Autor: Karl Ranseier

Gerascophobia by Shuangshuang Hao


‚Gerascophobia‘ is about a boy called ‚Mo‘ who has fears for growing up and ageing. The little boy does many odd things to avoid growing up. The animation describes his mundane life moments, shows his fears of separation, mortality, taking responsibility, and standing out as an independent individual.

Graduation film at The Glasgow School of Art, MDes Communication Design / Illustration
September, 2014.

Direction & Animation: Shuangshuang Hao | http://ift.tt/28ND8fA
Voiceover: Alasdair Hankinson | http://ift.tt/28Rf0eq
Sound Design & Music: Kaj Mäki-Ullakko | http://fatphase.com
Thanks to Charlotte Craig for female voices.

Awards & Nominations:
BAFTA Scotland 2015 nomination, UK
Best British New Animation nomination, UK (EIFF 2015)
Encounters Animation Award nominated, 2015, UK
Lillien Gilbert Kid-Friendly Award, 2015, US
Langley Marie Award for Best Student Film Award, 2015, US

Festival Screenings:
SPARK Animation 2014, Canada.
London Short Film Festival 2015, UK.
Bay Area International Children’s Film Festival 2015, US.
Tricky Women Film Festival 2015, Austria.
Richmond Diversity Film Festival 2015, US
Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films 2015, Třeboň, Czech Republic
Pictoplasma 2015, Berlin, Germany
Northwest Animation Festival 2015, US
Animatricks Film Festival 2015, Finland
Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2015, UK
London International Animation Festival, 2015, UK
Edinburgh Hogmanay 2015/16, UK
Black Movies Film Festival 2016, Geneva, Switzerland
British Shorts Film Festival 2016, Germany
(tbc)

Any download and reproduction of the video without permission are prohibited.

SLAP – BAFTA Nominated Short Film by Nick Rowland


National Film and Television School
First Year Film Project
Budget- £4000 / Shooting days – 4 / Rolls of film – 8

Nominated – „Best Short Film“ EE BAFTA Film Awards 2015
Nominated – „Best British Short“ British Independent Film Awards 2014
Winner – „Best Short Film“ Edinburgh International Film Festival 2014
Winner – „Best Narrative Short Film“ Cinequest Film Festival 2015
Official Selection – AFI Fest 2014
Official Selection – Palm Springs ShortsFest 2014
Official Selection – Sleepwalker Film Festival 2014
Official Selection – London Short Film Festival 2015
Official Selection – Prague Short Film Festival 2015
Official Selection – Nashville Film Festival 2015

Joe Cole/ Elliott Tittensor/ Skye Lourie/ Stephen Bent/ Adam Craigmile

Contact: sam@troikatalent.com

http://twitter.com/SlapThefilm
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Hubble Sees New Dark Spot on Neptune

Hubble Sees New Dark Spot on Neptune New images obtained on May 16, 2016, by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope confirm the presence of a dark vortex in the atmosphere of Neptune. This full visible-light image shows that the dark feature resides near and below a patch of bright clouds in the planet’s southern hemisphere. via NASA http://ift.tt/28V3nVp

My Brother by Audrey Yeo


“My Brother” is a personal tribute to the silent contributions of migrant workers globally. I grew up in the island city-state of Singapore, where encounters with migrants of countries as diverse as Bangladesh, Myanmar, China and the Philippines are part of everyday living. Many of them take on jobs that are considered by the larger public to be menial in nature. Sometimes, the differences in our cultures and socioeconomic statuses cause social friction. When we allow this to be left unchecked, it can evolve into darker displays of xenophobic behavior.

But the inability to see past differences is not just a local issue; it is an increasingly global one. From where I am now in the United States, I am beginning to see how irresponsible political rhetoric, among other factors, influences previously big-hearted populations, populations which embraced – indeed championed – diversity.
My response to this wave of sentiments is inspired by a quote I came across recently, attributed to the French composer Claude Debussy: music is the silence between the notes. The project aims to recognize the silent migrant workers’ contributions to our communities and celebrate their music between our notes.

“My Brother” is thus a metaphor for the thousands of underappreciated migrant workers we come across during our daily commute. I believe that bridges are built on bricks of commonalities and so the focus of this project is on the spaces of our shared humanity – school, families and personal dreams.

After viewing the video, it is my personal hope that you make my brother, your brother too.

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We are not affiliated to any of the listed organizations, but to support migrant worker causes, do visit the link below:
http://ift.tt/28On1oe

Created as my Senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design (B.F.A Motion Media Design 2016).

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CREDITS:

Directed by Audrey Yeo
Written by Andrew Yeo

Illustrated and animated by Audrey Yeo

PROFESSOR:
Steven Mark Day

ADDITIONAL DESIGN:
Jigyu Yoon
Yeojin Shin

ADDITIONAL CEL:
Eleena Bakrie
Gabrielle Dolbey
Khoo Siew May

3D SUPPORT:
Roy Kang

SOUND DESIGN:
Redhorse Studio

MUSIC:
Paul Suite

VOICE:
Audrey Yeo
Manish Dongardive

VOICE EDITING:
Daniel Wiedenmann

SETH by Fever Dream


Manic man-child Seth lives in his own demented world where time is of the essence, his only friends are his stuffed animals, and the words of Michael Jordan inspire him to take all the shots he can.

