Thursday, April 26, 2018

MARAMEOFILM and European Film College presents: “LZ 129 - A Zeppelin Odyssey” is a found footage documentary that explores the industrial power and magnificence of the German Zeppelin airship. The film is a portrait of the Zeppelin - from its construction, to flight, to its eventual demise in the Hindenburg disaster. LZ 129 evokes an emotional response from the viewer whereby underneath an aesthetic celebration of the Zeppelin as object, a darker correlation is made between the Zeppelin and the Nazi regime. The Zeppelin is treated as a living thing - from birth, to life and ultimately death. An innocent eye is placed onto the Zeppelin during its construction period, whereby the seemingly innocent relationship between the German people and the Nazi government is also called into question. The flight of the Zeppelin at the centre of the film conveys an ethereal moment of spectacle, a spectacle that is grimly shadowed by the presence of Nazi propaganda beneath the surface. The demise of the Zeppelin, most notoriously through the world famous event of the Hindenburg disaster, brings this correlation between Nazi rule and the Zeppelin to its apocalyptic conclusion. The film wishes to enact a feeling of complicity to spectacle and as a result, bring into question the political issue of spectacle as propaganda. The Zeppelin, removed from its context, becomes a creature that soars and invites awe as the audience become swayed by its aesthetic brilliance. But as we become aware of Hitler’s shadow beneath the image, we interrogate the danger of spectacle to avert the eye.


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A young man tries to hold on to the image of his sick grandfather, by piecing together fragments of memories he has of him. My thesis film from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Director and Animator l Ynon Lan Actors l Daniel Botzer and Mordechai Zilber Original Music l Daniel Markovich Sound Design l Ron Cohen Making Of | http://bit.ly/2HsENNR l Festivals & Awards l - ASIF, Israeli Annual Animation Festival (August 2016) - ISFVF, The Beijing Film Academy International Student Film Festival (October 2016, China) - BALKANIMA, European Animated Film Festival (October 2016, Serbia) - PeterKiT, International Student Film Festival (October 2016, Saint Petersburg) - HAFF, Holland Animation Film Festival (March 2017, Utrecht) - Monstra, International Student Short Films Competition (March 2017, Portugal) - Athens Animfest (March 2017, Greece) - Athens International Film + Video Festival (April 2017, Ohio, USA) - Leiden International Short Film Experience (May 2017, Holland) - Backup Festival (May 2017, Weimar, Germany) - Future Film Festival (May 2017, Bologna, Italy) - Tbilisi International Student Film Festival (May 2017, Georgia) - Golden Kuker Sofia (May 2017, Bulgaria) - River Film Festival (June 2017, Padova, Italy) - The Jerusalem International Film Festival (July 2017, Israel) - Anibar Animation Festival (August 2017, Kosovo) - Animaze, Montreal International Animation Festival (August 2017, Canada) - Festival of European Student Animation (August 2017, Serbia) - Winner of Best Experimental Film - Indie Ani-Fest (September 2017, Korea) - London InShort Film Festival (September 2017, England) - Anyma Syros Animation Festival (September 2017, Greece) - Vienna Jewish Film Festival (October 2017, Austria) - Puppet Is a Human Too (October 2017, Warsaw, Poland) - Long Short Film Festival (December 2017, Tel Aviv) - Israeli Cinema Festival in Paris (March 2018, Paris, France) - Palm Springs Jewish Film Festival (March 2018, Califronia) - Epos Film Festival (March 2018, Israel) - Winner of Best Student Film - Soma Film Festival (March 2018, New Jersey) - The Moscow Jewish Film Festival (May 2018, Russia)


