Abstract Movies

C+M, for YK. Subtractive colour blending is used in an attempt to conjure Yves Klein's 'L'accord bleu (RE 10)', 1960. The limitations imposed by...

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

Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of murderous dreams.

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...

Abstract horror short about a girl's face.

A unique journey across a topography created entirely from a form of digital light and shadow—a bristling terrain of poles bending the light in...

An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.

In Wiertz and Verbeek's kinetic, kaleidoscopic opus Keep on Turning (1974, 3 min, 16mm, sound) cubes convey, rotate and shift in tandem.

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

In this silent short film, we follow three stories grappling with grief. As the characters within these stories take action and process their...

Animation short by Alina Maliszewska.

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...

Coiling and turning orbs travel through the stratosphere. Birth and transcendence short animation from Run Wrake and Howie B.

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

1995 Joan C. Gratz claymation short film

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...

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

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

What happens when two hands touch? How close are they like? And how can proximity be measured, and even more so, in times of a pandemic and...