Archive for January, 2011
Eskmo: We Got More
Cyriak Harris’ Escheresque Worthing teddy bear invasion video Cycles racked up a mass of hits last year, so it’s good to see New York get the same treatment in the Eskmo We Got More promo. Eskmo ‘We Got More’ (Official Video) from Ninja Tune on Vimeo. And here’s Cycles in case you missed it:
The Fighter
In the genre of sport movies, the boxing movie is king, the undisputed champion. In fact nowhere are the recurring themes of sport movies more prevalent or integral. Boxing provides expression to the inarticulate, allows the underdog to achieve, invites relationship-fracturing obsession and is rife with politics- all essential ingredients of the genre. David O [...]
Metronomy: She Wants
Metronomy’s videos sure have come a long way from when they first started. METRONOMY – She Wants – by JUL & MAT from JUL & MAT on Vimeo. Update – And here’s the making of: Making Of Metronomy “She Wants” from JUL & MAT on Vimeo.
Civic Life Hits the Road
Desperate Optimists Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor take their well regarded, award winning Civic Life series of short films on the road, kicking off with a screening tonight at the Renoir Cinema, London. For the past seven years Molloy and Lawlor have created films in collaboration with local residents and community groups through the Civic [...]
How to Get a BAFTA Nomination for Your Short Film
Tim Clague over at Projector Films has been running a series of posts dissecting the potential reasons behind the selection of this year’s BAFTA nominated shorts. Here’s a link to Tim’s conclusion which has links to the proceeding five parts. In related news, we’ll be running our interview with BAFTA nominee Piers Thompson for his [...]
YARNfest 2011 Programme
After a mightily impressive debut last year, we’re really pleased to see Gemma Mitchell’s Yarnfest return for its second year with what promises to be an even more impressive programme featuring: “A very grown up game of consequences during 5-Aside Story [....] the creation of a zine [....] Libations, Laughs and Literature – the ultimate [...]
SotW: The Apology Line by James Lees
Hey..I’ve got a secret to tell you over at Short of the Week: Confessing all to a priest or therapist can be a cathartic experience, but for those of us lacking in religious conviction or disposable income, director James Lees’ The Apology Line could be our only non-judgemental outlet for those dark admissions of wrongdoing. [...]
A Magazine Is Born
If you’ve never read Little White Lies, watch this short and I’ll guarantee you’ll want to! It’s a must for film fans with a love of design. We wanted to make a short film that captured some of the love, care and hand-crafted passion that goes into the making of an issue of LWLies. We [...]
Masters In France: Mad Hatter
I hope Cyrus Mirza & Nicolas Booth acknowledge the massive debt their Mad Hatter promo owes to Sean Byrne’s The Loved Ones. Masters In France – Mad Hatter from Thulsa Doom on Vimeo.
Turning
Featuring animation and live action this experimental (emphasis on the mental) short from Karni & Saul, feels like Gondry and Jonze mixed with Burton and a little LSD. On his sixth birthday, Robert receives three beautiful old ladies in his mother’s sitting room. Through his eyes, we visit the memory of this afternoon, visualized with [...]
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