When I featured Jesper Eriksson’s dark short Between Beasts on the site last week, I thought the film might amass a fair bit of interest surrounding its strong visuals and haunting, captivating plot, along with its reminiscent tones to popular video game Limbo. However, I certainly wasn’t expecting the shadowy animation to garner a whole new level of attention when it revealed itself to actually be a case study on internet bullying.

Choosing the medium of online video because he felt it to be ”probably the most appealing way of spreading information over the web“, Eriksson purposefully designed Between Beasts to echo the visuals of Limbo in an attempt to provoke a community where he felt his “project would have a large chance of gaining attention”. Releasing the film online with the sole purpose of it being an experiment in reaction, it eventually turned out not to be the references to Playdead’s ghostly game that would direct a flurry of hate in his direction, but instead an association to Warcraft the director had inserted into his short. Intentionally designed to resemble a worgen character from the game world of warcraft, it was the werewolf character that would eventually act as a catalyst for the online intimidation to begin:

“people like this are the lowest of the low”

“Good job using a Worgen model for the Werewolf, VERY creative. [/sarcasm]“

“You sir, are full of shit. That’s the same model and the same animations.”

“He stole the werewolf and didn’t have the skill to make the girl match it.”

Just a few of the comments I was able to discover online after a quick search.

“The spreading force of the crowd became overwhelming and the creativity of people trying to destroy for me was perplexing. But the experiment had the desired effect and I’m left with statistics supporting my theory for my work.”

“As my execution shows once the crowd has started pinpointing something out and gather up it’s starting to get out of control. During one day I received intimidating threats in email and comments, people followed me on my social networks and started spreading harsh material. In 24 hours I had received a crowd that would do anything in their power to ruin everything in my life, from the contacts I had to the interviewees of my work. My phone kept vibrating from spam emails and my inboxes got crowded. Apparently I had a 20 page hate thread on a forum where people gathered up to trash talk about my work and me. They wished me dead and expelled from school and society; I was called the lowest scum of the earth and several more comments I’m not including here (I am not publishing images here for the respect of the participants’ anonymity). This flag of hatred came from a single model in a short little video, which soon propelled into an inferno where the crowd jumped conclusions and nobody even laid notice to the short film in itself anymore. As I’m displaying in the film and the official poster by showing a Rorschach image, people will see what they want to see. When the crowd goes furious it creates self-fulfilling prophecies and soon everything is wrong with the subject. This is how bullying works, where the crowd jumps conclusions and pursues to find errors of the subject. In the case with Internet though, it grows faster and harsher than ever before in the real world.” [sic]

In creating such a detailed and captivating animation for his experiment, Erikson has not only unveiled a novel and effective method for supporting a just cause, but his dedication and commitment to the project shows the lengths he is prepared to go to get results. Between Beasts had already grabbed our attention with its striking aesthetics and fable-esque plot, but now with it being the first ever short to address internet bullying by experimenting on its viewers – it’s now bound to reside in our memory for a long time to come.

All quotes taken from jespereriksson.tv

I’m guessing that much of the lineup will be familiar to DN regulars but it’s also likely that there are one or two which may have slipped past you. Either way, we’re massively grateful to all the fine filmmakers who were kind enough to let us play their films out and about. We promise that the first round’s ours at the festival bar!

Speaking of which, if any of you happen to be heading to Reading this weekend we’ll be there as usual so feel free to drop us a tweet – @WeAreDN, @MarBelle or @kung_fuelvis, and be sure to take note of the screening times at both venues by clicking the posters above.

I’m sure that the trailer has you all wishing you could be there too, but don’t fret, we’ve put together a virtual screening of the films for you below – Cider and campfires are your own responsibility. Enjoy!

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Thanks to all our directors, you rock hard!

Beat – Or Bar-el
Bear – Carlos Lopez Estrada
Blinky™- Ruairi Robinson
Dubstep Dispute – Jason Giles
Full Circle – Callum Cooper
Little Boat – Nelson Boles
Love Does Grow on Trees – Bevan Walsh
Lovely Monster – Francesco Calabrese
Mr. Foley – D.A.D.D.Y.
Painkiller – Mustapha Kseibati
The Eagleman Stag – Mikey Please
The Gate – Matt Westrup
Tumbleweed! – Jared Varava
Two Laps – Owen Trevor
School Portrait – Nick Scott
Undying Love – Ómar Hauksson
Will – Eusong Lee

Update 5/9: Fueled Editor Brady Donnelly has written up a good preview of today’s Curators Conference which you should check out.

