'Fragments of Paradise' to premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival

Excited to announce Fragments of Paradise will premiere at the Venice International Film Festival on September 2nd!

Internationally known as the “godfather” of avant-garde cinema, the late Jonas Mekas inspired countless independent artists, from Martin Scorsese, Peter Bogdanovich, Andy Warhol and John Waters to Yoko Ono, John Lennon and Jim Jarmusch—all drawn to his indefatigable spirit and belief in the transformative power of cinema. But internally, he struggled. The traumas of his early life and exile stayed with him.

Fragments of Paradise is an intimate look at his life and work constructed from thousands of hours of his own video and film diaries—including never-before-seen tapes and unpublished audio recordings. It is a story about finding beauty amidst profound loss, and a man who tried to make sense of it all... with a camera.