Abstract Movies

An abstract animation with a motif of a dragonfly, and a complex multi-exposure landscape of a field and a woman's naked body overlap.

Life in the Atom was never completed, but the existing version was digitally restored in 2009. The film depicts an ever-changing world inhabited by a...

Remote Life Drawings is an animated collage of abstract images that illustrate the neighbourhood of Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan. TAV is located...

The world shifts subtly while silent watchers already understand.

A lensless exploration of hair on 35mm film.

These are work-in-progress elements of various commercial projects and a film to be titled Knotte Grosse. Beckett received an AFI Independent...

Short experimental film by Hy Hirsh. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with iotaCenter and National Film Preservation Foundation...

A strong laserbeam is deflected by two mirrors oscillating at very high speeds. The human eye perceives a stable image as long as they move fast...

A study of our temporal relationship with natural spaces and the memories they hold; questioning if humanity and nature resides in the same...

Cut up animation and collage technique by Harry Smith synchronized to the jazz of Thelonious Monk's Mysterioso.

From the film-almanac on musical works of classics for children "Children's Album". A little film about genesis.

The guests are just like us: people who carry the burden of existing. Throughout nine episodes, partners (couples, friends, relatives) will sit next...

Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.

This film, photographed in London, is an exploration into the depths of unconscious reactions.

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...

In 1944 Lye moved to New York City, initially to direct for the documentary newsreel The March of Time. He settled in the West Village, where he...

A short film about young adults and their complicated relationship to Hongdae — a busy clubbing area filled to the brim with Seoul's youth.

A student finds out he is late for his train.

Astract stop-motion short film using "lightning doodles" by Tochka.

First personal experience with a Super-8 camera manually exposing film out of any light source.