Avant-garde film
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Avant-garde film or avant-garde cinema is a term for non-mainstream cinema within the art film realm. The term avant-garde film was popular from the 1920s until the 1960s, since then the term experimental film has been used.
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By region
- Avant-garde film in Europe, starts in 1920s Europe.
- Avant-garde film in the United States, starts in post WWII United States.
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