If you haven’t got round to it yet, make sure you join our 853 strong subscriber community and if you see/make anything that deserves a spot amongst our second 1000 picks, let us know via the Shoutbox.

You can watch a quick run down below or get the nitty gritty details on the Vimeo blog. We would say more, but frankly time’s a wasting and we’ve got exploring to do…err as soon as our turn comes up on the tester queue!

Open Your Eyes to the New Vimeo from Vimeo Staff on Vimeo.

As you may have noticed, a massive percentage of the films we feature here each day live over on Vimeo and our new channel vimeo.com/channels/wearedn will make it easy for you to catch up with the films that are impressing us; especially if you kick back, throw the WeAreDN Channel into Couch Mode and watch in lean back comfort. Think of it as a continually updated, DN curated festival.

So far there are 610 hand picked DN films for your viewing pleasure so jump over to subscribe and feel free to suggest future films or let us know your thoughts by leaving a message on our Shoutbox.

As usual it was pretty easy for El Vez and I to pick our favourites from the last year, unfortunately cutting that list down to a realistic length for three nights of screenings was much more of a challenge. As always there’s a healthy mix of styles and genres and I’d like to thank all the filmmakers for their generosity. I plan to buy each and everyone of them a beer this weekend whether they make it or not – I’m happy to drink in your honour guys!

Speaking of which, team DN will be at Reading all weekend so drop us a tweet – @WeAreDN, @MarBelle or @kung_fuelvis – if you’d like to say hello or let us know what you think of the selection – you can click on the posters for timings.

For those of you not packing wellies at the moment, turn up your speakers and watch the trailer for the screening; you can also catch all of the shorts by following the links below.

Reading & Leeds 2011 Shorts Trailer from Directors Notes on Vimeo.

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Butterflies – Sandro Miller
Butterflies’ is a visual experiment behind the psychopathology of our subject, portrayed by John Malkovich.

Chainsaw Maid 2 – Lee Hardcastle
A sexy French maid fights the living dead.

Chatter – Leo Resnes
Liz launches Chatter and opens a window to a world, where the rules have changed forever.

cows & cows & cows – Cyriak
Surreal bovine choreography.

Cutters – Ahmet Serif Yildirim
Cutters design, cutters materialize. They’re the creators of their own unique worlds. And while making their own, they destroy the worlds of others. By cutting off pieces from them.

DOM: Melbourne – Florian Malak
Music promo for DOM’s Melbourne.

DOM: Rewind – Florian Malak
From LUX girl to…

The Giants Episode 1: Army – Celine&Yann
A Giant wants to be friendly with a little girl.

The Giants Episode 2: Sun – Celine&Yann
The story of The Giant Sun and his lost ray beam.

The Giants Episode 3: Cloud – Celine&Yann
A lonely cloud goes to the beach….

Hello, I Like You – Mixtape Club
What better way to express our happiness than to distill the essence of our craft, to serve up a creamy shot of artistic espresso?

Kerry – Maria Cortese
Kerry has built herself a reputation and is regarded as one of the ‘popular’ girls at school. Sleeping with any boy who makes advances, drinking and smoking are common activities to Kerry all because she has no one at home to care for her, causing her to yearn attention from anyone, no matter how bad it is.

Lovefield – Mathieu Ratthe
Lovefield combines elements of HORROR, SUSPENSE and DRAMA to create a story that takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions.

Mixtape – Luke Snellin
Ben spends his time listening to his Dad’s old 70′s vinyl and making mixtapes on an old double deck tape recorder. He makes a tape to try and woo the girl next door, Lily, the girl of his dreams.

One Minute Puberty – Alexander Gellner
Puberty, the fun and exciting times you had with pimples, uncontrolled new powers, and a thousand things you tried out for the first time.

Path of Blood – Eric Power
When a lone samurai sets his course towards the path of blood, unknown dangers and terror awaits. Will his great swordsmanship be enough to survive the treacherous demon lord and his minions?

Play – Ahmet Serif Yildirim
Who really makes the music?

Röyksopp: The Drug – that go
Röyksopp The Drug music promo.

