Autor: Karl Ranseier

Big Finds A Trumpet by Dan Castro


When Big finds a new toy to play with, Tiny isn’t very happy about it. A film about trumpets and people who are annoying but you like but who are annoying.

First year film from Royal College of Art MA in Animation.

Lookings: Dan Castro
Listenings: Kenneth C M Young

Solar Evaporation Ponds Near Moab, Utah

Solar Evaporation Ponds Near Moab, Utah An astronaut aboard the International Space Station took this photograph of solar evaporation ponds outside the city of Moab, Utah. There are 23 colorful ponds spread across 400 acres. They are part of a large operation to mine potassium chloride—more commonly referred to as muriate of potash (MOP)—from ore buried underground. via NASA http://ift.tt/2uGPbGk

More Covers by Henning M. Lederer


More Covers – A series of 36 animated vintage book graphics

How would these great book covers from the past look like when set in motion? A second part of the popular first run from 2015: http://ift.tt/1N9IIbJ

Animation: Henning M. Lederer
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Music: Jörg Stierle
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Source: Julian Montague Project
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FATA MORGANA by Amelie Wen


Inspired by true events, a grieving couple is forced to examine their marriage when they journey from China to the United States for the funeral for their only child.

‚Fata Morgana‘ is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: http://ift.tt/2upHsBn

Written & Directed by Amelie Wen

AWARDS:
Spirit Award — Brooklyn Film Festival 2016, USA
Student Film Award — Hamptons International Film Festival 2016, USA
Grand Jury Prize for Student Short Films — Dallas International Film Festival 2016, USA
Excellence in Short Filmmaking — Asian American International Film Festival 2016, USA
Best International Short Film — MoliseCinema Film Festival 2016, Italy
New Directors New Visions Award — Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2016, USA
Board of Directors‘ Award — North Carolina Film Festival 2016, USA
First Prize in Student Narrative Category — Golden Rooster Awards 2016, China
Best Actress Award — Film Lab Festival 2016, Italy
Best International Short — Samyak International Short film and Documentary Festival 2016, India
Best Actress Award — HyperFest 2016, Romania
Best Narrative Short — Queens World Film Festival 2017, USA

OFFICIAL SELECTIONS:
AFI Fest 2016, USA
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2016, France
Palm Springs International ShortFest 2016, USA
Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival 2016, USA
Flickers‘ Rhode Island International Film Festival 2016, USA
Heartland Film Festival 2016, USA
Hamptons International Film Festival 2016, USA
Flickerfest’s International Short Film Festival 2017, Australia
Molise Cinema Film Festival 2016, Italy
Brooklyn Film Festival 2016, USA
LA Shorts Fest 2016, USA
Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2016, UK
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2016, USA
Holly Shorts Film Festival 2016, USA
Ismailia International Film Festival for Shorts and Documentaries 2016, Egypt
Dallas International Film Festival 2016, USA
Boston International Film Festival 2016, USA
Le Court Nous Tient 2016, France
Asian American International Film Festival 2016, USA
Tangier International Film Festival 2016, Morocco
Festival Internacional de Escuelas de Cine 2016, Uruguay
Calgary International Film Festival 2016, Canada
CAA Moebius Film Festival 2016, USA
AFMA Film Festival of Young Cinema 2016, USA
Cine Gear Expo Film Series 2016, USA
First Step Film Festival 2016, Albania
American Film Festival 2016, Poland
FeSanCor Chilean International Short Film Festival 2016, Chile
Film Lab Festival 2016, Italy
North Carolina Film Festival 2016, USA
Denver Film Festival 2016, USA
金鸡百花电影节 Golden Rooster Awards 2016, China
丝绸之路电影节 Silk Road International Film Festival 2016, China
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, Ukraine
Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film, Singapore
华语青年影像论坛 Chinese Young Generations Film Forum, China
Samyak International Short film and Documentary Festival 2016, India
Hyperion International Student Film Festival 2016, Romania
Jogja – NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2016, Indonesia
成都国际短片电影节 Chengdu International Short Film Week 2016, China
厦门双栖影展 Xia Men Amphibia Film Festival 2016, China
北美华人导演短片展 North America Chinese Directors Short Film Tour 2016, USA/China
Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes 2016, France
Stuttgart Filmwinter 2017, Germany
Colortape International Film Festival 2017, Australia
Queens World Film Festival 2017, US
Dona i Cinema – Mujer y Cine – Woman & Film Festival 2017, Spain
Cyprus International Motion Festival 2017, Cyprus
Akbank Short Film Festival 2017, Turkey
ClujShorts International Film Festival 2017, Romania
MEDIAWAVE – ANOTHER CONNECTION International Film Festival 2017, Hungry
International Film Festival of Uruguay 2017, Uruguay

