On Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024, at 7pm, Conor Williams presents Craig Baldwin's Tribulation 99 and Stan VanDerBeek's Snapshot of the City at the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) in the program APOCALYPTIC AVANT-GARDE!

Join us at Mana Contemporary on Sunday, October 20th, 2024, at 12pm, for a program of silent diary films from the FMC's collection, curated by Matt McKinzie and Robert Schneider for B-Roll Zine Bazaar, organized by Saint Piñero and Sage Ó Tuama of Film Diary NYC!

Join us at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Thursday, October 17th, 2024, at 7pm, for the NYC launch of Laura Paul’s new book FILM ELEGY, with a special screening of films of Amy Halpern. Laura Paul will be in attendance to discuss her book, the films, and answer audience members’ questions about her time working as Halpern’s assistant.

On Wednesday, October 2nd, 2024, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a newly acquired 16mm print of Zoe Beloff's Nightmare Angel, presented by Robert Schneider and Philomena Mattes!

Join us at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st, at 7pm, for a special screening of Larry Gottheim’s Four Shadows​, with Gottheim himself in attendance to discuss the film and answer audience members’ questions!

On Saturday, September 21st, and Friday, September 27th, 2024, from 6-10pm, join us at Hamilton Fish Pool for "Water Works": the first iteration of Public Art Fund's ongoing series NO SWIMSUIT REQUIRED, which features a selection of water-themed and eco-conscious FMC films presented in an interactive, Expanded Cinema format!

​​Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, September 20th, 2024, at 7pm, for two engaging filmic portraits of experimental composers Martin Bartlett and Tony Conrad, as part of our series ​SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC​.

​​Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, September 13th, 2024, at 7pm, for two seminal documents of the punk and hardcore scenes of the '70s and '80s, Dan Graham's ​ROCK MY RELIGION ​and Ross McLaren's ​CRASH 'N' BURN​, as part of our series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC​!

​​Join us on Wednesday, September 4th, 2024, at 7pm, for a dazzling smorgasbord of music videos (and music video-related works) from the Coop's vast collection, curated by Matt McKinzie, as part of our series ​SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC!

Join us at Spectacle Theater on Friday, August 30th, 2024, at 7pm, for five queer avant-garde shorts from the 1960s featuring the "Motown sound," curated by Matt McKinzie, as part of our series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC.

Join us at Spectacle Theater on Friday, August 30th, 2024, at 6:30pm, for a series of music-themed films by legendary experimental filmmaker and early video art pioneer Jud Yalkut!

Join us at Spectacle Theater on Wednesday, August 21st, 2024, at 7pm, for a screening of Craig Baldwin's feature film "Sonic Outlaws," as part of our music-themed series "Sonic Visions: Experiments in Cinema and Music!"

​For the second program in our summer series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC, join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 23rd, 2024, at 7pm, for an hour-long slate of subversive and rarely-screened films and video art from our collection about, or featuring, jazz!

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Thursday, August 15th, 2024, at 7pm, for a program of films and video art by longtime FMC member Tobe Carey, chronicling the music scenes and countercultural communities of Woodstock, New York, in the late 1960s and early 1970s! Curated by Matt McKinzie in collaboration with Tobe Carey.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, August 7th, 2024, at 7pm, for a newly acquired 16mm print of the Coney Island Amateur Psychoanalytic Society Dream Films, curated by Philomena Mattes, with artist Zoe Beloff in attendance!

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, August 2nd, 2024, at 7pm, as we kick off our summer series SONIC VISIONS: EXPERIMENTS IN CINEMA AND MUSIC with seven enthralling yet rarely-screened 16mm rock documents from the 1960s... the decade the genre exploded.

Join us at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Monday, July 8th, 2024, at 7pm, for a program of films exploring the conflicting ideals of “girlhood” — caught between the fantasy of becoming a woman and the desire to remain young (and innocent) forever — curated by FMC resident Hayley Aaskow!

