Alternate Cinema

Forward-thinking, pattern-disrupting independent films for viewers with a passion for experimentation. Our Alternate Cinema program promises to open your mind with unconventional cinematography and fresh narratives.

ALT Shorts: Dead Reckoning

86 min.

Chart a course through experimental fables and water imagery and oceans of cut-out and crazy animations…with nary a Tom Cruise nor impossible mission in sight.

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BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions

USA | 2025 | 113 min. | Kahlil Joseph

Kahlil Joseph deftly intertwines Afrofuturist narrative, family legacy, and archival footage into a visual and cerebral feast.

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The Gloria of your Imagination

USA | 2024 | 98 min. | Jennifer Reeves

The remarkable story of Gloria, a 30-year-old woman who was filmed consulting three emininent therapists in 1964.

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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

United Kingdom | 2024 | 76 min. | Quay Brothers

The latest from the Brothers Quay, about a man on a ghostly train ride toward a sanatorium that may exist out of time and space.

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