Abstract Movies

  • 1957
    All Souls Carnival

    All Souls Carnival

    All Souls Carnival

    4.51957HD

    Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked...

    All Souls Carnival
  • 2025
    Cygnus A

    Cygnus A

    Cygnus A

    02025HD

    Abstract experimental film by Ignacio Mardones

    Cygnus A
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    5.3951923HD

    We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...

    Rhythm 23
  • 2025
    Serlasanha

    Serlasanha

    Serlasanha

    02025HD

    Serlasanha
  • 2024
    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

    02024HD

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow is an evocative exploration of beauty and solitude, set entirely within a neon-lit aquarium. Through mesmerizing...

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    Gassy's Gas 'n Stuff

    Gassy's Gas 'n Stuff

    Gassy's Gas 'n Stuff

    102023HD

    Lulu the dog gets a job at the local convenience store and stays up all night cleaning the back room. Short created for Adult Swim Smalls.

    Gassy's Gas 'n Stuff
  • 1953
    Mandala

    Mandala

    Mandala

    71953HD

    Scroll paintings prepared like film strips with successive images.

    Mandala
  • 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
  • 1958
    Raga

    Raga

    Raga

    51958HD

    A hand animated film that is a precursor for Belson’s later work

    Raga
  • 1955
    Calypso

    Calypso

    Calypso

    51955HD

    Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.

    Calypso
  • 2024
    blutighånd

    blutighånd

    blutighånd

    102024HD

    Exhausted hands struggling to reach the finish line.

    blutighånd
  • 2013
    Barcode III.0

    Barcode III.0

    Barcode III.0

    62013HD

    A unique journey across a topography created entirely from a form of digital light and shadow—a bristling terrain of poles bending the light in...

    Barcode III.0
  • 2023
    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes

    02023HD

    The work is a video-poem, an exploration and reflection on the sense of vision as a tool to understand signifiers - but also and more importantly, as...

    I’m Trying to Speak the Language of My Eyes
  • 2023
    The Coronating

    The Coronating

    The Coronating

    72023HD

    A knight has second thoughts before the coronation of a new king.

    The Coronating
  • 2021
    A Heap of Broken Images

    A Heap of Broken Images

    A Heap of Broken Images

    52021HD

    Sunday afternoon. Images of last summer. A view of the sunset from a hill. Some flashes.

    A Heap of Broken Images
  • 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
  • 2022
    The Quietest Hour

    The Quietest Hour

    The Quietest Hour

    02022HD

    Thomas, 70, looks back on the last evening he and his lost friend Mari spent together. An evening in which they drink wine, dine, listen to piano...

    The Quietest Hour
  • 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