Improvisation Movies

Based on an incident in the life of Beat icon Neal Cassady and his wife, the painter Carolyn, the film tells the story of a railway brakeman whose...

Phillip Hochmair is a young, successful actor with engagements at big theatres in Vienna and Hamburg. His life is marked by learning new texts by...

A movie premiere gone awry leads to an equally chaotic trial to determine the fate of four amateur filmmakers.

My dear friends, it's time for us to welcome you to another 'lost' Jane Austen novel. It's been improvised from start to finish by the amazing cast...

An exploration of the individual components that make up a jazz improvisation, told in 13 parts.

Harrison tries to bake a batch of cookies for his roommates without a recipe.

In 1989, a collective of young hip hop artists gathered at a health food café in South Central Los Angeles. Their mandate? To reject gang...

With noise-canceling headphones, they communicate with an inaudible counterpart. Decoupled, they move around the room and meet their surroundings....

Abandoned in a park, the two-year-old girl Asia is found by Patty, a circus woman living with her husband Walter in a trailer park in San Basilio on...

A man in his mid-thirties searches for meaning in the aftermath of a relationship.

Queen of China (Hanoi Hanna), based on Ronald Tavel’s scenario, loosely refers to the real-life radio show host who broadcast antiwar...

3 Friends create 6 comedy sketches to “save the world” with comedy

Facing the loss of her youthfulness, Matilda finds herself at a turning point in her life. Refreshing encounters and unexpected longings force her to...

An important audio-visual record of a landmark series of four concerts staged in London in 2022 when more than 30 musicians joined improviser,...

An absurd interview with an aspiring stand-up comedian with more passion than talent.

This early travelogue film, made in a Kenyan train station, captures an impromptu musical performance. Some passengers eagerly join in while others...

From radical turntablism (Otomo Yoshihide) to laptop music innovation (Numb), via classical instrument hijacking (Sakamoto Hiromichi), Tokyo's...