Abstract Movies

  • 2026
    Unearthly

    Unearthly

    Unearthly

    02026HD

    Two brothers move silently through the mundane world, carrying an unseen offering of light. As they journey from place to place, dancing and...

    Unearthly
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

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    This newly rediscovered short was created in Jim's home studio in Bethesda, MD around 1961. It is one of several experimental shorts inspired by the...

    Drums West
  • 2006
    Fig

    Fig

    Fig

    02006HD

    The Tokyo Tower and the window transform themselves into the characters, and roam in the night of Tokyo.

    Fig
  • 2003
    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

    Allahu Akbar

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    Rhythm and repetition plays an important role in the animated film Allahu Akbar by Usama Alshaibi. With this film, Alshaibi questions the...

    Allahu Akbar
  • 1978
    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    Enigma: Nazo

    6.51978HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2016
    Crab Day

    Crab Day

    Crab Day

    02016HD

    Crab Day is a short film made to accompany Cate Le Bon’s eponymous album, released on April 15, 2016 via Turnstile. Directed by Phil Collins...

    Crab Day
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    5.71923HD

    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
  • 2026
    Bullet for Three

    Bullet for Three

    Bullet for Three

    02026HD

    Three men enter a decrepit room to play a game of Russian Roulette. One of the bullets is special and can fulfill their deepest desires. However,...

    Bullet for Three
  • 2012
    Shift

    Shift

    Shift

    02012HD

    An attempt to visualize higher dimensions and unearthliness, taking into account these concepts' heightened awareness, when attempting to process or...

    Shift
  • 2001
    Flow

    Flow

    Flow

    02001HD

    Flash projection from dutch visual artist Han Hoggerbrugge

    Flow
  • 2017
    140 Characters

    140 Characters

    140 Characters

    02017HD

    "We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” - R. Buckminster Fuller

    140 Characters
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2018
    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Kaparamip
  • 2024
    She Sought to Be

    She Sought to Be

    She Sought to Be

    02024HD

    A doll acquires consciousness and embarks on an introspection of the self.

    She Sought to Be
  • 1970
    inefficient joy_

    inefficient joy_

    inefficient joy_

    01970HD

    Inefficient Joy is an experimental ski film that explores the paradox of devoting so much time and energy to something as fleeting as the moments we...

    inefficient joy_
  • 2018
    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Tetarape
  • 2024
    Room for Happiness

    Room for Happiness

    Room for Happiness

    02024HD

    The guests are just like us: people who carry the burden of existing. Throughout nine episodes, partners (couples, friends, relatives) will sit next...

    Room for Happiness
  • 2025
    Of My Glory

    Of My Glory

    Of My Glory

    02025HD

    A young woman considers her relationship with her father

    Of My Glory