When Dusty masturbates for the first time, something bad happens… WINNER: Grand Jury Prize / Narrative Short - Seattle International Film Festival Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award / Narrative Short - IFFBoston Jury Award / Best Narrative Short - Sarasota Film Festival Jury Award / Best Short Film - Ashland Independent Film Festival Jury Award / Best Live Action Short Film - Lower East Side Film Festival OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sundance Film Festival, Palm Springs International Shortfest, Atlanta Film Festival, Maryland Film Festival, Montclair Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Florida Film Festival, Sidewalk Film Festival, Chicago Critics Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, Brooklyn Film Festival, Las Vegas Film Festival, Omaha Film Festival, Shorts That Are Not Pants, Shortlist Film Festival STARRING: Hale Lytle FEATURING: Michael Barbieri, Judith Lightfoot Clarke, Daniel Haughey, Todd Henry, Jake Kitchin, Richard Price & Jack Scott WRITTEN & DIRECTED BY: Matt Kazman PRODUCED BY: Ben Altarescu DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Ryan Nethery PRODUCTION DESIGN: Cidney Hue CASTING: Matthew Wulf ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Siena Brown PRODUCTION MANAGER: Adam Peryer 1ST ASSISTANT CAMERA: Sarah Harrison 2ND ASSISTANT CAMERA: Dan Lyons CAMERA PA: Brooks Girman GAFFER: Zach Stoltzfus KEY GRIP: Ted Maroney KEY GRIP: Alex Koht GRIP: Chernoh Sesay SOUND MIXER: Alan Kudan BOOM OPERATOR: Jordan Moser SOUND ASSISTANT: Jun Sekiya ART ASSISTANT: Kadi Tseng HAIR & MAKEUP: Emily Nowacki EDITOR: Matt Kazman SOUND DESIGN: Arjun G. Sheth COLORIST: Josh K. Brede MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Kendall York POSTER DESIGN: David Sánchez www.mattkazman.com


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Thursday, August 25, 2016

Watch the full film here: http://bit.ly/2bm3ag6 I Am Sun Mu: The life and work of North Korean defector turned political pop artist Sun Mu, a senior North Korean propaganda artist, escapes to the South and now uses his talent to make fun of the Supreme Leader through satirical political pop art. Offered a high profile solo exhibition in China, he could never have expected the hostility he would attract from the authorities. As he puts his exhibition together the forces against him grow. A tense narrative coupled with powerful imagery defines this unusual documentary. “It all happened very suddenly.“ A crowd of bystanders gather in the closed-off streets that surround an art gallery encircled by police cars, anxious to understand what the commotion is. Behind the gallery walls lies the first ever solo exhibition of propaganda-artist-turned-defector Sun Mu, who has fled from North Korea to Beijing in search of refuge. As a young child growing up in North Korea, Sun Mu always had a burning desire to represent the unrepresentable. Artistically influenced not by other painters but instead by dictators, Sun Mu recalls locking himself in his room to paint a picture of Kim Il Sung. “Before it was even dry, I burned it.” Years later, Sun Mu’s satirical political pop art has admirers, and when he is offered his first solo exhibition in Beijing he knows that he is dancing with the devil. His provocative work is sure to stir conflict with the authorities who are nervous of upsetting their sensitive North Korean neighbours. As he looks over a painting of Kim Jong Il stood proudly in front of an upside down flag – a bold and blatant reference to a backwards nation - he remembers how his hands trembled as he painted: “I always had a fear that someone might sneak up behind me and stab me.” Sun Mu’s anxious wife, on the other hand, is kept awake at night by the fear of the family being taken hostage. As the opening day of Sun Mu’s exhibition finally arrives, police and government officials turn up at the gallery in search of the man behind the paintings, ready to interrogate… The film is a powerful portrayal of a man who searches for freedom while concealing his own identity in the face of an oppressive political regime. Required Reading LLC – Ref. 6704 Every week Journeyman offers a brand new documentary, fresh out of the cutting room. They’re award winning documentaries, some destined for the festival circuit and some for broadcast. The one thing you can know is that here you get to see them when they’re fresh, often before they appear anywhere else. To watch them in full go to our VOD platform at http://jman.tv


