Water Movies

A man searches hopelessly for his friend in the woods.

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Elara, a young violinist, is madly in love with Lucio, a Sicilian student. Their love blossoms, but suddenly Lucio must return to Italy to care for...

1905, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A film essay that approaches cinema as a water current, revisiting a body of previous essay films through the recurring image of water—rivers,...

You and AI at the end of the world.

In the late afternoon, a young girl sits by herself, waiting to be picked up as the last child. At home, an unsettling reality awaits marked by her...

A conflict breaks out when one friend misunderstands the other.

A healing and poetic essay on our intergenerational relationship with water.

The second release in the series picks up Mr. Holmes' fellow-travelers at the very brink of the Grand Canyon, just as a train has arrived at the El...

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A tutorial about guided meditation. Throughout the project, the spectator is invited to follow a series of steps that, if done well, will take them...

The Green Desert presents a dazzling kaleidoscope of vineyards, date ranches, and bell pepper farms in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea. The...

After being left alone at home, a boy experiences strange phenomena with his faucets.

A silent short. Water, footsteps, darkness and light. Shot and edited entirely on a phone in a single day.

A hovering camera exploration; The flow of a river becomes background and subject at the same time, movement creating fabric-like patterns of...

As the Earth nears its final days, a few brave survivors seek a way to survive. The answer: Red Earth, a new world that could save what's left of...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Swimming, Dancing examines audiovisual representations of the Yangtze (1934–present), from silent film to video art to the contemporary vlog....