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About the Work RENDER is an experimental installation created using 20 sheets of organic display electroluminescence. Its focus’s on the perception of “being able to see things that cannot actually be seen” using footage from the the natural world such as rain, wind and lightning, as well as a three-dimensional audio reconstruction using natural sound fragments. The artwork aims to trigger a new sense of depth allowing viewers to reimagine what is depicted between each display using their minds to fill in the blanks. By displaying fragmented three-dimensional visuals on multiple displays, a new perspective can be explored not only from the front but all angles in 3D space. This experience will intensely stimulate the viewer’s imagination, leaving a deeper impression on one’s mind. 作品について 透明な有機ELディスプレイ20枚を使った実験的な映像インスタレーション作品。 雨や風、雷といった自然界で起きている現象をモチーフにして制作した映像と、その音の断片をプログラムによって立体的に再構成し「実際には見えていないけど見える」知覚の現象に着目した作品である。 本作では、複数のディスプレイにまたがる立体的なビジュアルや、逆に断片的なビジュアルを表示することで、描かれていないディスプレイとディスプレイの間にあるべきビジュアルとそのストーリーを頭の中で想像(= イマジネーション)させることを狙っている。また、これまでの映像作品が正面からの観賞を前提としていたことに対し、本作では観賞者自身が作品を楽しむ視点を見つける必要がある。この体験は観賞者のイマジネーションを強く刺激し、作品をより印象深いものとした。 Staff Creative Director:Takaaki Morita Art Director / Technical Director / Programmer:Shunsaku Ishinabe Visual Designer:Daisuke Moriwaki, Tsutomu Miyajima, Itsuki Maeshiro, Tatsuki Kondo, Hiroshi Takagishi Producer:Yasuaki Matsui Sound Designer:Tomohiro Nagasaki Engineer:Yuta Nakano Equipment:CIMA (http://bit.ly/2Ka9ZPH)


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Ramon lives with his parents, although he is away most of the week working as a truck driver. These are long and lonely trips until he meets a very special companion that changes everything. Cucli tells a story about love and companionship after death and its transformative effect. How through memories, the supernatural can find its way into our mundane lives. http://bit.ly/2HWAKWR DIRECTOR: Xavier Marrades. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Oriol Colomar, Xavier Marrades. EDITOR: Xavier Marrades. DRONE OPERATOR: Pol Thomas Ferrero. COLORIST: Enya Rodriguez. PRODUCER: Xavier Marrades. EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jerome Thelia, Oriol Colomar. SOUND: Sergi Nogué, Alejandro Castillo. Graphic design: Giovanni Jubert DISTRIBUTION: Marvin&Wayne FESTIVALS: Best short film at Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Índias. 2017 IDFA 2016 Official Selection Camerimage Festival 2017. Official Seletion Best documentary short at the China International New Media and Short Film Festival. 2017. Best Documentary and Best first film awards at the Festival Internacional de cine de Huesca 2017. AFIDocs 2017. Official Selection. Curta Kinoforum / Sao Paulo International short film festival. Official Selection. 2017. NYFF - New York Film Festival. Official Selection. 2017. Special Jury award at Make Dox 2017. Skopje (Macedonia). Reykjavík International film festival (Iceland) Official Selection. Hot Springs International documentary film festival (USA). Official Selection. DocumentaMadrid 2017 Official Selection Special Jury Mention at the FIC-cat 2017 (Festival Internacional de Cinema Català) Special Jury Metion at the Monterrey International Film Festival. Mexico. Cinema Jove 2017. Motra Internacional de cine de Valencia. Official Selection Som Cinema (Spain) Best Short Documentary Film. Octubre en Corto (Spain) Best Short Documentary Film. Interfilm Festival, (Germany). KFFK/Kurzfilmfestival Köln (Germany). Tehran International Film Festival. (Iran). Official Selection. Panorama International Coisas de Cinema (Brasil) Official Selection. Festival de Cortometrajes de Aguilar de Campo (Spain). Official Selection.


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Monday, April 23, 2018

This is the story of four people: ODNEY, RAJNI, ALUKI and MUFEEDA. Four lives, four journeys that led them in a search for freedom. Together they decide to live on the fringe of society and to finally find a place where they can do things their way. FESTIVALS Off-Courts Trouville - Trouville, France 2016 SPASM, Montreal, Canada, 2016 Festival International du Cinéma Francophone en Acadie - Moncton, Canada, 2016 Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québecois - Montreal, Canada, 2017 Festival Regard - Saguenay, Canada, 2017 Urban Film Festival, Montreal, Paris, 2017 Festival Vitesse Lumière - Quebec, Canada, 2017 Carrousel International du Film de Rimouski - Rimouski, Canada, 2017 Plein(s) Écran(s), 2017 Festival de Magog, Canada, 2018 AWARDS Audience Award - OFF-Courts Trouville, 2016 Best live action short - Rendez vous du cinéma québécois, 2017 Web Audience Award - Festival Regard, 2017 Grand Jury Prize - Urban Films Festival Montreal, 2017 Jury Mention - Urban Films Festival, Paris 2017 Written, directed, edited by Ara Ball Cast : Richardson Zéphir, Jasvir Ssingh Sandhu, Sarah Ohutak, Natalie Tannous, Jean-Pierre Bergeron, Guy Richer, Francis La Haye DoP : Jean-Philippe Bernier Sound : Maxime Dumesnil, Casey Brown Art direction : Samuel B. Cloutier Costumes : Lia Marie Beauchamp, Melissa Johnson Original score : Casey Brown & Les Konbatan Production : Estelle Champoux, Mylène Corbeil (La Créative Films) Distribution: La Distributrice de Films Contact: info@ladistributrice.ca http://bit.ly/2Fb2QL5


