Abstract Movies

  • 1989
    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    01989HD

    The strange transformation of a surveillance camera.

    Cyclops
  • 2005
    8.1

    8.1

    8.1

    02005HD

    An abstract film on the music 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony, part 1, by Franz Schubert by Oerd van Cuijlenborg

    8.1
  • 1961
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    6.11961HD

    A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...

    Prelude: Dog Star Man
  • 2001
    The Dowager's Idyll

    The Dowager's Idyll

    The Dowager's Idyll

    02001HD

    2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short

    The Dowager's Idyll
  • 2018
    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    Tetarape

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Tetarape
  • 1953
    Obmaru

    Obmaru

    Obmaru

    01953HD

    "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
  • 2015
    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    72015HD

    "3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice

    Marking Time
  • 1974
    Fuji

    Fuji

    Fuji

    5.71974HD

    A live action footage of a smiling, bespectacled (presumably) Western tourist set against the familiar cadence of an accelerating train revving up as...

    Fuji
  • 2025
    Keyhole Conversation

    Keyhole Conversation

    Keyhole Conversation

    02025HD

    Peter Larsson’s Keyhole Conversation draws the eye down to the small gate of the camera. From there, through quivering and percussive forms of...

    Keyhole Conversation
  • 1970
    Santa Inocencia

    Santa Inocencia

    Santa Inocencia

    101970HD

    Santa Inocencia
  • 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
  • 1969
    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    5.31969HD

    Our Lady of the Sphere uses cut-out animation to craft a bizarre science fiction experiment. Moving spheres, such as balloons and bubbles, are...

    Our Lady of the Sphere
  • 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
  • 1989
    Metrovision

    Metrovision

    Metrovision

    01989HD

    A subway passenger suffers from hallucinations and sees the metro that he has just boarded accelerate and gain speed quickly.

    Metrovision
  • 2021
    L'intimité

    L'intimité

    L'intimité

    02021HD

    L'intimité
  • 1965
    The Last Zero

    The Last Zero

    The Last Zero

    01965HD

    Animation short by Alina Maliszewska.

    The Last Zero
  • 2016
    Orogenesis

    Orogenesis

    Orogenesis

    62016HD

    A trip towards abstraction, as an hypothesis on how mountains might have been formed.

    Orogenesis
  • 1989
    Graffiti

    Graffiti

    Graffiti

    01989HD

    A woman carries a cat in a shopping bag that refuses to be petted. Tired of its behaviour, she violently strikes the bag repeatedly against a wall....

    Graffiti
  • 2010
    An Abstract Day

    An Abstract Day

    An Abstract Day

    02010HD

    Abstract Day is a semi-abstract animation film by Oerd van Cuijlenborg based on a story which is told in sound. We witness a day in the life of a...

    An Abstract Day
  • 1972
    Air!

    Air!

    Air!

    7.31972HD

    Although only a couple of minutes long, this animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water,...

    Air!