Tired of city life and in search of adventure, my friend Fraser and I left London on two motorcycles with a plan to drive to Budapest and back. We wanted to leave technology behind, to wild camp, cook our own food, reconnect with others and importantly ourselves.

The journey took two months, crossed 10 countries and covered a distance of over 10,000km. This personal film shot on 16mm documents our motorcycle journey into the wild.

Shot and Directed by Jack Harries & Fraser Rigg
Edit by Jack Harries
Sound Mix and Design by Sashko Micevski
Music is Corn by Nils Frahm
Lab Services by Kodak Labs London

Shot on 16mm film in France, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, The Netherlands.

With special thanks to Michael Ho, Dieter Deswarte, and Dylan Hewitt

The Book

For the past two years, we’ve been working with the Stanley James Press on designing the Headed East book. 100 pages of 35mm photos, 16mm film scans, journal entries from the road and a pull-out map. We are self-publishing a limited selection of copies. If you’d like to support the project the ‘Headed East;’ book and prints are available in the store.

headedeast.co.uk

Cast: Jack Harries and Fraser RIGG

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Energetic and attention-grabbing, fashion’s timeless muse Michèle Lamy—fresh from her latest venture setting up a high-concept boxing ring in a London department store—has been a stalwart of cutting edge fashion for decades, whether working closely with husband Rick Owens or accumulating a breathtaking archive of Comme des Garçons. In this raw filmic portrait, which accompanies a full-length interview with Lamy for Puss Puss Magazine, director Joshua Woods gets comfortable with the notorious creative alongside her books, stories, and a duo of Bengal cats. Speaking about his decision to film Lamy after years of distant fascination, Woods explains: “From my early days of shooting Fashion Week I would always see Michèle and she would just be floating about, and I’d say to myself, ‘What an exceptional woman!’ I saw her magic unfold over the following years, where I found her level of excellence contagious—she effects everyone around her with a gracious energy and a loving spirit.”

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: Cat, Michele Lamy, Fashion and Profile

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One minute film I made at the first year in La Poudrière, about my personal experience with the french language.

Cast: Daniella

Tags: french, animation, cutout and one minute

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In February 2018 I visited Cape Town, South Africa. During a location scout I stumbled upon this pier and imangined it during early morning light. So I came back early morning the next day and was amazed by the atmosphere. That’s when I got inspired to shoot a dance performance on this very spot. I looked on social media for modern ballet dancers and was lucky to find Nuske Tamryn, a capetownian, who, without meeting me, was happy to star in the video.

We set up a date and met for the first time and only time on a Sunday morning in complete darkness at this pier. We listened to 4 songs and decided on Bearcubs - Underwaterfall, because it matched the mood perfectly. Then we shot 6 takes in the dusk until the sun was up. Truly a one-of-a-time experience.

Dancer: Nuske Tamryn / instagram.com/nuske_tammy
Music: Bearcubs - Underwaterfall
Shot and Directed by Jens Sage / jenssage.com

Cast: Jens Sage

Tags: modern dance, dance, capetown, south africa, dusk and sea

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A film by Animade, presented with WeTransfer.

Premiering at OFFF Barcelona 2018, Tend tells the story of a father and daughter living peacefully in the forest, until one day their familiar routine begins to fall apart. As he struggles to keep the fire burning, the father loses sight of what’s truly important – and spirals into an obsession with the flames.

Credits:

Written and directed by—Tom Judd & Ed Barrett
Commissioned by—Rob Alderson at WeTransfer
Producer—Laura Darby
Music composition and sound design—Sounds Like These

Digital animation:

Ricard Badia
Ed Barrett
Michael Davies
Frida Ek
Stewart Harvey
Dev Joshi
Tom Judd
Alex Lund
Lana Simanenkova
Milo Targett

Cel animation:

Ed Barrett
Emma Ehrling
Frida Ek
Olivia Golding
Alex Lund
Alice Seatherton
Lana Simanenkova

3D animation:

Ricard Badia
Scott Lockhart

Layout artists:

Ed Barrett
Emma Ehrling
Lana Simanenkova
Alex Lund
Tom Judd

Compositing:

Ed Barrett
Michael Davies
Stewart Harvey
Scott Lockhart
Dev Joshi
Tom Judd

Press and marketing:

Amy Egan

Special thanks:

Rob Alderson
Sam Heath
Joe Connor
Oli Slack
Theo Krish
Søren Lund Nielsen
James Chambers
The Barretts
The Judds
Dani Currie
Georgie Lister-Fell
Katie Nash
Heather Graham

Cast: Animade

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Un film de Pascal Plante

Synopsis : Une visite bien arrosée chez grand-mère...

