The Phantom Ship

Log Boy

A woodsman, who loves chopping wood, is relentlessly pestered by a boy made out of logs

2018

Mauvais Oeil

The Ringer

A fashion fad, a hip new band and a drug are marketed to kids in unnervingly similar ways.

1972

Self Service

Hungry mosquitos, in search of a meal, find that fruit, flowers and other such fare doesn't satisfy. One enterprising bug hits the jackpot - a human!

1974

Madam Black

When a glamour photographer runs over a child's pet, he's forced to fabricate a story about its disappearance.

2015

Tondo

Tondo introduces the cosmic formalism that was the primary theme of Al Jarnow's independent films. An infinite gridscape alternates with vibrating etc

1973

Contretemps

Living with OCD, Anna has an organized routine. This balance breaks when her sister forgets a piece of instrument. To bring it back, Anna has to face

2021

Mahjong

In a Chinese style garret, four men were playing Mahjong. A woman stood aside in silence, holding a bottle of liquor.They all had hidden cravings of t

2013

The Poem

An ancient was looking for the plum blossom in the snow storm during the trip.

2015

A Boy Enters

Jannick feels comfortable in his life, which he fills with friends, parties and girls. But after a city trip, a boy rings the doorbell. Is party-time

2016

Bittersweet Night

2017

Under Your Fingers

The day of the cremation of her grand mother, Emilie, a young mixed-race Asian girl, buries herself into her grandmother memories. She discovers the I

2015

Hotel Soul Good

A corporate tragedy and encounter with Helena Law Lan's taoist master leads Mei Qi to meet three relative ghosts who later support the protagonist and

2018

Salmon

Transformed into a salmon, an Indigenous street artist travels through decayed urban landscapes to the forests of long ago, in this sublime mixed anim

2015

Firki

The film is about a slightly tech-phobic middle-aged man, who is hesitant about trusting to use a navigation app on his phone. The film takes a light-

2023

The Cranberry Hour

Experimental narrative with comedy and horror made via long-distance collaboration between two artists.

2022

Kangqiao's Midnight Radio

Kangqiao is an ordinary office girl, and her boyfriend Zhang Yu is a DJ on a midnight radio show. They only meet for dinner from 6 to 9 in the evening

2012

The Owl & the Pussycat

Short animation by Al Jarnow based on the work of British poet Edward Lear. Made at NYU.

1968

Scratching and Painting on Film

A stream of consciousness experiment committed directly to celluloid, Jarnow pays homage to Stan Brakhage and Harry Smith. Abstract designs transform

1968

Yak

Jarnow's first work for Sesame Street and the Children's Television Workshop - yak is a goofy take on the letter "Y."

1970