Best Avant-garde / Experimental Films of 2004

Strings
Anders Ronnow Klarlund's fantasy-action ... Interestingly, all of the characters in the film are marionettes, explaining the title of the film to some degree. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
Palindromes
Palindromes opens with the ... It was selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center for inclusion in the 2004 New York Film Festival. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
Notre Musique
Legendary French filmmaker Jean-Luc ... was a prizewinner at the 2004 San Sebastián International Film Festival, where it was named Film of the Year. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
Innocence
A strange institution prepares ... first feature film from writer and director Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Innocence was adapted from a short story by Franz Wedekind. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
Tropical Malady
One of Thailand's leading ... his friend Tong. Sud Pralad ( aka Tropical Malady) was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
Five
Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas ... screened at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival shortly before opening in French theaters in the spring of that year. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
Shiner
Violence leads to eroticism ... that he is being watched, the attention turns him on and he boldly turns the tables on his stalker. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
4
The lies shared by ... where the specter of even the most elaborate of lies can somehow fade into reality for one tantalizing instant. [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]
Bad Acid
An acid-tripping con man ... Does he stand at the edge of a complete breakdown or is he nearing a true transformation of consciousness? [ best avant-garde / experimental films - 2004 ]



