Presented by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Los Angeles Filmforum/Rotations and the Academy Museum.

This program brings together films that explore sensuality, the body and romantic love, and their expression through the haptic medium of 16mm film. With a note of nostalgia, this screening aims to depict the ineffable and mythic possibilities of desire, sex and a sensuous relationship with the natural world.

Programmed by Anna Higgins.

16mm prints and films from FILMFORM and LUX.

In 2025, Refle-x-périmental continues to pay tribute to the work of experimental film cooperatives that emerged from the 1960s onwards, embracing independence, rebellion, and the (re)invention of both avant-garde cinema and thought. After celebrating the co-ops founded in New York, Hamburg, and Amsterdam, as well as the 50th anniversary of the Paris Films Coop, the winter season will open with a focus on the West Coast of the United States.

This autumn, Eye Filmmuseum spotlights American avant-garde cinema of the 1960s. The exhibition and extensive accompanying programme feature screenings of both iconic and lesser-known films, highlighting the explosion of formal experimentation in artistic filmmaking of the period.