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Sunday, April 22, 2018

In the vanishing lowland rainforests of Borneo, new research is underway to uncover and understand the unique cultural behaviors in wild orangutans, before it’s too late. There, photographer Tim Laman, researcher Cheryll Knott and young explorer Robert Suro have documented orangutans making pillows, fashioning umbrellas and displaying regional greetings. The project, 20 years in the making, offers a fascinating glimpse into the habits of wild orangutans, as well as a window into human evolution. With their habitat disappearing at an alarming rate, this research may prove to be key in protecting this critically endangered species. DIRECTED BY Tim Laman and Melissa Lesh PRODUCED BY Melissa Lesh, Trevor Frost and Tim Laman EDITED BY Melissa Lesh PRINCIPAL CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Tim Laman, Trevor Frost, Robert Rodriguez Suro FEATURING Cheryl Knott, Tim Laman, Robert Rodriguez Suro, Richard Wrangham, Endro Setiawan ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY BY Russell Laman, Tri Wahyu Susanto DRONE PILOTING BY Russell Laman SPECIAL THANKS TO Gunung Palung National Park Director Dadang Wardhana and Endro Setiawan The Gunung Palung Orangutan Project: Cheryl Knott, Tri Wahyu Susanto and Team Tuanan Orangutan Project Team Tuanan Orangutan Research Project MAWAS Conservation Program Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program Rebecca Martin All participating orangutans MADE POSSIBLE BY Grants from the National Geographic Society Gunung Palung Orangutan Conservation Program Yayasan Palung Emerging Earth Films To learn more visit: http://bit.ly/2HRgwxX Find the team on instagram: @melissalesh @timlaman @tbfrost @rrsuro @cheryl_d_knott


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The last days in the life of a Piñata, as told from the Piñata’s perspective. “… a simple idea well executed, its playful contrast between the voiceover and the visuals drives the story” - Roman Coppola “… really wrong, REALLY wrong, but damn it’s funny.” - Steve Kopian, Unseen Films “… a real gem of a short that manages both comedy and existential angst from the perspective of a Piñata.” - Pete Bickford, Release Notes “… a well directed short with a clever premise and hilarious dialogue.” - BOOM! Film Reviews Accolades: WINNER Audience Award, Nihilist Film Festival WINNER Best Comedy Short, Blue Whiskey Film Festival WINNER Best Live Action Short, Phoenix Film Festival WINNER Audience Award, Shortz Film Festival WINNER Audience and Jury Awards, Prescott Film Festival WINNER Narrative Shorts Jury Prize, Indie Memphis Film Festival WINNER Audience Award, Reel Teal Film Festival WINNER Lapniappe Award, Crossroads Film Festival WINNER Golden Gong, First Friday Shorts NOMINEE Best Script, Filmquest RUNNER-Up Best Short Film, Barrie Film Festival FINALIST Francis Ford Coppola Director Short Film Competition Official Selections: Phoenix Comic-Con Film Festival Trenton Film Festival FLICKERS Rhode Island Film Festival Colchester Film Festival Fester The Mindf*ck Festival LA Shorts Fest Cleveland International Film Festival 39 Rooms Film Festival Mill Valley Film Festival Starz Denver Film Festival Victoria Film Festival Oxford Film Festival Las Vegas Lift-Off Film Festival Free Range Film Festival deadCenter Film Festival Macon Film Festival Red Rock Film Festival Glendale International Film Festival Canton Film Festival The East Los Angeles Film Festival San Diego Jewish Film Festival Loft Film Festival San Jose International Short Film Festival


