Abstract Movies

  • 2024
    Magic Conch Shell

    Magic Conch Shell

    Magic Conch Shell

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    Estranged lovers reconnect through the power of the Magic Conch Shell.

    Magic Conch Shell
  • 1989
    Physical Sculpture

    Physical Sculpture

    Physical Sculpture

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    A sculptor models a face with boxing gloves.

    Physical Sculpture
  • 1997
    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

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    The very first film in which Maya Yonesho tried to show her thoughts. Even just circles may be able to show emotions as a person in animation. The...

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?
  • 2020
    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock

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

    François Couperin. The Alarm Clock
  • 2010
    Deluge

    Deluge

    Deluge

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    Deluge is a 2010 post-apocalyptic short film directed by Australian musician Lulu Collard.

    Deluge
  • 2016
    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

    Trans/Figure/Ground

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    A film about uncanny valleys and the space between. Painted 16mm film undergoes a monstrous transformation becoming neither analog nor digital.

    Trans/Figure/Ground
  • 2024
    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow

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    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow is an evocative exploration of beauty and solitude, set entirely within a neon-lit aquarium. Through mesmerizing...

    Silent Breaths Beneath Electric Glow
  • 2021
    Domingo no Asfalto

    Domingo no Asfalto

    Domingo no Asfalto

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

    Domingo no Asfalto
  • 1956
    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

    No. 11: Mirror Animations

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

    No. 11: Mirror Animations
  • 2008
    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

    Drux Flux

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    Partly figurative, partly abstract, Drux Flux is an animation film of fast-flowing images showing modern people crushed by industry. Inspired by...

    Drux Flux
  • 2021
    Glimpse

    Glimpse

    Glimpse

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    A ghost follows its non-existent shadow across a series of windows that gives light but no direction. As the ghost moves, a poem is read that serves...

    Glimpse
  • 2021
    Recurring Phrases

    Recurring Phrases

    Recurring Phrases

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    A film about endless processes. Images reappearing. New sentences being written.

    Recurring Phrases
  • 2015
    Marking Time

    Marking Time

    Marking Time

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    "3D Video SBS (side by side) format. For viewing on 3D monitor or television" -Le Grice

    Marking Time
  • 2012
    PXXXL

    PXXXL

    PXXXL

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    Using century old technology, PXXXL creates digital glitch from analog process. It was animated directly on the celluloid without a camera, in a...

    PXXXL
  • 1969
    Cosmos

    Cosmos

    Cosmos

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    The shifting, abstract color imagery of Jordan Belson's "Cosmos," which unfurls to electronic sound, is attributed in the program notes to the...

    Cosmos
  • 1953
    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    Things to Come

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    A vibrant animation by Patricia Marx. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2000.

    Things to Come
  • 1999
    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust

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    An attempt to constitute a human / machine dialogue. It shows the filmmaker’s blood as seen / heard with the eyes / ears of the machine which...

    Bloodlust
  • 2017
    #57

    #57

    #57

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    A categorical accumulation of abstract patterns. Lines, colours and sounds obey an impenetrable logic. A quiet film that dares to be resolutely...

    #57
  • 2016
    Crab Day

    Crab Day

    Crab Day

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    Crab Day is a short film made to accompany Cate Le Bon’s eponymous album, released on April 15, 2016 via Turnstile. Directed by Phil Collins...

    Crab Day
  • 1937
    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)

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    To the toccata portion of Bach's "Toccata and fugue in D minor," we watch a play of sorts. Blue smoke forms a background; a grid of black lines is...

    Escape (Synchronomy No. 4)