paint on film movies

Begone Dull Care (1949)
6.7 / 10

Animation, Music

In this extraordinary short animation, Evelyn Lambart and Norman McLaren painted colours, shapes, and transformations directly onto their filmstrip....

Color Cry (1952)
5.6 / 10

Animation

In 1944 Lye moved to New York City, initially to direct for the documentary newsreel The March of Time. He settled in the West Village, where he...

Eine Melodie - vier Maler (1955)
5 / 10

Animation, Documentary

Each portrayed painter produced an experimental animated short film to be featured in this film. A short film by Herbert Seggelke.

Early Abstractions (1965)
6.2 / 10

Animation

Early Abstractions is a collection of seven short animated films created by Harry Everett Smith between 1939 and 1956. Each film is between two and...

Lines: Vertical (1960)
5.2 / 10

Animation

An experiment in pure design by film artists Norman McLaren and Evelyn Lambart. Lines, ruled directly on film, move with precision and grace against...

Kaleidoscope (1935)
6.2 / 10

Animation

For Kaleidoscope, which was sponsored by Churchman Cigarettes, Lye animated stenciled cigarette shapes and is said to have experimented by cutting...

Anomalies of the Unconscious (2003)
0 / 10

"This is the second film of the Anomalies Cycle. It is a hand Painted and manipulated film. I also used the technique of bleaching and batiking of...

Swinging the Lambeth Walk (1940)
5.8 / 10

Music, Animation

Lye edited together “swing” versions of the popular Lambeth Walk (including Django Reinhardt on guitar and Stephane Grapelli on violin),...

Hen Hop (1942)
6 / 10

Animation

This joyful short animation features a dancing hen that transforms into an egg. The film was made without a camera by Norman McLaren, who drew...

Tigre (2013)
0 / 10

Animation, Music

Tigre is an experimental film with animation applied directly onto film.

Allegro (1960)
0 / 10

Handmade, direct animation film using rubber based masking material and colored dye. Rhthmic colored linear patterns of abstract grids move in...

Vulcania (2020)
0 / 10

Animation

Portrait of a catastrophe, these are times of fire.

And Um (2013)
0 / 10

Animation

Direct animation on 35mm.

On the Road to Kandahar (2003)
0 / 10

Animation

One of Rimmer's early 2000s video works which he made by hand-painting 35mm film, running it on a flatbed viewer, and shooting it off the screen with...

McLaren's Negatives (2006)
0 / 10

Animation, Documentary

An intimate look at cinematographic creation, this visual essay shares with us secrets of the legendary Canadian animator Norman Mclaren and his...

action situation (1983)
0 / 10

Animation

"Leiberg embarks on a search for the interaction between painting and improvised music, tinkering with sound collages sets language and sounds...

Trans/Figure/Ground (2016)
0 / 10

Animation

A film about uncanny valleys and the space between. Painted 16mm film undergoes a monstrous transformation becoming neither analog nor digital.

Moonlight (1997)
0 / 10

Animation

Abstract film set to electronic music.

All Souls Carnival (1957)
4 / 10

Music, Animation

Len Lye usually timed his films with great care to match their soundtracks, but for All Souls Carnival, he and composer Henry Brant worked...