Water Movies

A portrait of free diver Kathryn Nevatt, former World Champion and current New Zealand record holder in all three disciplines.

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.

1904, cinematography by Frank Ormiston-Smith.

A healing and poetic essay on our intergenerational relationship with water.

Appealing concurrently in this video essay to various meanings of the term “Subatlantic”—a climatic phase beginning 2500 years ago,...

A conflict breaks out when one friend misunderstands the other.

A tutorial about guided meditation. Throughout the project, the spectator is invited to follow a series of steps that, if done well, will take them...

The Green Desert presents a dazzling kaleidoscope of vineyards, date ranches, and bell pepper farms in the Coachella Valley near the Salton Sea. The...

An 8-year-old girl named Sayeh goes on an adventure in search of the dragon's treasure to save her grandmother's village from drought. But she...

Elara, a young violinist, is madly in love with Lucio, a Sicilian student. Their love blossoms, but suddenly Lucio must return to Italy to care for...

While Paris, the City of Lights, shines brightly, hidden in its shadows are fascinating installations, put in place nearly two centuries ago: the...

A Tibetan woman collects water near her family's yak farm and brings it back home 80-pounds full, in a ritual that takes her an hour to complete. A...

A memorial mourns as time passes

The Boardwalk is the Bridge Because Everything is Water is an experimental film that says, "thank you, water" and also serves as an environmental...

A silent short. Water, footsteps, darkness and light. Shot and edited entirely on a phone in a single day.

Released in February of 1922. Produced by Frederick Burlingham.

Swimming, Dancing examines audiovisual representations of the Yangtze (1934–present), from silent film to video art to the contemporary vlog....

A hovering camera exploration; The flow of a river becomes background and subject at the same time, movement creating fabric-like patterns of...

1924, produced by Frederick Burlingham.