This is a video record of the Buddhist Wake ceremony at Allen Ginsberg's apartment. You see Allen, now asleep forever, in his bed; some of his close friends; and the wrapping up and removal of Allen's body from the apartment. You hear Jonas' description of his last conversation with Allen, three days earlier. You see the final farewell at the Buddhist temple, 118 West 22nd Street, New York City, and some of his close friends: Patti Smith, Gregory Corso, LeRoy Jones-Baraka, Hiro Yamagata, Anne Waldman, and many others.

In 1964 Film Culture magazine chose Andy Warhol for its annual Independent Film award. The plan was to show some of Andy's films and have Andy come on stage and hand him the award. Andy said, no, he didn't want a public presentation.

Takes an in-depth look at the lives and times of the people who hung out with Andy Warhol and "worked" at the Silver Factory during the Sixties, making it all click as a new counter-culture arose and began to exert its influence throughout the arts.

Self Discovery for Social Survival is a collaborative surf and music film produced by Brooklyn based record label, Mexican Summer and Pilgrim Surf + Supply, a New York based surf and outdoor brand. Filmed in Mexico, the Maldives and Iceland in three separate vignettes, musicians (Allah Las, Connan Mockasin, Andrew Van Wyngarden of MGMT, and Peaking Lights) alongside pro-surfers,embark on a journey that combines a symbiotic relationship between music and the waves, the environment, and local culture. Poetically narrated by the legendary avant-garde film maker Jonas Mekas.

“New York plays itself, as Taylor Mead and Winifred Bryan regale in pas de deux among the trashcans and the towers. The Studiedly Goofy and the Monumentally Grand are joined in masterly pas de don’t [...] The awed couple do battle with the status quo and teach the world to dance on the head of a bin. Rice detects real dignity in Bryan and amazing grace in Mead as they essay solitary promenades through the parks, subways and streets of a wintery New York landscape. Photographed and directed by Ron Rice, edited and scored by Taylor Mead.” –Edward Leffingwell

Filmed during Jonas Mekas’s visit to Avila in 1967, this short records his impressions of the city, inspired by Meher Baba’s teaching that it was one of Europe’s holy places. The footage was later incorporated into his 2003 compilation film Travel Songs (1967–1981).

Filmmaker José Luis Guerin documents his experience during a year of traveling as a guest of film festivals to present his previous film. What emerges is a wonderfully humane and sincere portrayal of the people that he meets when he goes off the beaten track in some of the world's major cities.

A look at avant-garde filmmaker Marie Menken.

The film consists of continuous panning shots up a series of 367 human legs.

... with real-life portraits of Jayne Mansfield, Frak O'Hara, Ruth Ford, Ned Rorem, Virgil Thomson, Claes Oldenburg, Roy Lichtenstein, William Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Rudy Gernreich, Jonas Mekas and others.

In March and April of 1966, Markopoulos created this filmic portrait of writers and artists from his New York circle, including Parker Tyler, W. H. Auden, Jasper Johns, Susan Sontag, Storm De Hirsch, Jonas Mekas, Allen Ginsberg, and George and Mike Kuchar, most observed in their homes or studios. Filmed in vibrant color, Galaxie pulses with life. It is a masterpiece of in-camera composition and editing, and stands as a vibrant response to Andy Warhol's contemporary Screen Tests. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2001.

Maya Deren is a legend of avant-garde cinema. This authoritative biography of the charismatic filmmaker, poet and anthropologist features excerpts from her pioneering Meshes of the Afternoon and her unfinished documentary on Haiti, interviews with Stan Brakhage and Jonas Mekas, and recordings of her lectures. Narrated by actress Helen Mirren, this definitive documentary offers startling insights into one of the most intriguing, accomplished figures in cinema history.

Reminiszenzen aus Deutschland de Jonas Mekas États-Unis, 2012 / 16mm transféré en vidéo et vidéo, 25’, coul., vostf, inédit « Ce film e st ma première tentative d’introduire brièvement à la période allemande de ma vie : de juillet 1944 à octobre 1949. Utilisant des photos originales de l’époque et des images film et vidéo prises en 1971 et en 1993, je revisite Elmshorn, Flensburg, Wiesbaden, Mainz, et Kassel, où j’ai passé plusieurs années de ma vie – d’abord travailleur forcé dans un camp de prisonniers de guerre, puis plus tard, dans des camps de "Personnes déplacées"”. La bande-son est constituée de brefs extraits de mes journaux de l’époque, de réflexions actuelles et de passages des écrits de Wolfgang Borchert. » Jonas Mekas

Documentary feature length film/video portrait of George Maciunas, the founder of the avant-garde art movement 'FLUXUS'

Metropolitan Museum of Art curator Henry Geldzahler reflects on the 1960s pop art scene in New York.