On Friday, June 21st, 2024, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a riveting and subversive program of experimental true crime films and video art curated by Lucy Talbot Allen!

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, June 7th, 2024, at 7pm, for a special program of films preserved and cataloged by both Canyon Cinema and the Coop!

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Thursday, May 23rd, 2024, at 7pm, for the first in a series of screenings, happening at various locations around New York City, marking the return of MIX NYC: The New York Queer Experimental Film Festival!

Join us from May 9th to May 12th at the Independent Art Fair for a special showcase of experimental film, video, and media artworks from our collection!

Film at Lincoln Center and The Film-Makers’ Cooperative present "Seeing the City: Avant-Garde Visions of New York from The Film-Makers’ Cooperative Collection and Beyond," to be presented at FLC from May 3rd–7th, 2024. The series will feature a selection of films from the Film-Makers’ Cooperative catalog, and elsewhere, that paint a unique portrait of the city, with many presented on 16mm.

On Saturday, April 27th, 2024, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for five films from the Coop's collection fusing experimental and narrative storytelling methods, curated by Jeremiah M. Carter and Sarah Viviana Valdez!

As an impromptu yet vital addendum to our series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us on Friday, April 26th, 2024, at 7pm, at the Film-Makers' Cooperative for an encore screening of Richard Brick's 1971 documentary THE CONSPIRACY AND THE DYBBUK, which will play alongside Newsreel's 1968 documentary COLUMBIA REVOLT.

Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Tuesday, April 23rd, and Thursday, April 25th, 2024, at 7pm, for a selection of exciting new works by filmmakers in our collection!

For the eighth and final screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, at 7pm, for the politically trenchant and deeply personal feature, SPEAKING DIRECTLY: SOME AMERICAN NOTES, made by artist, activist, and former political prisoner Jon Jost.

For the seventh screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the Maysles Documentary Center on Friday, April 12th, 2024, at 7pm, for two astounding documentaries chronicling the cultural climate and major sociopolitical events surrounding and following the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago.

For the sixth screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024, at 7pm, for four vital films about the Vietnam War draft and draft-dodging, spanning 1966 to 1973.

For the fifth screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Wednesday, March 27th, 2024, at 7pm, for an essential lineup of films from the 1960s and '70s by feminist activist and filmmaker Sheila Paige, plus a Newsreel documentary about the 1969 Miss America pageant and resulting protest. Curated by Robert Schneider.

On Sunday, March 24th, 2024, at 4pm, join us at the Ki Smith Gallery for six fascinating films from our collection by artists involved and/or inspired by Andy Warhol's Factory scene in the mid-1960s.

For the fourth program in our multi-program screening series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at Maysles Documentary Center on March 22nd, 2024, at 7pm, for four filmic portraits of trans lives and experiences from the late 1960s and early 1970s, curated by Lucy Talbot Allen.

For the third screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room on March 11th, 2024, at 7pm, for four films chronicling the Elysian Park Love-In, the People's Park, and related protests and demonstrations in the late 1960s.

For the second screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on March 4th, 2024, at 7pm, for four films chronicling anti-Vietnam war efforts on the East Coast.

For the first screening in our multi-program series FILMS FOR SOCIAL CHANGE: REVISITED AND EXPANDED, join us at Light Industry on February 20th, 2024, at 7:30pm, to see five films by Dutch sociologist and filmmaker Leonard M. Henny (founder of "Films for Social Change"), curated by FMC Executive Director Tom Day.

Join us on Monday, February 26th, 2024, at 7pm, at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for two essential Paul Sharits films, curated by Andrew Reichel!

On Friday, February 9th, 2024, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a program of animated films about animals from the Coop's collection, curated by Chris Stoddard!

On Monday, January 29th, 2024, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for an exciting program of films about "happenings", spanning the early 1960s to the early 1990s!

On Monday, January 15th, 2024, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a dazzling selection of flicker and strobe films from the Coop's collection!

