The Film-Makers' Cooperative

The New American Cinema Group

The largest archive and distributor of independent and avant-garde films in the world

Catalogue

Catalogue

  • Window Water Baby Moving

    16mm, color, silent, 12 min
    Stan Brakhage
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  • Meshes of the Afternoon

    16mm, black and white, sound, 14 min
    Maya Deren
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  • A Matter of Baobab

    16mm, color, sound, 3 min
    Pola Chapelle
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  • Chumlum

    16mm, color, sound, 26 min
    Ron Rice
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  • Bridges-Go-Round

    16mm, color, sound, 7.5 min
    Shirley Clarke
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Programs

Programs

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    Giovanni Santia Presents the Films of Sharon Couzin

    Four rarely-screened films by Couzin on 16mm

    The Film-Makers' Cooperative welcomes Giovanni Santia (Curator, Ridgewood Essential Cinema) to our screening room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, June 18th, 2025, at 7pm, to present a program of rarely-screened films by Sharon Couzin!

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    Non Films Presents DarkRoom: Screening & Salon at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    Five FMC titles on 16mm accompanied by a live score

    On Tuesday, June 17th, at 7pm, Non Films presents “DarkRoom: Screening & Salon” at the legendary Film-Makers' Cooperative! The selected films are all early works by modern masters, some of which have been overlooked and not screened in decades. We are honored to partner with this historic institution to bring these experimental films out of the archive to be absorbed by fresh eyes.

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    Donna Deitch: Early Works

    Five films by acclaimed filmmaker and longtime FMC member Donna Deitch

    On Saturday, June 7th, at 7pm, acclaimed filmmaker Donna Deitch visits the Film-Makers' Cooperative to present a program of her early works from the 1960s and '70s on 16mm, in addition to her deeply personal and moving documentary from 1998, ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER.

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    "Spaces have always occupied me": The Cinema of Laura J. Padgett

    Five films by new FMC filmmaker-member Laura J. Padgett

    Filmmaker, photographer, and new Coop member Laura J. Padgett visits the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Wednesday, June 4th, 2025, at 7pm, to present a program of her films on 16mm and digital formats.

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    Queer and Uncensored

    A month-long series at MoMA, in honor of Pride, featuring over 30 titles from the FMC's collection

    The Film-Makers' Cooperative is honored to collaborate with our former Executive Director, filmmaker and curator MM Serra, and FMC filmmaker-member Erica Schreiner, to feature over 30 films from our collection in the month-long series "Queer and Uncensored," screening at MoMA from May 28th to June 27th.

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    Heather Landsman Presents "The Best of Me"

    New FMC filmmaker-member Heather Landsman presents her feature-length experimental documentary

    On Friday, May 24th, at 7pm, new Coop filmmaker-member Heather Landsman presents THE BEST OF ME, followed by a Q&A moderated by Brandon Streussnig!

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Artists

Filmmakers

  • Maya Deren

    6 films in catalogue
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  • Jack Smith

    11 films in catalogue
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  • Stan Brakhage

    276 films in catalogue
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  • Hollis Frampton

    47 films in catalogue
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  • Takahiko Iimura

    79 films in catalogue
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  • Jonas Mekas

    48 films in catalogue
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  • Ken Jacobs

    51 films in catalogue
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Screenings & Workshops

Screenings & Workshops

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    Curation is Creation: Workshop and Seminar

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    On Saturday, June 28th, from 9am to 11am, join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a workshop and seminar about curating programs of avant-garde cinema!

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    Giovanni Santia Presents the Films of Sharon Couzin

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    The Film-Makers' Cooperative welcomes Giovanni Santia (Curator, Ridgewood Essential Cinema) to our screening room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18th, at 7pm, to present a program of rarely-screened films by Sharon Couzin!

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    Non Films Presents DarkRoom: Screening & Salon at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Non Films presents “DarkRoom: Screening & Salon” at the legendary Film-Makers' Cooperative! The selected films are all early works by modern masters, some of which have been overlooked and not screened in decades. We are honored to partner with this historic institution to bring these experimental films out of the archive to be absorbed by fresh eyes.

