Abstract Movies

  • 2019
    Remote Life Drawings

    Remote Life Drawings

    Remote Life Drawings

    92019HD

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

    Remote Life Drawings
  • 2021
    Domingo no Asfalto

    Domingo no Asfalto

    Domingo no Asfalto

    02021HD

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

    Domingo no Asfalto
  • 1994
    Save Me

    Save Me

    Save Me

    01994HD

    A mixed media experimental animated film that generates a fragmented view of the world through the partial disclosure of a fantastic event....

    Save Me
  • 1953
    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    Things to Come

    01953HD

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

    Things to Come
  • 2018
    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

    VIVAldi VVinter

    102018HD

    A deep dive into a snowstorm of structural chaos and a blizzard of exploding gestural animation.

    VIVAldi VVinter
  • 2019
    Guidance

    Guidance

    Guidance

    02019HD

    The function of the wrestler is not to win. It is to go through the motions that are expected of him.

    Guidance
  • 2019
    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    Mille Regretz, live

    02019HD

    Another example of Detheux’s enchanting work, this year deepened by some outstanding live performance experiences.

    Mille Regretz, live
  • 2018
    Aérobie

    Aérobie

    Aérobie

    02018HD

    With a rushing smear, a cyclist begins his race.

    Aérobie
  • 2017
    #57

    #57

    #57

    62017HD

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

    #57
  • 1938
    Ideas in Search of Light

    Ideas in Search of Light

    Ideas in Search of Light

    81938HD

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

    Ideas in Search of Light
  • 2011
    White Light/White Heat

    White Light/White Heat

    White Light/White Heat

    82011HD

    A strong laserbeam is deflected by two mirrors oscillating at very high speeds. The human eye perceives a stable image as long as they move fast...

    White Light/White Heat
  • 2017
    140 Characters

    140 Characters

    140 Characters

    02017HD

    "We are powerfully imprisoned by the terms in which we have been conducted to think.” - R. Buckminster Fuller

    140 Characters
  • 2007
    Sketch Film #5

    Sketch Film #5

    Sketch Film #5

    02007HD

    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...

    Sketch Film #5
  • 2007
    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    Sketch Film #4

    02007HD

    The fourth film in the series, for which I focused on colors and shapes. It was shot on Kodachrome, all edited in camera, and processed at...

    Sketch Film #4
  • 2006
    Sketch Film #3

    Sketch Film #3

    Sketch Film #3

    52006HD

    Sketch Film #3 (Tomonari Nishikawa, 2006, 3 min., super 8, silent, 18/24fps, b&w, USA/Japan) The third film in the series, which starts with a...

    Sketch Film #3
  • 2021
    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts

    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts

    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts

    02021HD

    Rainer Kohlberger’s abstract film was created entirely without a camera. Through digital algorithms, he precisely arranged a rhythm of light...

    Not Even Nothing Can Be Free of Ghosts
  • 1986
    Light

    Light

    Light

    01986HD

    First personal experience with a Super-8 camera manually exposing film out of any light source.

    Light
  • 1979
    Roman Numeral: I

    Roman Numeral: I

    Roman Numeral: I

    6.51979HD

    An attempt to conjure pictorially, from the mind, an image that isn't referential: "...I'd like to give something back, not a picture of a flower,...

    Roman Numeral: I
  • 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
  • 1989
    Bottling

    Bottling

    Bottling

    01989HD

    A man comes home at night and is attacked by a bottle.

    Bottling