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Ryan Koo Reminds Us All He’s No ‘Amateur’

Clocking up over 12K views and selected for the much coveted Vimeo Staff Picks in the first 24 hours of its release, Ryan Koo’s Amateur looks to be a hot property in the world of online video at the moment. For the few of you out there unfamiliar with Koo’s work; as well as being [...]

Monster Flu

In Brian Wiebe’s short Monster Flu, reclusive germaphobe Vincent is forced to leave his house in search for his one and only friend, a pet monster called Toby. So as to not spoil anything, take a watch first then read on to find out how Monster Flu was made.

Stick

They told me I’d be getting sick, but actually I’m just getting awesome. Part of Fresh Ink’s The Voices Project, Martha Goddard directs Emma Campbell from Carolyn Burns’ original monologue in Stick; the story of a girl baring all to a support group of strangers. I’ve written about the process The Voices Project goes through [...]

DN280: Cabbit – Soogie

Hand drawn frame by frame in a cross hatch style with sharpies, Cabbit from Soogie is a delightful animated passion project, which attracted a global team of contributors over its four year production period. Soogie joins us to discuss the cathartic nature of creative work and how the act of collaboration can shift the tone [...]

Cabbit – Soogie

Cabbit (2012) Cabbit is a charming little animal spirit whom spends its days tea-dancing with kindred spirits and exploring the wonders of the natural world. Cabbit and kin live in oblivion to the human world until one day it quite literally crosses paths with some humans and their reckless, rambling automobiles. Fortunately for Cabbit, it [...]

Biting Elbows: Bad Motherfucker

Filmmaker and self-proclaimed videogame addict Ilya Naishuller combines intense (and slightly nauseating) POV shots, action-packed stunts and blood-soaked violence to create what will surely be the most explosive music video of the year, for Biting Elbows track Bad Motherfucker.

The Ellington Kid

Blending dark comedy with moments of violent drama, Dan Sully’s first venture into narrative shorts, The Ellington Kid, carries on the impressive directorial work he displayed in a series of music videos earlier in his career. Telling the story of the titular Ellington Kid, Sully’s stand-out short is based on an urban legend, told to [...]

What Richard Did

I was intrigued to hear about an Irish film that appeared to be loosely based on the story of [Spoiler Alert: Don't click if you don't want to know the full synopsis!] Brian Murphy; if I was to mention that my favourite foods are roast potatoes and Taytos you can probably deduce that I’m Irish, [...]

Dry

In Nic Wassell’s experimental short Dry, a woman revisits the places of her past armed with a polaroid camera in the hope of capturing the essence of what brought her joy in the time before. “Inspired by the work of Tsai Ming Liang and Victor Erice, ‘Dry’ is the result of a fascination with telling [...]

Everyday

In Everyday Stockholm director Gustav Johansson provides some compelling answers to the question; what would you do if you had an extra day in the week?

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