Soft – Simon Ellis
When a father and son are independently terrorised by the same gang of youths, Dad is forced to deal with fears that he hasn’t had to face since leaving school, rediscovering his fear of confrontation at the worst possible time.

Steel Life – Mateusz Zdziebko & Patryk Kizny
“Steel. Calm, cold, solid, rigid and unchanged. Life. Fast, emotional, harmful and responsive. Have you ever wondered what would the world look like if all objects around got alive? Discover the world of steel and hardware, driven by music and inspired by humanity.

Table 7 – Marko Slavnic
A couple on the brink of a breakup has an intimate conversation in a restaurant, unaware that their every word is being closely monitored. However, not all is as it seems.

Ten for Grandpa – Doug Karr
David Karr: husband, father, White House press reporter, film producer, powerful millionaire, defense contractor, corporate CEO… Soviet agent? A fast-paced look at the life of a most influential ancestor.  Ten for Grandpa’s narrator tries to decipher if Grandpa was a manipulative antihero or simply a victim of a McCarthy witchhunt.

Terminal Bar: Porters, Bouncers, and Bartenders – Stefan Nadelman
Stefan Nadelman returns to his father’s time at the Terminal Bar to tell the stories of the Porters, Bouncers, and Bartenders.

The Black Dog’s Progress – Stephen Irwin
A series of flipbooks tell the sad story of the Black Dog.

The BS of D: Toughest Skin – Niles Heckman
Official music video for The BS of D’s Toughest Skin

The Cyclotrope – Tim Wheatley
Around the hub and rim are dancing loops, tiny cycling figures and breaking waves made of paper and wire and plastic and all seemingly possessed by magic. This is the Cyclotrope.

Train of Thought – Leo Bridle & Ben Thomas
In a world made entirely out of paper, the wistful drawings in a man′s sketchbook are brought to life by the rhythm of a train journey….

Tune for Two – Gunnar Järvstad
An execution takes an unexpected turn…

Wowie – Craig Webster & Florina Titz
Wowie, a delusional postman, spies on his love interest, Carina, while she does an aerobics routine. Later at a party he delivers an awkward performance involving spandex and hip-thrusts to impress her.

Y2GAY – Dan Ilic & James Pender
We all remember how bad Y2K was. Well reinforce your doors and stock up your bunker, because it’s happening all over again. The gays are getting married, and Mick is convinced that everything will change for the worse. There’s always something to be scared of and this year it’s Y2GAY.

Your Lucky Day – Dan Brown
A megaball drawing sends a convenience store spiraling out of control.

“Now in its fourth year, onedotzero is back and offering 40 top talented and collaborative graduates to take part in our award winning education platform onedotzero_cascade this october 2011. This is also an opportunity to be a part of the onedotzero_adventures in motion festival at the bfi southbank. cascade is open to all uk and international recent graduates from all creative disciplines.”

The deadline for applications is 29th July 2011, 5pm GMT. You can find full details after the jump and get a feel for the project below:

onedotzero_cascade 09 from onedotzero on Vimeo.

“We are seeking innovative short films, installations, interactive work and live audio-visual performances to showcase at the BFI Southbank this November. The five-day festival will be the first stop on onedotzero’s extensive worldwide network of events.”

The closing date is the not too distant 30th June 2011, 5pm GMT, so take a look at the taster video below and read full submission details after the jump.

onedotzero_adventures in motion festival 2011 call for submissions! from onedotzero on Vimeo.

For the past seven years Molloy and Lawlor have created films in collaboration with local residents and community groups through the Civic Life banner, enabling the communities where they film to become an intrinsic part of the filmmaking process. Often employing balletically choreographed long takes coupled with natural performances, their 35mm cinemascope shorts are works of true beauty, laying bare the human condition.

Molloy and Lawlor will be present along the tour for Q&A sessions, but if you want to swot up on their process so you can ask the clever questions, take a listen to our interview with them for their feature film debut Helen.

Details and full tour dates can be found after the jump.

“A very grown up game of consequences during 5-Aside Story [....] the creation of a zine [....] Libations, Laughs and Literature – the ultimate pub-quiz for people who can get more than 3 words from a boggle! [....] Scat Pack presenting whole movies live on stage”

and much more to occupy you from the 15th – 23rd February. You can check out the full programme and there’s even a handy calendar file to make sure you don’t miss a thing.