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For centuries, Ethiopia’s Lower Omo Valley has been a crossroads for many distinct tribes. During times of drought, natural resources become scarce, escalating clashes between groups. In an ever-changing landscape, young men and women come of age in an unfamiliar time. The story is narrated from two unique perspectives. Uri- a young boy from the Hamar tribe who becomes a man during his rite of passage ceremony, and Segelgwo- an elder chief of the Daasanach, who reflects on his community’s uncertain future. You can view behind the scenes videos about the making of this film here: http://bit.ly/2bmzdHP CREDITS Featuring: Uri Muda Wado, Argileb Tuchamoi, Poshi Mayto Woroo, Hassan Yiergilieb, Ente Algo Aska Directed By: Joey L. Cinematography By: Sean Stiegemeier Written By: Joey L, Charity Paniamogan, Uri Muda Wado In Collaboration With: Hamar, Dassanach & Kara Tribes, Southern Nations, Nationalities & Peoples Region, Ethiopia Produced By: Dawit Shimelis, Blue Media PLC, Anteneh Endale Mamo, Susie Hayasaka Editor: Stavros Stavropoulos Additional Editing: Jon Connor, Joey L Original Score By: Tony Anderson Additional Music By: Salomon Lighthelm, Serac by Luke Atencio, Slow Cold by Afterlife parade, www.MusicBed.com Production Manager: Caleb Adams Audio And Mix: Jeff Pace 1st AC/DIT: Porter McKnight Gaffer And Electrician: Andrew Redpath Grip: “Straight” Dave Krysl Color: Lilit Digital Lab [Brazil-SP], Laura Futuro - Co Ordinator, Sabrina Wilkins - Co Ordinator, Julia Bisilliat - Color Artist, Joana Reis - Workflow Manager Title Motion Graphics: Craig Gowans Additional Translation: John Elino, Uri Muda Wado, Kedir, Chauncher Special Thanks: Kickstarter and all supporters, Tourism Commission of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Consulates of NYC, LA, Toronto, & London, White House Custom Color, Zylights, Lowepro, Pixipixel, Red Carnation Hotel London


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– A boyfriend’s jealous impulse spirals out of control in 16 minutes of romantic doom. – 2016 Sundance Film Festival: Special Jury Award for Outstanding Performance by Grace Glowicki Written, Directed, and Edited by Ben Petrie contact: niceiscoolfilm@gmail.com // @benpetrie starring Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie & Andrew Chown produced by Kristy Neville cinematography Kelly Jeffrey 1st AD Andrew Jeffrey production design Michaela Kurimsky sound recordist Gus Harris edited by Ben Petrie original paintings by Gordy Bond & Grace Glowicki 1st acs Tommy Kieth & Charles Hutchings dmt Brendan Mills sound design Matt Chan sound edit Brent Pickett dialogue editor Martin Gwynn Jones colorist Cem Ozkilicci music supervisors Sean-Michael Hamilton & David Hayman music coordinator Cody Partridge vfx Andrew Scott & Jack Feore assistant art director Russel Curk executive producer Jennifer Gilgan Read about making the film on the Vimeo blog: http://bit.ly/2bA9rkb 16 mins / colour niceiscool.com copyright Nice is Cool 2015 OFFICIAL SELECTION 2016: Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Palm Springs International ShortFest, Nashville Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, Rooftop Films, New Zealand International Film Festival, New Orleans International Film Festival, Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, Molise Cinema Film Festival, Phi Center Best of SXSW, RinCon, Lighthouse International Film Festival, 2016 Sundance Short Film Tour //


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Ankur Vikal (Slumdog Millionaire) and Tessa Thompson (Creed) tackle the moral complications of international surrogacy in this festival favorite short film. Festivals and Awards: *World Premiere – Palm Springs International ShortFest, 2014 *Winner – Best Short Screenplay – Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2013 *Winner – Best Directing – First Run Film Festival, 2015 *Winner – 3rd Grand Prize – First Run Film Festival, 2015 *Winner – Audience Award – First Run Film Festival, 2015 *Official Selection – Rhode Island International Film Festival, 2014 *Official Selection – Woodstock Film Festival, 2014 *Official Selection – Rome Independent Film Festival, 2015 *Official Selection – Newport Beach Film Festival, 2015 *Official Selection – International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, 2015 *Official Selection – Navi Mumbai International Film Festival, 2015 *Official Selection – Delhi International Film Festival, 2015 STARRING Ankur Vikal / Tessa Thompson / Auroshikha Dey / Denzil Smith WRITTEN/DIRECTED by Anya Leta PRODUCED by Erin Galey EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Chander Agarwal / Jonathan Berguig SUPERVISING PRODUCER Ruta Kulkarni DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Nathanael Carton PRODUCTION DESIGNER Karuna Karmarkar EDITED by Eric F. Martin / David Nordstrom ORIGINAL MUSIC by Rodrigo Martín Munuera SOUND DESIGNER Thomas Cassetta www.pointsfilm.com http://bit.ly/2bBkf3M http://twitter.com/PointsFilmwww.pointsfilm.com http://bit.ly/2bBkf3M http://twitter.com/PointsFilm


