Abstract Movies

  • 2025
    Lil' Guys

    Lil' Guys

    Lil' Guys

    02025HD

    Director River Roest sees Lil' Guys as an exploration of his love for animation, the exhaustion it can cause, and ultimately, the joy it brings. In...

    Lil' Guys
  • 2019
    Deep Blue And Dirty

    Deep Blue And Dirty

    Deep Blue And Dirty

    02019HD

    A tactile, layered animation in paint improvised in response to Andrew Schultz’s work for bassoon and piano.

    Deep Blue And Dirty
  • 2004
    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    1-39-C

    2.52004HD

    Polish avant-garde animation with changing colors and shapes that suggest birth followed by heavy distortion and building to a face in the swamp.

    1-39-C
  • 2024
    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    Phosphenes

    02024HD

    A nematic painting of sleep.

    Phosphenes
  • 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
  • 2022
    Woman Is My Last Name

    Woman Is My Last Name

    Woman Is My Last Name

    02022HD

    This visual poetry is a celebration of the full spectrum of womanhood, from the complex vulnerability to the hidden power.

    Woman Is My Last Name
  • 2025
    The Dithering Veil

    The Dithering Veil

    The Dithering Veil

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    A silent evocation of perception and memory; an attempt to navigate the flotsam of elliptical impressions, earthly phenomena and dreamed images that...

    The Dithering Veil
  • 1975
    Zoopsie

    Zoopsie

    Zoopsie

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    Bizarre abstract stop-motion animation questioning traditional values in a period of great social upheaval.

    Zoopsie
  • 2023
    The Angel of Forms

    The Angel of Forms

    The Angel of Forms

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    The dream of an undinal being.

    The Angel of Forms
  • 2021
    Dance Like a Snail

    Dance Like a Snail

    Dance Like a Snail

    02021HD

    The pantun is about a game I (we) used to play pretending to be the characters in invented fairy tales. This time it was a snail. The images of...

    Dance Like a Snail
  • 2019
    Chanting

    Chanting

    Chanting

    02019HD

    Channelling Lye and McLaren, de Bruyn continues his explorations of ‘direct-to-film’ inspired artwork barely contained within the frame.

    Chanting
  • 1970
    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    Disabuse

    01970HD

    Abstract short.

    Disabuse
  • 2002
    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors

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    #23.2 Book of Mirrors deals with the multiplication of light beams through mirrors and kaleidoscopes.

    #23.3 Book of Mirrors
  • 2023
    Sea of Glass

    Sea of Glass

    Sea of Glass

    02023HD

    The creation of an infinite space. Light modulations over water surfaces, conjugating into multiple alterations. Time and light being reshaped...

    Sea of Glass
  • 2021
    Pulse At The Centre Of Being

    Pulse At The Centre Of Being

    Pulse At The Centre Of Being

    02021HD

    It is a 2D experimental animation which is accompanied by the music, “Pulse At The Centre Of Being” composed by Max Cooper. Beautiful...

    Pulse At The Centre Of Being
  • 2020
    Submission

    Submission

    Submission

    02020HD

    A man desperately struggles against a powerful, unseen force.

    Submission
  • 2002
    Spin

    Spin

    Spin

    02002HD

    An interactive flash animation from Dutch digital artist Han Hoogerbrugge.

    Spin
  • 2021
    Time in a Grain of Sand

    Time in a Grain of Sand

    Time in a Grain of Sand

    02021HD

    An expression of time and memories.

    Time in a Grain of Sand
  • 2025
    Seen From Here, I Feel Like Belonging

    Seen From Here, I Feel Like Belonging

    Seen From Here, I Feel Like Belonging

    02025HD

    June 1971 - in a fluid landscape completely below sea level, a young biology student dies during the last year of his studies, leaving behind an...

    Seen From Here, I Feel Like Belonging
  • 2024
    An Experiment in Image and Form

    An Experiment in Image and Form

    An Experiment in Image and Form

    02024HD

    Trapped between the frames of time.

    An Experiment in Image and Form