A fantastical tale that begins with a middle-aged man fishing one afternoon and then, hours later at night, catches the body of a woman. The panicked man tries to undo the intertwined fishing line, but he gets more and more entangled. He faints, then wakes up to find himself in the white clothes that the woman was wearing. The movie’s point of view then shifts to the woman and it becomes a tale of life and death from a traditional Korean point of view.

Whilst this is another example of the democratising power of technology for filmmakers, be aware that alongside his years of experience and considerable talent as a director, Park was financed to the tune of $130,000 by cellular carrier KT and as the behind the scenes film demonstrates used a whole host of kit to augment to iPhone’s capabilities. Still, it is mightly cool to think he used the same camera you film your cat videos with.

Solace is a non-narrative piece that captures fragments in the daily lives of a group of East London teenagers, exploring friendship, mortality and human interaction. Through a series of monologues, Solace reveals moments of warmth, teenage isolation and the transition from adolescence into adulthood. The originally composed score pulses and glides through the film, revealing the nuances of the teenagers’ lives; moments of joy, bravado, aggression and vulnerability. These sequences demonstrate the warmth between friends, while exploring the sharp exchanges and crueller nature of teenage life. Directed in a non-conventional style, Solace blurs the line between fiction, documentary and art.

Solace trailer, ICA video installation from Institute For Eyes on Vimeo.

Well God bless Vimeo, who have been secretly working away over the past year or so on the Vimeo Video School. At launch they’ve got a boat load of tutorials covering areas such as DSLR, Editing, Lighting and Sound, with the promise of much more to come. Several of the tutorials also lay down the gauntlet by challenging you to put what you’ve just learnt into practice by signing up to a Lesson Challenge. If you fancy yourself a seasoned veteran of the filmmaking arts or know of some good tutorials then you can pay it forward by submitting them to the User Made Tutorials group.

We’ve said before that Vimeo felt like the obvious home of filmmakers online, but with introduction of the Vimeo Video School they’re taking filmmakers along the entire creative journey.

Whilst there are new funding sites popping up all the time, the popular choice for filmmakers lies between Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Both sites are fairly similar in their approach; describe your project, set a target amount and time frame, and provided backer incentives for different funding levels – but with one major difference:

Kickstarter – Reach your target in the timescale the money’s yours, fail and it’s returned to the backers.
Indiegogo – Whatever’s in the pot when the deadline passes is yours, whether you’ve met the target or not.

Depending on your outlook the potential partial funding of Indiegogo is either a ‘hooray we’ve got some money!’ good thing or a ‘shit we’re only partially funded, how the hell do we deliver this?’ bad thing, but as you have the Kickstarter fully funded option that isn’t really an issue…unless of course you live outside of the US, due to Amazon Payments’ US bank account restriction.

Well for us UK folks wanting to get into the crowd fully funded model comes Sponsume Crowdfunding. In their own words:

Do you have a great idea for an arts, social, business, charity project or product that needs kick-starting? Get it funded on Sponsume!

Sponsume Crowdfunding works pretty much as you’d expect, think of it as a Kickstarter for this side of the pond. If you’re still a little confused they’ve put together a quick video, complete with an ultra British voice over that explains all.

Sponsume – How it works. from ORDER on Vimeo.

DN’s own Julian Ross has got together with Close-Up Film Centre and Zipangu Fest for a night of films from Donald Richie, Motoharu Jonouchi and Masanori Oe, three filmmakers at the heart of Japanese cinema during a decade defined by political ferment and avant-garde activity.

Things kick off at Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club at 7:45pm and entry is a mere £9 (£5 concessions). View the full programme after the jump.

The internet, per usual, delivers on this front with a cascade of reading material poking and prodding every nook and cranny of the cinematic arts. While this list is by no means comprehensive — nor does it dismiss the contributions of other resources out there — it does provide a hopefully valuable and diverse starting point for anyone hoping to see their stories get told.

Now, don’t let DN’s inclusion in the Filmmaking section (thanks!) put you off, there are a ton of useful links here for you to check out.

Since then, film-making has taken a backseat as his time has been taken up with organising this year’s festival and looking at the films on offer, it’s been time well spent. Opening the festival is the Vincent Price classic Last Man on Earth, the original movie adaptation of Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend novel.

This is followed by Outcast, an interesting looking psychological horror from Ireland starring James Nesbitt.

Other recommendations from Halligan included:

Dream Home, a Hong Kong film about a woman who will do ‘anything’ to get that much sought after property and judging by the clip we were shown, she goes further than gazumping.