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Thursday, April 19, 2018

This music video aims at giving a better understanding of what the deaf community has to endure in their everyday routine. Directed by Alban Coret With Billy Read and Fanny Garnichat. Music by Haute. Dop : Pierre Edelmann Editor : Hugo Lemant Interpreter : Gabrielle Portnoi Choregrapher : Ching Wai Fung Production Company : Insurrection Producers : Arno Moria & Théo Gall Line producer : Bérangère Petitjean 1st DA : Aurélien Fauchet Steadicam Operator : Remi Quilichini Gaffer : Serge Bastien Key Grip : Kevin Masson Logistics : Nicolas Kanel Set Design : Sarah Schneider Wardrobe : Benjamin Brouillet Make-Up Artist : Lorenzo Bisconti Stunt : David (FunXriders) Digit : Lola Bongiovanni Extra Edit : Ariel Benitah VFX Studio : Mathematic VFX supervisor : Maeva Sol Compositing artists : Daniel Rodrigues, Laila Sonsino, Bertrand Avril, Taiga Ishibashi, Nicolas Millot Grading : Anthony Lyant Flame Artists : Fred Brandon, Rime Murday Fx artists : Olivier Colchen, Touly Walo 3D : Fred Mayer, Clémentine Supiot VFX Post Producer : Julie Lagadec VFX line producer : Hélène Saint Riquier Music creative director : Christophe Caurret Sound Producer : Florine Perrault Music Artistic Director : Alexandre Many Sound engineer : Alexandre Dos Reis Sound engineer : Marc Eres Client : La Parole aux Sourds Agency : BETC Paris Creative directors : David Martin, Stéphane Xiberras Copywriter : Nick Bakshi Account Manager : Charlotte Bals Full film at unsilenced.fr


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A nine song visual mixtape following two young stoners into a world of mindless day jobs, petty drug deals and loud ass music. “Mixtape Marauders” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/mixtape-marauders Featuring Julianna Barwick, Father, Chastity Belt, Ought, Kari Faux, Tony Molina, Pillar Point, Comets on Fire, Jim Sullivan For more mixtapes follow us on Spotify: http://bit.ly/mixmarauders Director: Peter Edlund Screenplay: Peter & Ian Edlund Story: Peter Edlund Starring: Peter McNally, Ian Edlund, Emily Chisholm, Madeline Anderson Producers: Megan Leonard, Bobby McHugh Director of Photography: Ty Migota Editor: Megan Leonard Music Supervisor: Sandy Wilson 1st Assistant Director: Lael Rogers Art Direction: Darcy Drysdale Wardrobe & Make-up Stylist: Lindi Hagin Location Sound: Jason Alberts Post Sound: Clatter & Din Colorist: Bryan Smaller Title Design / Animation: Joe Garber Score: Erik Blood Production Company: Visual Pollution Cover Art Design: Nick McIntosh (ig: @nic_supa) Cover Art Photography: Christopher Lee (ig: @honoluluchris) Screenings: 2018 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2018 Cinequest Film Festival 2017 Raindance Film Festival 2017 Aspen Shortsfest 2017 Palm Springs International ShortFest 2017 Seattle International Film Festival 2017 Lower East Side Film Festival 2017 Bend Film Festival (Special Jury Award - Best Narrative Short) 2017 Portland Film Festival (Audience Award - Best Short) 2017 Tacoma Film Festival 2017 Cucalorus Film Festival Follow us: facebook.com/mixtapemarauders instagram.com/visualpollution twitter.com/visualpo


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On a cold, misty morning in late October 2017, after 11 previous attempts, Brad Gobright and Jim Reynolds broke the standing speed record on The Nose (formerly held by Alex Honnold and Hans Florine) with an unbelievable new time of 2 hours, 19 minutes, and 44 seconds. Watching this as it happened was one of the more incredible spectacles I’ve ever witnessed; an amazing display of superhuman mastery unlike anything I’ve seen before… Music: Harold Budd – Boy About 10 ODESZA – It’s Only (feat. Zyra) Nat Geo :: Climbers Crush ‘Unbeatable’ Speed Record on El Cap https://on.natgeo.com/2H0hJS7 “We got back down to the Loop Road about two that afternoon, exhausted by the nervous depression that always follows a wall. As we stumbled around the bend, El Capitan came into view, backlit and burning at the edges. For all the raw labor and anxieties of the climb, it was natural that, all the way up, I should wonder if I was committing more to a venture than it was actually worth, if I was putting too much into too little. But if there is anything of a magnitude that can blow person off his feet, it’s that first ground-level view of the wall he’s just climbed. Too little? The second we saw it, Ron and I stood in the middle of the road and gaped at it with our mouths open. It looked about 10 miles high. And how long ago it seemed we’d been up there, and how strange, as though we’d seen it in a movie, or in a dream, and had suddenly woken up, half remembering what it was we dreamed.” – John Long :: Rock Jocks, Wall Rats, and Hang Dogs


