Abstract Movies

  • 2024
    I Am Here Now

    I Am Here Now

    I Am Here Now

    02024HD

    An abstract horror artefact conceptualising trans doubt and dysphoria as a physically invasive force - a virus....

    I Am Here Now
  • 2022
    Vert Torpeur

    Vert Torpeur

    Vert Torpeur

    82022HD

    An abstract short film that sheds light on the bad habits of the society in which we evolve, but in a dark satiric & cynical way.

    Vert Torpeur
  • 2014
    Poker

    Poker

    Poker

    02014HD

    A burst of cheer and refreshment that it seems perfectly suited to a late July afternoon.

    Poker
  • 1974
    Life in the Atom

    Life in the Atom

    Life in the Atom

    01974HD

    Life in the Atom was never completed but the existing version was digitally restored in 2009. The film depicts an ever-changing world inhabited by a...

    Life in the Atom
  • 2012
    Alone with the Moon

    Alone with the Moon

    Alone with the Moon

    02012HD

    Burr creates a slow, liminal illusion in black-and-white, switching perspectives and matrices and crescendo-ing in time with Christopher...

    Alone with the Moon
  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    5.8331956HD

    Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 1937
    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    71937HD

    To the toccata portion of Bach's "Toccata and fugue in D minor," we watch a play of sorts. Blue smoke forms a background; a grid of black lines is...

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)
  • 2006
    Sketch Film #3

    Sketch Film #3

    Sketch Film #3

    52006HD

    Sketch Film #3 (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2006, 3 min., super 8, silent, 18/24fps, b&w, USA/Japan) The third film in the series, which starts with a...

    Sketch Film #3
  • 2020
    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    02020HD

    From the film-almanac on musical works of classics for children "Children's Album". A little film about genesis.

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock
  • 2012
    Thinking Dot

    Thinking Dot

    Thinking Dot

    02012HD

    This work is a consideration of the vision expressed by "dot".

    Thinking Dot
  • 2017
    Ramusiana

    Ramusiana

    Ramusiana

    102017HD

    A description of some parts of the world - explored, visited, documented, imagined. An abstract attempt at finding them again. The title refers to...

    Ramusiana
  • 2024
    blutighånd

    blutighånd

    blutighånd

    102024HD

    Exhausted hands struggling to reach the finish line.

    blutighånd
  • 2023
    Leda + Swans

    Leda + Swans

    Leda + Swans

    02023HD

    “Leda + Swans” depicts an infernal, mythic birth of cinema, dredging the violence and horror from Wallace McCutcheon’s comic short...

    Leda + Swans
  • 1978
    Impasse

    Impasse

    Impasse

    01978HD

    A classic of abstract animation that follows a tiny red arrow's journey through a multitude of spirals of white and waterfalls of color. Directed by...

    Impasse
  • 2006
    Constellations

    Constellations

    Constellations

    92006HD

    Film by Paul Clipson. Music by Jefre Cantu Ledesma.

    Constellations
  • 2004
    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    2.52004HD

    Polish avant-garde animation with changing colors and shapes that suggest birth followed by heavy distortion and building to a face in the swamp.

    1-39-C
  • 2004
    Handmade

    Handmade

    Handmade

    02004HD

    In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing...

    Handmade
  • 1996
    The Dowager's Feast

    The Dowager's Feast

    The Dowager's Feast

    01996HD

    1995 Joan C. Gratz claymation short film

    The Dowager's Feast
  • 1972
    Air!

    Air!

    Air!

    6.51972HD

    Although only a couple of minutes long, this animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water,...

    Air!
  • 1999
    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

    7.31999HD

    An attempt to constitute a human / machine dialogue. It shows the filmmaker’s blood as seen / heard with the eyes / ears of the machine which...

    Bloodlust