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
  • 2024
    Convenience

    Convenience

    Convenience

    02024HD

    Mindy suspects that her ex is up to no good.

    Convenience
  • 2021
    The Mouth

    The Mouth

    The Mouth

    02021HD

    The blinking sun on the surface of the river becomes the ranting mouth of god and utters nova scotia into existence.

    The Mouth
  • 2012
    Chase

    Chase

    Chase

    02012HD

    An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.

    Chase
  • 2012
    Down with the Dawn

    Down with the Dawn

    Down with the Dawn

    02012HD

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

    Down with the Dawn
  • 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
  • 1973
    Serenade

    Serenade

    Serenade

    01973HD

    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
  • 2026
    An Island

    An Island

    An Island

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    New experimental short from James Fotopoulos.

    An Island
  • 1989
    Metrovision

    Metrovision

    Metrovision

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

    Metrovision
  • 2024
    Newborn

    Newborn

    Newborn

    02024HD

    Born blind, an individual gains sight through surgery. Thus begins a visual encounter — the first of their life.

    Newborn
  • 2018
    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Kaparamip
  • 2007
    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

    102007HD

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

    Corpora Vilia
  • 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
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

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    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
  • 1989
    Graffiti

    Graffiti

    Graffiti

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    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
  • 1953
    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    Things to Come

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    A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Things to Come
  • 2020
    Boy Waits

    Boy Waits

    Boy Waits

    02020HD

    A boy waits in the same street every day with his bags packed. What is he waiting for?

    Boy Waits
  • 1952
    Abstronic

    Abstronic

    Abstronic

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    A pioneer of visual music and electronic art, Mary Ellen Bute produced over a dozen short abstract animations between the 1930s and the 1950s. Set to...

    Abstronic
  • 1965
    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics

    7.31965HD

    Animated work detailing the unrequited love that a line has for a dot, and the heartbreak that results due to the dot's feelings for a lively...

    The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics
  • 1973
    Squares

    Squares

    Squares

    01973HD

    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