Tollywood Experimental Film or avant-garde cinema is a mode of filmmaking that rigorously re-evaluates cinematic conventions and explores non-narrative forms or alternatives to traditional narratives or methods of working. Many experimental films, particularly early ones, relate to arts in other disciplines: painting, dance, literature, and poetry, or arise from research and development of new technical resources. The vast majority have been produced on very low budgets with a minimal crew or a single person and are either self-financed or supported through small grants.