He’s Watching by Arthur Metcalf


Meet April Skut. It’s almost Christmas, mom and dad are off to a party, she’s gonna have the most fun ever.

Any resemblance to anything is (100 emoji) parody. Protected by the first amendment. Mhmmm. Love you lots, big mouse! Everybody else, too. Happy holidays!

BEATRICE by Fabrica


Beatrice racconta la storia della campionessa di scherma Bebe Vio. Beatrice Vio tira di scherma da quando aveva cinque anni; allora lo faceva stando in piedi, e adesso lo fa da seduta. All’età di dodici anni le sono stati amputati tutti gli arti a causa della meningite, ma ciò non l’ha fermata nel continuare a praticare lo sport che ama diventando campionessa del mondo a soli diciannove anni. Con il sostegno e la determinazione della sua famiglia, ha sfidato ogni limitazione e aspettativa. Beatrice è portavoce e testimonial di campagne di vaccinazione contro la meningite e fondatrice di Art4Sport, un’associazione che offre ai bambini che hanno subìto amputazioni le protesi necessarie per poter continuare a fare sport.

Director: Lorena Alvarado
Screenwriting: Karen Oetling
Production: Chiara Codognotto Cappuzzo
DOP: Shek Po Kwan
Edit: Karen Oetling & Lorena Alvarado
Camera: Mattia Mura
Color Grading: Kendra Sanders
Sound Design & Music: Antti L.S. Ikonen
Voice over recording: Lorenzo Vio
Voice over editor: Elda Olivieri

In collaborazione con:
Comitato Italiano Paralimpico Veneto
art4sport ONLUS
Arte Ortopedica
Hotel LA Residence & Idrokinesis ​

Un ringraziamento a:
Alessandro Favaron, Laura Sans, Giorgia De Luca,
Juan Pablo R. Valadez, Ena Alvarado, Luca Dalmastri, Famiglia Vio

„Hi, It’s Your Mother“- Stop Motion Short by Daniel Sterlin-Altman


A stop-motion short by Daniel Sterlin-Altman.

„Hilarious and refreshing“ – The Concordian
„not unlike David Lynch’s ‚Blue Velvet'“ – Ars Independent Festival

Mum’s calling, and Lisa isn’t pleased. „Hi, It’s Your Mother“ is a shocking tragi-comedic stop motion short about family and blood(y) ties.

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Awards:
*Winner* Grand Jury Prize- TAIS Animation Showcase, 2017, Canada
*Winner* Prix du public/ Audience Award Best Short Film, Image+nation LGBT Festival du Film Montreal-2016
*Winner* Best Academic Film, Festival Stop Motion Montreal- 2016
*The Concordia University Stop Motion Award, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema- 2016
*Best Screenwriting Award, Concordia Film Festival- 2016
*Nomination for Best Production Design Award, Concordia Film Festival- 2016

Select Screenings (Full list: http://ift.tt/2j7RxKF)
Official Selection- Sardinia Queer Short Film Festival, 2017, Italy
Official Selection- TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, 2017, USA
Official Selection- Milwaukee LGBT Film/Video Festival, 2017, USA
Official Selection- Stuff MX Film Festival, 2017, Mexico
Official Selection- Linoleum International Contemporary Animation and Media Art Festival, 2017, Ukraine
Official Selection- Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival, 2017, Canada
Official Selection- NewFest, 2017, USA
Official Selection- Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, 2017, Switzerland
Official Selection- QUEER-STREIFEN, 2017, Germany
Official Selection- Queer Film Festival MEZIPATRA, 2017
Official Selection- Cinema Queer Intl Film Festival Stockholm, 2017, Sweden
Official Selection- Korea Queer Film Festival, 2017, South Korea
Official Selection- TAIS Animation Showcase, 2017, ON Canada
Official Selection- Fantasia Film Fest, 2017, QC Canada
Official Selection- Nonplussed Fest, 2017, USA
Official Selection- Vienna Independent Shorts, 2017, Austria
Special Screening- Annecy Animation Festival, 2017, France
Official Selection- Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, 2017, USA
Official Selection- Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival, 2017, USA
Official Selection- OUT HERE NOW: The Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, 2017, USA
Official Selection- Fest Anca International Animation Festival, 2017, Slovakia
Official Selection- Athens Animest, 2017, Greece
Official Selection- The Torino LGBTQI Film Festival, 2017, Italy
Official Selection- The Norwegian Short Film Festival, 2017, Norway
Official Selection- Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film, 2017, Germany
Official Selection- Anima Brussels, 2017, Belgium
Official Selection- Image+Nation Film Festival, 2016, QC Canada
Official Selection- Les Sommets du cinema d’animation, 2016, QC Canada
Official Selection- UK Jewish Film Festival, 2016, UK
Official Selection- LesGaisCineMad Festival Internacional de Cine LGBT de Madrid, 2016, Spain
Official Selection- International Animated Film Festival KROK, 2016, Russia
Official Selection- Mix Copenhagen LGBT Film Festival, 2016, Denmark
Official Selection- Festival Stop Motion Montreal. 2016, Canada- WINNER of Best Academic Film Award
Official Selection- Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2016, Canada
Official Selection- Ars Independent Festival, 2016, Poland
Official Selection- „Midnight Madness“ Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2016, Mexico
Official Selection- Pinx Festival, 2016, Belgium

