Two wildly imaginative art films by French-Canadian filmmaker Patrick Boivin, The End of Neoliberalism and Redite are among the more surreal offerings on Openfilm.

In The End of Neoliberalism, which is another word for globalization, a bespectacled businessman (Francis Lanzon) leaves the office with a gun in his briefcase and gets chased through the woods by a crazed, homicidal clown. With his bloodshot eye and vampire fangs, this maniac looks like Stephen King's Pennywise the Clown crossed with Ronald McDonald. After drawing blood, the clown cries out (in French with English subtitles), "I want a cheese!" At which point I thought: 1) "Is that a typo?" and 2) "For chrissakes, somebody get this guy some cheese!"

Redite, which in French means "needless repetition," is set on what looks like the Island of Misfit Toys. A tattered flag waves over a gigantic pile of trash, on top of which lies a human marionette (Marjorie Rheaume) with a fascist symbol embroidered on her blouse. She gets up and discovers that her strings are attached to three wooden boards. She struggles to lift them over her head, and, in the film's most enigmatic image, a hand reaches down and pins her with a new symbol, which I think represents freedom.

The End of Neoliberalism is a cornucopia of creepy images, but Redite is the more technically accomplished film. Boivin's sepia-toned, flickering compositions are masterful, using costume design, make-up and background detail to create an eye-popping dreamscape. Viewers can either speculate on the meaning of it all or simply sit back and soak up the imagery.