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Monday, August 22, 2016

Original Title: SimGyeong English Title: Mirror in Mind Animated short, 2’ 4" , Drawing on Paper and Stop Motion, 2014 Directed, animated, music and sound by Seunghee Kim Synopsis A woman looks into her mind, chasing her ideals on a tightrope. Every imperfect piece of her mind completes herself. Awards: 2015 Nov / Special mentioned for deep vision of feminine mind, International Festival of Animation Arts Multivision, Russia 2015 Nov / Next Generation Award, Regional competition, Digicon6, Japan and South Korea 2015 Nov / Best Animated Short, Indie Memphis, USA 2015 Sep / Special Prize For Debut Film, Indie-AniFest, South Korea 2015 Sep / Best Non-narrative Animation, ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival, Argentina 2015 Jun / 3rd placed in Audience Choice Awards, Aurora Picture Show’s Extremely Shorts Film Festival, USA 2015 Jun / Sungjoo First Prize, SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival, South Korea 2015 Apr / Excellence Award for Best Picture, Korean competition, Busan International Short Film Festival, South Korea 2015 Mar / Best Animated Short, Albany Film Fest, USA 2015 Feb / 1st place winner in Experimental or Music video, Boomtown Film and Music Festival, USA 2014 Nov / Innovation award, No Budget Film Festival, USA Official Selections: 2016 Slamdance, Flickerfest, London Short Film Festival, POWFest 2015 Annecy, Encounters, Dok Leipzig , KROK, Message to Man , Animac, Anim’est, Primanima, Monstra, Tricky Women, Multivision, SPARK Animation, Athens Animfest, Animatricks, CHILEMONOS, ANIMASIVO, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Boomtown Film and Music Festival, DC Independent Film Festival, Taos Shortz Film Fest, Flatpack Film Festival, Albany Film Fest, Dawson City International Short Film Festival, International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival, Busan International Short Film Festival, JeonJu international film festival, Leiden International Short Film Experience, IndieForum, SEOUL International Women’s Film Festival, Breakthroughs Film Festival, Aurora Picture Show’s Extremely Shorts Film Festival, Walthamstow International Film Festival, SouthSide Film Festival, Macon Film Festival, Free Range Film Festival, Animation Block Party, Mosaic World Film Festival, We Like ‘Em Short Film Festival, ANIMA - Córdoba International Animation Festival, Bogotá Experimental Film Festival, Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, Indie Cork, TOFUZI, SAPPORO Short Fest , Dublin International Short Film and Music Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, Northern Wave International Film Festival, International Short Film Festival of Cyprus, Uppsala international short film festival, Indie Memphis, Asiana International Short Film Festival, Cucalorus Film Festival, CutOut Fest, ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, L'Alternativa, Animated Dreams, Longue vue sur le court, Leuven Short Film Festival 2014 NoBudget Film Festival, Libelula Animation Festival, Luksuz Film Festival


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I have recently returned from two trips to the Nordland region of Norway, specifically Lofoten. This time of the year is influenced by the Midnight Sun or Midnattsol. The days don’t end with the sun never disappearing below the horizon. I always wondered what it would be like to fly around and film these mountains when I first visited this place and on this trip I finally got the opportunity to do so. Along with fellow drone pilot Alan Mathieson from Outback Drones I have put together a short compilation of some of the scenes we were able to capture using the incredible DJI Phantom 4. This is the fourth generation Phantom I have owned and the advances from my very first Phantom 1 are staggering. Terrain avoidance, return to home, point of interest, no fly zones, and other features make this the easiest and safest drone yet. It is also the easiest drone to travel with. It’s small form factor and light weight make it a dream to carry onto a plane and the batteries are small enough in power output to not alarm security offices at airports all over the world. Lofoten is incredible. A beautiful landscape made on a hollywood set. Surely it cant be real? The conditions we encountered made flying a dream. Light winds and low cloud everywhere. A scale to a suitable vantage point and we were in the box seat. This is just a taste of some of the most incredible footage I have ever shot with a drone and the reason for posting this clip purely with drone footage. My very first all drone video in fact. And whats even cooler is I’m posting this clip on the fourth anniversary of getting my very first drone. Thanks to good friend Alan Mathieson from Outback Drones for shooting this piece with me and keeping all our flight ops controlled and safe. It’s a pleasure to operate with a professional drone operator. Also special mention to my music score partner in crime Jo Quail who as always allowed me to use her incredible music in another one of my projects of passion. I’m hooked on flying drones after this trip and cant wait to get back in February next year to fly these amazing alps totally covered in snow. Enjoy. Alan Mathieson “Outback Drones” http://bit.ly/2aMXC9m Jo Quail Extract from “Between Two Waves” from the album “Five Incantations” Buy the album here http://bit.ly/2aOvxBF


