Abstract Movies

  • 1978
    Impasse

    Impasse

    Impasse

    01978HD

    A classic of abstract animation that follows a tiny red arrow's journey through a multitude of spirals of white and waterfalls of color. Directed by...

    Impasse
  • 2024
    The Confused

    The Confused

    The Confused

    02024HD

    A teenager is trapped in an anomalous realm with no way out, as if there is no flow of life. Everything goes strangely and incomprehensibly.

    The Confused
  • 1958
    Raga

    Raga

    Raga

    51958HD

    A hand animated film that is a precursor for Belson’s later work

    Raga
  • 1969
    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    Our Lady of the Sphere

    4.91969HD

    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
  • 2004
    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    2.52004HD

    Polish avant-garde animation with changing colors and shapes that suggest birth followed by heavy distortion and building to a face in the swamp.

    1-39-C
  • 2010
    Mamori

    Mamori

    Mamori

    4.82010HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2004
    Handmade

    Handmade

    Handmade

    02004HD

    In stark contrast to video, "Hand Made" focuses on the grain of the celluloid and the organic nature of emulsion. It was created by contact printing...

    Handmade
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

    7.71961HD

    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
  • 2023
    Liminal II

    Liminal II

    Liminal II

    02023HD

    In the smallest hour, a Crepuscus Tree beckons another unknowing wanderer.

    Liminal II
  • 2009
    Blend

    Blend

    Blend

    02009HD

    This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with...

    Blend
  • 2024
    -Oh

    -Oh

    -Oh

    02024HD

    A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously.

    -Oh
  • 2024
    INFRASTRATA

    INFRASTRATA

    INFRASTRATA

    102024HD

    Amongst the contemplative static shots of decaying architecture weaves an abstract narrative unveiling the life-cycle of a higher perception, too...

    INFRASTRATA
  • 2024
    Mildew

    Mildew

    Mildew

    02024HD

    'Elise' comes to terms with a 'being' that possesses their house, discovering and accepting why they have allowed this presence to linger while...

    Mildew
  • 2022
    Nour

    Nour

    Nour

    02022HD

    Nour
  • 2003
    Clandestine

    Clandestine

    Clandestine

    02003HD

    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
  • 2014
    Interference

    Interference

    Interference

    02014HD

    On a bleak island where monolithic concrete buildings rise above the windswept horizon lies work-colony #191286. Piwonka is one of a handful of...

    Interference
  • 2012
    PXXXL

    PXXXL

    PXXXL

    02012HD

    Using century old technology, PXXXL creates digital glitch from analog process. It was animated directly on the celluloid without a camera, in a...

    PXXXL
  • 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
  • 2023
    Mohammad Saadh

    Mohammad Saadh

    Mohammad Saadh

    02023HD

    An Art and a Short Film in which the director records his childhood experiences and memories through the mischievous activities of a boy named...

    Mohammad Saadh