Abstract Movies

  • 2024
    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

    02024HD

    How heavy is an emotional relationship in TRANSit? Giving love? Losing love? Having, in my chest, not only a heart but also longing? That's why I...

    for us, an essay
  • 2021
    Trafic

    Trafic

    Trafic

    02021HD

    Short film by Tomonari Nishikawa

    Trafic
  • 2019
    Let X Equal X

    Let X Equal X

    Let X Equal X

    02019HD

    A sequence of hand-drawn experiments. Constants: visualist, technology, run time. Independent variables: musician, drawing materials, theme. ...

    Let X Equal X
  • 2019
    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    02019HD

    Another example of Detheux’s enchanting work, this year deepened by some outstanding live performance experiences.

    Mille Regretz, live
  • 2019
    Guidance

    Guidance

    Guidance

    02019HD

    The function of the wrestler is not to win. It is to go through the motions that are expected of him.

    Guidance
  • 2021
    everyday star

    everyday star

    everyday star

    02021HD

    Everyday states of being and decay are observed through the infinite scope of the cosmos and the restorative light which emanates from it, driving...

    everyday star
  • 2012
    Before Before

    Before Before

    Before Before

    02012HD

    This animation can be watched in 2D or using Chromadepth Glasses in 3D.

    Before Before
  • 1974
    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    At the Academy

    51974HD

    A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made...

    At the Academy
  • 2013
    #43.6

    #43.6

    #43.6

    62013HD

    In his film #43, Joost Rekveld observes what happens to a system that is destabilised by ‘creative' pixels, drawing inspiration from the set of...

    #43.6
  • 2004
    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    22004HD

    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
  • 2007
    Lost Utopia

    Lost Utopia

    Lost Utopia

    52007HD

    The story of Adam and Eve with jazzy music. Short experimental animation without words.

    Lost Utopia
  • 1970
    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    01970HD

    Abstract short.

    Disabuse
  • 1990
    Anyway

    Anyway

    Anyway

    8.51990HD

    Rolling animated images of kaleidoscopic heads, skeletons and other absurdities. Abstact, surreal and darkly comic. This short was Run Wrake's (as...

    Anyway
  • 1982
    Night Mix

    Night Mix

    Night Mix

    61982HD

    Non-narrative film, highly manipulated: tape-over-frames, ink-tinted, bleached and drawn into. As a montage, abstractly and rhythmically intense....

    Night Mix
  • 1975
    Zoopsie

    Zoopsie

    Zoopsie

    71975HD

    Bizarre abstract stop-motion animation questioning traditional values in a period of great social upheaval.

    Zoopsie
  • 2002
    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    62002HD

    #23.2 Book of Mirrors deals with the multiplication of light beams through mirrors and kaleidoscopes.

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors
  • 2013
    humming, fast and slow

    humming, fast and slow

    humming, fast and slow

    02013HD

    The screen is divided again and again until the picture arranged in ever changing strips bursts into whirring dynamic.

    humming, fast and slow
  • 2006
    Color Dream no. 246

    Color Dream no. 246

    Color Dream no. 246

    02006HD

    An abstract animated short by Michael Theodore.

    Color Dream no. 246
  • 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
  • 2019
    13 Years Later

    13 Years Later

    13 Years Later

    02019HD

    A perfect blending of the art of maths and the maths of art.

    13 Years Later