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A Shadow of Blue – Carlos Lascano

A Shadow of Blue (2011) A touching story in which fantasy and reality merge to make dreams come true. How determining can reality be, and how can fantasy unleash an unexpected freedom? Can a fragile world of lights and shadows show us more than a silhouette drawn against the sunlight? I hear that if you [...]

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TFF2012: Side by Side

This is a guest post from Renee Viterstedt, part of the team behind the feature documentary PressPausePlay. A film most likely to find its audience with film festival goers, students and those truly interested in the magic of movie making, Side by Side takes an in-depth look at how a digital process has emerged to [...]

Asides

• Sound may often be the overlooked critical factor of filmmaking but Kevin Wideman puts it front and centre in his collection of four minute long animations Soundsculpture No. 1. #
• Tungijuq, from Montreal based directing duo Felix and Paul, is a truly original, visually-stunning short that is as hard to explain, as it is to pronounce. A thought-provoking meditation on the seal-hunt and what it means to the traditional way of life for Inuit. Starring internationally renowned throat singer Tanya Tagaq, and Cannes-winning filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner), Tungijuq is a cinematic and musical expression of the organic and indisputable reality of hunting in Inuit culture. - (www.isuma.tv) #
• If you think making pizza is an occupation free from danger or excitement you've obviously never seen the way director Grant James puts it together for Father John Misty in the This Is Sally Hatchet promo. #
• Yet another stunning animated short from the CalArts stable, as Jason Reicher brings us possibly the first ever (to my knowledge anyway) fishing film noir narrative with The Red Tide. A film inspired by Reicher's father and his ocean adventures in the 60s. #
• Created as an allegory to capture the essence of Joseph Stalin, Chris Palmer and Travis Overstreet's beautifully animated short Cold Country sees a rabbit share an uneasy and increasingly tense alliance with a bear on a train rushing through the heart of a Russian Winter. #