Abstract Movies

  • 1977
    Wet Paint

    Wet Paint

    Wet Paint

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    [The] Insinuation of accidentally spilled ink that would be running across the paper in random, aleatory oozes displaces the graceful liquidity of...

    Wet Paint
  • 2007
    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

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    An abstract and tense short exploring the inner and outer body via the use of various types of plants.

    Corpora Vilia
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

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    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
  • 1973
    Serenade

    Serenade

    Serenade

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    Serenade is a milestone in the history of dance. It is the first original ballet George Balanchine created in America in 1934, and is one of the...

    Serenade
  • 1991
    The Elephant Graveyard

    The Elephant Graveyard

    The Elephant Graveyard

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    A man's car somehow becomes completely autonomous and takes the powerless driver, to a scrap yard, or a 'cemetery for cars', where several more...

    The Elephant Graveyard
  • 2021
    everyday star

    everyday star

    everyday star

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    Everyday states of being and decay are observed through the infinite scope of the cosmos and the restorative light which emanates from it, driving...

    everyday star
  • 2018
    Ciciri

    Ciciri

    Ciciri

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    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Ciciri
  • 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
  • 2010
    An Abstract Day

    An Abstract Day

    An Abstract Day

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    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
  • 2014
    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

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    Three books: a film festival catalogue, a dictionary, the Bible. Three works whose materiality has become obsolete by the digital dematerialization....

    Third Page from the Sun
  • 1962
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

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    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
  • 1999
    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

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    An attempt to constitute a human / machine dialogue. It shows the filmmaker’s blood as seen / heard with the eyes / ears of the machine which...

    Bloodlust
  • 2012
    Chase

    Chase

    Chase

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    An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.

    Chase
  • 2018
    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

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    A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.

    VIVAldi VVinter
  • 1958
    Somnambulists

    Somnambulists

    Somnambulists

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    In 1958, graduates of the Film School in Łódź – director Mieczysław Waśkowski and camera operator Adam...

    Somnambulists
  • 1962
    Shearing Animation

    Shearing Animation

    Shearing Animation

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    An abstract animated film inspired by the work of jazz musician Chico Hamilton.

    Shearing Animation
  • 2005
    8.1

    8.1

    8.1

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

    8.1
  • 1995
    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

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    The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The...

    Casa de Lava
  • 2016
    Orogenesis

    Orogenesis

    Orogenesis

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

    Orogenesis
  • 1973
    Squares

    Squares

    Squares

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    An abstract computer-generated film. The image is of squares revolving in space around and through each other. Colors and forms multiply and divide...

    Squares