Ambient Movies

A black-and-white visual meditation of wilderness and the elements. Wildlife filmmaker Richard Sidey returns to the triptych format for a cinematic ex...

A short film that poetically explores the sterile landscape of music consumption in the streaming era.

Lake gazes down at a still body of water from a birds-eye view, while a group of artists peacefully float in and out of the frame or work to stay at t...

Kick back and chillax with some lofi synthwave beats paired with high-action scenes from epic, old-school kung fu movies and monster flicks!

Filmed during the months of June and August 1984 in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, Mesa Verde National Park and the Navajo Nation. This pro...

Sonzai Zone is a speculative fiction film on intimacy and loneliness after the normalization of ambient communication media. An unlikely encounter bet...

Beautifully filmed by New Zealand nature photographer Richard Sidey over the past decade around the polar regions, Speechless: The Polar Realm is a vi...

A tragic story of a musician taking a bold voyage in the pursuit of creation, ambition, and need. Letting life choose for him, as part of the art itse...

Ten years after the biggest environmental crime in Brazilian history, Leidiane goes out to buy bread.

A short film about Comet Lodge Cemetery and the many souls bound to haunt the small patch of land with a brief segment revealing their faces and memor...

Plagued with a debilitating sleeping disorder, Ben's existence is a lonely one. He spends his nights wandering the streets of modern suburbia, hoping...

A man steadily bashes through the snow. He disappears and the trees, covered in white, shift and show a beautiful array of hidden colors. A poetic, me...

Fourth in the IMA Portraits series, this short introduces us to the life and work of electronic/contemporary composer Eliane Radigue. Radigue discusse...

The film choreographically covers the distance between two women and their mirroring selves, under Laurie Spiegel's soundscape and with the ambiance o...

An atmospheric journey, following the unstoppable forces that shape this world. A story beyond humanity.

Arriving in Eden Bay, River discovers the legend of enigmatic disappearances tied to a strange island beyond the fog. But how can they see an island t...

A police officer finds himself worthless as he soon realizes there's no way he could put an end to a businessman associated with running a prostitutio...

Music live performance of Ryuichi Sakamoto and Alva Noto at the Glass House.