Contemporary Abstract and Non-narrative Animation

New Synagogue – under the Sphere
01.07.2021
19:30
New Synagogue – under the Sphere
04.07.2021
14:00
Duration:  50
Sections:  Contemporary abstract and non-narrative animation, Panorama

In the early 1920s, Walter Ruttmann, Hans Richter, Viking Eggeling and Oskar Fischinger laid the foundations of abstract film by studying combinations of movement and
sound. Ruttmann called his work Painting in Time, and far from stopping with formal experiments it actually developed further in step with mainstream film. Abstract animation emphasizes rhythm, movement and composition – without narrating a story, it offers a unique audiovisual experience. This film selection showcases some of the most remarkable non-
narrative experimental animated films from the last two years.

No dialogue

What Time Is?

Director Niina Suominen

Completion:  2020-02-01
Country:  FI
Duration:  00:07:15

Life of a Pixel

Director Noam Goldfarb

Completion:  2020-10-01
Country:  IL
Duration:  00:01:01

Mate

Director Chaerin Im

Country:  US
Duration:  00:04:24

The Other

Director Arash Akhgari

Completion:  2020-04-30
Country:  CA
Duration:  00:03:46

Knot Waking

Director Lauren Flinner

Completion:  2020-05-05
Country:  US
Duration:  00:03:38

The Quest for Freedom and the Longing for Belonging

Director Noam Paul

Completion:  2020-12-23
Country:  IL
Duration:  00:03:13

Avant

Director Marcell Mostoha

Completion:  2021-01-01
Country:  HU
Duration:  00:03:54

Sfumato

Director Robert Seidel

Completion:  2020-10-04
Country:  DE
Duration:  00:03:18

Liza

Director Bastien Dupriez

Completion:  2020-04-23
Country:  FR
Duration:  00:02:19

Asterisk

Director Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat

Completion:  2020-11-26
Country:  DO
Duration:  00:02:41

Ménage à Trois: Flour, Eggs and Sugar

Director Michelle Choi

Completion:  2020-05-31
Country:  KR
Duration:  00:02:18

The Gods of Tiny Things

Director Deborah Kelly

Completion:  2019-08-27
Country:  AU
Duration:  00:05:22

Seer & Seen

Director Ghazal Majidi

Completion:  2020-11-11
Country:  IR
Duration:  00:05:12