Abstract Movies

  • 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
  • 2014
    Poker

    Poker

    Poker

    02014HD

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

    Poker
  • 1976
    Window

    Window

    Window

    31976HD

    "This is taking a Super 8mm camera around with me wherever I go and I'm very interested in windows at this time of travel, and I'm trying to make a...

    Window
  • 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)
  • 2015
    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    72015HD

    "3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice

    Marking Time
  • 2023
    Moving On

    Moving On

    Moving On

    02023HD

    Forced to confront adulthood, a teenage girl detached from reality prepares to leave her childhood home.

    Moving On
  • 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
  • 2006
    Constellations

    Constellations

    Constellations

    92006HD

    Film by Paul Clipson. Music by Jefre Cantu Ledesma.

    Constellations
  • 2021
    Glimpse

    Glimpse

    Glimpse

    02021HD

    A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves...

    Glimpse
  • 1978
    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    71978HD

    Enigma is something of a more glamorous version of White Hole, with a wide variety of elaborate textures (often composed of iconographic and...

    Enigma: Nazo
  • 2018
    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Tetarape
  • 2021
    Recurring Phrases

    Recurring Phrases

    Recurring Phrases

    62021HD

    A film about endless processes. Images reappearing. New sentences being written.

    Recurring Phrases
  • 2007
    Sketch Film #5

    Sketch Film #5

    Sketch Film #5

    02007HD

    Sketch Film #5 (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2007, 3 min., super 8, silent, 18/24fps, b&w, USA) This is the last film in the series. I shot at the site of...

    Sketch Film #5
  • 1999
    Jazzimation

    Jazzimation

    Jazzimation

    01999HD

    A jazzy film in which the spectator is forced to look with the ears and listen with the eyes. An abstract film drawn directly on the computer.

    Jazzimation
  • 1997
    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    01997HD

    The very first film in which Maya Yonesho tried to show her thoughts. Even just circles may be able to show emotions as a person in animation. The...

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?
  • 2007
    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

    102007HD

    An abstract and tense short exploring the inner and outer body via the use of various types of plants.

    Corpora Vilia
  • 2021
    Bird on the 27th Floor

    Bird on the 27th Floor

    Bird on the 27th Floor

    02021HD

    Gogu’s feelings living with his parents for the past 28 years and still being a (fat) jobless filmmaker.

    Bird on the 27th Floor
  • 1969
    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    01969HD

    The animation referred to as Early Animations or Quacked Jokes is an anomaly among Beckett's films. It was probably not intended to be shown outside...

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations
  • 2015
    cinéma concret

    cinéma concret

    cinéma concret

    6.52015HD

    Shadow presences gradually emerge in Japanese filmmaker Makino Takashi’s abstract cinema composed of layers upon layers of natural imagery that...

    cinéma concret
  • 2012
    PXXXL

    PXXXL

    PXXXL

    02012HD

    Using century old technology, PXXXL creates digital glitch from analog process. It was animated directly on the celluloid without a camera, in a...

    PXXXL