A conversation on style and creative stoke with the SoCal artist A surfer in an Andy Davis painting usually shows just enough face, trimming down the line, or maybe surfed-out and swinging in a hammock, brim of the hat tipped low, to show…who? You. Me. The featureless subjects in Davis’ works are any one of us, a connection drawn from one of Davis’ inspirations, John Severson, whose opening line in the first issue of The Surfer, like an unmarked face, was both a faraway and personal call: “In this crowded world, the surfer can still seek and find the perfect day, the perfect wave, and be alone with the surf and his thoughts.” “My biggest influence in the surfing world with [my art] was John Severson,” says Davis. “Making films, and then starting [SURFER] magazine, shooting the photos, writing the articles, doing the illustrations — It was so insane. That’s where it all came about for me, along with watching a lot of old films, looking at a lot of photography.” Davis just began a month-long exhibition, Eye Yi Yi, in Malibu’s Trancas Country Market, through July 1st. For those who know his work, the show is an artistic departure. There are no waves, no boards involved. For Davis, these subjects still derive their spirit from surfing, set in acrylic scenes that flit with movement, energy, and flow. If you surf, he says, you can see it. Even if you don’t surf, you’re pulled toward the grace of the image, a subject’s dance in a summer sun’s light. “Andy’s art exemplifies surf stoke more clearly than anyone else’s,” artist Thomas Campbell says about Davis. “I think that’s why people identify with his work. Looking at a lineup from the top of a hill or observing some faceless humanoid simply getting tubed from a cool, non-invasive perspective. That’s what surfing is about, not all banners and bullshit.” We spent an afternoon with Davis in Malibu, where he and artist Randall Christopher were busy with the final preparations for the show’s opening reception in late May. He spoke candidly about his evolution as an artist, his creative process, and his response to the emotion produced through his work. “It’s pretty neat to feel like you made something that meant something to someone,” says Davis. “That they’re happy you made it, and that it took them out of their day to day, and they appreciate it. That it touched them in some way. It reminds them of something. It makes you feel pretty lucky that you got to do something that went beyond what you thought it was going to be.” Direction: Todd Prodanovich Film and Edit: Alex Kilauano Motion Graphics: Randall Christopher Archival Footage: John Severson Go to Surfer.com for the latest daily videos, photos, stories, news and more: http://bit.ly/2sqC6jD Like Surfer on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2sV2zJk Latest photos and breaking news on http://bit.ly/2sqHOSo… Latest videos at: http://bit.ly/2sVmMPr Tweet at Surfer: https://twitter.com/SURFER_Magazine Read more at http://bit.ly/2sqB0nC…


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A bloody civil war in Central African Republic has divided a once peaceful nation along religious lines. Two children, one Christian and one Muslim, seek answers in each other. Directed by Lindsay Branham and Jon Kasbe Produced by: Lindsay Branham Executive Produced by: Jonathan Olinger Director of Photography: Jon Kasbe Edited by: Jon Kasbe Assistant Edited by: Ora DeKornfeld Additional photography by: Jonathan Olinger Color correction: Nice Dissolve Sound design: Defacto Sound mix: Origin Of Audio Special thanks to Bintou and Gaus and their communities in Central African Republic. Made possible with funding by UNICEF. Best Cinematography, Telluride Mountainfilm Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Telluride Mountainfilm, 2016 Official Selection, Mill Valley Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Hot Docs International Documentary Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Big Sky Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Raindance Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Crested Butte Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Nashville Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Indie Grits Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Annapolis Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Women Deliver Copenhaagen, 2016 Official Selection, Flagstaff Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Citizen Jane Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Marfa Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Washington West Film Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Lviv International Short Film Wiz-Art Festival, 2016 Official Selection, Take One Action Film Festival, 2016


