Abstract Movies

  • 1984
    Garbage

    Garbage

    Garbage

    01984HD

    This footage is almost entirely black, save for a few shots possibly showing electric poles outside.

    Garbage
  • 2019
    Details of Pollock's White Light

    Details of Pollock's White Light

    Details of Pollock's White Light

    02019HD

    Ken Jacobs applies his patented Eternalism process to 3D images he took of Jackson Pollock's 1954 splatter painting.

    Details of Pollock's White Light
  • 2006
    Constellations

    Constellations

    Constellations

    92006HD

    Film by Paul Clipson. Music by Jefre Cantu Ledesma.

    Constellations
  • 2025
    First Light

    First Light

    First Light

    02025HD

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

    First Light
  • 2019
    Catgot

    Catgot

    Catgot

    02019HD

    A colourful "fountain performance".

    Catgot
  • 2019
    Echo

    Echo

    Echo

    02019HD

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

    Echo
  • 2023
    01

    01

    01

    02023HD

    A boy dreams about a girl who he is in love with.

    01
  • 1989
    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

    The Last Fly

    01989HD

    A man pays local children to bring him flies. After having cut off their wings and legs, he sticks them on the walls of his apartment. When a...

    The Last Fly
  • 1970
    in·gem·i·nate

    in·gem·i·nate

    in·gem·i·nate

    101970HD

    A short, abstract look at the effects of repetition on the human mind.

    in·gem·i·nate
  • 2008
    AANAATT

    AANAATT

    AANAATT

    02008HD

    "An exciting experiment in the tradition of Oskar Fischinger (Komposition in Blau, 1935), Dwinell Grant (Composition No. 1, 1940) and Slavko...

    AANAATT
  • 1969
    Cosmos

    Cosmos

    Cosmos

    5.71969HD

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

    Cosmos
  • 2024
    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

    for us, an essay

    02024HD

    How heavy is an emotional relationship in TRANSit? Giving love? Losing love? Having, in my chest, not only a heart but also longing? That's why I...

    for us, an essay
  • 2019
    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives

    02019HD

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

    Torgo Kills / Torgo Lives
  • 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
  • 1989
    Emergencies

    Emergencies

    Emergencies

    01989HD

    An ambulance heads towards the "crossroads of the crow's feet" in response to an accident. Unable to find the place, the driver stops at an...

    Emergencies
  • 2012
    Chase

    Chase

    Chase

    02012HD

    An abstract pursuit that leaves you gasping for breath.

    Chase
  • 2020
    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    Vulcania

    02020HD

    Portrait of a catastrophe, these are times of fire.

    Vulcania
  • 1970
    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    01970HD

    Abstract short.

    Disabuse
  • 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
  • 2014
    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

    Third Page from the Sun

    4.12014HD

    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