Chop, an American black comedy that puts a twist on the torture porn genre.

Amer, more art-house than horror with a nod to Argento, in evidence on the fantastic poster.

Evil: In the Time of Heroes, a Greek zombie horror comedy with half the action taking place in Ancient Greece. Frankly this film looks absolutely nuts.

Bedevilled, a promising looking Korean revenge tale.

Halligan and the rest of the festival organisers are also particularly excited to present Brit teens in peril horror 13hrs and will have members of its cast and crew for a Q&A session afterwards.

Other films on the line-up that DN’s looking forward to are:

We Are What We Are (Mexican cannibal family drama – god, those four words look great next to each other!)

Fragment (an Aussie flick about a guy who brings corpses back to life by photographing them, before getting emotionally involved with one)

Dead Hooker in a Trunk (hmm, really could go either way this one)

and Altitude (Canadian film about some friends on a plane that won’t stop ascending).

As well as films on offer there will be various guests, seminars, gaming and a special effects exhibition.  Jump over to grimmfest.com for details.

The winner won’t be revealed until the 5th October at the Whitechapel Gallery, but you’ll be able to catch works by the shortlisted artists on the UK touring programme, details due to be announced soon – although we do already know that the tour will finish up with a day of screenings and performances at London’s Whitechapel Gallery on Saturday 2nd October.

If you’re a regular here you’ll no doubt recognise some of the films and kick ass directors in our thank you list below, but even you loyal folks should find a few new gems to check out amongst the past favourites.

If you’re at Reading or Leeds this weekend click on the posters for timings and be sure to shout @kung_fuelvis or @MarBelle on twitter if a desire to drink beer and chat films catches you (we’ll be at Reading as usual).

I’ve started to feel bad about flaunting such a great programme of films in front of our non-UK, non-festival going friends, so just for you, here’s a trailer for this year’s screening. Enjoy and let us know your favourite films in the comments.

Reading & Leeds 2010 Shorts Trailer from Directors Notes on Vimeo.

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15 Before the 3rd – Jamie Winterstern
15 minutes before the 3rd period – a coach calls upon his rookie.

Ataque de Panico – Fede Alvarez
Giant robots invade Montevideo!

Au Bout Du Rouleau – The Artaban Filmance & Mandri
250 rolls of toilet paper put to good use.

Josh Shipp: Class of 2010 – Maxime Bruneel
Motion graphics music promo.

Clutchy Hopkins: Verbal Headlock – Christian Borstlap
Fancy finger work for Clutchy Hopkins’ Verbal Headlock promo.

Cotton Stones – Jonathan Entwistle
A brother’s betrayal and the nightmare of growing up too fast, in a place where there is nothing to live for.

Crash! Bang! Wallow? – Jon Dunleavy and Keith Wilson-Singer
Crash! Bang! Wallow? is the tale of ex-stuntman Larry LeTan and his fight to find a place in modern world.

Frank DanCoolo: Paranormal Drug Dealer – Andrew W. Jones
In the annoyingly sparkly future-scape of Neo-Mega-Ultra Tokyo, reporter Holly Malone tracks a murderous urban legend. She discovers that a chain of drug related killings leads down a super natural trail. A trail that ends with no average pill pusher, but FRANK DANCOOLO: PARANORMAL DRUG DEALER!

I Met the Walrus – Josh Raskin
In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon’s hotel room in Toronto and convinced him to do an interview. 38 years later, Levitan, director Josh Raskin and illustrators James Braithwaite and Alex Kurina have collaborated to create an animated short film using the original interview recording as the soundtrack.

Ramona Falls: I Say Fever – Stefan Nadelman
Victorian animal faced people music promo.

Jaydiohead: Ignorant Swan Medley - Jason Cacioppo
Street dance music promo.

Brett Domino: Justin Timberlake Medley – Rob Madin
Comedy music medley.

Leader of the Pack – Jason Roberts
One cash register, two robbers, and $3.50.

Light Warfare - Freddie Wong
Enough with the rainbows and flowers – it’s time for guns and missiles! This is the true power of light painting: every weapon at your fingertips.

Music Matters: Kate Bush - Elliot Dear
The Music Matters campaign looks at the work of Kate Bush.

