Abstract Movies

A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.

Abstract horror short about a girl's face.

This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract collage of snippets from discarded footage found by Lipsett in the editing room of the National...

In this powerful abstract film with a soundtrack of African drum music, Lye scratched "white ziggle-zag-splutter scratches" on to black leather,...

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

Black-and-white abstract animated short of light, shadows, and reflections by The Dodals (Karel Dodal (1900-1986) in collaboration with his wife,...

We watch white shapes dancing on black background, which changes when the white shape fills up the screen completely, and black lines and figures...

100 basic images switching positions for 4000 frames.

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...

mens·beeld (het; o; meervoud: mensbeelden) A "Mensbeeld" is a well-thought-out and coherent representation of what it means to be human....

Abstract 2D hand-drawn animation using jazz music

Rainer Kohlberger’s abstract film was created entirely without a camera. Through digital algorithms, he precisely arranged a rhythm of light...

With a rushing smear, a cyclist begins his race.

Trapped in a torture room, Derrick must find a way to escape, but when certain truths are uncovered, chaos ensues, and the cookies begin to crumble.

A disillusioned young man enjoys the beauty of the last minutes before Tomorrow.

A doll acquires consciousness and embarks on an introspection of the self.

When the world casts an iron tie for you, one that doesn't quite fit or feel right: Is it possible to dream of freedom?

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

A Sense Of Place is a short film made with scanned images of transparent Adhesive Sticky Tape. The traces, marks, and imprints left on the tape were...

Water, fire and oil mix into an anxious premonition read across the surface of an eye, a pond and an expressway. Filmed in Los Angeles, San Francisco...