Film Festival
Person Pinball
Aaron Hughes’ closing bumper for the eighth Animation Block Party film festival turns unsuspecting passers-by in to components in his human pinball machine. Person Pinball- 2011 Animation Block Party ‘Outro’ from aaron hughes on Vimeo.
RSSF2011: Long Form
If you love shorts, then you’ll know that it’s easy to have too much of a good thing. Many a short film full of promise has blown a promising concept simply by not getting whilst the going’s good, lingering like an unwanted house guest. In fact, many filmmakers have found to their peril that once [...]
RSSF2011: Newcomer
Designed to cover “fictional, live action work by new filmmakers in the UK, under 12 minutes” the Rushes Soho Shorts Newcomer category is probably the section which is most likely to allow you to view the shorts solely on their own merits, with no associated badgage (good or bad) due to a director’s previous performance. [...]
RSSF2011: Music Video
There was a time, when along with ad spots, the music video was the perfect playground for directors to flex their creative muscles on vast budgets, exotic locations and cool toys. It’s been a few years now since that was so, which for better or worse has seen music promos fall mainly into one of [...]
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 such as 4Docs, so it’s great to see Rushes Soho Shorts give the form its own stage in the Documentary Category of the festival. The selected three finalists also show the [...]
RSSF2011: International
Live action, fictional work from outside the UK. 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 Gori. George Barbakadze’s dramatic short Via Gori is the taut tale of a Russian woman and her young daughter making this [...]
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, title sequences, idents, digital posters and branded work specifically designed for multiplatform distribution including the internet and mobile networks. Having worked in the animatronic’s department on huge feature productions such [...]
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 sure the organizers don’t see things this way, but the name kind of dictates it). With a restriction of 12 minutes in duration, these three fictional works from the UK are a [...]
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 animated shorts. I’ve done very little animation in my time and in no way would I ever describe myself as an animator, but somehow writing for DN for [...]
EIFF2011: Final Thoughts
In the introductory piece to my coverage of this year’s Edinburgh International Film Festival I spoke of the changes that the festival has been through since its 2010 edition. Now that I’m safely back in London it feels like a good time to reflect on how these changes actually affected the festival on a practical [...]
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