Amy Halpern Movies

A private toast. Inspired by a random encounter with this Wikipedia entry, while looking up “Chabrol, Claude” for a full listing of...

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...

Gesturing hands emerge from the darkness, readying us for the cinematic experience.

In three parts: Statice/frameline; Drops; The Cannonball Section. Unpopulated (except for the cheap ending on the Cannonball Section). (Previously...

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

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

Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

with Indigo Cohan.

With Nancy Halpern and Yves Marton. "Sitting home smoking cigarettes during the occupation. Very nasty and sophomoric. And beautiful." — A.H.

Reveals the history of camerawomen around the world, celebrating not only the survival of pioneer women in a male-dominated field, but a new...

What can I say about a private letter?

A film by Amy Halpern

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

A short sweet film concerning torture. For Lynda Gudde.

An opera in the public domain. A film about duration. “I tremble for my country when I think that god is just.” (Thomas Jefferson)