Cast: SPIRA

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Tired of city life and in search of adventure, my friend Fraser and I left London on two motorcycles with a plan to drive to Budapest and back. We wanted to leave technology behind, to wild camp, cook our own food, reconnect with others and importantly ourselves.

The journey took two months, crossed 10 countries and covered a distance of over 10,000km. This personal film shot on 16mm documents our motorcycle journey into the wild.

Shot and Directed by Jack Harries & Fraser Rigg
Edit by Jack Harries
Sound Mix and Design by Sashko Micevski
Music is Corn by Nils Frahm
Lab Services by Kodak Labs London

Shot on 16mm film in France, Spain, Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, The Netherlands.

With special thanks to Michael Ho, Dieter Deswarte, and Dylan Hewitt

The Book

For the past two years, we’ve been working with the Stanley James Press on designing the Headed East book. 100 pages of 35mm photos, 16mm film scans, journal entries from the road and a pull-out map. We are self-publishing a limited selection of copies. If you’d like to support the project the ‘Headed East;’ book and prints are available in the store.

headedeast.co.uk

Cast: Jack Harries and Fraser RIGG

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Explore Helsinki in less than 3 minutes.
The Finnish capital in Tiny Planet style, shot with a 360° camera.

Facebook: facebook.com/MiniatureFilms
Twitter: twitter.com/spoonfilm
YouTube: youtube.com/littlebigworld
Web: spoonfilm.com

You can license raw footage clips from the Little Big World series here: gettyimages.de/video/spoonfilm?phrase=spoonfilm&excludenudity=true&sort=best#license

WATCH FULL SCREEN!
Shot with Kodak Pixpro 4k. Postproduction with Adobe Creative Production Suite.

Music: Sylvia – Pizzicato by Leo Delibes perfomed by Markus Staab.

Cast: Joerg Daiber

Tags: 360°, finland, helsinki, time lapse, tiny planet, little big world, spoonfilm, small planet, VR, Kodak Pixpro, 360 video, video, cute, camera trick, travel, fun, bike, Culture, Architecture and tourism

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Rich is the Life is a multi-award short documentary by Eight Engines.

The story follows Marko Lauronen who, after a 20 year career at Nokia mobile phones, was diagnosed with crippling manic depression. Over the space of a year the realisation slowly dawned on him that he could no longer function in mainstream society. When faced with the heartbreaking choice of a big life change or the possibility of not being able to continue living Marko chose to leave his family and lifestyle behind to rekindle his boyhood passion for gold prospecting.

Rich is the Life is a cinematic documentary which follows Marko on his quest to find some of the purest gold on earth, hidden deep within the heart of the arctic circle.

Marko takes us on a journey through the frozen tundras of Lapland as he intimately explores his own gold fever and its complex relationship with his depression, alongside his passion for the world he inhabits. Through Marko’s story, the film aims to provide a rare insight into a lifestyle which is quickly becoming extinct.

Credits
An Eight Engines Production
Film by Tim P Baxter & Jack Leigh
Music By Spesh Maloney
Editing By Phil Brooke
With Marko Lauronen

eightengines.com/
facebook.com/Eightengines/
twitter.com/eightengines

Cast: Eight Engines

Tags: Gold, Alexa, Lapland, Finland and Depression

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Ultra-running is one of those sports that takes everything. The training, the diet, the lifestyle, it all requires an immense amount of dedication if you want to compete seriously. Robbie Britton is taking it seriously.

Just what goes through the mind of someone who wants to be best, in one of the world's most punishing sports?