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Some things can only be understood with maturity. New light is shed on childhood cultural misunderstandings when a Chinese mother and her British born daughter speak as adults for the first time. Awards: BAFTA Nominated Animated Short Film 2017 Best Animated Documentary at KLIK Amsterdam 2016 Audience choice for Best Animated Documentary at LIAF 2016 Jury Award for Best Short Film at 10th British Shorts Film Festival, Berlin 2017 RTS London Student Awards, Best Undergraduate Animation 2017 RTS National Award for best Undergraduate Animation 2017 FANtastische Award at ITFS 2017 Best Director in the Short Documentary category at the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2017 Screenings: Tough premiere at Encounters 22nd Short Film and Animation Festival 21st Sept 2016 FAFF factual animation film festival London, 30th sept- 1st October 2016 Primanima, budapest, 19th-22nd October 2016 KLIK Amsterdam Animation Festival 25th-30th October 2016 Crystal Palace international FF Sat 29th Oct- 19th Nov 2016 Manchester animation festival 15th-17th November 2016 Grafixx 25-27th Nov 2016 Two Short Nights Film Festival 2016 LIAF 2nd-11th December 2016 Animated Dreams 16-20th Nov 2016 Animateka 5-11th Dec 2016 With the Late Night Work Club + Friends Sceenings LSFF 6-15th Jan 2017 ‘British Shorts’ FF Berlin 12-18th Jan 2017 North American Premiere at SUNDANCE 19-29th Jan 2017 Void international FF Copenhagen 26th Jan- 4th Feb 2017 Anima 25th Feb - 5th March 2017 GLAS Animation Festival 2-5th March 2017 SXSW 10- 19th March 2017 Tricky Women 15-19th March 2017 Monstra 16-26th March 2017 Holland Animation Film Festival 22nd-26th March 2017 Ciné Court Anime 20-26th March 2017 DIFF, 30th March- 9th April 2017 LA Asian Pacific FF, 27th April- 4th May 2017 Anifilm, Czech Republic 2nd-7th May 2017 ITFS, 2-7th May 2017 Pictoplasma, 10-14th May 2017 The Chicago critics FF, 12th-18th May 2017 Cardiff Animation Nights 25th May 2017 Telluride Mountainfilm 26th-29th May 2017 Kortfilm Festivalen, Norway, 14th-18th June 2017 VIS, Vienna Shorts, 1-6th June 2017 SUNDANCE London 1st- 4th June 2017 Animafest Zagreb, 5th-10th June 2017 Sheffield Doc Fest, 8th-14th June 2017 Annecy, 12th-17th June 2017 Short Sighted Cinema: Shortest Nights screening 18th June 2017 Edinburgh International Film Festival, 21st June- 2nd July 2017 La Guarimba International FF 7th-11th August 2017 My 2016 graduation film from Kingston University London. Original score by K. Preston Merkley For more gifs showing the process behind making the film look at my website here: http://bit.ly/2taDKtw With an original score by K. Preston Merkley http://bit.ly/2u8hJJ8


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**Winner of Worldfest Huston International Film Festival 2017** “Travelling Through Brush and Ink” is a stop-motion animation of a little modern man traveling through four significant ancient Chinese paintings, transforming himself into animals and plants, and becomes part of the nature. Each painting represents four important stages of landscape art in Chinese history. Based on the original paintings, we built the sets and animated little character inside- all frame by frame. The animation is the opening film of 2016 annual exhibition National Palace Museum Taiwan. **2017休士頓國際影展動畫獎得主** “筆墨行旅”故事敘述一個現代男子進入畫中世界展開旅程,在旅程中形變成動物或植物,與自然合而為一。動畫中的四個場景分別為四幅歷史上重要的中國山水畫,畫中景色被製作成真實模型場景,人物和動植物在其中全是逐格拍攝。 四幅畫分別為唐代〈明皇幸蜀圖〉、北宋〈谿山行旅圖〉、南宋〈巖關古寺〉及元代〈鵲華秋色圖〉,呈現中國山水畫講求可行、可望、可遊、可居之意境,為中國山水畫的歷代風格演變的代表。本動畫是台灣國立故宮博物院2016年度典藏展的開幕片。 製作公司:日目247Visualart 執行公司:爻域互動科技 Art Director: Pu Chen | 藝術指導:陳普 Director: Annlin Chao | 導演:趙安玲 Composer: Pi Chiu | 編曲:邱比 Film Editing: Chia-Hung Lin, Ping-Kuei Lin | 影片剪接:林珈弘,林品逵 Scene Design: Ren-Hao Cai, Jia-Jhen Syu | 場景美術設計:蔡仁豪,許家禎 Graphic Design: Chung-Yang Chen | 平面設計:陳仲揚 Special Effects: yo-cheng Zheng | 特效:詹游丞 Lighting Assist: Chang Wen Liang | 燈光輔助:梁昌文 Assistant Animation: Lu Chang, Petula Hsiao, Jamie Xuan, Cheng Leo, Hung-Xie Chia, Szu-Yu Tu, Lee Te Yi 動畫助手:張怡儒,蕭亦布,林姿萱,李宥成,謝嘉鴻,凃思羽,李得嫕 Executive producer: National Palace Museum | 執行單位:國立故宮博物院


