Movies: Abstract

  • 1995
    Unstable Materials

    Unstable Materials (1995)

    Unstable Materials

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    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 matter, which shows the bizarre richness of the smallest particles floating in the film emulsion. The c...

    Unstable Materials
  • 2009
    Port of Wormy

    Port of Wormy (2009)

    Port of Wormy

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    A surreal short animation by Mirai Mizue....

    Port of Wormy
  • 2009
    Jam

    Jam (2009)

    Jam

    02009HD

    The idea of JAM was conceived while I was attending the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2008.After returning to Japan, I soon began making the film and completed it in four months.This film is based on a very simple idea: the increasingly ...

    Jam
  • 1967
    Everything Is a Number

    Everything Is a Number (1967)

    Everything Is a Number

    5.51967HD

    Man's rebellion against the world of the digits....

    Everything Is a Number
  • 1999
    Bloodlust

    Bloodlust (1999)

    Bloodlust

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    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 is a film projector with optical sound. He affixed his blood onto clear film leader by cutting into the fles...

    Bloodlust
  • 1978
    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak (1978)

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak

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    Short experimental animation....

    By The Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
  • 1989
    Metrovision

    Metrovision (1989)

    Metrovision

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    A subway passenger suffers from hallucinations and sees the metro that he has just boarded accelerate and gain speed quickly....

    Metrovision
  • 2024
    Red Autumn

    Red Autumn (2024)

    Red Autumn

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    A Experimental Docu-Drama about the Red Army Faction's formation, and events leading up to their imprisonment and death, from 1970 to 1977....

    Red Autumn
  • 2025
    Lil' Guys

    Lil' Guys (2025)

    Lil' Guys

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    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 this groovy short, lots of small elements come to life, moving to the rhythm of the funky soundtrack....

    Lil' Guys
  • 1997
    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

    Don't You Wish You Were Here? (1997)

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?

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    The very first film in which Maya Yonesho tried to show her thoughts. Even just circles may be able to show emotions as a person in animation. The main circle (character) is slightly pinker than the other grey circles (people) and she thought she was...

    Don't You Wish You Were Here?
  • 2018
    A Sense Of Place

    A Sense Of Place (2018)

    A Sense Of Place

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    A Sense Of Place is a short film made with scanned images of transparent Adhesive Sticky Tape. The traces, marks, and imprints left on the tape were scanned and animated into a noisy moving image, overlaying with slow-motion footage from a platform f...

    A Sense Of Place
  • 2021
    Hand

    Hand (2021)

    Hand

    02021HD

    The weird hand creatures undergo different transformations in synchrony with the music....

    Hand
  • 1978
    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations) (1978)

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)

    01978HD

    Sixteen 'objects', each consisting of one hundred points of light, perform a series of precisely choreographed rhythmic transformations. Accompanied by the sound of a Shakuhachi (the Japanese bamboo flute), the film is an exercise in the visual perce...

    3/78 (Objects and Transformations)
  • 2018
    Bird Milk

    Bird Milk (2018)

    Bird Milk

    02018HD

    An anxiety inducing exploration of juicy colors and crunchy textures driven by chaotic electronic music....

    Bird Milk
  • 1969
    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations (1969)

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations

    01969HD

    The animation referred to as Early Animations or Quacked Jokes is an anomaly among Beckett's films. It was probably not intended to be shown outside of his sphere of friends, being a collection of early experiments and directions. While lacking the s...

    Quacked Jokes/Early Animations
  • 2011
    White Light/White Heat

    White Light/White Heat (2011)

    White Light/White Heat

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    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 enough. White Light / White Heat operates at the threshold of this rate. A constant modulation is introdu...

    White Light/White Heat
  • 1986
    Light

    Light (1986)

    Light

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

    Light
  • 1989
    Physical Sculpture

    Physical Sculpture (1989)

    Physical Sculpture

    51989HD

    A sculptor models a face with boxing gloves....

    Physical Sculpture
  • 2015
    cinéma concret

    cinéma concret (2015)

    cinéma concret

    6.52015HD

    Shadow presences gradually emerge in Japanese filmmaker Makino Takashi’s abstract cinema composed of layers upon layers of natural imagery that awaken the senses....

    cinéma concret
  • 2021
    A Heap of Broken Images

    A Heap of Broken Images (2021)

    A Heap of Broken Images

    52021HD

    Sunday afternoon. Images of last summer. A view of the sunset from a hill. Some flashes....

    A Heap of Broken Images