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Sandwiched between the borders of West Yellowstone and Big Sky, the 9 Quarter Circle Ranch is a rustic collection of log cabins and stables cradled in a valley of the Rocky Mountains. It’s here one finds Kameron Kelsey, the third-generation steward of the 9QC. The Kelsey family pride themselves on their adherence to tradition, as the ranch exists in something of a time warp, its practices mostly unchanged over the past 70 years.

Due to the high elevation of the ranch, weather during the winter months is exceptionally perilous. Every fall, the ranch’s horses are taken down to a lower elevation pasture to live out the cold months in more favorable conditions. Each June, come rain or shine, the Kelseys, along with a group of a dozen or so wranglers, family, and friends, come together to push the herd 20 plus miles back up to the ranch, in a near sacred ritual they dub “The Round Up”. Of all the 9QC practices, this one is perhaps the most antiquated, and is the one the Kelsey family are most proud to preserve. It’s an exhaustive three-day marathon, one that takes them across a variety of terrain.

Would it be simpler to gather the animals and truck them up to the ranch? Absolutely, but this isn’t about being easy. It’s about holding onto tradition.

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Directed by: Kristopher Rey-Talley
Produced by: Rad Roubeni, Kristopher Rey-Talley & Phil Pinto
Executive Produced by: Jinhee Chu, Rad Roubeni
Photography by: Ryan Dickie, Sam Wootton, Josh Goleman, Kristopher Rey-Talley
Edited by: Alex Camilleri, Kristopher Rey-Talley, Ed Yonaitis
Color by: Mike Howell
Sound Design by: Greg Tobler, Colin Alexander
Aerial Photography by: Brendan Murphy

This is an intense audio-visual animation that has the potential to trigger seizures for those with photosensitive epilepsy. Viewer discretion is advised.

After the compression of the spiritual world by the force of regulation, there will follow a series of emotions such as introspection, violence, self-destruction, and untangling. This work utilizes the own approach of the digital medium itself to deconstruct, to form the subliminal synesthesia visually and to create a fictional experience for the mind.

精神世界在面对强制规则化的重压后，爆发的一系列有关反思、暴力、自毁，排解的情绪。作品利用数字媒介自身的解构方式，形成潜意识的视觉通感，创造虚构的情感体验。

Director: Liu Sha
Original Music: Ma Yao
Sound Design: Zhai Xiaofei
2016

„It Is My Fault“ is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: http://ift.tt/2iFLH3S

::AWARD::
Athens ANIMFEST Experimental Animation First Prize
Altan Khalis Independent Film Festival Best Animated Film

::OFFICIAL SELECTION::
2017星星艺术奖
Up-and Coming Int. Film Festival Hannover
The London International Animation Festival
Beijing Independent Film Festival
San Diego Asian Film Festival
Montreal International Animation Film Festival
Ottawa international animation festival
6th Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival
Anibar Animation Festival
Sakhalin international film festival 
Malt Adult screening night
Insomnia International animation festival
FEST – NEW DIRECTORS | NEW FILMS FESTIVAL 
10TH FEST ANČA International Animation Film Festival
FILE – Electronic Language International Festival
18th Dawson City International Short Film Festival
Annecy International Animation Film Festival
ANIMAKOM
Florida Film Festival 2017
Flatpack Festival 11
Mecal 19th Festival International of Short Film and Animation of Barcelona
Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2017
2016集美·双栖青年映画季
4th International Motion Festival, Cyprus 2017
Slamdance Film Festival 2017
Animation Marathon 2016
Gdansk International Animation Film Festival 2016
第五届中国独立动画电影论坛特别放映

Song by Temples: ‘A Question Isn’t Answered’
Written by James Bagshaw, Thomas Walmsley, Adam Smith, Samuel Toms
Published by Imagem Music
Courtesy of Heavenly Recordings
Read more on http://win.gs/FramesOfMind
Check out how how Matt Jones visualises tricks and pushes MTB freestyle skills to the very limit, providing a fresh view into how elite athletes use sports psychology to compete at the highest level. Using gripping rotoscoping techniques the latest film sees Red Bull’s young gun demonstrate unique tricks including world-firsts in freestyle mountain biking: Bum Slide, 270 Rim Bonk, Hitching Post Flip to Feet, Decade Tsunami, Superman Backflip to tuc no-hander.