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From the archives of the “queer Smithsonian,” San Francisco’s GLBT Historical Society, comes the forgotten history of a gay Korean War veteran tasked with writing the military discharges of outed gay seamen. The Typist details a conflicted clerk’s participation in discrimination and his divided allegiance to homosexuality and heroism. The Typist has toured in festivals internationally, inspired a feature length Buzzfeed article on LGBTQ military experiences, screened at the National Gallery of Art, and played on Alaska Airlines. DIRECTOR: Kristine Stolakis kristinestolakis.com paperbridgefilms.com http://bit.ly/2tWMwZo PRESS: Buzzfeed. This Veteran’s Job was Discharging Gay Sailors in the Navy http://bzfd.it/2sYKFGh POV Magazine. What’s Up, Doc? http://bit.ly/2tWiZyY KALW. Frameline Film Festival brings to life the oral history of gay Navy man http://bit.ly/2sYQ7ce KQED. The Typist – Interview with Kristine Stolakis http://bit.ly/2tWj0mw SELECTED SCREENINGS: Hot Docs International Film Festival. Toronto, Canada DOC NYC. New York, New York Seattle International Film Festival. Seattle, Washington National Gallery of Art. Washington D.C. Alaska Airlines Frameline. San Francisco, California Outfest. Los Angeles, California Frontline Club of London. London, England European Independent Film Festival. Paris, France Cleveland International Film Festival. Cleveland, Ohio Daegu Queer Film Festival. Daegu, South Korea El Lugar Sin Limites. Various cities, Venezuela & Chile MixMexico! México DF, México Mirror Mountain Film Festival. Ottawa, Canada San Francisco DocFest. San Francisco, California Melbourne Queer Film Festival. Melbourne, Australia Tallgrass Film Festival. Wichita, Kansas Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival. Chicago, Illinois Cabriolet Film Festival. Beirut, Lebanon Side by Side International Film Festival. Saint Petersburg, Russia MiFo LGBTQ Film Festival. Miami, Florida Appalachian Queer Film Festival. Morgantown, West Virginia Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival. Moorhead, Minnesota CMG Short Film Festival. West Hollywood, California Southwest Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Albuquerque, New Mexico PERLEN Queer Film Festival. Hannover, Germany NewFest. New York, New York Roxie Theater. San Francisco, California Mostra La Ploma. International Film and Culture Festival for Sexual, Gender and Family Diversity. Valencia, Argentina Stanford University. Stanford, California The American University of Rome. Rome, Italy PFLAG. Panama City, Florida LGBT Veterans Recognition Ceremony, hosted by Stonewall Columbus. Columbus, Ohio The University of Delaware. Newark, Delaware


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In a time of anarchy and forgotten morals, one man obsesses over the way to fix it. WATCH THE BEHIND THE SCENES: http://bit.ly/2sYIqDF Written & Directed by: Matt MacDonald - [http://bit.ly/2tyoCUr] Original Music by: Simon Stevens - [http://bit.ly/2sYDQ89] Sound Mix by: Eric Marks - [http://bit.ly/2ty0ly1] Editing / VFX / Sound Design by: Matt MacDonald - [http://bit.ly/2tyoCUr] VOICE CAST: Jon Bailey - [www.epicvoiceguy.com] Anthony Falleroni - [http://bit.ly/2sYAwtX] Matt MacDonald - [http://bit.ly/2tyoCUr] Tamar Meyouhas Paige Williams - [http://bit.ly/2txIs2n] MODS USED: 2009 BMW M5 E60 [by Ubludock] - [http://bit.ly/2sYYEwl] 7-Eleven Gas Stations [by ProdigyHD] - [http://bit.ly/2ty63je] AS-350 Ecureuil (LAPD & CHP) [by SkylineGTRFreak] - [http://bit.ly/2sYDRcd] Animation Viewer [by Guadmaz] - [http://bit.ly/2tycLGa] Drag Dead [by jedijosh920] - [http://bit.ly/2sYOiN9] Emergency Lighting Revolution [by Fenix2525WOT] - [http://bit.ly/2tyiP1e] Eurocopter EC145 Gendarmerie [by Game68240 & MattZepol] - [http://bit.ly/2sYvcGT] Extended Video Export [by Nightingale] - [http://bit.ly/2tyoDHZ] Jack Daniels Whiskey [by Garrett910] - [http://bit.ly/2sYYDIN] L.A. Roads [by cryhd & maybach123] - [http://bit.ly/2txUw3H] L.A. Roads Patch [Anime_Boom, cryhd, Arc_Angel & EpriTeX] - [http://bit.ly/2sYZBES] L.A. Vegetation [by cryhd] - [http://bit.ly/2ty4KAZ] LAPD Ford CVPI [by POLICESCO] - [http://bit.ly/2sYBQN9] Los Angeles County Bus Pack [by Dannybus] - [http://bit.ly/2txV4Gy] Menyoo [by MAFINS] - [http://bit.ly/2sYxrtY] NaturalVision [by Razed] - [http://bit.ly/2tymLiL] OpenIV [by OpenIV Team] - [www.openiv.com] Real California Architecture [by _Vlad_(Desmond98)] - [http://bit.ly/2sYOjAH] Real California License Plates [by outsid3r4] - [http://bit.ly/2tyaP0o] Real-Life Super Mega Texture Pack [by eshenk] - [http://bit.ly/2sYSzjN] Reshade - [www.reshade.me] Scene Director [by elsewhat] - [http://bit.ly/2tyoDaX] Script Hook V [by Alexander Blade] - [http://bit.ly/2sYvbCP] Script Hook V .NET [by crosire] - [http://bit.ly/2ty56Yd] Simple Trainer for GTA V [by sjaak327] - [http://bit.ly/2sYRbxu] Soda Vending Machines [by israelsr] - [http://bit.ly/2txZ2ik] Toyota Prius [by r1-5-qwertyuiop] - [http://bit.ly/2sYuqJY] VisualV [by _CP_ & robi29] - [http://bit.ly/2tyhnMo] Created with Grand Theft Auto V. Shot in Anamorphic 21:9, Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017 ©2017