THE SHINS “HALF A MILLION” [DIR. LAMAR+NIK] by LAMAR+NIK


Filmed on a white backdrop, edited, then printed out. “Half A Million” was created with 5,566 stickers, hand cut from the 4,868 frames and animated by sticking them down on top of each other at each of the 40+ locations.

Official Promo for “Half A Million“ by The Shins

ALBUM: Heartworms

LABEL: Columbia Records [http://WWW.COLUMBIARECORDS.COM]


DIRECTED AND CREATED BY: LAMAR+NIK

COMMISSIONER: Saul Levitz
DIRECTORS‘ REP: Jen Herrera (Las Bandas)

CAST:
Nichelle Johns
Sabi Rivera
Aeddon Wegrzyn-Van Zant
Mason Drumm
Tracy Tinsley


SPECIAL THANKS:
Ben Ericson
Bryan Tucker
Aeddon Wegrzyn-Van Zant
Sabi Rivera
Kate Rocke
Rudy Harper


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BLOOM by WILDEBEEST


In April this year, director Julian Lucas went on holiday to Japan – his camera came with him.

The result is the film Bloom.

He discovered a peculiar sense of quiet, desolation, and loneliness among the people.
In a country so packed with lights and trains and crowds and experiences, from the theatrical to the serene to patently bizarre, Bloom captures this lovely dichotomy between the people and the cities they inhabit. Inside the noise and the chaos, Julian captures people alone, wandering the streets, buried in telephones – a dull, menacing and peaceful nothingness below the surface.

What’s most inspiring about the footage is the way that it doesn’t struggle or form its way into any kind of narrative – Julian just lets the film be exactly what it is. But in that loose process, which is unlikely an accident, there’s this dizzying repetition that tells us something quite profound about Japanese culture. The score, too, by Matt Hadley, dances with the vision. At times intense and jarring, edited cleverly to interplay with the captured audio. At times serene and beautiful, with layered synths and string lines that dance softly up and down the keyboard.

“I wanted the soundtrack to be it’s own character,” says Julian. “I wanted the viewer to be as audibly stimulated as they are visually. And I wanted sounds from the real world to contribute to the rhythm and pacing of the piece.”

Donald Hugh – Hymn (Official music video) by Benjamin Portas


Pre-order Donald Hugh’s Coast EP here:
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Donald Hugh is a Melbourne-based producer and musician signed to Spirit Level, an artist-run collective led by Tim Shiel and Wally de Backer. On August 25th, Hugh will release his latest project, the 5-track Coast EP.

Coast is composed of various field recordings Hugh sampled while on an excursion to the Cook Islands in the Pacific. It represents the sound of the natural world dissected, recombined and refracted through a new lens with studio instruments. The natural sounds of the Cook Islands – animals calling to their mates, rivers whispering through the night, leaves rustling in the wind – fuse with musical samples and instrumental performance to form delicate and playful sonic meditations of Hugh’s imaginations.

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Moon Rise From the Space Station

Moon Rise From the Space Station From his vantage point aboard the International Space Station, NASA astronaut Randy Bresnik pointed his camera toward the rising Moon and captured this beautiful image on August 3, 2017. Bresnik wrote, „Gorgeous moon rise! Such great detail when seen from space. Next full moon marks #Eclipse2017. We’ll be watching from @Space_Station.“ via NASA http://ift.tt/2wELWk9

Palehound – Room [OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO] by Polyvinyl Record Co.


„Room“ is taken from Palehound’s new album ‚A Place I’ll Always Go,‘ out now!

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Directed and animated by Rozalina Burkova
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