Seth recently screened at the 2016 SXSW Film Festival. It showed at other fantastic festivals throughout the world receiving the Alternative Cinema Prize at the Las Vegas Film Festival, The Jury Prize and Audience Award at the Mauvais Genre Film Festival, and best Comedy Short at the Marbella I FIlmmaker Film Festival.
Seth also Screened at the wonderful Woodstock Film Festival.

Film Festivals SETH has screened at:
SXSW Film Festival
Las Vegas Film Festival (*Alternate Cinema Prize*)
Mauvais Genre (*Prix du jury court métrage de fiction*, *Prix du jury jeune court métrage de fiction*, *Prix du public court métrage de fiction*)
Marbella I Filmmaker Film Festival (*Best Comedy Short*)
Hollywood Comedy Shorts Film Festival (*Best Dark Comedy*)
One Reeler Film Festival (*Award of Merit*)
Woodstock Film Festival
Chicago Comedy Film Festival
Charleston International Film Festival
Hollyshorts Film Festival
DEADCenter Film Festival
Capalbio International Short Film Festival
Prague Independent Film Festival
Milwaukee Film Festival
San Jose International Short Film Festival

Credits:
Writer/Director: Zach Lasry
Producer: Arianna Lyons
Producer: Dashiel Arnott
Executive Producers: Sonia Gardner, Bryan Gaynor
Associate Producer: Peter Feigin

Starring: Logan George as Seth
Starring: Emmett Smith as Dad

Director of Photography: Lowell A. Meyer
Editor: Bryan Gaynor
Production Design: Annakate Chappell and Scarlet Moreno
Assistant Director: Samuel Miller

Key Grip: Matthew Garza
Key Grip: Gregory Suits
Best Boy Grip: Francisco Esparza
1st Assistant Camera: Andrew Gerety
2nd Assistant Camera: Herbie Wei
SteadiCam Operator: Robert Arnold

Gaffer: Jesse Sperling
Best Boy Electric: David Hoffman
Best Boy Grip: Zach Kenitz

Sound Mixer: Armando Macias
Boom Operator: Frank Galvan
Boom Operator: Stephen Scott Harrod
Boom Operator: Matt Lucchesi
Book Operator: Dylan Acio
Music Supervisor: Michael Peters
Original Score by: Kyle Newmaster
Re Recording Mixer: Lorenzo Gutierrez
ADR: Luke Allen

Colorist: Martin Gaumond
Additional Color: Cody Baker
Visual Effects: Luther Dag Gooch

Key PA: Ben Michaels
P.A: Leah Falcon
P.A: Betsey Holt

Additional Photography: Samuel Miller
Graphic Artist: Logan George
Artist in Residence: Brian Muller

Christopher’s Birth Mother: Tatiana Matlyak

Thanks: Nick Metropolis, Silver Sound, Roundabout Entertainment, Tatiana Matlyak, Hunter Bretting, Makeda Declet, Lina Quimjian, J.L Fisher, Video Equipment Rentals, Radiant Images, Doggicam Systems, Castex, Mendocino Farms, Avon Truck Rentals.
Special Thanks: Cathy Lasry, Marc Lasry, Aleks Lyons, Taryn Ruffin, Steve Bing, Heather Sarg, Anastasia Karpoff, Michael Kieves, Chris Walters, Alex Lasry, Tim Otholt of Light Hollywood LLC.

If you want to email us for any reason at all email us at

Studio@FeverDreamProductions.com

🙂

© FEVER DREAM PRODUCTIONS LLC.

BadCompany by simon@simonsharpphoto.com

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Bad Company is a story shot in the brick factories of Kathmandu, Nepal. Factories in which scores of children as young as 5 are sent to work, often as labourers and as donkey boys (shepherds) in order to pay off gambling debts borne by drunk uncles and fathers or to earn money for the very basics of life, food and water.

Once there they become bonded and institutionalised for years to come. The kilns envelop them physically and emotionally as bodies are broken and dreams dashed.

It is here they will grow into men. However, what kind of men is moot as nuture in the kilns is one of a lawless, peerless underworld in which children not only witness but also feel the wrongs done to their elders as the psychology and the pain inflicted on others is passed down the line to them, weak and defenceless as they are. In turn they learn how to inflict pain on to a body even less powerful, the animals themselves.

Pervasive Ice Retreat in West Antarctica

Pervasive Ice Retreat in West Antarctica Along the Bellingshausen Sea coast of West Antarctica, ice has been retreating inland being lost to the sea. Scientists knew this, but they lacked a full picture of the scale. Now a team of researchers has compiled a Landsat-based data set and found that such losses have been going on for at least the past four decades. via NASA http://ift.tt/28OJdyC