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Wednesday, June 21, 2017

A JOURNEY THROUGH SOUTHERN AFRICA’S FORGOTTEN MOUNTAINS There are few roads in Lesotho. There are even fewer mountain bikers. Here the horse is supreme and the myriad horse trails that have been carved through its steep and rugged mountains are its lifeblood. Horsemen ply these trails, just as they have for generations, riding between villages that have remained unchanged over centuries. Amidst this scene frozen in time is Isaac, a twenty-two year old horseman who is bridging the gap between old and new. For a week in April 2017, Isaac - or Leputhing Molapo to use his Basotho name - rode a 180 Kilometre traverse of the mountains of his home country. It was a ride like his father had done before him, but this time he was leading two mountain bikers. Following Isaac were Canadian freerider Kevin Landry and Swiss ex-downhill racer Claudio Caluori, both embarking on a journey that will showcase the beautiful unknown landscapes of this small country. Riding only horse trails, it’s a journey laden with physical challenges for all, but it’s a journey that will cement friendships between a traditional blanket-wearing horseman and two state-of-the-art bike-wielding mountain bikers. For two pioneering mountain bikers this ride is the most adventurous undertaking they have ever made. For one horseman, its a ride that heralds a new dawn. HAVE A GOOD ONE conceived and co-ordinated this unique adventure. In April 2017 they travelled to Lesotho and working with Sky Adventures to provide support and logistics, they set out to document this journey and the unique chapter in Lesotho’s history it represents. Driven by their passion to create a unique film, Tobias Steinigeweg and Maximilian Stolarow shared the rocky trails and high mountain passes and abandoned trading post accommodations with the riders. Following The Horsemen is a film that not only highlights the potential of Lesotho as a new adventure destination, but also provides an invaluable glimpse into its heritage through the country’s iconic horsemen. F O L L O W I N G T H E H O R S E M E N A FILM BY TOBIAS STEINIGEWEG & MAXIMILIAN STOLAROW A HAVE A GOOD ONE Production Supported by SCOTT SPORTS VELOSOLUTIONS Directed by TOBIAS STEINIGEWEG MAXIMILIAN STOLAROW Produced by TOBIAS STEINIGEWEG Cinematography MAXIMILIAN STOLAROW Edited by TOBIAS STEINIGEWEG Color Grading SAMUEL MUFF Sound Design DANIEL MÖLLER-BERTRAM Photographer DAN MILNER Cast Riders CLAUDIO CALUORI KEVIN LANDRY Horseman LEPUTHING ISAAC MOLAPO Chief MICHAEL RAMASHAMOLE Pilot JUSTIN HONAKER Lesotho Crew Production Coordinator DAROL HOWES Location Managers TUMELO MAKHETHA THABO NTLHOKI Location Scout CHRISTIAN SCHMIDT MTB Guide BOTENG MOLAPO Driver TUMELO MAKHETHA Lesotho Partners Logistics and Catering SKY ADVENTURES MOSTAT ADVENTURES Accomodations SEMONKONG LODGE RAMABANTA TRADING POST LODGE ROMA TRADING POST LODGE Main Theme “AT THE CLOSE” ELEGY MUSIC Additional Supporters SIGMA SPORT GERMANY MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP DIESEL & INJECTOR PUMPS LESOTHO GOPRO GERMANY Special Thanks LAURA BURR LISA BÖHME ASHLEY THORN MATT MONSON TONI TWO TEETH CARL HOUSTON MC MILLAN SLAUGHTERHOUSE ZURICH TEAMGEISTER HAMBURG FAMILY & FRIENDS