Directed by GoshDamn

DoP // Hamish Anderson
Music // Sam Boydell
Sound Design // Robert Ashton (Mayhem Creative)
Colourist // Chris Teeder

Cast: GoshDamn and Hamish Anderson

Tags: ultra running, ultra-running, Chamonix, UTMB, documentary, running, runner, dedication, mountains, fell running, trail running, URSA, Robbie Britton, athlete, competitions, failure, outside, nature and stylised

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-SYNOPSIS-
The visual world rests on interviews, the sound of which follows through the film as a narrative.
We follow the story of five immigrants in Budapest, two of whom still lives here as refugees.
We touch upon various levels of their refugee life from the banal to the very severe.
In economic theory random walk means that stock market prices cannot be predicted.
thus, each time, the price had a fifty-fifty chance of closing higher or lower than
the previous day.

-FESTIVAL APPEREANCES-
2016 /
2nd Hungarian Film Week - official selection
Mediawave Film & Music Festival - official selection
FESA / Festival of European Student Animation - panorama program
BuSho / The Budapest Short International Film Festival - panorama program
Fantoche International Animation Film Festival - panorama program
GRAFIXX Festival Antwerpen - panorama program
23rd International Animated Film Festival KROK - official selection
KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival - official selection
3rd edition of FICAE - Diseases International Short Filmand Art Festival - official selection
MONSTRA’s International Student Short Films Competition - official selection
10th edition of the Pentedattilo Film Festival - official selection
LOCOMOCIÓN Festival - official selection
Primanima Festival, Hungary - official selection
10th Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF) - official selection
2017/
ANIMA Festival - official selection
„New East Cinema – East Life, Animated”, Calvert 22 Galery - exhibition program
13th Kecskemét Animation Film Festival! - official selection
Human Rights Festival Zurich - official selection

-CREDITS-
RENDEZŐ / DIRECTED BY
Borbála Tompa

PRODUCER / PRODUCED BY
József Fülöp

TÉMAVEZETŐ / SUPERVISOR
Tibor Bánóczki

ANIMÁCIÓ / ANIMATION
Csaba Zabos
Zoltán Koska
Olivér Hegyi
Balázs Rónyai
Judit Orosz
Fanni Németi
Anita Kühnel Szabó
György Lovász
Júlia Farkas
Anna Katalin Lovrity
Soma Sebesvári
Borbála Tompa

SZÍNEZÉS / COLORING
Anna Tőkés
Éva Darabos
Fanni Szilvási
Judit Orosz
Anita Kühnel Szabó
Olivér Hegyi
Csaba Zabos
Júlia Farkas
Anna Katalin Lovrity
Borbála Tompa

FIGURATERVEK / CHARACTER DESIGN
Borbála Tompa

HÁTTÉRTERVEZŐ / BACKGROUND DESIGN
Borbála Tompa

HÁTTÉRLAYOUT / BG LAYOUT
Borbála Tompa

FIGURA LAYOUT / CHARACTER LAYOUT
Borbála Tompa

KOMPOZITOR / COMPOSITING
Balázs Fekti
Bálint Gelley

VÁGÓ / EDITOR
Judit Czakó

ZENESZERZŐ / ORIGINAL MUSIC BY
Bálint Szabó

HANG UTÓMUNKA / SOUND POST-PRODUCTION
László Zizics
Gergely Buttinger

FORGATÓKÖNYVÍRÓ / SCRIPT
Zsófia Ruttkay
Borbála Tompa

SZÖVEGFELDOLGOZÁS / TEXT EDITING
Borbála Tompa

INTERJÚ KÉSZÍTŐ / LEADER INTERVIEWER
Lucia Udvardyova

GYÁRTÁSVEZETŐK / PRODUCTIONS MANAGERS
Krisztina Holló Leleszi
Orsolya Sipos

KREATÍV ASSZISZTENS / CREATIVE ASSISTANCE OF
Júlia Farkas

SZEREPLŐK / CAST
Omer
Fartun
Tehila
Aref
Claudio

KONZULENSEK / CONCEPT CONSULTANTS
Tibor Bánóczki
Judit Czakó
Réka Gacs
Rita Domonyi

EGYÜTTMŰKÖDÉSBEN / IN COOPERATION WITH
Migrant Solidarity Group Hungary
ARTEMISSIO foundation

-ABOUT THE DIRECTOR-
Borbála Tompa is a Budapest based animation filmmaker and illustrator, born in 1986 Budapest, Hungary. 2007-2015 she gained his animation BA and MA degree at Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design Budapest. After she graduated at MOME she have been working as a freelance animation director and designer. She've been working in many children shorts and series, and to clients as TED-Ed and The School Of Life. She was the member the Animation Sans Frontières program in 2017-2018.

