July, 2011 Archive

Animation

The Outsiders

Director Maksim Razumnikov warns us that The Outsiders are the only ones who ‘know what hides behind the fluppy colorfull creatures. Nothing will stand

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Documentary

Stock on Fire

A quick search of the word ‘Skate’ on Directors Notes will tell you we’re pretty big fans of the skate video and now following on from

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Documentary, Film Festival

RSSF2011: Documentary

Despite the resurgent interest in the feature documentary, the short documentary finds little chance to get the attention it deserves outside of rare venues

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Animation, Film Festival, Live Action

RSSF2011: International

On 8/8/08 the Russian Air Force commences bombing Georgian villages. People flee to the Georgian capital, Tbilisi. The fastest way to get to Tbilisi is via

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Film Festival

RSSF2011: Broadcast Design

Featuring ad spots under 5 minutes this category is for work created for, or commissioned to, highlight a brand. It can include commercial sequences, spots,

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Animation, Asides

Bor Sood

There is a certain confidence in Kazakh animator Anna Shevchenko’s Bor Sood that you don’t see very often in short films. Her film progresses at an

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Art & Fashion

Mirrored

French filmmakers The sons of Stan Brakhage present Mirrored an experimental film worthy of their namesake, on the act of artistic creation.

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Film Festival, Live Action

RSSF2011: Shorts

With a festival entitled the Rushes Soho Shorts Festival, the Short Film category has to be considered one of the most important of the competition (I’m

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Live Action

Red Balloon

Shot on a RedCam 4K, Damien Mace and Alexis Wajsbrot’s Red Balloon sets its standards high right from the beginning, with an ambitious steadycam shot

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Animation, Asides

The Sleischers

In their own words 'The Sleischers' is a "Short wacky animated trash film by Tim Razumovsky & Eyal Oren", and it's disturbingly wonderful!

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Animation, Film Festival

RSSF2011: Animation

One look at the shortlisted films in the Animation category of this year Rushes Soho Shorts Festival and I instantly knew I was probably watching too many

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Music Video

BELL: Chase No Face

Who needs post-production effects to make a dazzling music video? Not Zach Lieberman. No post-production effects were used in this video. everything on the

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