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In the wake of Katrina, New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward was one of the few neighborhoods where relief came slowly. Less than 25% of its pre-Katrina population has returned and many houses have been abandoned or mowed down. As a result, the USDA officially listed the neighborhood as a “food desert”, defined as urban areas without access to affordable food in a five-mile radius. Burnell Cotlon returned to his home neighborhood in 2007 and was dismayed by what he saw. He pleaded with major chain stores to open up in the Ward, but the ongoing reconstruction and slow repopulation kept them away. Cotlon decided he’d open up his own shops and restore the community one small business at a time. He learned carpentry and electrical work through YouTube videos so that he could build all his operations on a budget. To date, he’s opened a grocery store, a market, a barbershop, and a laundromat all in an effort to centralize and revitalize pride for the Ward. http://bit.ly/2sTuWZM Director: Henry Busby Agency: Tribeca Studios Client: Bai Production Company: Voyager Creative Executive Producer: Andrew Hutcheson Head of Production: David Brickel Producer: Amalia Bradstreet DP: Kelly Jeffrey Steadicam: Chad Chamberlain Drone Operator: Atmosphere Aerial 1st AC: Zachary Kertesz Camera PA: Sophia Stevenson Grip: Justin Crawford Sound Mixer: Tim Connor PA: Toby David Editor: Henry Busby Audio Post: One Thousand Birds Audio Post Producer: Kira MacKnight Sound Mixer: Calvin Pia Original Music: Hyperballad Composer: Jonathan Benedict


