Jeff Keen Movies

  • 1961
    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

    The Autumn Feast

    6.41961HD

    A deliberately non-synchronous film, shot in 8mm with the sound on tape. Piero Heliczer reads his poem "The Autumn Feast," and the visuals interact...

    The Autumn Feast
  • 1976
    Godzilla: Last of the Creatures

    Godzilla: Last of the Creatures

    Godzilla: Last of the Creatures

    91976HD

    One of Jeff Keen's diary films. Keen made many diary films with his daughter, wife and friends in the late 60s and 70s. These were edited in camera...

    Godzilla: Last of the Creatures
  • 1965
    Flik Flak

    Flik Flak

    Flik Flak

    91965HD

    Comics, monsters and a zombified Keen are gently desecrated in this paint-flecked film that also features a picture of Jackie Keen crying...

    Flik Flak
  • 1969
    Day of the Arcane Light

    Day of the Arcane Light

    Day of the Arcane Light

    9.3331969HD

    Experimental short directed by Jeff Keen.

    Day of the Arcane Light
  • 1965
    Instant Cinema

    Instant Cinema

    Instant Cinema

    9.31965HD

    This early quick-fire cut-up animation melds machine gunfire with scratched film. The soundtrack was made by Keen in 2007 with a wasp synthesizer and...

    Instant Cinema
  • 1991
    Omozap 2

    Omozap 2

    Omozap 2

    7.51991HD

    Omozap is a gun-wielding wildman and Keen anti-superhero akin to The Punisher. Compulsive animation and action look to the Artwar films and videos to...

    Omozap 2
  • 1962
    Breakout

    Breakout

    Breakout

    8.51962HD

    Breakout is an unfinished film and, unusually for Keen, contains a loose narrative. It presents the story of a young man hounded by a large pink...

    Breakout
  • 1980
    Return of Silver Head

    Return of Silver Head

    Return of Silver Head

    91980HD

    The Keen family go on holiday in the jungles of the English countryside while the mysterious Silver Head - Jeff Keen wearing an inside-out,...

    Return of Silver Head
  • 1994
    Artwar

    Artwar

    Artwar

    81994HD

    This version of Artwar builds from performances with paper masks and implements and various sequences of gunfire.

    Artwar
  • 1969
    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)

    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)

    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)

    91969HD

    Various different holiday locations ar joined together through the pleasures of ice cream in The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae, while in Mothman the...

    Family Star (The Mutt & Jeff Icecream Sundae + Mothman)
  • 1995
    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3

    8.21995HD

    Footage of the first Iraq War is jarringly intercut with shots of the artist painting at the local tip and at home. Drawing upon pivotal moments in...

    Artwar Fallout + Artwar 3
  • 1968
    White Lite

    White Lite

    White Lite

    8.31968HD

    White Lite is something of a mystical film, evoking the feeling of going 'through the looking glass' to another world, despite the fact it was...

    White Lite
  • 1967
    Marvo Movie

    Marvo Movie

    Marvo Movie

    81967HD

    Four minutes of heavily cut-up sound and vision with collage, animation and multiple exposures throughout.

    Marvo Movie
  • 1990
    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm

    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm

    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm

    8.81990HD

    From spinning paper guns to pulsing television screens, from zooms, crosscutting and painted film surfaces to burning paper, Jeff Keen uses all the...

    B-B-B Bom and Life Storm
  • 2000
    Joy Thru Film

    Joy Thru Film

    Joy Thru Film

    8.52000HD

    Jeff Keen's final film pushes his conflation of personal history and war even further than before.

    Joy Thru Film
  • 1960
    Wail

    Wail

    Wail

    91960HD

    Experimental short featuring motorbikes and animation. This is the second version of Jeff Keen's first film; that film became too worn.

    Wail
  • 1993
    Kino Pulveriso

    Kino Pulveriso

    Kino Pulveriso

    91993HD

    The Artwar face peers through painted celluloid and a barrage of explosions and film noise.

    Kino Pulveriso
  • 1990
    Artwar Loop 1

    Artwar Loop 1

    Artwar Loop 1

    91990HD

    The Artwar loops were made for non-cinematic exhibition and go from harsh film surface noise to colour bars and other video effects filmed from the...

    Artwar Loop 1
  • 1990
    Pulverised Cinema

    Pulverised Cinema

    Pulverised Cinema

    81990HD

    Jeff Keen processes his cinematic past in this filmic attack on his back catalogue.

    Pulverised Cinema
  • 1999
    Kino Staccato

    Kino Staccato

    Kino Staccato

    81999HD

    This bright animation cuts from interiors to exteriors and pushes pictures of Keen at different ages up against violent actions and symbols of...

    Kino Staccato