Abstract Movies

  • 1989
    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

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    A man pays local children to bring him flies. After having cut off their wings and legs, he sticks them on the walls of his apartment. When a...

    The Last Fly
  • 1969
    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

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    Animation using cutout animation to craft a bizarre science fiction experiment. Moving spheres, such as balloons and bubbles, are superimposed on...

    Our Lady of the Sphere
  • 2022
    Nour

    Nour

    Nour

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    Nour
  • 2019
    PUEDO VER TODO MENOS MIS OJOS

    PUEDO VER TODO MENOS MIS OJOS

    PUEDO VER TODO MENOS MIS OJOS

    102019HD

    PUEDO VER TODO MENOS MIS OJOS
  • 1953
    Obmaru

    Obmaru

    Obmaru

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    "Marx was born in Queensland, Australia, and was a landscape painter and model there before moving to San Francisco. However, when she arrived, she...

    Obmaru
  • 2009
    The Artifice

    The Artifice

    The Artifice

    102009HD

    An experimental visual piece delving into concepts like afterlife and existence in an abstract but accessible way.

    The Artifice
  • 1989
    TV Buster

    TV Buster

    TV Buster

    01989HD

    A couple are watching television together. Over time, the shows become more bizarre: a news report about the arrest of two terrorists reveals they...

    TV Buster
  • 2010
    Mamori

    Mamori

    Mamori

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    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
  • 2024
    Red Autumn

    Red Autumn

    Red Autumn

    102024HD

    A Experimental Docu-Drama about the Red Army Faction's formation, and events leading up to their imprisonment and death, from 1970 to 1977.

    Red Autumn
  • 2012
    The Extravagant Shadows

    The Extravagant Shadows

    The Extravagant Shadows

    52012HD

    Suggestion is the rock, and the physical evidence is the evanescent spray that breaks against the unseen. Transitive enharmonics of things touching...

    The Extravagant Shadows
  • 1953
    Eneri

    Eneri

    Eneri

    01953HD

    Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation...

    Eneri
  • 2019
    Echo

    Echo

    Echo

    02019HD

    In this silent short film, we follow three stories grappling with grief. As the characters within these stories take action and process their...

    Echo
  • 2008
    AANAATT

    AANAATT

    AANAATT

    02008HD

    "An exciting experiment in the tradition of Oskar Fischinger (Komposition in Blau, 1935), Dwinell Grant (Composition No. 1, 1940) and Slavko...

    AANAATT
  • 2006
    Insomnia

    Insomnia

    Insomnia

    102006HD

    Short film about the inability to sleep, or to remain asleep throughout the night.

    Insomnia
  • 2025
    First Light

    First Light

    First Light

    02025HD

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

    First Light
  • 1965
    Early Abstractions

    Early Abstractions

    Early Abstractions

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    Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and...

    Early Abstractions
  • 2017
    Divisional Articulations

    Divisional Articulations

    Divisional Articulations

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    Repetition and distortion drive this audiovisual collaboration between composer Lux Prima and visual artist Max Hattler, where fuzzy analogue music...

    Divisional Articulations
  • 2021
    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts

    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts

    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts

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    Rainer Kohlberger’s abstract film was created entirely without a camera. Through digital algorithms, he precisely arranged a rhythm of light...

    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts
  • 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
  • 2018
    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Kaparamip