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Voiced by Naomi L., Elie Waitzer
Sound Design by Sylvain Paradis
Music Composition by Joshua Bucchi
Music mix by Rebekah Wineman
Sound mix by Matthew Lederman
Supervised by Shira Avni

©Daniel Sterlin-Altman 2016
Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema- Concordia University

Supported by:
The Fine Arts Student Alliance (FASA)
Concordia Council for Student Life (CCSL)

Winter’s Watch by Brian Bolster

Located ten miles off the coast of mainland New England, the Oceanic Hotel is the grand, yet far-from-modern home to the thousands of guests who brave the choppy seas to visit during the warmer spring and summer months. Off-season, the hotel and the 43-acre Star Island on which it sits is home to one woman – its winter caretaker who braves the colder, darker months of inclement weather by embracing the solitude and finding inspiration, and life, in what would otherwise be considered the ‘bones’ of winter.

2017 Festivals:

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
MountainFilm
AFI Docs
Palms Springs International ShortFest
Sidewalk Film Festival
DocUtah
Nevada City Film Festival
Camden International Film Festival
Big Eddy Film Festival
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
New Hampshire Film Festival (Winner, NH Film of the Year Award)
Denver Film Festival
Glimmerglass Film Days
DOC NYC (Jury Special Mention)

LIVING ROOMS by Melvin LR


Projection video mapping made for “Fête des Lumières de Lyon” – December 7, 8, 9, 2017.

What you are basically ; one life, one experience and so many horizons lived in this life.
LIVING ROOMS — the short living story of a primitive shape

Director / Animator / 3D : Melvin Le Riboter
Sound designer / Music supervisor : Zing Audio

Special thanks to Zing Audio for his amazing work on the sound!

Find here the projected version : soon
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The Grand Tour to Florence. Italy Timelapse & Hyperlapse by Kirill Neiezhmakov


Florence is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world with its overflow of palaces, churches and museums filled with masterful paintings and sculptures.
Timelapse & Edit by Kirill Neiezhmakov e-mail: hyperlapsepro@gmail.com
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifepuwAMoqQ
Music: Uplift by SkyProductions

Equipment:
Canon 60d, 70d, 5ds
Tokina 11-16 mm 2.8
Samyang 8 mm 3.5
Canon 17-55 mm 2.8
Canon 70-200 mm 4L
Canon 16-35 mm 2.8L
Canon TS-E 17 mm 4L
Manfrotto 190 carbon tripod
Software:
Adobe After Effects, Lightroom, LRTimelapse

Tuscan cuisine, incredible boutique shopping, and mesmerizing views at every turn, the city of Florence is nothing short of spectacular. Known worldwide as the birthplace of the Renaissance, Florence embodies the spirit of ancient Italy and has managed to preserve it for nearly 700 years. With over 350,000 who call the city home, and nearly 1.5 million who reside in its surrounding metropolitan area, Florence skillfully fuses the past with the present, creating a unique time capsule of ancient aesthetics housed within a hustling, bustling world of modern day Italy.
Containing a wealth of preserved artistic and architectural masterpieces, the city is home to almost one-third of the world’s artistic treasures, according to UNESCO, an organization which designates world heritage sites to preserve the world’s most important cultural locations and artifacts. With a near countless number of art galleries and over 45 museums – including the Uffizi gallery, the world’s best collection of Italian Renaissance art, and the Galleria dell’Accademia, home to the legendary statue of David – it is no wonder why the city captures the hearts and imaginations of all who visit. From the ancient churches and stunning buildings that line the city streets to the priceless artistic masterpieces created by Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Giotto housed within Florence’s galleries, the city is bursting with art and culture.
Florence’s influence can be felt in more than just the world of art. The capital of the region of Tuscany, Florence is the birthplace of the Italian language. It was famed Italian author Dante Alighieri and other writers such as Boccaccio and Petrarca who were the first to begin writing in a language other than Latin. Florence was also the first city in all of Europe to have paved streets. With its rich history and incomparable influence on modern Italian life, Florence certainly changed the way that most view Italy.