IT CAME FROM KUCHAR is the definitive, feature documentary about the legendary, underground filmmaking twins, the Kuchar brothers. George and Mike Kuchar have inspired two generations of filmmakers, actors, musicians, and artists with their zany, "no budget" films and with their uniquely enchanting spirits. George and Mike Kuchar grew up in the Bronx in the 1950's making "no-budget" films, compulsively copying Hollywood melodramas with their aunt's 8mm, home-movie camera. In the 1960's the New York underground film scene embraced them as the "8mm Mozarts". Their early films deeply inspired many filmmakers, including John Waters, Buck Henry, Atom Egoyan, Todd Haynes, Cory McAbee and Wayne Wang. IT CAME FROM KUCHAR includes numerous clips from the Kuchar brother's early films including HOLD ME WHILE I'M NAKED, SINS OF THE FLESHAPOIDS, and many others. IT CAME FROM KUCHAR features interviews of many of the filmmakers, artists and writers who've been inspired by the Kuchars. The film also features interviews of key "actors" from the Kuchar's films, ranging from the earliest days in the Bronx through today. For close to forty years George has taught film production at the San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI). His class is unbelievable in a circus-like, Fellini-esque style that generates tremendous enthusiasm from his students. IT CAME FROM KUCHAR follows his latest class production as they make an over-the-top "monster picture".

Using his trademark flicker method, Ken Jacobs pays homage to the oldest brand of color film, Kodak (whose production was discontinued in 2009) and to Jonas Mekas, who managed to breathe life into Kodak.

Paradise Not Yet Lost (a.k.a Oona’s Third Year) de Jonas Mekas États-Unis, 1979, 16mm, 96’, coul., vostf filmé en 1977, monté en 1979 « Le film se divise en six parties. La première se passe à New York et nous y voyons de nombreuses scènes quotidiennes à la maison et en ville, et également notre fille Oona qui a trois ans. D’autres sujets aussi : concert de Peter Kubelka ; visite à Marie Deren, la mère de Maya ; parade de St Patrick’s ; printemps à Central Park ; etc. La deuxième partie, très brève, se passe en Suède pendant notre visite à Anna Lena Wiborn. La troisième partie se passe en Lituanie pour le 90e anniversaire de ma mère avec ma femme Hollis et Oona, alors âgée de deux ans et demi. Oona rencontre ses cousins, on boit de la bière faite à la maison, on se promène à travers les bois, on cueille des champignons et des fraises sauvages, on s’amuse. La quatrième partie se passe en Autriche, on rend visite à Peter Kubelka et à Hermann Nitsch à Prinzendorf, on goûte le vin de Hermann, on parle aux ânes de Peter, on visite Saint-Nicolas à Kremsmuenster, puis nous allons en Italie avec Peter à la recherche du vin de Michel-Ange, le Canaiola. La sixième partie est le retour à New York ; visite à Willard Van Dyke ; 3e anniversaire d’Oona, incendie à Broome Street, encore des scènes d’intérieur, début des tempêtes d’hiver. C’est un diary film, mais c’est aussi une méditation sur le thème du Paradis. C’est une lettre à Oona pour l’aider, un jour, à se souvenir de ce qu’était le monde autour d’elle quand elle avait trois ans. Une époque dont elle n’aura que quelques petits fragments de souvenirs dans sa mémoire. Un guide romantique pour lui rappeler les valeurs essentielles de la vie, dans un monde artificiel, commercial, (un) poison pour le corps et l’esprit. » Jonas Mekas, novembre 1979 « […] Où Jonas, après s’être longtemps identifié à la figure d’Ulysse, à son errance et à ses combats, comprend qu’il n’y a pas d’Ithaque (sauf à en ouvrir les frontières à l’universalité de la culture ou à souhaiter, avec le poète Cavafis, que la route qui y mène soit longue) et se comporte désormais comme Pénélope. » Patrice Rollet, « Zefiro Torna de Jonas Mekas », Trafic n°80, hiver 2011

Compiled from two decades of travels through Europe, Jonas Mekas’s Travel Songs gathers five diaristic segments filmed in Avila, Stockholm, Moscow, and Assisi. Shot with his characteristic spontaneity and playfulness, the film turns casual sightseeing into a lyrical meditation on place, memory, and movement.

The quixotic journey of Nam June Paik, one of the most famous Asian artists of the 20th century, who revolutionized the use of technology as an artistic canvas and prophesied both the fascist tendencies and intercultural understanding that would arise from the interconnected metaverse of today's world.