Abstract Movies

Black-and-white abstract animated short of light, shadows, and reflections by The Dodals (Karel Dodal (1900-1986) in collaboration with his wife,...

A surreal short animation by Mirai Mizue.

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

A swarm of forms, reminiscent of alien spaceships or mechanical bats suspended in space.

A found-footage film made entirely from Academy leader, which is normally used to cue the start of films. The film was hand-printed on a home-made...

This short experiments with the flow of oil ink over the surface of the water. Mizue manipulated the ink by blowing with straws or stirring with...

abstract short

A virtual sky awash with a digital aurora.

Global in scope but intimate in spirit, Simon Liu's Fallen Arches is a dizzying assembly of footage shot between the bucolic English countryside and...

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

This film is made by some beautiful and unique alchemical transformations of the film material itself. It is a visual expedition into the world of...

This is no animation, it's one picture. Short experimental film by Mirai Mizue

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

A burst of cheer and refreshment that it seems perfectly suited to a late July afternoon.

A stunning piece of imagined night cartography rendered in an intricately crafted digital filigree.

Sketch Film #5 (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2007, 3 min., super 8, silent, 18/24fps, b&w, USA) This is the last film in the series. I shot at the site of...

Filmed in an empty shop, the remaining features of the space are used to create a kaleidoscopic light film. Ceiling lamps become coloured spheres and...

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...

Abstract 2D hand-drawn animation using jazz music

Remote Life Drawings is an animated collage of abstract images that illustrate the neighbourhood of Taipei Artist Village in Taiwan. TAV is located...