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Directed by Vania Heymann and Gal Muggia Starring: Commander : Dayanand Mamilla Fire Fighter : B.Anki Reddy Driver : Appala Raju Fire fighter : Mekana Lingaiah Fire fighter : Ramu.K Fire fighter : Chandra Shekhar Gaud Driver of blue car: Chiranjeevi. Hanumanda Mayor : Rama Devi Kid : Harsh Roshan. sk Dancer : Venkateshwarulu . P Dancer 2: Raghu Ram.Kodi Newscaster VO: Rashmi Sharma Produced by Iconoclast Producer: Natan Schottenfels Executive Producers: Natan Schottenfels and Francesco Colombo Cinematography by: Arnau Valls Colomer Edited by: Gal Muggia and Vania Heymann VFX by: Tal Baltuch and Vania Heymann Production Designer : Twisha Pal Costume Designer : Neeraja Kona Action Director : Vijay Alam Casting Director : Dileep Basava Make up : K Ramana babu 2nd Unti DP: Eitan Hatuka DJ Snake Stylist: Sasha Nassar Color & Title Design: Tal Baltuch Production Service India: Ransom Films Producers : Salil Khurana and Suhana Sharma Line Producer : Sachin Singh Associate Producer : Unnati Agarwal 1st Ad : Siddartha Luther 2nd Ad : Gayle Almeida 3rd Ad : Vasu 2nd unit Ad : Hemanth Sivalenka Production Manager : Nadeem Shaikh Production Assistant : Saurabh Yadav Hyderabad Production : Rama Krishna Chaudhary Hyd. Production Asst : R Suresh Focus Pullers : Ananth Kathe & Sanjay Kesari Gaffer : Hitesh Sadrani Key Grip : Raj Pyro tech : K Prakash Art Asst : Sagar Agarwal 3D: Ori Lotan FX Simulations: Phenomena Labs Additional VFX: Cinnamon VFX Sound Design: Shlomi Attias News Theme Music: Assa Raviv Production Supervisor: Stephen Predisik Storyboard artist: Yoav Shtibelman Treatment Layout & Design: Charlie Reader


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« Pujottelua » (Official Music Video) from the album SIIPI EMPII released April 6th 2018 on Leaving Records Inspired by an excerpt of a text by Jan Anderzen: « Once I zoomed infinitely into a single pixel and felt a path open, leading to the source of an unnamed nutriment. » Full Text bellow BANDCAMP: http://bit.ly/2Hu89If VINYL: http://bit.ly/2GSaVWH 
leavingrecords.com/ On a lovely flower I land to catch my breath. I rest my wings and enjoy a few drops of nutritional gruel. I’m observing the nature fooling around with cryptic coloration, the effects of color and light. A bird’s coloring is made up of singular plumes and feathers… like a mosaic. I’m contemplating the masquerade of a hunter dressed up in camouflage and screaming bright orange. Once I saw a seagull and thought it was an angel. Once I zoomed infinitely into a single pixel and felt a path open, leading to the source of an unnamed nutriment. The sun has inspired tons of art, like the tanning bed for example. It is all nature! Bless the whole world! I flew over a wall separating the city and the woods. On it some naked witches were rehearsing their balance beam routines. I flew over a monastery and saw people gathering to form amplifiers for prayer. I flew over a lawn marking the spot where there’s no need to grow food. On the silk road I saw a truck carrying the cotton fabrics printed for Jan Anderzén. I’m on a true meadow. I’m aware that love gives you wings and that any flap of my wings may cause a tornado in some faraway land. Shattered bridges flying through the air, flocks of cars swiped into the ocean. My wings are closed, rubbing against each other in a circular motion – producing some small blithe rattle pitched too high for the human ear to catch. Jan Anderzen


