Amy Halpern Movies

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

1981, 16mm, b&w, silent, 2 mins. Shots of Halpern cutting her fingernails, biting them, and dunking them in water.

A rhythmic montage of almost 200 faces, human and animals, that Halpern pans vertically, creating a cascade of visages suggesting that while...

Two palindromes. One resurrection. No happy ending.

In the politically charged atmosphere of the early 70s, Mikis Theodorakis conducted a concert of his music in Philadelphia. His music was banned in...

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

By Halves uses appropriated footage from rejected 35mm prints that were cut in half and readjusted to be used as spacers for 16mm to sync sound...

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

Following Gage-like skull trauma, a woman’s body unravels in dissolving textures and neuronal visions.

Abstract music notation and something very obvious.

What can I say about a private letter?

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

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

A film by Amy Halpern

A horizon like a blade.  Consistent across landscapes in California – ocean to desert and back to the ocean.