New Releases consists of the latest acquisitions to the VDB collections, be they contemporary works by artists, titles that are newly-preserved or edited that are now being made available to audiences, or recently released DVD Box Sets or compilations.

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Ghostly and abstracted representations of political and physical landscapes. Part of Hauntology Films Archives. 

The two related compilations of Julia Hechtman's video works titled Acts of Disappearance: Death and Acts of Disappearance:…

The two related compilations of Julia Hechtman's video works titled Acts of Disappearance: Death and Acts of Disappearance:…

Julia Hechtman

Not Once

2024 | 01:21:16

The video series Not Once began with the recording of personal stories by local Icelanders, about specific locations or a sense of place. The resulting stories vary greatly, from…

Stephanie Barber

pressing

2025 | 00:03:18

a woman washes her hair in the kitchen sink while telling her friend about a memory of sitting in a bathtub and watching her aunt get ready to go out. 

a…

Bob Snyder

This is a Sign

2025 | 00:13:49

This is a Sign (by Bob Snyder and Sara Livingston) is a contemporary daydream, with the kinds of conceptual twists and turns that daydreams often have. Natural forces in motion, a slow…

In Taiwan, Traditional Taiwanese Opera (gēzǎixì 歌仔戲) and Puppet Plays (bùdàixì 布袋戲) aren’t just performances for human…

Swerving between branded content, documentary, and a decolonial episode of MTV 'Cribs', the film revolves around a tour of an apartment which has supposedly been "given back" - led by reformed…

Give it Back: Stage Theory’s point of departure is the détournement of Panorama of the Monumental Grandeur of the Mississippi Valley (1850), a 9 foot tall, 348 foot long proto-cinematic…

A re-reading/ re-construction of a Wooster Group theater production: Part I / LSD: Just the High Points, 1978

Ken Kobland

The Moving Finger

2024 | 00:26:26

A chronicle of rumination / reflections on photography, aging, the woods, and the homeland.

Urban parks consist of two major elements: nature and man-made forms. Parks play an important role in the urban environment, offering relief in everyday life. While parks provide green…