Abstract Movies

  • 2016
    Orogenesis

    Orogenesis

    Orogenesis

    62016HD

    A trip towards abstraction, as an hypothesis on how mountains might have been formed.

    Orogenesis
  • 1958
    Somnambulists

    Somnambulists

    Somnambulists

    51958HD

    In 1958, graduates of the Film School in Łódź – director Mieczysław Waśkowski and camera operator Adam...

    Somnambulists
  • 1923
    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    Rhythm 23

    5.71923HD

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

    Rhythm 23
  • 1989
    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    01989HD

    The strange transformation of a surveillance camera.

    Cyclops
  • 2005
    8.1

    8.1

    8.1

    02005HD

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

    8.1
  • 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
  • 2010
    An Abstract Day

    An Abstract Day

    An Abstract Day

    02010HD

    Abstract Day is a semi-abstract animation film by Oerd van Cuijlenborg based on a story which is told in sound. We witness a day in the life of a...

    An Abstract Day
  • 2024
    A Round of Applause for Death

    A Round of Applause for Death

    A Round of Applause for Death

    02024HD

    Death takes centre stage and faceless spectators applaud the inevitable in a series of murderous dreams.

    A Round of Applause for Death
  • 1990
    Anyway

    Anyway

    Anyway

    8.51990HD

    Rolling animated images of kaleidoscopic heads, skeletons and other absurdities. Abstact, surreal and darkly comic. This short was Run Wrake's (as...

    Anyway
  • 1972
    Air!

    Air!

    Air!

    7.31972HD

    Although only a couple of minutes long, this animated short makes the point that oxygen is the stuff of life whether on land, in the air or water,...

    Air!
  • 2021
    everyday star

    everyday star

    everyday star

    02021HD

    Everyday states of being and decay are observed through the infinite scope of the cosmos and the restorative light which emanates from it, driving...

    everyday star
  • 1995
    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

    Casa de Lava

    71995HD

    The film tells a story of Mariana, a nurse who leaves Lisbon to accompany an immigrant worker in a comatose sleep on his trip home to Cape Verde. The...

    Casa de Lava
  • 2019
    Twilight

    Twilight

    Twilight

    02019HD

    An exploration of the relationship between sound and picture inspired by the two lights (twi-light) found inside film projectors.

    Twilight
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1970
    Santa Inocencia

    Santa Inocencia

    Santa Inocencia

    101970HD

    Santa Inocencia
  • 1953
    Obmaru

    Obmaru

    Obmaru

    01953HD

    "Marx was born in Queensland, Australia, and was a landscape painter and model there before moving to San Francisco. However, when she arrived, she...

    Obmaru
  • 1961
    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    Prelude: Dog Star Man

    6.11961HD

    A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an...

    Prelude: Dog Star Man