Jem Cohen Filmes

An excerpt from a portrait of Cape Breton shot over 10 years. Last presented in New York as a live show in BAM’s 2013 Next Wave series,...

Chance observations of New York's Chinatown, commissioned by the Museum of Chinese in the Americas. “A sleepwalker’s circumnavigation of...

An homage to Walter Benjamin and other time-traveling artists and expatriates that have inspired me, especially Chris Marker. Benjamin, fleeing from...

Jem Cohen directs a music video for the post-rock song “Aerie” by drummer Jim White (of Dirty Three) and guitarist Marisa Anderson.

Collaboration with Fugazi

Sketches for Late City Final (Jem Cohen, Peter Hutton, Jeff Preiss, Adam Grossman Cohen, co-produced by Fred Riedel, c. 1991)

Karl, a 70-year-old Austrian astronomer, is at a crossroads in life and work. After a conference in Greece, he decides not to return home and heads...

The band Fugazi is documented over a period of more than ten years (1987-1998) through performance footage and interviews with the band and their...

The memory of a person, or the memory of a place (Rhys Graham).

Jem Cohen directs a music video for the song “Tree Song” by the experimental Greek folk outfit Xylouris White.

The stock exchange, the sky, customers, and pedestrians. All are observed at a distance, with care, in the newest work by Jem Cohen.

A portrait of artist Anne Truitt made primarily in and around her studio at the Yaddo artists' community.

Black Hole Radio is an installation that consists of taped confessions of callers of the New York City Phone Confession Line and video images. The...

An erotic music video and short film about skinny-dipping.

Commissioned by Renew Media to celebrate 20th Anniversary of Media Arts Fellowships

A sudden rainstorm, 6th Avenue at West Fourth, NYC. That's all.

The film is a domestic portrait of Patti and her son, Jackson. William Blake was invited in the form of a plaster cast of his death mask. Kurt...

A portrait of Sparklehorse and Mark Linkous

Hardcore punk legend Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) discusses memorable experiences from the many live shows he’s played.

The Film-Makers’ Cooperative and Canyon Cinema joined forces in 2025 to support Fall of Freedom – an urgent nationwide arts movement...