avant-garde film

C9016
concept

An avant-garde film is an experimental motion picture that challenges conventional narrative, aesthetic, and technical norms to explore innovative, often provocative forms of cinematic expression.

All labels observed (18)

Label Occurrences
avant-garde film canonical 48
art-house film 31
surreal film 7

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: avant-garde film
Generated description
An avant-garde film is an experimental motion picture that challenges conventional narrative, aesthetic, and technical norms to explore innovative, often provocative forms of cinematic expression.

Instances (110)

Instance Via concept surface
La Notte art-house film
The Loss of Sexual Innocence art-house film
Black Moon surrealist fantasy film
City of Women surreal film
Dreams That Money Can Buy
Le Sang d’un Poète (Jean Cocteau film he financed)
surface form: Le Sang d’un Poète
Les Mystères du Château de Dé (Man Ray film he commissioned)
surface form: Les Mystères du Château de Dé
La Coquille et le Clergyman (Germaine Dulac film he supported)
surface form: La Coquille et le Clergyman
Le Testament d’Orphée (Cocteau collaboration)
surface form: Le Testament d’Orphée
Yellow Submarine psychedelic film