Music Matters: The Jam - Show & Tell
The Music Matters campaign looks at the work of The Jam

Music Matters: Louis Armstrong – Lee Gingold
The Music Matters campaign looks at the work of Louis Armstrong.

Music Matters: Nick Cave - Sarah Cox & Emma Lazenby
The Music Matters campaign looks at the work of Nick Cave.

Music Matters: Sigur Ros – Felix Massie
The Music Matters campaign looks at the work of Sigur Ros.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc. – Chris Cairns
Neurosonics Audiomedical Laboratory footage.

Nobody Beats The Drum: Grindin’ – Rogier van der Zwaag
Stop Motion Animation ‘Grindin’.

Nuit Blanche – Arev Manoukian
Nuit Blanche explores a fleeting moment between two strangers, revealing their brief connection in a hyper real fantasy.

Pivot – Kevin Megens, Floris Vos, Arno de Grijs, André Bergs
When a man is witness to a murder and takes pictures of the killer, he has to run for his life. During the chase he is able to turn the tables and the prey becomes the hunter. All resulting in an unfortunate ending.

Pixels – Patrick Jean
New York invasion by 8-bits creatures!

Sonar – Renaud Hallée
Rhythmic cycle w/ abstract animation.

Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it) – Joe Nicolosi
My friend Amanda had never seen a whole Star Wars film. When I asked her if she wanted to watch the original trilogy she said that she would, but that she already knew what happens. So I took out my voice recorder and asked her to start from the top.

“SWITCH” – Tyson Hesse
If you don’t like the company you’re in just “SWITCH”.

T-Shirt War- Joe Penna
Rhett & Link’s dueling t-shirts battle.

The Cat Piano – Eddie White & Ari Gibson
In a city of singing cats, a lonely beat poet falls for a beautiful siren. When a mysterious dark figure emerges, kidnapping the town’s singers for his twisted musical plans, the poet must save his muse and put an end to the nefarious tune that threatens to destroy the city.

The Subway Time – Dongzhen.Li
Chaos ensues on the underground.

Miles Fisher: This Must Be The Place - David Green
A music promo homage to the cult classic American Psycho.

Three and a Half Seconds About Life – Eran Hilleli
A series of unfortunate birds.

Tim and Puma Mimi: Perspective – Mone
The story of a girl who lives in a big city. She’s tired of the concrete jungle around her and follows the moon into a colourful land with no shadows. Her alter ego is a tiny girl with a radio. And sometimes the two girls meet each other.

TUB – Bobby Miller
Paul jerked off in the shower. Paul just impregnated his bath tub.

Wax Tailor feat. Charlie Winston: I Own You – Romain Chassaing
Stop motion music promo.

Not one to rest on her laurels despite the success of YARNfest earlier this year, Gemma Mitchell has teamed up with Gabriella Apicella to present the UnderWire Film Festival.

From from 18th – 21st November UnderWire will treat London to four days of screenings and events, focused on the work of female filmmakers, especially those in the initial phases of their careers. The festival will include categories for Directing, Producing, Editing, Screenwriting and Cinematography, along with a ‘Representation’ category that’s open to all; male or female.

UnderWire is currently open for submissions until the 10th September, so get over to the site for full details.

There are only 9 Lego professionals around the world… until now. This is a documentary film that will take you on a journey to explore the art of Lego, through the personal mission of ‘Brit Brick Builder’ Duncan Titmarsh to become…

We’ve structured a number of different donation levels to encourage your generosity, and would be extremely grateful to have you on board our journey with us. We aim to create a truly inclusive, crowdsourced adventure that celebrates people power, and offer you rewards and incentives along the way to get involved. If you could spare us anything at all, we’d be chuffed to bits.

A truly independent feature documentary about Lego Masters, what’s more deserving of your help than that? Jump over to The 10th Lego Master Indiegogo page and show some love.

The 10th Lego Master (teaser) from Buzz Films on Vimeo.

His cast has just been announced and it’s a belter, including Paul Nicholls and Jayne Wisener who played Johanna in the Burton/Depp Sweeney Todd.

Presumably they’ve been drawn in by the calibre of the script, which concerns a group of twenty-somethings asking the questions we all ask. From a familiar idea Barrett has created a script to his strengths which include a rare depth of character and ability to create rewarding interaction. It’s an exciting project.

