Amy Halpern Movies

Ancient alchemists believed that salamanders can be reborn from fire, like the phoenix or Christ. They do not survive fire, nor extreme dryness. And...

A horizon like a blade.  Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.

Literally, a glance. A dedication; my emissary. –A. C. H.

A woman from Nigeria seeks work in the United States while her daughter struggles with premonitions and homesickness.

with Arwa Ibrahim 1 - Detention 2 - Hollywood Hills 3 - Reptile 4 - Bestiary 5 - Abstract and Concrete 6 - Doorway Occupation 7 - Sideways

A portrait of Jane Wodening (Brakhage). “A person who was the subject of the camera for many years looks back at us with an interrogating...

1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water.

What can I say about a private letter?

“Trying to get in, trying to get out. Encounters from the plague year.”

with Indigo Cohan.

Presents the physically necessary film “leaders”; at the front and back end of movies as aesthetic in themselves. (Amy Halpern)

A bewitching, mysterious work of enveloping beauty, the film’s ominous title and a dedication to Anne Frank deeply inform our reading of its...

By Halves uses appropriated footage from rejected 35mm prints that were cut in half and readjusted to be used as spacers for 16mm to sync sound...

Endangered animals on an endangered medium. A heartbeat 4/4 Slow cinema, with a sex scene.