James Benning Movies

"scorched earth is a film that is part of the Untitled Fragments Project. It's 60 minutes at dusk, just one shot of the burned over forest (from this...

A view of an Oregon farm field, observing a solar eclipse and incorporating a Leonard Cohen song.

A narrative film concerning an investigation of two women in time and space, to the point where the investigation becomes the narrative.

Filmed on November 21 and 22, 2018 in Valencia, California. A gibbous and full moon rising.

One half filmed in 1977, one half filmed 27 years later.

Stills from a trip in Cuba.

A short film about masculinity

Sixty one-minute shots with no camera movement. This tension between painterly and cinematic space is not only experienced as an intellectual...

After having shared a common experience in Cuba, twelve filmmakers say goodbye to return to their countries and make a pact: to make a collective...

61. La Verdad Interior reveals the creative process behind TELEMUNDO [screened in the New Visions section], a collaborative film directed by James...

In this short black and white study Benning uses dissolves, shifting camera angles and cross-fades to experiment with narrative structure.

A short film about femininity

Filmed in Sierra Nevada, just like Benning's Spring Equinox, but this time during a different season. Consists of static shots of the actual...

Casting a Glance is a tribute to the American artist Robert Smithson. Between May 15 2005 and January 14 2007, I made 16 trips to the Spiral Jetty....

Experimental filmmaker James Benning returns with this abstract documentary about California's Central Valley, part 1 of his "California Trilogy"....

Three-channel HD video (color/sound), 18 minutes

Short by James Benning.

Presented on a computer, "Pascal's Lemma" features mathematics (diagrams, equations, questions), biographical information about Blaise Pascal, and...

In James Benning’s film Concord Woods (2014), we watch a replica of Henry David Thoreau’s famous cabin at Walden Pond. The cabin is first...

Shots of 13 great lakes in the USA, with each shot containing half water and half sky or land.