Abstract Movies

  • 2000
    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

    Hell Frozen Over

    02000HD

    Bernadette Corporation describes this work as "A fashion film about the poetry of Stéphane Mallarmé and the color white." Produced for...

    Hell Frozen Over
  • 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
  • 2014
    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

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    Three books: a film festival catalogue, a dictionary, the Bible. Three works whose materiality has become obsolete by the digital dematerialization....

    Third Page from the Sun
  • 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
  • 1989
    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    01989HD

    The strange transformation of a surveillance camera.

    Cyclops
  • 1961
    Drums West

    Drums West

    Drums West

    7.21961HD

    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
  • 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
  • 2017
    On Generation and Corruption

    On Generation and Corruption

    On Generation and Corruption

    62017HD

    Borrowing its title from a treatise by Aristotle, the latest film by Makino Takashi is an abstract work that finds its drive in the clash between...

    On Generation and Corruption
  • 2009
    The Artifice

    The Artifice

    The Artifice

    102009HD

    An experimental visual piece delving into concepts like afterlife and existence in an abstract but accessible way.

    The Artifice
  • 1970
    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    Close-Up: an oddyssey

    101970HD

    Aspiring writer Lucy Simon embarks on a psychedelic road trip to the planet Mars with her brash, unnamed drug dealer behind the wheel in this...

    Close-Up: an oddyssey
  • 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
  • 2001
    The Dowager's Idyll

    The Dowager's Idyll

    The Dowager's Idyll

    02001HD

    2001 Joan C. Gratz animated short

    The Dowager's Idyll
  • 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
  • 1963
    21-87

    21-87

    21-87

    6.81963HD

    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...

    21-87
  • 2010
    The Warning

    The Warning

    The Warning

    02010HD

    A found footage film about a strange and mysterious movie production.

    The Warning
  • 2024
    Newborn

    Newborn

    Newborn

    02024HD

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

    Newborn
  • 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
  • 1991
    The Elephant Graveyard

    The Elephant Graveyard

    The Elephant Graveyard

    01991HD

    A man's car somehow becomes completely autonomous and takes the powerless driver, to a scrap yard, or a 'cemetery for cars', where several more...

    The Elephant Graveyard
  • 2018
    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    Kaparamip

    02018HD

    Abstract animation by Boris Labbé

    Kaparamip