Jonas Mekas Movies

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

After the author’s period of experimentation, these American notes are extremely straightforward. As in Migration, however, this America could...

From the diaries. This was filmed on July 1, 2004. From the cycle of FIRST FORTY I made in late 2006 as an introduction to my work for my new,...

As I was preparing the soundtrack from my film As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, I was video-taping myself doing it....

This was taped on the last day of the 20th Century, while having my last espresso of the century at Cremcafe, Second Avenue. I talk about the 20th...

Diary Entry: Father and Daughter (Shiva and Rumple) March 7, 2001.

This was originally an art installation by Jonas Mekas which was later shown in a single-screen tetraptych.

Evoking the physiognomy of a Rembrandt portrait, Axiom of Choice depicts Jonas Mekas and his son Sebastian, their heads rotating in radiant...

Four four-minute image sections and four four-minute sound sections are linked in all combinations of the sound sections with each of the image...

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...

For some time I had been thinking about doing something with my Paris footage, of which I have many many hours. So [curator Danièle...

"There I am, I am treated with the First Class ticket. Evening. But all the businessmen are already sleeping. I can’t sleep. I discover a bar....

Shortfilm in which Mekas follows a band on a boat ride on Easter Day.

Jerome Hill had a little outdoor theater on the shore of the Mediterranean. Usually he brought over some musicians, like the Julliard Quartet. But in...

Four-part video made in 2003 and 2004. The first two parts were presented at the Venice Biennale of 2003 as part of the Utopia Station project. An...

During the trip back to Lithuania, Jonas Mekas made Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Adolfas Mekas made Going Home, while Pola Chapelle,...

Quartet Number One (1991) 8 min.

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

A meditation on the time when the world watched as filmmaker Jonas Mekas' home country of Lithuania fought for independence. An immersion into the...