Una città che ha mantenuto inalterato il proprio fascino e lo splendore del passato. Così si presenta Firenze, capoluogo della Toscana. Una città incantevole che non smette mai di sorprendere, con i suoi capolavori d’arte, i marmi colorati delle chiese e le architetture che ne rievocano il fasto e il ruolo svolto nello sviluppo della cultura e dell’arte rinascimentale.
Cuore pulsante di Firenze è Piazza del Duomo, con il complesso monumentale della Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore – sormontato dalla maestosa cupola del Brunelleschi -, il Battistero di San Giovanni – magnifico esempio di romanico fiorentino -, il Campanile di Giotto – un capolavoro di architettura gotica fiorentina.
Alle spalle del Duomo sorge il Museo dell’Opera di Santa Maria del Fiore, dove è possibile ammirare una preziosa raccolta di opere provenienti dalla Cattedrale, dal Battistero e dal Campanile.
Piazza della Signoria rappresenta il polo storico della vita civile e ospita la trecentesca Loggia dei Lanzi, la Fontana di Nettuno e il Palazzo della Signoria o Palazzo Vecchio, uno dei monumenti-simbolo della città, davanti al quale sorgono alcune famose statue tra cui una copia del famoso David di Michelangelo.
Accanto alla piazza vi è la maestosa Galleria degli Uffizi, sede di uno dei musei più importanti del mondo, che include opere di Botticelli, Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci e molti altri grandi artisti. Elemento architettonico di particolare rilievo della Galleria è il Corridoio Vasariano progettato dal Vasari alla metà del Cinquecento che collega la struttura con Palazzo Vecchio e con Palazzo Pitti.

The Space Explorers by Gunner


Directed by James Noellert
Produced by Gunner
Illustration: James Noellert
Character Animation: Rachel Reid, Ryan Boyes, James Noellert, Josh Parker
Animation & Compositing: Nick Forshee, Ian Sigmon, Marcus Bakke, John Hughes, Austin Robert
Project Coordinator: Brandon Delis
Music & Sound: David Kamp http://studiokamp.com/

Seeking Nirvana 2.4 – Men Who Stare At Sheep by Seeking Nirvana


This unique islands’ offerings leave nothing to be desired. Never far from the mountains, nor far from the sea… from the rivers, the forest, civilization or… from getting lost. Follow the journey from the high reaches of New Zealand’s Southern Alps to the cold water surf breaks that pound the intricate coastlines.

@seeking.nirvana

Featuring:
Mike Henitiuk ~ @mikeheni
Joe Schuster ~ @joe_schuster
Matt Margetts ~ @mattmargetts
Riley Leboe ~ @rileyleboe

Locations:
New Zealand

Supported By:
EDGEtv – @edgetvnetwork
MEC – @mec
Tyrolia – @tyroliabindings
Norrona – @norrona
Toyota New Zealand – @toyota-nz
Temple Basin – @templebasinnz

Editing, Sound and Colour:
Leigh Powis

Cinematography:
Jamie Tanner

Aerial Cinematography:
Jamie Tanner

Narration:
Colby James West
Jay Henitiuk

KORUA Shapes – YEARNING FOR TURNING Vol. 6 – Carve Oddity by KORUA Shapes


Carve Oddity is a collection of favourite moments from the 16/17 season – including, but not limited to – riding deep powder in the forests of Japan, going on weekend mini-missions to find new zones at tiny Swiss resorts, slashing chunky slush in the halfpipe and wave-park up in LAAX, and finding surprisingly good powder in the Engadin valley late in the season. Despite difficult snow conditions we managed to have a whole lot of fun doing what we enjoy most: simply snowboarding.

Featuring: Nicholas Wolken, James Niederberger, Atsufumi Mizuni, Thomas Stöckli, Aaron Schwartz, Raphael Rocha, Stephan Maurer and Luca Crivelli

Filmed by: Stephan Maurer, Aaron Schwartz and Thomas Stöckli
Editing by: Stephan Maurer
Graphics: Aaron Schwartz
Music Supervisor: Florent De Maria / MIDNIGHT Music

Music:
„Major Tom (Völlig Losgelöst) Director’s Cut“
(Pierre Schilling)
© Peer Musikverlag GmbH / Ⓟ Major Ton
Mit freundlicher Genehmigung von / courtesy of Peer Musikverlag GmbH und Peer-Southern Productions GmbH

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www.koruashapes.com