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Making-of and outtakes / o Making of e cenas extras: http://bit.ly/2GPCyUs http://bit.ly/2qnWkeE http://bit.ly/2GPCzI0 douwedijkstra.nl/projects/green-screen-gringo someshorts.com/film/greenscreengringo Behind a green screen, a foreigner finds his way in an enchanting - and yet turbulent - Brazil. Where the streets are a stage for politics, art and affection, a gringo can only watch. The result is a mixtape-portrait of modern day Brazil seen through the eyes of the visitor. Atrás de uma tela verde, o estrangeiro percorre os labirintos de um turbulento - porém encantador - Brasil. Quando as ruas são palcos de política, arte e afetos, cabe a um gringo apenas observar. Distributed by / Distribuído por: SomeShorts Contact / Contato: Wouter Jansen - info@someshorts.com Directed, filmed and edited by / Dirigido filmado e editado por: Douwe Dijkstra Audio mix and sounddesign / Design de som e mixagem: Rob Peters Title design / Design de título: Bas Koopmans & Nuno Beijinho Color grading / Gradação de cores: Wieger Steenhuis Music / Música: Pedrowl, Lia Clark, Stefanini and O Terno Made with the support of / Realizado com o apoio de: IMPAKT Festival Utrecht, São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound and the Government of São Paulo Awards / Prêmios: Prix in Labo Competition – Clermont Ferrand Int Short Film Festival 2017 Bill Douglas award for international short film – Glasgow Short Film Festival 2017 Best Documentary – Vilnius Int Short Film Festival 2017 Best Sound Design and Music – Pleinbioscoop Rotterdam 2017 Best Glocal Propose Award - Seoul Int New Media Festival 2017 Special Jury Prize - Concorto Short Film Festival 2017 Best Experimental Short Film - Bolton Film Festival 2017 Best Contemporary Experimental Short - Sapporo Int Short Film Festival 2017 Green S.O.S. Award - Kaohsiung Film Festival 2017 Third Prize in European Competition – Alcine Festival Int de Cine 2017 Mathieu Hoche Prize for Best Documentary - Festival Int du Film d'Aubagne 2018 Special Mention for Best Experimental Film - Lago Film Fest 2017 Special Jury Mention - Timishort Film Festival 2017 Festivals / Festivais: http://bit.ly/2qpYI4G


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Directors : Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Romain Segaud Production : Tapioca Films Based on « Chanson des escargots qui vont à l’enterrement » poem by Jacques Prévert, Gallimard Editions Script : Jean-Pierre Jeunet Dialogue : Jacques Prévert Animation : Romain Segaud Creatures: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Inspired by Jephan de Villiers work of art Music : Raphaël Beau Line Producer : Emmanuelle Sterpin, Marjorie Orth Photographer : Elske Koelstra Head Film Editor : Julien Lecat Sound Recordist : Julien Lecat Sound Effects Editor : Sélim Azazi Re recording Mixer : Vincent Arnardi Colorist : Didier Lefouest English Translation: Victoria Britten Cast : Sarah Bauer, Jean-Pierre Becker, Dominique Bettenfeld, Urbain Cancelier, Clovis Cornillac, Lorànt Deutsch, Jean-Claude Dreyfus, Albert Dupontel, Marina Fois, Youssef Hajdi, Irène Jacob, Mathieu Kassovitz, Jérôme Kircher, Nicolas Marié, Jean-Pierre Marielle, Laure Marsac, Serge Merlin, Yolande Moreau, Chantal Neuwirth, Patrick Paroux, Claude Perron, Ludovic Pinette, Dominique Pinon, Audrey Tautou, Florence Thomassin, Juliette Wiatr Distributor : La maison du Film Court English Translation : For a dead leaf’s funeral Two snails set off They’ve blacked up their shells Put black bands on their horns They set off in the evening A lovely autumn eve Alas, when they arrive Spring has already come The leaves, which were dead Have all come back to life And the two snails Are very downhearted But out comes the sun And the sun says to them Take, take the trouble The trouble to sit down Take a glass of beer If that’s what you fancy Take, if you’d like to The coach up to Paris It’s leaving tonight You’ll see the world But don’t wear mourning You mark my words It makes you look ugly And blacks out your eyes All this coffin business Is grim and not nice Take back your colours The colours of life And then all the animals Trees and plants too Break out into song And sing loud and true They sing the song of life The song of summer And they all have a drink And their glasses they clink It’s a beautiful evening A lovely summer’s eve And so our two snails Back for home they leave They leave full of emotion They leave full of joy And they leave full of beer So they stumble and swoon But up in the sky Looking down is the moon