Not least because it is being created in the most modern of ways. Barrett is just doing it. He has hosted excellent regular screening and networking nights in London to spread the word of what he and likeminded souls are doing, build a community of collaborators. In helping to promote the work of other filmmakers he has ensured reciprocation when Life Just Is is ready to be rolled out.

He is seeking funding and involvement through excellent blogs and networking, visiting festivals and showing a love for cinema that is infectious.

To know more, to be involved, or to watch it all unfold it’s all here or follow Alex on Twitter @albaztks

Sharing videos on Vimeo has always gone beyond passively viewing the clips our fellow Vimeans upload. Many of us have given permission for others to take what we’ve done and screen it at events or chop it up and make something completely new. For a long time, we have wanted to make these kinds of permissions easier to grant, and we’re pleased to announce that after working together with the fine folks over at Creative Commons, we’ve done just that!

Today we are launching a new Settings option that allows you to add one of several Creative Commons licenses to your videos.

We’ve long considered Vimeo the hub of filmmaking, so it’s good to see them doing their bit to embrace remix/mashup culture as a valid form of filmmaking. I can see this perfectly folding into their weekend challenges.

Friday, 9th July will see Kickstarter and Rooftop Films launch the inaugural Kickstarter Film Festival, on the roof of the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus, Brooklyn. The plan is to: Feature 90-plus minutes of footage from a dozen Kickstarter projects.

An initial 300 tickets go on sale today at noon EST for the more than reasonable sum of $10. Full details after the jump.

Seems the team behind the first two documentaries on everyone’s favourite weather reporting, cult director David Lynch thought that was the way to go too for their third and final installment, LYNCHthree. From the site:

As truly independent filmmakers, we know first-hand that raising money is always a challenge, so we’ve decided to fund this documentary through an innovative crowdfunding campaign…David has created a cool limited edition self-portrait exclusively for this project. If you donate $50 towards the production of the film through this website, you will become a member of the LYNCHthree project, gain access to exclusive footage and receive your choice of either a limited edition collectible print, t-shirt or tote bag.

I can think of few better ways to drop 50 bucks. Hmm, would a donation of £150 get you the set…?

The show runs until 6pm, Sunday 27th. Full details after the jump.

Full details can be found on the submissions page but the broad strokes of what they’re looking for are:

Animation + short form: progressive work of under 30 minutes across music video, animation, motion graphics, narrative shorts, artists moving image, documentary and generative art.

Installations: onedotzero is keen to receive submissions of engaging audiovisual installation and compelling interactive experiences. Both existing work and proposals for new projects will be considered. Please provide details of the technical delivery in your ideas.

onedotzero_adventures in motion festival 2010: call for submissions! from onedotzero on Vimeo.

Head over and have a listen, and while you’re there check out their back catalog of stories – performed by much better readers than yours truly!

If the fact that Robin’s surname appears to describe a particularly harrowing double decker journey isn’t enough to tempt you into following the link, here’s his reel:

Summer Reel 2010 from Robin Bushell on Vimeo.

Spanning seven countries, it promises to deliver a mix of proven big names alongside the next generation of up and comers, with The Creators Project site acting as a showcase hub for the multi-year project. Events will also spill over into the non-web world, with five international exhibitions to be held in New York, London, Sao Paulo, Seoul and Beijing.

Visual details below:

Time is short, so if you had to boil all the film podcasts vying for your attention down to a perfect 10, then the 10 Podcasts Worth a Listen list in the Spring issue of Moviemaker Magazine is where I’d start.

Now aside from the fact that Directors Notes has made the cut (yea us!), I can honestly say it’s a quality selection, including the likes of /Filmcast, Filmspotting and Creative Screenwriting.

One slight clarification though for those of you who were inspired to visit following the piece:

“What makes this podcast unique is that while one episode may feature an interview with a moviemaker, another could feature clips from the film being discussed, so the audience won’t be in the dark if they haven’t seen the film in question.”

Pretty much ever interview we’ve run on DN, outside of festivals coverage, is proceeded by clips or full films so you always have a frame of reference for the conversation.

Bobby has set up a kickstarter page where, until the 6th June, you can pre-order the signed DVD or a signed DVD + poster combo and contribute to the $2000 goal that will see TUB joining video collections worldwide. The film alone is worth your hard earned but it’s chock-full of extras that make this a no brainer purchase!

TUB – Sundance Film Festival 2010 Short Film Trailer from Bobby Miller on Vimeo.