Cast: Borbála Tompa

Tags: 2D, mome, docuanimation, graduationmovie, animation, documentary, migration, refugee, budapest and refugees

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A short film about quitting starring Makenzie Davis

'BOOMERANG' is this week's Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/boomerang

Cast: Matthew Frost

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A film by Marlies van der Wel
Produced by HALAL

Jonas has dreamed of living in the sea all his life. But it’s not possible. Or is it?

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Direction & animation
Marlies van der Wel

Scenario
Ruben Picavet & Marlies van der Wel

Producers
Roel Oude Nijhuis
Gijs Kerbosch
Gijs determeijer

Line producer
Marieke Konijn

Music
Benny Sings

Additional Music
Michiel Marsman
Music supervision
Sizzer Amsterdam

Sound design Shark Haaifaaideluxe

Animation assistants
Joyce Stenneke
Nadia Meezen

Grading
Joppo in de grot

Cast: marlies van der wel and Halal

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Illustration and Animation by Sebastian König

Website:
https://ift.tt/2ATwnsf
Instagram:
https://ift.tt/2L9aEk5

Billion One on:
SoundCloud:
https://ift.tt/1N3JTxo
Facebook:
https://ift.tt/2aWue2Z

Pegdoll on:
SoundCloud:
https://ift.tt/1SfSGN1
Facebook:
https://ift.tt/1MTH5BL
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PEGDOLL_MUSIC

Cast: Sebastian König

Tags: musicvideo, vectorgraphics, illustration, motiondesign, animatedmusicvideo, illustrated and animation

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American filmmaker and photographer Travis Barron travelled to Bali for his latest film—an awe-inspiring anthropological portrait of the country's Nyepi festival, where silence, parade and meditation drive away the evils that plague all living beings. Barron follows a team of Balinese artists as they build an Ogoh-Ogoh statue: a towering, demonic form of bamboo, grass, and papier-mâché. These terrifying constructions become possessed by malign spirits during the course of the festival, which are subsequently purged at the end of the celebration—driving away any odious entities that have accumulated within these surreal sculptures. Barron, whose previous film work has taken him from Tokyo to Bangkok, explains: “The statues range from corrupt princes and demons to Hindu gods, and are designed to be as terrifying as possible. Each Ogoh-Ogoh requires a month of painstaking assembly, before being burned to banish the evil spirits. Until the next year.”

Cast: NOWNESS and Unlimited Time Only

Tags: Documentary, Travis Barron, Bali and Ritual

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This time lapse have been shot during three weeks in July 2016 in the magic Ladakh also called little Tibet famous for its breathtaking scenery. In this video ou can see sight of Leh and its surrounding areas with the famous Gompa or buddhist monastery like Namgyal Tsemo, Chemdey, Shey, Phyang, Basgo and also the famous Shanti Stupa. A bit further Leh city there is the Nubra valley with Deskit monastery with is amazing 32 meters high statue of Maitreya and its white sans desert. The Tsokar lake is an another hot spot of Ladakh, to reach it you will have to go through Tanggula a wide mountain pass over 5000 metres elevation.

All this footages, and more, are available for licensing at spidop.com/area/time-lapse-asia/time-lapse-india

Cast: Nicolas Jouhet and SPIDOP

Tags: ladakh, spidop, time lapse, time-lapse, footage, little tibet, nubra, mountain, himalaya, milky way, leh, gompa, monastery, buddhist, tsokar, lake, clouds and landscape

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My first year film at CalArts!
With some outside forces, a hiker realizes her unfortunate situation.

Watch other films made by my classmates! 2018 CalArts Character Animation Student Films

Cast: Kris Stanton

Tags: CalArts, animation and penrose

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When you’re on the way but you’re a liar!

Directed by Mary Dauterman
Written + edited by Mary Dauterman + Chelsea Marshall
Starring SJ Son + Jenny Donheiser
Cinematography by Kenny Suleimanagich
Color by Stefan Hueneke
Music: Bach Prelude and Fugue 5 in D major

Cast: Mary Dauterman

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THE LIONS OF CHINATOWN follows a young woman as she trains to become the lion head, a traditionally male dominated role in the forgotten art of Chinese lion dancing. Sara is ending a 5 year trial and hopes to become an official member of Hung Ching, The Chinese Freemasons, New York City Chinatown's most notorious lion dance crew since 1956.