On Monday, December 18th, 2023, at 6:30pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for four tantalizing 16mm films by psychedelic visual artist Jerry Abrams, curated by Robert Schneider and FMC Executive Director, Dr. Tom Day!

On Thursday, November 9th,2023. at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for the rare opportunity to see Larry Kardish's 1968 feature film SLOW RUN on the big screen, on gorgeous 16mm!

Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Friday, September 29th, 2023, at 7pm, for a stunning retrospective of the films of a true living legend and longtime member of the Film-Makers' Cooperative, Eduardo Darino!

This September, Spectacle, in collaboration with the FMC's own Robert Schneider, is proud to present a retrospective of the luminary American experimental filmmaker Scott Bartlett.

This Labor Day, we're thrilled to collaborate with our friends at The Brooklyn Rail for an exciting Maya Deren screening series!

Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Friday, August 25th, 2023, at 7pm, for an exciting program of Coney Island-themed films from our collection, curated by Philomena Mattes!

On Saturday, August 5th, 2023, at 7pm, join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for two fascinating works by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Chuck Workman: 1987's PIECES OF SILVER and 2013's WHAT IS CINEMA?

On Friday, August 4th, 2023, at 7pm, join us at the Bunker at 222 Bowery for a screening of Chuck Workman's extraordinary 1999 documentary THE SOURCE!

On Friday, July 21st, 2023, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for three extraordinary, though often overlooked, 16mm films by the legendary Stan Brakhage: TORTURED DUST (1984), NODES (1981), and MATINS (1988)!

In honor of Pride month, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Thursday, June 29th, and Friday, June 30th, 2023, at 7pm, for a two-night program of groundbreaking queer, experimental films by legendary filmmakers in our archive, curated by Matt McKinzie.

On Friday, June 23rd, 2023, at 6:30pm, join us at the James Cohan gallery (52 Walker Street) for "The Alchemy of Film: Experiments with the Medium," a stunning program of avant-garde works from our archive, curated by Julia Curl, on the occasion of Mary Grigoriadis at Cohan, that highlight women filmmakers who experiment with the physical medium.

Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Friday, June 16th, 2023, at 7pm, for a rare showing of the only feature film Storm de Hirsch ever made, presented by Matt McKinzie!

On Tuesday, June 6th, 2023, at 8pm, join us at 35 Meadow Street in Brooklyn, NY, for a free screening of four experimental films from the FMC archive, curated by Emily Singer, as part of WHAT NOW?, a series of programs curated by Andrew Herzog and Elie Andersen, staged in concert with Herzog's exhibition EREMOCENE.

Join cinemóvil and the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, June 2nd, 2023, at 7pm, at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) as we root through 50 years of experimental filmmaking on nature and the living environment in the FMC/NACG catalogue!

Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Friday, May 26th, 2023, at 7pm, for an engaging program of films relating dance, color, and movement by Tone Glow's Joshua Minsoo Kim!

Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Saturday, May 13th, 2023, at 7pm, for a fascinating program of films examining the mutability of human identity through doubling, fracture, and dissolution, curated by Julia Curl!

On Wednesday, April 26th, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for an exciting program of experimental films about identity and self-discovery through communion with nature, curated by Zoë Kase.

On Friday, April 21st, 2023, at 7pm, at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Ave. South, 6th Floor), Robert Schneider will present Robert Kramer's extraordinary 1969 feature film ICE.

On Saturday, April 8th, 2023, at 2pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Ave. South, 6th Floor) for a dazzling program of collage animation films curated by Fox Ivo Yarden!

On Friday, March 31st, 2023, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Ave. South, 6th Floor) for "Building Steam with a Grain of Salt," a program of diaristic films curated and presented by our friends at Film Diary NYC!

