TIMBER by nils hedinger


A group of logs is about to freeze to death in a cold, icy desert. When they realize that the only fuel for a warming fire is their own body, things start heating up.

Digital Cut-Out | Without Dialogue | 5min 35s | CH-2014
An animated short film by Nils Hedinger
Production: prêt-à-tourner
Sounddesign: Thomas Gassmann
Music: Tobi Diggelmann

More info and Making-Of: www.timber-film.ch

Part Time Heroes : A Sea Shepherd Documentary by Quentin van den Bossche


Our oceans are under dire threat. Overfishing, pollution and climate change are decimating the Earth’s most precious natural resource. And if the oceans perish, so do we. To add to this quagmire, the open ocean is a lawless place. Under the U.N. World Charter for Nature, it isn’t up to one country or entity to protect our seas, it’s everyone’s responsibility.

That’s where Sea Shepherd comes in. This diverse crew of volunteers from around the world literally put their lives on the line to enforce international conservation law against the illegal fishing industry. In doing so, they hope to help save life as we know it.

Trailer: http://ift.tt/2zLCcXm

Why incompetent people think they’re amazing – David Dunning by Wednesday


TED-Ed commissioned us to make a video to accompany their lesson about „The Dunning Kruger effect“ by Mr David Dunning. This effect is a cognitive phenomenon wherein people of low ability suffer from illusory superiority. The aim of this film is to help us to discover wether we are as good at things as we think we are.

We were very lucky to get to work with a brilliant animation team, made up of Russ Etheridge, Eze Matteo, Ian Pinder, Andrew Embury, and Allen Laseter. With sound and music from the talented Tom Drew. Please check out their work, they’re amazing!

For the full lesson, visit:
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CREDITS

Direction& Design & Animation: Wednesday Studio
Animation: Russ Etheridge, Ezequiel Matteo, Allen Laseter, Andrew Embury, Ian Pinder
Production: Wednesday Studio
Sound & Music: Tom Drew
Voice: Addison Anderson
Lesson: David Dunning
Script Editor: Eleanor Nelsen
Client: TED-Ed

(le) Rebound by Laura Beckner


A heartbroken young woman follows a hipster fling to France where she falls headlong into a hedonistic romp.

Best Narrative Short Film- Woodstock Film Festival
International Cinematography Guild ECG Award

Official Selection at:
Aspenshorts Film Festival
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Achtung Berlin New Film Award
Hollyshorts Film Festival
Cork Film Festival
Ischia Global Film and Music Festival

Writer & Director: Laura Beckner
Cast: Laura Beckner, Carolina Thiele, Rene Olivier Faye, Tyler Francavilla, Frederik Hamel
Producers: Stephanie O’Neill, Carolina Thiele, Albane De Grailly
Cinematographer: Michael Lockridge
Editor: Daniel Scheimberg

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Fruit by Gerhard Funk


Rise into being, mature, perish – „Fruit“ tells a creation story.
As the animated short film unfolds, it brings forth a play of shapes illustrating the dialog between two mythological forces – the West and the East.

music by Tobias Schneider
character design by Paul Muresan & Gerhard Funk

awards:
1st Prize at KinstOOn Festival
Prize at ReAnimania „Best Musical Animated Clip“
1st Prize at Thessaloniki Animation Festival
Special mention at Tehran Short Film Festival
„Best Concept for Animation“ at FILUMS International Film Festival
„Outstanding Animated Film Award“ at Snowtown Film Festival
Special mention at Animfest Athens
„Best Animation“ at Taos Shortz Film Festival
1st Prize „Horizonte-Sonderpreis“ at Kurzfilmtage Thalmässing

screenings in competition (selection):
KROK International Animated Films Festival
Hiroshima International Animation Festival
Anifilm Trebon
Interfilm Berin
OFF Odense
Encounters Bristol
European Film Festival of Lille
Tehran Short Film Festival

En Maler (A Painter) by h.palmason


A short film by Hlynur Pálmason.

Synopsis:
We follow a painter, a successful artist living alone and isolated. Driven only by his work, he finds himself lost when he’s forced to deal with his unannounced son and other outsiders that stand in the way of his work and get him out of balance.

Starring:
Ingvar E. Sigurðsson
Elliott Crossett Hove

Writer & Director: Hlynur Pálmason
Producer: Julie Waltersdorph Hansen
Cinematographer: Maria Von Hausswolff
Editor: Julius Krebs Damsbo
Sound Designer & Composer: Lars Halvorsen

Full credits here:
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Production: The Danish Film school

Duration : 30 minutes / Language: Danish, Icelandic, English / Subtitles: English / Format: 16mm COLOR

Other work:

Winter Brothers:
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A White, White, Day:
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more info, please contact my producer; Anton Máni Svansson, anton@joinmotionpictures.com

IRREGULARS by NotWorkingFilms


“IRREGULARS”
Documentary | Color | 16:9 | D: 08:55 | Italy
2015©NotWorkingFilms

Against a tellingly hypnotic factory backdrop, a refugee encapsulates the global immigration crisis in his own wrenching words.
Each year 400.000 people from Africa, Asia and Middle East, try to enter Europe. They flee from war, persecution and poverty. Since the ways by land have been interrupted, they board overloaded vessels and face a dangerous and often deadly voyage across the Mediterranean.

A film by FABIO PALMIERI
The story of CYRILLE KABORE
Produced by P.P.P. – NOTWORKINGFILMS
DP/Editing/Mixing | FABIO PALMIERI
Soundtrack | TRADITIONAL AFRICAN MUSIC
2015©NOTWORKINGFILMS
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AWARDS:
WINNER Best Documentary (Oscar® Qualifying) | 27th NOFF, New Orleans Film Festival – New Orleans (USA)
WINNER Best Documentary (Oscar® Qualifying) | HIFF2016, Hamptons International Film Festival – East Hampton, NY (USA)
WINNER Best Documentary (Oscar® Qualifying) | 25th Aspen Short Film Fest – Aspen (USA)
WINNER The Ellen | 25th Aspen Short Film Fest – Aspen (USA)
WINNER Best Documentary | RIIF.20, FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival – Providence (USA)
WINNER of the Festival | ASFF2016, Aesthetica Short Films Festival – York (UK)
WINNER Best Documentary | ASFF2016, Aesthetica Short Films Festival – York (UK)
WINNER Best Documentary | 11 Shorts México, Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes de México – Mexico City (Mexico)
WINNER Vesuvio Award Best Doc | XIX Napoli Film Festival – Napoli (Italy)
WINNER Audience Award | 22nd Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg – Regensburg (Germany)
WINNER Best Documentary | CineGlobe Film Festival 2017 – CERN, Geneve (Swiss)
WINNER Jouth Jury | XII Sardinia International Film Festival – Villanova Monteleone (Italy)
Premio AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL Italia for Human Rights | 13 Corto Dorico Film Festival – Ancona (Italy)
Honorable Mention | SLAMDANCE Film Festival 2017 – Park City (USA)
TOP 10 Audience Favorites | 27 Festival Internacional de Curtas Metranges de Sao Paulo – Sao Paulo (Brazil)
Best Art Direction | 10th FICBUEU, Festival Internacional de Curtametraxes de Bueu – Bueu (Spain)
Special Mention Jury | La Guarimba Film Festival 2017 – Amantea (Italy)
Special Mention Youth Jury | FrontDoc, Festival Internazionale del Cinema di Frontiera – Aosta (Italy)
Special Mention Jury | Arcipelago 2.3 – Roma (Italy)

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