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Imbued with mystery, soul-searching and sly humour, Atelier tells the story of a woman seeking peace and quiet at a modern studio utopia. Her stay is jarringly interrupted by a sound artist while mysterious sheep close in on the house. Written and directed by Elsa María Jakobsdóttir Starring Her - Rosalinde Mynster Woman in basement - Anna Rothlin Driver - Oscar Töringe Woman on telephone - Marijana Jankovic Producer - Anna Malmkjær Willumsen http://bit.ly/2qf7QZM Editor - Mark Bukdahl http://bit.ly/2GItj8B Sound Designer - Toke Gelardi Rønsholdt Cinematographer - Annika Aschberg Production Designer - Josefine Else Larsen Costumes & Make up - Ellen Loftsdottir http://bit.ly/2qf7S3Q Featuring music by Hildur Guðnadóttir, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto Original music by Johan Carøe The film was shot at Kuben on Furillen in Gotland, Sweden in October 2016. The project was supported by Mikael Blomqvist, Johan Hellström and Film på Gotland. Atelier is a graduation film from The National Film School of Denmark. AWARDS: Edda Award for Best Icelandic Short Film 2018. The Icelandic Film and TV Academy. Angers Student Award at 30th Angers Premiers Plans, Angers, France 2018. Student award for Best Directing and Best Sound Design at 31st Amandus Internasjonale Studentfilmfestival, Lillehammer, 2018. Best Icelandic Short Film at Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland 2017. OFFICIAL SELECTION: 52nd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. Czech Republic. Selected by the European Film Promotion for Future Frames: Ten New Filmmakers to Follow. 27th Aspen Shortsfest, USA The Norwegian International Film Festival Haugesund, Norway. Next Nordic Generation. 30th Helsinki International Film Festival - Love and Anarchy, Finland Northern Wave Film Festival, Iceland Super8000 Film Festival Århus, Denmark Arctic Moving Image & Film Festival, Norway 28th Stockholm International Film Festival 47th Alcine Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares, Madrid Black Canvas Festival de Cine Contemporaneo, Mexico Minimalen Short Film Festival, Throndheim, Norway Aswan International Women Film Festival, Egypt North Atlantic Film Days, Copenhagen, Denmark FEATURED ON: VARIETY http://bit.ly/2GItjFD CINEUROPA http://bit.ly/2qhmOP5 LE MONDE https://lemde.fr/2GItmRP NISIMAZINE http://bit.ly/2qhmQXd FB http://bit.ly/2GItnFn


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Sunday, April 8, 2018

When an aspiring journalist hears rumours of a tumble-drier cult on campus, he launches an investigation that quickly snowballs into a social phenomenon. Based on a true story. Official Selection: Galway Film Fleadh, LSFF, Aesthetica, This Is England, Borderlines, Short Of The Week. http://bit.ly/2EuEQlP Starring Tom Blyth, Terry Haywood, Robert Francis-Muller, Tiger Cohen Towell, Molly Coffey, Charles Evans, Joe Stone, Bradley Badder, Lucy Manning Directed by Simon Dymond http://bit.ly/2qgucL6 Written by Ross Sutherland http://bit.ly/2EutsGK Produced by Lauren Parker http://bit.ly/2qgud1C Executive Producer Jessica Loveland DoP - Karl Poyzer 1st Assistant Director - Laura Roe Editor - Stef Hrycyk Production Design - Luke Hicks Original Music - Jeremy Warmsley Location Sound - Adam Fletcher Colourist - Kraig Winterbottom Audio Post - Susan Pennington @Spool Post. Costume Design - Chloe Crabtree & Rebecca Fowler Hair & Make Up - Emma Roberts Production Manager - Emily Stubbs Project Mentors - Ben & Chris Blaine Created with the support of Creative England & BFI.Network. Adapted from “Are You A Member Of Wash Club?” featured on BBC Radio 4’s Short Cuts & Imaginary Advice Podcasts. You can see our original crowdfunding video here - vimeo.com/162082007 Directors Notes article about the films production - directorsnotes.com/2017/05/03/simon-dymond-wash-club/?utm_content=buffer796a0&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer This film would not have been possible without the support of our 186 backers on crowdfunder.com.


