Abstract Movies

  • 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
    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

    Corpora Vilia

    102007HD

    An abstract and tense short exploring the inner and outer body via the use of various types of plants.

    Corpora Vilia
  • 1959
    Odds & Ends

    Odds & Ends

    Odds & Ends

    7.51959HD

    Odds & Ends is a sly comment on the collage film and Beat culture. To discarded travel and advertising footage found at a local film laboratory,...

    Odds & Ends
  • 1993
    #2

    #2

    #2

    61993HD

    Joost Rekveld's first film is an hommage to the way daylight changes colour during the course of the day and links this to how film is a medium that...

    #2
  • 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
  • 2022
    Nour

    Nour

    Nour

    02022HD

    Nour
  • 2009
    The Artifice

    The Artifice

    The Artifice

    102009HD

    An experimental visual piece delving into concepts like afterlife and existence in an abstract but accessible way.

    The Artifice
  • 1985
    Calculated Movements

    Calculated Movements

    Calculated Movements

    01985HD

    Cuba programmed solid areas and volumes instead of the vector dots of the previous two films. It also in four "colors": black, white, light grey and...

    Calculated Movements
  • 2018
    rush and pressure

    rush and pressure

    rush and pressure

    02018HD

    Visual poem.

    rush and pressure
  • 2012
    Heart String Marionette

    Heart String Marionette

    Heart String Marionette

    02012HD

    A tale about a kid, a samurai mime, and a stripper who all try to defeat a warlord and an evil clown who have successfully turned a countryside into...

    Heart String Marionette
  • 1989
    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    Cyclops

    01989HD

    The strange transformation of a surveillance camera.

    Cyclops
  • 2014
    Blue Movie

    Blue Movie

    Blue Movie

    02014HD

    C+M, for YK. Subtractive colour blending is used in an attempt to conjure Yves Klein's 'L'accord bleu (RE 10)', 1960. The limitations imposed by...

    Blue Movie
  • 2013
    Barcode III.0

    Barcode III.0

    Barcode III.0

    62013HD

    A unique journey across a topography created entirely from a form of digital light and shadow—a bristling terrain of poles bending the light in...

    Barcode III.0
  • 2017
    On Generation and Corruption

    On Generation and Corruption

    On Generation and Corruption

    62017HD

    Borrowing its title from a treatise by Aristotle, the latest film by Makino Takashi is an abstract work that finds its drive in the clash between...

    On Generation and Corruption
  • 1984
    Rectangle & Rectangles

    Rectangle & Rectangles

    Rectangle & Rectangles

    01984HD

    This is a didactic film in disguise. A progression of brilliant geometric shapes bombard the screen to the insistent beat of drums. The filmmaker...

    Rectangle & Rectangles
  • 2020
    Submission

    Submission

    Submission

    02020HD

    A man desperately struggles against a powerful, unseen force.

    Submission
  • 1978
    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

    01978HD

    Short experimental animation.

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
  • 2005
    8.1

    8.1

    8.1

    02005HD

    An abstract film on the music 'Unfinished' 8th Symphony, part 1, by Franz Schubert by Oerd van Cuijlenborg

    8.1
  • 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
  • 1976
    Window

    Window

    Window

    01976HD

    "This is taking a Super 8mm camera around with me wherever I go and I'm very interested in windows at this time of travel, and I'm trying to make a...

    Window