mekas Movies

The astonishing story of the first documentary film school in the USA—The Institute of Film Techniques at The City College of New York. This...

Knokke, Belgium. A small mundane coastal town, home to the beau-monde. To compete with Venice and Cannes, the posh casino hosts the second...

A look into the many lives of Christa Päffgen, otherwise known as Nico; from cutie German mädchen to the first of the supermodels, to...

Two nuns take a bath, then meet a sailor on the Staten Island Ferry.

In late 1966 I visited Stan Brakhage in Rollinsville, Colorado. This is a portrait of Stan at home, with his family, his animals, and the...

Clip from Walden.

In 1969, Leonardi traveled to the United States to write a book about the New American Cinema. Using a Super-8 camera, he made a film-diary of this...

An historic event: Peter Kubelka gives a lecture at the Library of Congress.

The real history of the cinema is the invisible history – history of friends getting together doing the thing the love – for us the...

A wholesome moment: Jonas Mekas, MM Serra, Ken Jacobs, and Flo Jacobs take lavender from a stranger's bush.

A behind-the-scenes look at the man behind the trophy and the poisons that taint an otherwise jubilant jamboree.

MM Serra and Jonas Mekas sign a paper in 3D.

Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.