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Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated documentary, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown herstory. Les femmes sont chanceuses, elles possèdent le seul organe du corps humain qui sert uniquement au plaisir : le clitoris! Dans ce documentaire animé drôle et instructif, découvrez son anatomie ignorée et son histoire méconnue. Technique : gouache on paper / 2D digital Animation III, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) © Lori Malépart-Traversy 2016 Awards : -Winner Best Student International Short Film (Animasivo 2016) -Winner Best Animated Film (Festival du Film Étudiant de Québec 2017) -Winner Audience Award - Best Documentary (Chicago Feminist Film Festival 2017) -Winner Audience Award - Best Short Film (Festival Vues d'en face 2017) -Winner Audience Award (Festival Womanimation! 2016) -Prix de la Cinémathèque Québécoise pour l'Excellence en cinéma d'animation (Concordia Awards 2016) -Honourable Mention for Best Canadian Student Animation (Ottawa Animation Festival 2016) -Honourable Mention for Audience Award (TAIS 2016) -Honourable Mention (Cabbagetown Short Film Festival 2016) -Honourable Mention for Best Sound (Concordia Film Festival 2016) Festivals selections : -06/17 : Annecy International Animated Film Festival (Annecy, France) -06/17 : Animafest Zagreb (Zabreb, Croatia) -06/17 : Imaginaria Festival (Binéfar, Spain) -06/17 : Seoul International Women’s Film Festival (Seoul, Korea) -04/17 : Ciné-club Caserne 45 (Montréal, Canada) -04/17 : Kyev International Short Film Festival (Kiev, Ukraine) -04/17 : Festival 48 images secondes (Florac, France) -04/17 : Festival Vues d'en face (Grenoble, France) -03/17 : Short Waves Festival (Poznań, Poland) -03/17 : Festival du Film Étudiant de Québec (Québec, Canada) -03/17 : Monstra Animation Festival (Lisbon, Portugal) -03/17 : Glasgow Short Film Festival (Glasgow, Scotland) -03/17 : Queer Loox (Luxembourg) -03/17 : Glitoris - Art Gallery Benefit (New York, NY, USA) -03/17 : Red Dawns International Feminist and Queer Festival (Ljubljana, Slovenia) -03/17 : Anim!Arte International Student Animation Festival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -03/17 : Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art (Lviv, Ukraine) -03/17 : Court Spira Court : Spécial 8 mars (Québec, Canada) -03/17 : Ciné-Club Cégep de Jonquière (Jonquière, Canada) -03/17 : Animac (Catalunya, Spain) -03/17 : Chicago Feminist Film Festival (Chicago, IL, USA) -02/17 : Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois (Montréal, Canada) -02/17 : International Film Festival ZOOM - ZBLIŻENIA (Jelenia Góra, Poland) -02/17 : Les Vidéophages (Toulouse, France) -01/17 : Festival International de films “Elles Tournent” (Bruxelles, Belgium) -12/16 : Animateka (Ljubljana, Slovenia) -12/16 : Equality Festival (Kiev, Ukraine) -12/16 : International Short & Independent Film Festival (Dhaka, Bangladesh) -11/16 : Anilogue International Animation Festival (Budapest, Hungary) -11/16 : Animage International Animation Festival of Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil) -11/16 : GIRAF Animation Festival (Calgary, Canada) -11/16 : Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation (Montréal, Canada) -11/16 : CutOut Fest International Animation and Digital Art (Querétaro, Mexico) -11/16 : Festival du Court-Métrage d'Auch (Auch, France) -11/16 : DOK Leipzig (Leipzig, Germany) -10/16 - 11/16 : Part of the exhibition of Festival Cineffable (Paris, France) -10/16 : KLIK! Animation Festival (Amsterdam, Netherlands) -10/16 : Anima Mundi (Rio de Janeiro & São Paulo, Brazil) -10/16 : Grand Rapids Feminist Film Festival (Grand Rapids, MI, USA) -10/16 : Tofuzi International Festival of Animated Films (Tbilisi, Georgia) -10/16 : Anim'est - Creepy Animation Night (Bucharest, Romania) -10/16 : FAFF - Factual Animation Film Fuss (London, UK) -09/16 : KROK International Animated Films Festival (Russia) -09/16 : Animasivo (Mexico City, Mexico) -09/16 : Libelula Animation Festival (Barcelona, Spain) -09/16 : Femmes en résistance - Festival féministe de documentaires (Paris, France) -09/16 : Anima Syros International Animation Festival (Syros, Greece) -09/16 : Ottawa International Animation Festival (Ottawa, Canada) -09/16 : Festival International du Film d'animation de Paris (Paris, France) -09/16 : Milano Film Festival (Milan, Italy) -09/16 : WFAF - World Festival of Animated Film (Varna, Bulgaria) -09/16 : Cabbagetown Short Film Festival (Toronto, Canada) -08/16 : Brand New Blinkers (London, UK) -07/16 : TAIS Animation Showcase 2016 (Toronto, Canada) -06/16 : Womanimation! 2016 (Providence, RI, USA) -06/16 : Art All Night Film Festival (Trenton, NJ, USA) Film website : http://bit.ly/2shXCdb


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Oh hello lovely machine, emancipating yourself from function… You look adorable, you know? Yes dear, you were built to be autonomous, it said so in the campaign brief. No rush – getting from A to B was never an exciting idea to begin with, for your kind. Dance yourself clean, pull your metal frame apart and let the sun burn through your circuits. Ride your autobiography, guided by the beauty of your code. Fresh freedom smells like common place, and “authenticity” like a frivolous illusion of your makers. So your character was designed to be self-organizing: a beautiful homage to the combined effort of all of those minds that built you – considering your appearance being a quite sloppy imitation of life. Regardless that those who started this are no longer around: Still looking forward to your feedback. What do *you* think? Auto Nom offers an upbeat alternative on unexpected consequences of autonomous mobility. It is the latest work by ZEITGUISED’s new offspin f°am Studio, and part of a series of character animation narratives based on the personality of Autonomous Rolf. Written, directed and designed by f°am Studio, this fictitious self-driving classic german car gets under your hood with its freedom loving behaviour. All conceptual, design and production work: f°am Studio Written by f°am Studio Direction: Julius Steinhauser Music: “It’s not unusual” (Tom Jones) cover by Bubble Singer: Hatsune Miku Sound design: David Kamp


