Abstract Movies

  • 2000
    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

    02000HD

    Bernadette Corporation describes this work as "A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white." Produced for...

    Hell Frozen Over
  • 2003
    Clandestine

    Clandestine

    Clandestine

    92003HD

    A short film released alongside AFI's 2003 album Sing The Sorrow. The four members of AFI search to obtain a mysterious box that bears a resemblance...

    Clandestine
  • 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
  • 2000
    Scratch

    Scratch

    Scratch

    102000HD

    In Scratch both the animation and the soundtrack are abstract. The movie is a conversation of sounds and images. Soundtrack and animation are...

    Scratch
  • 1970
    Requiem

    Requiem

    Requiem

    01970HD

    A grieving choreographer tries to connect with her deceased partner through ritual dance, pushing her body beyond its natural limit until it breaks.

    Requiem
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    101970HD

    Aspiring writer Lucy Simon embarks on a psychedelic road trip to the planet Mars with her brash, unnamed drug dealer behind the wheel in this...

    Close-Up: an oddyssey
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

    7.21961HD

    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
  • 2018
    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Kaparamip
  • 2018
    Ciciri

    Ciciri

    Ciciri

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Ciciri
  • 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
  • 2020
    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    02020HD

    Portrait of a catastrophe, these are times of fire.

    Vulcania
  • 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
  • 1989
    Interrogation

    Interrogation

    Interrogation

    01989HD

    A man is horribly tortured by another who wants him to reveal where his girlfriend is hiding.

    Interrogation
  • 1969
    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    01969HD

    The animation referred to as Early Animations or Quacked Jokes is an anomaly among Beckett's films. It was probably not intended to be shown outside...

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations
  • 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
  • 2026
    An Island

    An Island

    An Island

    62026HD

    New experimental short from James Fotopoulos.

    An Island
  • 1999
    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language

    01999HD

    At the beginning of the twenty-first century, abstraction - that most quintessentially modernist innovation - maintains a peculiarly contradictory...

    Speaking of Abstraction: A Universal Language
  • 2015
    cinéma concret

    cinéma concret

    cinéma concret

    6.52015HD

    Shadow presences gradually emerge in Japanese filmmaker Makino Takashi’s abstract cinema composed of layers upon layers of natural imagery that...

    cinéma concret