Abstract Movies

  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    5.81956HD

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

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 2008
    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

    42008HD

    Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by...

    Drux Flux
  • 2019
    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    02019HD

    Upset with where his life has gone, Torgo seeks to make some changes

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives
  • 2016
    Claire

    Claire

    Claire

    102016HD

    Claire is composed of digital scans and blow-ups of a series of three ink-on-paper artworks created in 2012 by French-Spanish researcher, publisher...

    Claire
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

    6.81963HD

    This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

    21-87
  • 2025
    First Light

    First Light

    First Light

    02025HD

    Thirty-six layers of water aligned to create a perfect circle. 1 of 2

    First Light
  • 2024
    -Oh

    -Oh

    -Oh

    02024HD

    A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously.

    -Oh
  • 2024
    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    02024HD

    A nematic painting of sleep.

    Phosphenes
  • 1953
    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    01953HD

    A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Things to Come
  • 2024
    A Day In LC

    A Day In LC

    A Day In LC

    02024HD

    A person living in Liberty City goes to work, have some food & gets back home.

    A Day In LC
  • 2025
    Serlasanha

    Serlasanha

    Serlasanha

    02025HD

    Serlasanha
  • 2005
    M・Y・F・A・C・E

    M・Y・F・A・C・E

    M・Y・F・A・C・E

    6.82005HD

    Abstract horror short about a girl's face.

    M・Y・F・A・C・E
  • 1972
    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    Keep on Turning

    01972HD

    In Wiertz and Verbeek's kinetic, kaleidoscopic opus Keep on Turning (1974, 3 min, 16mm, sound) cubes convey, rotate and shift in tandem.

    Keep on Turning
  • 2024
    blutighånd

    blutighånd

    blutighånd

    102024HD

    Exhausted hands struggling to reach the finish line.

    blutighånd
  • 2012
    La Costante di Archimede

    La Costante di Archimede

    La Costante di Archimede

    102012HD

    La Costante di Archimede
  • 2012
    Down with the Dawn

    Down with the Dawn

    Down with the Dawn

    02012HD

    Coiling and turning orbs travel through the stratosphere. Birth and transcendence short animation from Run Wrake and Howie B.

    Down with the Dawn
  • 1968
    You're Not Real Pretty but You're Mine...

    You're Not Real Pretty but You're Mine...

    You're Not Real Pretty but You're Mine...

    01968HD

    "Mouris’s film, YOU’RE NOT REAL PRETTY BUT YOU’RE MINE…, built upon the strongest elements of QUICK DREAM, and added a pop...

    You're Not Real Pretty but You're Mine...
  • 2010
    Mamori

    Mamori

    Mamori

    4.82010HD

    Mamori transports us into a black-and-white universe of fluid shapes, dappled and striated with shadows and light, where the texture of the visuals...

    Mamori
  • 2023
    Pyre

    Pyre

    Pyre

    02023HD

    Exploring helplessness, Pyre is an experimental short film which personifies death as a ghoul in a dress, drawing closer and closer until striking.

    Pyre
  • 2025
    Shapeless Variations

    Shapeless Variations

    Shapeless Variations

    02025HD

    A condensation of a handful of sunsets with various visual moods. Red and blue as opposites that still find a way to cohere. Concrete silhouettes...

    Shapeless Variations