On Friday, March 24th, 2023, at 7pm, join us at the FMC Screening Room for a program of films by M Woods (plus a film by Jack Smith!), curated by Devon Narine-Singh.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, March 10th, 2023, for two films by Warren Sonbert, followed by a conversation by Drake Stutesman with Jon Gartenberg.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, March 3rd, 2023, at 7pm for a program of avant-garde dream films curated by Matt McKinzie.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, February 10th and Saturday, February 11th, 2023, at 7pm, for a two-night program of recent additions to our growing collection of experimental and avant-garde films, submitted by new and longstanding members of the FMC/NACG!

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative Screening Room on Friday, January 20th, 2022, at 7pm for a program of sci-fi-themed avant-garde shorts curated by Julia Curl.

From Friday, December 23rd, 2022 to Thursday, January 5th, 2023, the Film-Makers' Cooperative is collaborating with the wonderful folks at The Brooklyn Rail for a Holiday Screening Series!

Join us at the Film-Makers’ Cooperative on Friday, December 16th, 2022, at 6pm for a celebratory gathering featuring a series of holiday- and winter-themed films selected collaboratively by our staff!

Join us on Friday, November 18th, 2022, at 6pm at the Andrew Edlin Gallery for a retrospective screening of works from the Women/Artist/Filmmakers, Inc. collective.

Join us at the FMC Screening Room on November 4th and 5th, 2022, at 6pm, to see two experimental feature films by two FMC members: Joe Wakeman and Erica Schreiner!

This chronological selection of films from the Film-Makers’ Cooperative archive, playing on Saturday, October 22nd, 2022, at 6pm, looks at the ways in which avant-garde filmmaking experimented with different methods of geometric abstraction from 1921 to 1980. Curated by Julia Curl.

Join us on Saturday, September 24th, 2022, at 6pm in the FMC Screening Room for "HOME" MOVIES: A program of avant-garde shorts exploring homes and domestic spaces. Curated by Matt McKinzie.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative for an in-person screening of 1960s psychedelic shorts on Friday, July 15th, 2022, at 7pm. Curated by Julia Curl.

On Friday, June 3rd, 2022, at 6pm, the Film-Makers' Cooperative is thrilled to present a screening of the short films of Zorko Sirotić that will be followed by a lecture about cooperatives by Goran Jeras, an environmentalist and International Chief Technical Advisor of the Green Energy Cooperative.

Join us at the FMC Screening Room on Tuesday, April 19th, 2022, at 4pm for a special, garden-themed film series for children programmed by filmmaker and curator Marie-Pierre Bonniol, which includes the U.S. debut of her film BABYLONE.

This program highlights the vibrant personal visions of eight female members of the Film-Makers’ Cooperative. Curated by Julia Curl and playing at the FMC Screening Room on Friday, March 4th, 2022, at 7pm.

Join us in the Film-Makers' Cooperative screening room on Friday, October 8th, 2021, at 7pm, for a special series of films curated by Julia Curl.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative screening room on Friday, November 12th, 2021, at 6pm for an in-person screening of a program of films by Nicholas Swanton, curated by the filmmaker.

On Sunday, September 12th, 2021, at 6pm, join us for a special evening of FMC treasures programmed by the participants of the "Poetics of Curation" workshop, lead by Devon Narine-Singh in July of 2021.

The fifth installment of “Counter-Culture / Counter-Cinema” focuses on the work of Jack Smith, whose polymorphously perverse performances and ignominious transgressions of social, political, and institutional decorum made him both a pioneer and a pariah in avant-garde artistic circles.

Four screenings in January 2019 that showcase the wide-ranging work of new and longstanding FMC members from around the world. Curated by Emily Apter, Ladya Cheryl, and Devon Narine-Singh.

Join us on Wednesday, December 18th at 8:30pm at Ludlow House (139 Ludlow Street) for a screening of new films by Larry Gottheim. Presented by the FMC. RSVP Required: filmmakerscoop@gmail.com.

In the face of global ecological collapse, there's nothing radical about loving the non-human.

Join us for an evening of short dance films created between the 1940s and 1980s, curated by G. Anthony Svatek.