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    Chiasm of Lament: An Audio-Visual Trilogy by Anne Katrine Senstad

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    On Wednesday, June 11th, at 7pm, The Film-Makers' Cooperative is honored to present CHIASM OF LAMENT, an audio-visual trilogy by longtime FMC member, multimedia artist Anne Katrine Senstad. Senstad will be in attendance to discuss the trilogy and present original prints, which are now for sale through our online store.

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    Love and Joy, Warren Sonbert

    Metrograph

    On Sunday, June 8th, at 2:15pm, The Film-Makers' Cooperative and Gartenberg Media Enterprises present new digital restorations of Warren Sonbert's AMPHETAMINE, WHERE DID OUR LOVE GO?, HALL OF MIRRORS (all 1966), and the filmmaker's self-described "magnum opus," CARRIAGE TRADE (1973), at Metrograph.

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    Donna Deitch: Early Works

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    On Saturday, June 7th, at 7pm, acclaimed filmmaker Donna Deitch visits the Film-Makers' Cooperative to present a program of her early works from the 1960s and '70s on 16mm, in addition to her deeply personal and moving documentary from 1998, ANGEL ON MY SHOULDER.

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    Yard Sale at the Film-Makers' Cooperative!

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Hear ye, hear ye! Join us for a yard sale on Friday, June 6th, from 3pm-8pm and Saturday, June 7th, from 3pm-6:30pm at The Film-Makers’ Cooperative (475 Park Ave South, 6th Floor). We will be hosting a spring cleaning shindig with pizza and libations (and maybe even music by Jimmy Buffett!).

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    "Spaces have always occupied me": The Cinema of Laura J. Padgett

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Filmmaker, photographer, and new Coop member Laura J. Padgett visits the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, June 4th, at 7pm, to present a program of her films on 16mm and digital formats.

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Archive

Archive

  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 8

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  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 9/10

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  • Filmmakers' Cinematheque Flyer

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  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 4

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  • Storm De Hirsch Poetry Album

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  • Critic Jyushin Sato and filmmaker Takahiko Iimura at the offices of Filmmakers’ Coop

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News

News

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    Introducing the Coop's New Director, Tom Day

    Introducing the Coop's New Director, Tom Day

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative Board of Directors is pleased to announce the organization’s new Executive Director, Tom Day.  

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    Celebrating MM Serra's Legacy at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    Celebrating MM Serra's Legacy at the Film-Makers' Cooperative

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative/New American Cinema Group announces that MM Serra will be transitioning from her current role as Executive Director after over thirty years of dedicated service to the organization. During this transition period, the Board of Directors will continue the Coop’s daily operations in conjunction with its staff.

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    RE:VOIR & FMC Collaborations

    RE:VOIR & FMC Collaborations

    New DVD Compilations of Storm De Hirsch, Larry Gottheim, and MM Serra!

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    In Solidarity - Protest Films in a Time of Crisis

    In Solidarity - Protest Films in a Time of Crisis

    Submit your short films of protest and action in the streets. Submissions can be anywhere between 3-5 minutes. The deadline is October 1, 2020.

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    Andy Warhol Film Project: Queer Space

    Andy Warhol Film Project: Queer Space

    Q&A with curator Claire K. Henry at Mana Contemporary Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306, 3-5 PM Tickets free with FMC membership

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    Kinoklub Zagreb and the Cinematic Experiment: A Screening, Lecture, and Discussion with Zorko Sirotic

    Kinoklub Zagreb and the Cinematic Experiment: A Screening, Lecture, and Discussion with Zorko Sirotic

    Screening of selected films made by the members of Kinoklub Zagreb during the last decade, followed by discussion and presentation of Kinoklub Zagreb and the ways of alternative film production in Croatia.

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    Into the Queer Beyond and Back Again

    Into the Queer Beyond and Back Again

    MANA Contemporary screening of works by Peter Cramer and Jack Waters

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    New Year New Work 2019 Program II

    New Year New Work 2019 Program II

    Second night of screenings

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About Charles S. Cohen

About Charles S. Cohen

“I was in a position to help, and I thought that I should. They are a wonderful group doing important work, and there is no other place to go and see this kind of thing. They needed a storage space for their archives, and this meets their needs.”

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative / New American Cinema Group is very grateful to our benefactor, Charles S. Cohen, whose generous support allows us to thrive in New York City.

Our on-location screening room has been named in his honor.

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