The Film-Makers' Cooperative

The New American Cinema Group

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

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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  • Un Chant D'Amour

    16mm, black and white, silent, 26.5 min
    Jean Genet
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  • Mirror Animations

    color, sound, 11 min
    Harry Smith
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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

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    Storm de Hirsch's "Goodbye in the Mirror" on 16mm

    A screening of the only feature film de Hirsch ever made

    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!

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    Cinemóvil NYC x Film-Makers' Cooperative: On the Presentation of Nature

    A program covering 50 years of experimental filmmaking on nature and the living environment

    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!

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    Tone Glow Presents "Colordance"

    A program of films relating dance, color, and movement

    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!

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    Mirrored Identities: The Self as Multiple

    A program of films examining the mutability of human identity through doubling, fracture, and dissolution

    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!

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    The Experimental Sublime

    A program of experimental films about identity and self-discovery through communion with nature

    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.

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    Robert Kramer's "Ice" on 16mm

    A screening of Kramer's 1969 feature film

    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.

Filmmakers

  • Maya Deren

    9 films in catalogue
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  • Jack Smith

    11 films in catalogue
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  • Stan Brakhage

    277 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

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    Storm de Hirsch's "Goodbye in the Mirror" on 16mm

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Friday, June 16th, at 7pm, for a rare showing of the only feature film Storm de Hirsch ever made, 1964's GOODBYE IN THE MIRROR, presented by Matt McKinzie!

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    U.S. Premiere of "The Compassion of the Undertaker" + Zoom Discussion with Director Saidin Salkic!

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    On Friday, June 9th, at 7pm, join us at the Film-Makers' Cooperative (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) for a truly unique and unmissable event: the U.S. premiere of Saidin Salkic's 20th film, THE COMPASSION OF THE UNDERTAKER, followed by a Zoom discussion with Salkic himself!

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    Digital Celluloid

    35 Meadow Street, Brooklyn, NY

    On Tuesday, June 6th, at 8pm, join us at 35 Meadow Street in Brooklyn, NY, for DIGITAL CELLULOID: a FREE screening of four experimental films from the Film-Makers' Cooperative 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.

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    Cinemóvil NYC x Film-Makers' Cooperative: On the Presentation of Nature

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Join cinemóvil and the Film-Makers' Cooperative on Friday, June 2nd, 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!

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    An Encore Screening of Tone Glow Presents "Colordance"

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Can you believe Tone Glow's "Colordance" SOLD OUT within a DAY!? If you couldn't get tickets for the Friday, May 26th screening, not to worry... you can NOW get tickets for an ENCORE SCREENING, playing at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Tuesday, May 30th, at 7pm!

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    "Flaming Creatures" + "There is a Transolution"

    Arverne Cinema

    Join us at the Arverne Cinema on Saturday, May 27th, at 8:30pm, for a screening of Jack Smith's "Flaming Creatures" and Viva Ruiz's "There is a Transolution," co-presented by The Infernal Grove and the Film-Makers' Cooperative.

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    Tone Glow Presents "Colordance"

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

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

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    Umbilical: (in)between earth and sky

    The Film-Makers’ Cooperative

    Join us at the FMC Screening Room (475 Park Avenue South, 6th Floor) on Thursday, May 25th, at 7pm, for an intergenerational and international screening of artists’ work curated by Devon Narine-Singh and Priyanka Das!

Archive

  • 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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  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 4

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  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 8

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  • Filmmakers' Cinematheque Flyer

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  • Newsletter Vol. 1 Number 9/10

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News

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    Introducing the Coop's New Director, Tom Day

    Introducing the Coop's New Director, Tom Day

    May 25, 2023: 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

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’ Coop / 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.