Peggy Ahwesh and Kenneth White in conversation with a screening of Carolee Schneemann's films in the Film-Makers' Cooperative collection.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on March 13th at 7pm for a program of seven films by Laetitia Hohenberg. Introduced by Lynne Sachs.

The first installment of David Schwartz’s new bimonthly series “Songs of the Unsung,” featuring great but neglected films in the FMC collection, focuses on the formally inventive, playful, politically engaged, sensuous, and wryly comic work of Canadian artist and filmmaker Joyce Wieland.

On August 15th at 7pm at the Film-Makers' Cooperative, celebrate Barbara Rosenthal's 70th birthday with a screening focusing on physical bodies to explicate humanity in terms that include, but are not limited to, sex.

Join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Saturday, May 12th, 2018, at 7pm, for a program of selected works by Saul Levine, curated by David Fresko.

Join us on Friday, April 6th, 2018, at 7pm, for a program showcasing two films by Cynthia Madansky. Curated by Courtney Muller.

These two screenings showcase the wide-ranging work of both new and long-term FMC members.

Join us at the Ludlow House on November 29th at 7pm for a screening of films by Lynne Sachs, Amanda Katz, and G. Anthony Svatek, curated by MM Serra.

A recreation of the 1966 screening designed to reflect “the social, political, and moral climate of our time, the feelings, issues, and events of the day." Programmed by David Fresko.

Tessa Hughes-Freeland’s films have been shown in a variety of venues, from international museums to seedy bars. The subject matter of her films is confrontational, transgressive, provocative, and poetic. Programmed by MM Serra.

These 16mm shorts rediscover the intuitive reality and sharp beauty of nature. Curated by Courtney Muller.

Programmed around Hunter and the Film-Makers' Cooperative's shared home of New York City, these films consider the experience of living in New York: the constant contemplation of what it means for one’s identity to call the city home and what we observe by being here at length. Programmed by Amanda Katz.

“From early sixties, though Japanese, Iimura was well known as one of the first generation of the New York Underground … For many years, Japanese experimental film was Takahiko Iimura.” – Malcolm Le Grice, Time Out, London.

If you’ve seen more than three of the films in this program, we’d be surprised. Yet every single one of these films by women filmmakers deserves to be written about, taught in classes, and be part of the canon of avant-garde film.

Join us for a modular program of 16mm films that involve special instructions to the projectionist, curator, or spectator, underscoring the performative dimensions of cinematic exhibition. Venues wishing to exhibit a version of the program are encouraged to curate individual combinations of films from the list below that reflect their own interests, equipment, and exhibition spaces.

Combining origin stories with elegies and alternative histories, as well as explorations of desire, scraps, emergence, and obsolescence, “Origins and Ends” presents an array of experiments with cinema’s standard gauge, the use of which is decidedly rare in avant-garde film.

Join us at the Ludlow House (139 Ludlow St.) on Wednesday, October 18th, 2017, at 7pm for a program of 10 films by Gregg Biermann.

These films undo the socio-political bindings that repress images of sexuality into profitable commodities. The body, sex, and intimacy are not idealized or trapped in patriarchal, aesthetic fantasies.

Our annual New Year/New Work program, a two-day screening showcasing the wide-ranging work of both new and long-term FMC members. Filmmakers will be present for Q&A following screening. Programmed and curated by Gregg Biermann, G. Anthony Svatek, and Courtney Muller.

We commemorate the fiftieth anniversaries of key works from the Film-Makers’ Cooperative that protested the Vietnam War during the 1960s. Curated by David Fresko.

Four films from the 1970s that return to the films of Auguste and Louis Lumière, revisiting film history as a way of reframing our understanding of the cinematic. Curated by Josh Guilford.

From October 21st to November 11th, join us at the FMC for a three-part retrospective of the Hubley animation studio.

The latest edition of our ongoing series "Counter-Culture / Counter-Cinema" highlights two films by Andrew Meyer and a newly-restored work by Ron Rice. Programmed by David Fresko.