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Memento Mori A film by Sebastian-Linda.de - FB: on.fb.me/1xVxHAX
 - http://bit.ly/1zlOMZu _____________________ In my childhood I often could´t sleep. I was scared of going to sleep and never waking up again. I imagined I´d be buried in a place of darkness, forever and ever, being awake until the end of all days. _____________________ For the film of Memento Mori I went together with my wife Sophia to visit Giuseppe Spagnuolo in South Italy. He lives there as the last resident in his hometown Roscigno Vecchia which is one of the many lost villages in italy. We had a great day with him hanging out in the sun, feeding cats and dogs and filming awesome shots with him, never getting tired. More to come in the Making of… Press fotos: http://bit.ly/2aAYUsP _______________________ Actor GIUSEPPE SPAGNUOLO Narration Alan Watts Assistance Sophia Linda Grading Steffen Krones Sounddesign Bony Stoev Music Ryan Taubert - Anamog We wish it was never light Waterfall Shot by MunechMax http://bit.ly/2b3wKTG Shot on the FS5 NTSC Settings All cranked down to 25fps. Slog 2 20mm Sigma 1,4 24mm Canon 1,4 50mm Canon 1,4 100mm Canon 2,8 Macro Phantom 4 provided by Globe Flight Transcript: I have often puzzled and puzzled, about what it must be like, to go to sleep and never wake up to be, simply not there, forever and ever. But we are inclined to have in our mind, a picture of this of being shut up in the dark for always and always, to be kind of buried alive in the blackness And we think Ooh this is it This is the end And so at death we withdraw no no no, not that Not yet Please! And you accepted it. And suddenly something changed There was a strange feeling that everything is absolutely clear. You suddenly see that there isn´t a grain of dust in the whole universe that´s in the wrong place. The reason we die is to give us the opportunity to understand what live is all about. Just think When you opened your eyes on the world, for the first time as a child How brilliant colors were What a jewel the sun was. What marvel the stars. Memento Mori Be mindful of death. Alan Watts


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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Five of independent film’s most adventurous filmmakers join forces to adapt each other’s dreams for the screen. The results are, “like nothing you’ve ever seen with your eyes open.” (Rolling Stone). DOWNLOAD THE DELUXE VERSION FOR FREE: http://bit.ly/2aJvdnI, featuring the dreams each film was based on, liner notes, deleted scenes, a 41-song mixtape, a remix of the entire film meant to fall asleep to, and much more. 00:04:31 Black Soil, Green Grass (Directed by Daniel Patrick Carbone // Dreamt by Lauren Wolkstein) 00:23:22 First Day Out (Directed by Josephine Decker // Dreamt by Lily Baldwin) 00:33:45 Beemus, It’ll End in Tears (Directed by Lauren Wolkstein // Dreamt by Frances Bodomo) 00:45:36 Everybody Dies! (Directed by Frances Bodomo // Dreamt by Josephine Decker) 00:55:41 Swallowed (Directed by Lily Baldwin // Dreamt by Daniel Patrick Carbone) Official Selections: SXSW, Maryland Film Festival, BAMcinemaFest, Cleveland International Film Festival, IFP Screen Forward, Atlanta Film Festival, Ashland Independent Film Festival, Dallas International Film Festival, Nashville Film Festival, Independent Film Festival Boston, Montclair Film Festival, Galway Film Fleadh Find Out Why We Decided To Give Our Film Away for Free: http://bit.ly/2aIecHa “Like nothing you’ve ever seen with your eyes open” -Rolling Stone “The American indie scene has rarely looked so creative.” -Brooklyn Magazine “The most ambitious and unnerving horror films to be released so far this year.” -Slant “Envelops you in five different dream worlds, each with distinct style and bracing originality.” -Screen Slate “Among the most potent and original of recent political films.” -Richard Brody “The most complex and cohesive anthology film since Fantasia 2000.” -The Austin Chronicle “This kind of ambition and willingness to play and experiment gives me hope for the future of indie film in America.” -Screen Anarchy