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For Emmett Till, Trayvon Martin and every family denied justice A FILM BY Savanah Leaf 
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
 Todd Boss, Egg Creative, Claire McGirr PRODUCER Edward Freeman DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY Joel Honeywell EDITOR Pete Fullarton IN ASSOCIATION WITH Stink Films “The Ayes Have It,” a poem by Tiana Clark. ©2012 Tiana Clark. Used by permission. This poem first appeared in Raven Chronicles. STORY BY Savanah Leaf STARRING Ayesha McMahon Isiah Chambers Ajani Johnson–Goffe Olivia Bright Harry Tibble Connie Freeman Skyla Wilson Ayaana Aschkar-Stevens Mulan Itoje Pippa Christian Laurence Sessou Jason Ryall Victoria Blauss VOICEOVER ARTIST
 Malina Tirrell CASTING BY Savanah Leaf Tytiah Blake ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Sophia Dembitzer FIRST ASSISTANT CAMERA Andrew Bradley Ondrej Rybar SECOND CAMERA ASSISTANT Carmen Pellón Brussosa STEADICAM OPERATOR Jake Whitehouse CAMERA TRAINEE Kairo Jones Vivien Goddard-Stephens GAFFER Ben Miller ART DEPARTMENT Georgia Charter HAIR Susy Etionsa MAKE-UP Yvette Francesca STYLIST Sophia Dembitzer STINK FILMS ASSOCIATE PRODUCER Andrew Levene THE MILL COLOURIST Oisin O’Driscoll PRODUCER Dan Kreeger SOUND DESIGN Ben Chick FOLEY EDITOR Sophia Hardman RE-RECORDING MIXER Will Miller VOICEOVER RECORDED BY Warren Latimer VOICEOVER DIRECTED BY Alison Leaf MUSIC “_____45______” Bon Iver WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY Michael L Lewis Justin Deyarmond Edison Vernon COURTESY OF Jagjaguwar MUSICAL CONSULTANT We Are Theodore SPECIAL THANKS Stink Films The Mill Feral ProCam Panavision Ide Verde Stock Yard Connie at Merton Film Office Arnold Hattingh Bon Iver Stock Yard Clara and Michael Freeman Josh Posner Catering


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Thursday, April 5, 2018

This is my graduation short film “Look at Me Only” (2016). Having forgotten exciting feelings of the early days of the relationship, the man drifts along petting his guinea pig. One day he meets a beauty of flower who appreciates the pet. Director : Tomoki Misato Cast : Mizuho Misato, Yuka Tsuchida, Kotomi Mizuta, Milky(Guinea Pig), Tomoki Misato, Yumeka Oyama Stage sets Support : Kaori Yamamoto, Kino Kusachi, Saki Natori, Mikura Fukunaga, Ayumi Muramatsu, Miyoko Teramachi, Erika Nosaka, Yuriko Inoue Music : Tomoya Yomoda Sound Design : Yumeka Oyama Awards 2017.9 “ReAnima Festival” Best student film (Norway) 2017.2 “MONSTRA Lisbon Animation Festival” Best Student Film(Portugal) 2017.3 “YUBARI INTERNATIONAL FANTASTIC FILM FESTIVAL 2017” (Japan) 2016.11 “DigiCon6 ASIA Awards” Silver Best Technique (Japan) 2016.12 ”StopTrik International Film Festival 2016” (Porland) : Nagroda Jury Studenckiego 2016.10 “Kodomo Animation Festival” Jury’s special award (Japan) 2016.10 “Kichijoji Animation Film Festival 2016” Grand Prix (Japan) 2016.10 “DigiCon6 JAPAN Awards” Silver (Japan) 2016.9 “Indie-AniFest 2016” Audience Choice of ASIA ROAD ‘Star of Festival’ (Korea) 2016.9 “Inter College Animation Festival 2016” Audience Choice Second place (Japan) 2016.8 “ASK? Film Festival” Grand Prix (Japan) 2016.7 “SKIP CITY International D-Cinema Festival 2016” Honorable Mention (Japan) 2016.5 ”Tokyo Student Film Festival” Grand Prix (Japan) 2016.4 “TOHO Cinemas Students Film Festival” Grand Prix (Japan)


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