Within the film, an advanced editing technique ‘rotoscoping’ was used by Cut Media to enable the audience to see what’s going through Matt’s head as he prepared for seemingly impossible tricks. This required an intricate process, cutting out countless sequential frames, in order to create the floating ‘traces’ seen in the final production.

A mystical beauty surgery clinic is built next to a sports club which threatens to ruin the club’s owner. What is going on in this clinic? The solution seems to be inside a bottle of „Fat Burner“. Welcome to the world of kitsch and bad taste!

AWARD
Animation of the Year (Cultural Endowment of Estonia) 2016

SCREENINGS
15th MUMIA (Brazil) 2017
Estonian Film Days in Berlin (Germany) 2017
Festival Enmut (Spain) 2017
XV Multivision Festival (Russia) 2017
18th Les Utopiales (France) 2017
CutOut Fest (Mexico) 2017
31st Leeds International Film Festival (UK) 2017
50th Sitges IFFF (Spain) 2017
8th Oaxaca FilmFest (Mexico) 2017
Helsinki International Film Festival (Finland) 2017
Timishort Film Festival (Romania) 2017
Melbourne International Animation Festival (Australia) 2017
27th Mediawave (Hungary) 2017
Anifilm (Czech Republic) 2017
24th Stuttgart Animation Festival (Germany) 2017
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Market (France) 2017
18th Animated Dreams (Estonia) 2016
14th Scanorama (Lithuania) 2016
14th Anilogue (Hungary) 2016

CREDITS
Director, script and animator: Martinus Daane Klemet
Art director and compositor: Martinus Daane Klemet, Mattias Mälk
Music and sound design: Horret Kuus
Actors: Juuli Lill, Mait Malmsten, Raivo E. Tamm
3D modellers: Kristjan Bobkov, Ashleigh Cote, Martinus Daane Klemet, Mattias Mälk, Francesco Rosso, Anu Unnuk
Rotoscopers: Sirje Aasrand, Sigrun Alaots, Mariann Joa, Laura Linna, Eve Luup, Kristiina Martinson, Ülle Metsur, Ell Mikk, Maiken Silla, Tarmo Vaarmets, Katrin Vaher
Producer: Kalev Tamm
Studio: Eesti Joonisfilm

09’04“ / 1080p / 16:9

Film production supported by
ESTONIAN FILM INSTITUTE
ESTONIAN CULTURAL ENDOWMENT

Directors: Marcus Tortorici & Henry Busby
DP: Doug Durant
Colorist: Josh Bohoskey
1st AC: Ryan Nocella
Steadicam Operator: Brendan Poutier
Record Label: Reach Records/Miner League
Production Company: Voyager

Special Thanks: Austen Deery, Ezra Ewen, Kenny Suleimanagich, Izzy Cohan, Joe Cozza

In recognition of the Transgender Day of Remembrance/Resilience on November 20th, 2017 and the start of Trans Awareness Week, we are proud to release our short documentary entitled “Handsome and Majestic”. A multiple award-winning 12 minute film that has played at over 25 festivals worldwide from Manitoba to New Zealand, this short documentary profiles Milan, a 15-year-old transgender boy growing up in the northern Canadian city of Prince George, B.C.

As a recently transitioned transgender boy, Milan deals with discrimination from his peers and teachers at school, as he seeks to find other kids like himself. His parents are open and supportive throughout his transition, and his sister Lulu never questioned that Milan was her brother. However, at his elementary school, he must face the lack of education, intolerance and even assault. When Milan meets another transgender boy in his neighbourhood, he finally finds someone his age who understands and shares his experience. With the support of his friends and family, Milan has become a role model and an advocate for trans individuals in his small community and beyond.

As part of the release of the film, the filmmakers are also running a “GoFundMe” campaign in order to raise funds to get Milan fitted for a suit in New York City by renowned tailors Bindle & Keep, who specialize in suits for non-binary and trans people. After “Handsome and Majestic” screened alongside “Suited”, a feature documentary about them at Hot Docs Festival 2016, the tailors have generously offered to make Milan a suit of his own. To contribute to help this wish come true, go to: http://ift.tt/2zWNScT

Music video for Dan Croll – TOKYO.
Animation: Pascale Bories and Simon Landrein