Archive for June, 2011
DN EIFF2011: Nokia Shorts
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] Back in March Nokia continued their support of the short film format through the use of mobile phone cameras, with the launch of the Nokia Shorts competition. Filmmakers around the globe were challenged to create a two minute video pitching the short they’d create with a $5,000 bursary [...]
onedotzero_cascade 2011
You’re probably already aware of onedotzero’s digital film festival adventures in motion (which closes for submissions today), but a lesser known aspect of the festival’s activities is its educational strand cascade: “Now in its fourth year, onedotzero is back and offering 40 top talented and collaborative graduates to take part in our award winning education [...]
Plot Device
Effects laden short about a young wannabe filmmaker who obtains a mysterious device that unleashes the full force of cinema on his front lawn. Powered by Magic Bullet Suite 11, we take a trip through the staples of Science Fiction, Film Noir, Horror and even Buddy Cop movies. Plot Device from Red Giant on Vimeo. [...]
Coffee Time
Drawn away from commercial design to the world of stop motion animation after finding inspiration in Mike Crozier’s SNASK, Wan-tzu dived into a first attempt at stop motion with Coffee Time. Almost two weeks of shooting, and 1,705 photos later, we have the perfect cup of coffee. Every cup of coffee contains its own soul, [...]
EIFF2011: The Passion of Béla Tarr
Among the many changes made to this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival was the presence of several ‘guest curators’, who included in their number such luminaries as Jim Jarmusch, Gus Van Sant and Béla Tarr, whose latest work, The Turin Horse, also received its UK premiere at the festival. For his contribution, Tarr chose to [...]
EIFF2011: Albatross
When spunky tearaway Emelia (Jessica Brown-Findlay) first meets prim and proper Oxford-applicant Beth (Felicity Jones) working behind the desk of Beth’s parent’s seaside bed and breakfast, she introduces herself as Serena Molina, the new cleaner. Beth, of course, believes this unquestioningly. The charade is soon ended, and the girls become fast friends. Beth, however, isn’t [...]
The Archiver
Thomas Obrecht, Guillaume Berthoumieu and Marc Menneglier, students of French 3D animation and digital special effects school ArtFx bring us The Archiver, the stunning futuristic tale of A pilot, travelling through space, returns from a mission…. The Archiver from Artfx on Vimeo.
Animals
Shot during a family holiday in Costa Rica on a Canon 7D (fitted with the standard 18-135mm kit lens) and edited to the sounds of by Michael Nyman’s Time Lapse, Douglas Burgdorff is back with a film, believe it or not, that you can fearlessly fire up in front of you boss – that is [...]
EIFF2011: The Last Circus
For a certain type of person, there will be much to enjoy in The Last Circus. Its strong cartoon violence and descent into surrealistic craziness will no doubt ensure it cult status. But those of a more sensitive or moral disposition, or even those who just look for tonal consistency, will no doubt find it [...]
EIFF2011: Mysterious Object at Noon
Programmed as part of Edinburgh’s ‘Perspectives’ strand of “classic and rarely seen films”, Thai arthouse director Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s debut feature Mysterious Object at Noon, was made, says Weerasethakul, with no money and no plot. It’s an approach that suits Weerasethakul’s sensibility well. The work is a tapestry of a film, made using André Breton’s exquisite [...]
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