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Thursday, August 4, 2016

Short film by Henry Kaplan featuring music by Kerron Hurd. Featured on Short of the Week! (http://bit.ly/2aQ3fJ8) Read about the making-of on Director’s Notes! (http://bit.ly/2asRWTy) Director: Henry Kaplan (http://bit.ly/2aQ3hRp) Composer: Kerron Hurd (http://bit.ly/2asRq8a) Starring: Martel Rudd, Kris McAfee Producers: Nash Cubero (http://bit.ly/2aQ3cNl), Ben Kuller (http://bit.ly/2asRoNA) Choreographer: Derek Nemechek (http://bit.ly/2aQ3jbN) Director of Photography: Chris Ripley (http://bit.ly/2asSn0h) Production Designer: Eloise Ayala (http://bit.ly/2aQ3h3M) Wardrobe Stylist: Melissa Sack (http://bit.ly/2asSf0Q) Digital VFX Artist: Matthew Wauhkonen Sound Designer: Samuel Plattner Key Makeup/SFX Artists: Carmen Wilson (http://bit.ly/2aQ39kL), Eric Fox / MORBX FX (http://bit.ly/2asRXa4) Co-Producer: Elizabeth Litvitskiy 1st AD: Caillin Puente Art Director: Rebecca Tendick 1st AC: Megan McCarthy Johnson and Alex Sherman Gaffer: Greg Loebell Key Grip: Genevieve Evans Grip: Erik Schneider Makeup/SFX Artist: Kurt Ewell 2nd Unit Gaffer: Genevieve Evans 2nd Unit Key Grip: Austin Lewis Makeup Artist: Cindy Zamora Makeup/SFX Assistants: Ralph Balding, Ivan Gonzalez, Mike Bui PAs: Jeff Kasanoff, Dan Fuchs, Cicily Clare Gruber, Zac Cavaliero Camera PA: Harry Hunter, Evan Gooden G&E PA: Peter Cramer CAST: Crystal Bush Ben Cendejas Jarnael Dabney Chris Davis Naomi Dela Cruz Jack Derby Angela Dobson Emily Donn Neyssan Felahi Gregory Gordon Kelly Leon Guerrero Conrad Haynes Maegan Houang Anna Huckabay David Jankowski Gerson Martinez Dewana Murrey Red Runyon Darryl Sanders Derrick Tuggle Brendan Takash Kaelynn Wang Special Thanks: Ashlee Cohen Hey Baby Films Riverside County Film Commission Stephanie Stethem Bettina Breckenfeld Maegan Houang Dodger Kaplan-Houang An American Painkillers production in association with We Make Movies


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2014 | 3′ | animated short film | HD | 1:1.77 | color SYNOPSIS A woman walks her dog in the park, where she meets a man she would have liked to avoid. STAFF & TECHNIQUE direction, production, art direction & compositing: Sonja Rohleder animation: Sonja Rohleder, Veronica Solomon sound: Michal Krajczok foley artist: Reter Roigk foley recording: Silvio Naumann technical support: Dennis Rettkowski voices: Ivan Baio, Alberto Picciau, Francesca Pili, Ivana Mescalchin technique: mixture of 2D-animation and cut-out AWARDS Audience Price in the “Curiosities” international competition - Les Nuits Magiques festival | Best short film - Anilogue | World Animation Award 2014 - 28th Leeds International Film Festival | DEFA Promotion Prize Animation - Filmfest Dresden | Special Mention of the National Youth Jury - Filmfest Dresden | Special Mention - Festival Plein la Bobine | Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung (FBW) - Short film of the month + besonders wertvoll FESTIVALS Landshut Short Film Festival, Germany | Filmfest Dresden - International Short Film Festival, Germany | Festival of Animated Films Stuttgart, Germany | International Festival of Animated Films AniFest, Czech Republic | Internationalen KurzFilmFestival Hamburg, Germany | Festival Plein la Bobine, France | KIKI international film festival for kids, Croatia | Odense International Film Festival, Danmark | Fantoche, Switzerland | Filmfest Weiterstadt, Germany | KROK International Animated Film Festival, Russia/Ukraine | Anim’est, Romania | Frontale Film Festival, Austria | Leeds International Film Festival, UK | Les Nuits Magiques, France | Interfilm Berlin, Germany | Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden | Dok Leipzig, Germany | Anilogue, Hungary | Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Germany | Braunschweig International Film Festival, Germany | Kurzfilmtournee 2014 „Fein.KOšt“, Germany, Czech Republic | Aspen Filmfest, USA | Shorts at Moonlight, Germany | Neiße Filmfestival, Germany | Nashville Film Festival, USA | Favourites Film Festival, Germany | Anima, Brussel | Trieste Film Festival, Italy | Best of International Short Films Festival, France | Filmfest Eberswalde, Germany | Minimalen Short Film Festival, germany | Balkanima, Serbia | Beloit International Film Festival | St. Louis International Film Festiva


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