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***DUE TO THE UNIQUE NATURE OF THE SOUND DESIGN/MIX OF THIS FILM, HEADPHONES/GOOD SPEAKERS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR THE FULL THEATRICAL EXPERIENCE. ‘Dawn of the Deaf’ is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it here: http://bit.ly/2sAIetz This film was made possible with support from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, Shadowhouse Films and Findie. http://bit.ly/2rhhA56 SYNOPSIS: When a strange sound wipes out the hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive. AWARDS: BAFTA - Best British Short Film (Shortlisted) Sitges International Film Festival - Melies D'argent for Best Short (Won) Monsters of Film - Best Short (Won) Toronto After Dark - Silver Short Film Award (Won) Deaffest - Grand Prize (Won) Monster Fest - Honourable Mention Encounters International Film Festival - Grand Prize (Nominated) Fantasia - Best Short Film (Nominated) Fantastic Fest - Best Short Film (Nominated) Nashville Film Festival - Graveyard Shift Award (Nominated) RazorReel Flanders - Melies D'argent for Best Short (Nominated) Molins Film Festival - Melies D'argent for Best Short (Nominated) MotelX - Melies D'argent for Best Short (Nominated) Trieste Science + Fiction - Melies D'argent for Best Short (Nominated) Strasbourg Fantastic Film Festival - Melies D'argent for Best Short (Nominated) Twister Alley - Best Short Film (Nominated) FanCine Film Festival - Melies D'argent for Best Short (Nominated) Twister Alley Film Festival - Best Midnight Short (Nominated) B-Movie & Underground Film Festival - Best Short Film (Nominated) Final Frame Film Competition - Best Short Film (Nominated) OFFICIAL SELECTION: Sundance Film Festival 2017 Sundance Film Festival: London 2017 BFI London Film Festival 2016 Sitges International Film Festival 2016 Fantastic Fest 2016 Fantasia 2016 Frightfest 2016 Cleveland International Film Festival 2017 Moscow Film Festival 2017 Sydney Film Festival 2017 Nashville Film Festival 2017 Omaha Film Festival 2017 Encounters International Film Festival 2016 Uppsala International Film Festival 2016 Go Short – International Short Film Festival Nijmegen 2017 Toronto Inside Out 2017 Outfest LA 2017 Cork Film Festival 2016 Dublin Film Festival 2017 Glasgow Film Festival 2017 London Short Film Festival 2017 Toronto After Dark 2016 Las Vegas Film Festival 2017 British Shorts Berlin 2017 Festival International du Film Fantastique de Bruxelles 2017 MotelX Film Festival 2016 Molins Film Festival 2016 Kerry Film Festival 2016 Kyiv International Short Film Festival 2017 Cucalorus Film Festival 2016 East End Film Festival 2017 Razor Reel Flanders 2016 Strasbourg European Fantastic Film Festival 2016 Overlook Film Festival 2017 Trieste Science + Fiction 2016 FanCine Film Festival 2016 Y'a un Os dans le Potage 2017 BBC See Hear Festival 2016 Saskatoon Fantastic Film Festival 2016 Chicago Critics Film Festival 2017 Ramaskrik Film Festival 2016 Morbido Film Festival 2016 Mayhem Film Festival 2016 Celluloid Screams 2016 Twister Alley Film Festival 2017 Fastnet Film Festival 2017 Fantaspoa 2017 B-Movie & Underground Film Festival 2016 Landshut Short Film Festival 2017 Monster Fest 2016 Spooky Empire Film Festival 2016 Monsters of Film 2016 Final Frame Film Competition 2017 South Africa Horror Festival 2016 MiniKino Film Festival 2016 Fright Nights Festival 2016 Fangoria Fearcon 2016 MisCon 2017 Szczecin European Film Festival 2016 Shortcutz Figueiró dos Vinhos 2016 New Orleans Trauma 2016 CineDeaf Film Festival 2017 SouthSide Film Festival 2017 Georgetown University Film Festival 2017 Fantosfreak Short Film Festival 2017 ShorTS Film Festival 2017 Eskisehir Film Festival 2017 Stuff MX Film Festival 2017 Unrestricted View Horror Festival 2016 Little Terrors Film Festival 2016 Shivers Film Festival 2016 Twin Cities Horror Festival 2016 Fake Flesh Film Fest 2016 Red Ditch Halloween Film Festival 2016


