Abstract Movies

2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short

A girl sitting on an autumn leaf-filled sidewalk communicates with a mysterious figure across the street.

Abstract animation by Satoh Yoshinao

Thirty-six layers of water aligned to create a perfect circle. 1 of 2

Exploring helplessness, Pyre is an experimental short film which personifies death as a ghoul in a dress, drawing closer and closer until striking.

An abstract film on the music 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony, part 1, by Franz Schubert by Oerd van Cuijlenborg

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 exploration of memory and loss.

A hand moves gently, its presence shifts continuously.

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...

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

Upset with where his life has gone, Torgo seeks to make some changes

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

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 journey through the unconscious in transition of a protagonist stretched out on the asphalt, on a Sunday

A young filmmaker goes on a surreal journey that blurs reality in order to film the perfect scene.

An abstract, experimental, personal reappraisal of experiences and crises - the project was the result of an experiment.

An abstract short film that sheds light on the bad habits of the society in which we evolve, but in a dark satiric & cynical way.

Hand painted directly onto film stock by Margaret Tait, this film features animated dancing figures, accompanied by authentic calypso music.

Here the artist creates a world of color, form, movement and sound in which the elements are in a state of controllable flux, the two materials...