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Friday, June 9, 2017

Horror film remakes all the way Giallo / Slasher / Korean / Origins 
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 http://bit.ly/2rULMnA http://bit.ly/2raie8j L'IMPÉRATRICE — Les Sultans des Iles (Label: Microqlima) Directed by Parachutes
 Production: SlowDance Productrice: Valentine Suc
 Directeur de production — Fabrice Godin 1er assistant réalisateur — Sébastien Auger Chef opérateur — Elodie Tahtane 1er assistant opérateur — Arthur Chassaing 2nd assistant opérateur — Emmanuelle Vivier Directeur de Casting — Jocelyn Rummler Adjointe casting — Emma Droin Prises de vue additionnelles — GRAMA Chef électricien — Cédric Meyrand Électricien — Hamid Ferhat Électricien — Jean Riou Électricien — Lucas Schwartz Électricien — Mathieu Zanatta Chef Machiniste — Clément Hervouet Machiniste — Benoit Neel Chef Décorateur — Yann Dury 1er assistant Décorateur — Anthony Royker Chef Maquillage — Maya Benamer Maquilleuse — Simine Commien Chef Coiffure — Aurore Lesne Coiffeuse — Sandrine Monnerie Styliste — Fred Cambier Costumier — Clara Lyonnet Costumier — Edgar Fichet Costumier — Diane Wehrly Costumier — Stéphane Hardy Costumier — Kevin Tran Costumier — Jeremy Fouque Régisseur Général — Jonathan Degras Régisseur — Lionel Soam Régisseur — Jerome Dalibon Régisseur — Léo Badani Tueur — Baptiste Glorion Comédiens opus giallo — (1970’) Zoé Philippot Aziliz Tranchant Inès Huchet Tanya Mattouk Arthur Loustalot Florian Spitzer Grégoire de Butler Michael Giorno Cohen Comédiens opus slasher — (1980’) Clara Hesse Valentine Caille Eva Studzinski Helena Griveau Paco Fuster Antoine Bienvenu Noé Baruchel Benoit Montessus Comédiens opus coréen — (1990’) Kim Tran Karen Belli Jin Joo Fouque Kayoon Kim Shuya Wang Sho Kawashima Stéphane Siseng Tyanyi Zhao Comédiens opus origines — (1900’) Pauline Thirion Alice Duin Charlotte Leonhardt Isabelle Andrzejewski Emma Jeane Baptiste Glorion Alexandre Bourit


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Monday, June 5, 2017

In the beginning of them She created us. Awards: BAFTA FINALIST - International Student Best of festival- CTIAF Best 10 minutes - SICAF Best Animated Film- Yale Student Film Festival Best Animated Film- Berlin Flash Film Festival Best Animated Short-Erotic & Bizzare Film Festival Best Animated Short- Sante Fe Independent Film Festival Jury Special Mention- Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Finalist- Wellington Student Film Festival, Florida Semi-Finalist -El festival de cortometrajes “Jose Francisco Rosado” Semi-Finalist- Miami Epic Fest Interview: http://bit.ly/2qQiy8f Festivals: 18th Wiesbaden International Weekend of Animation, Germany Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia Animation Block Party, NY Durham Region Film Festival, Canada Woodstock Film Festival, NY ANIMA MUNDI 2016, Brazil Primanima World Festival of First Animations, Hungary Santa Fe Film Festival, New Mexico LadyBug Film Festival, Sweden Santa Fe Independent Film Festival, New Mexico Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation - Festival international de Montréal, Canada ThirdEye Film Festival, NY Young Animators International Film Festival, India The London Monthly Film Festival, UK Animacam Animation Short Film Festival, Spain Wellington Student Film Festival, Florida BEFF Binghampton, NY Equality Festival, Ukraine TMFF - The Monthly Film Festival, UK Fish and Chips International Erotic Film Festival, Italy Prince of Prestige Film Award, Florida Feel The Reel IFF, UK El festival de cortometrajes “Jose Francisco Rosado”, Spain VOID-International Animation Film Festival in Copenhagen, Denmark Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival, Brazil Berlin Student Film Festival, Germany Washington DC Independent Film Festival, DC We Like ‘Em Short - Animation and Comedy Film Festival, Oregon Berlin Flash Film Festival, Germany GLAS Animation, CA Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart, Germany POWFest 2017, Oregon Animation Dingle, Ireland ANIMAC, Spain Speechless Film Festival, Minnesota Cape Town International Animation Festival, South Africa Third Culture Film Festival 2017, Hong Kong Globe International Film Festival, Michigan Athens ANIMFEST, Greece Holland International Animation Festival, Netherlands Detroit International Animation Festival , Michigan Golden Kuker Sofia, Bulgaria Animated Arizona Film Festival Open World Animation Festival,PA Malt Adult, Ohio Ivy Film Festival, RI SICAF, South Korea Mammouth Lakes Film Festival, CA Bogotá Experimental Film Festival | CineAutopsia, Colombia Bristol Festival of Puppetry, UK Encounters International Short Film & Animation Festival, UK Fest Anca, Slovakia Visions CFF, Canada Breakthroughs Film Festival, Canada backup_festival, Germany Erotic&Bizarre Art Film Festival, Spain Wairoa Maori Film Festival, New Zealand TimeLine Film Festival, Italy Art All Night - Trenton: 6th Annual Film Festival, New Jersey NAFF, Bosnia and Herzegovina Sci-Fi & Fantasy Film Festival, CA


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