Featuring Sara Lai and the CFMAC Lion Dance Crew

Directed by Law
Producer: Jon Hsu
Cinematographers: Law Chen + Tinx Chan
Hair/Makeup by Angel Yu
Editors: Law Chen + Jeff Reagan
Color & Sound: Law Chen
Music:
Ben Salisbury & Geoff Barrow "Out"
The Blaze "Sparks & Ashes"

Special Thanks:
Victor Fong
Karlin Chan
CFMAC

Cast: LAW CHEN

Tags: lion, dance, chinatown, nyc and liondance

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Licensing inquiries: armand.dijcks@gmail.com

Photographer Ray Collins captures the magic that happens at the intersection of water and light. Each shot in this film was created from a single one of Ray's original photos. The stills are transformed into cinemagraphs - a hybrid between photo and video - an infinite loop that makes a single moment last forever.

The original soundtrack was created by two very talented musicians, André Heuvelman on trumpet and Jeroen van Vliet on piano.

You can see the original cinemagraphs here - armanddijcks.com/cinemagraphs-waves

Ray's images - raycollinsphoto.com

You may also enjoy our previous collaboration, The Infinite Now - vimeo.com/215405296

Cast: Armand Dijcks

Tags: ocean, waves, water, elements, surf, light, wave, cinemagraph, motion, movement and ray collins

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French with English Subtitles

A short film by Geneviève Albert

SYNOPSIS: Francis really wants to make love with Clara. But Clara doesn't really want to make love with Francis. A love chronicle without the sex.

Festivals:
Regard Film Festival
Fantasia Film Festival
Calgary International Film Festival
Interfilm Short Film Festival Berlin
Festival Images en vues
Festival international de cinéma en Abitibi Témiscamingue
Cinémental
Cinema on the Bayou Film Festival
Vues dans la tête de...
Festival des films de l'Ouest
Partie de campagne
CLAC Certains l'aiment court

Cast: SPIRA

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For the latest episode of our series exploring worship and spirituality around the world, French contemporary artist and filmmaker Caroline Monnet explores ritual practices among indigenous First Nation tribes in North America. Here she explains the complexities of depicting ceremonies that ordinary remain secret from the eyes of the world:

“Given the importance and abundance of ceremonial practices to most Indigenous communities, there is an inevitable curiosity from the outside world to ‘know’ or ‘see’ how these sacred rituals play themselves out. But can anything remain sacred and private in a world that demands immediacy and a projected image of what sells unscrupulously as the truth? Can Indigenous communities practice their cultural beliefs without the fear of a camera trying to capture the ceremony? “Often, this quest for forbidden knowledge speaks to ravenous cultural consumerism and a lack of guidance from a non-Indigenous standpoint. The narrative is built on a collage of original 16mm, 8mm and digital footage pieced together to provide a hypnotic rhythm that draws us inward to remind us that some ritualistic practices are confidential and belong exclusively to the communities who perform them.”

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: Rituals, Religion, Native American, 8mm and 16mm

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A film by Animade, presented with WeTransfer.

Premiering at OFFF Barcelona 2018, Tend tells the story of a father and daughter living peacefully in the forest, until one day their familiar routine begins to fall apart. As he struggles to keep the fire burning, the father loses sight of what’s truly important – and spirals into an obsession with the flames.

Credits:

Written and directed by—Tom Judd & Ed Barrett
Commissioned by—Rob Alderson at WeTransfer
Producer—Laura Darby
Music composition and sound design—Sounds Like These

Digital animation:

Ricard Badia
Ed Barrett
Michael Davies
Frida Ek
Stewart Harvey
Dev Joshi
Tom Judd
Alex Lund
Lana Simanenkova
Milo Targett

Cel animation:

Ed Barrett
Emma Ehrling
Frida Ek
Olivia Golding
Alex Lund
Alice Seatherton
Lana Simanenkova

3D animation:

Ricard Badia
Scott Lockhart

Layout artists:

Ed Barrett
Emma Ehrling
Lana Simanenkova
Alex Lund
Tom Judd

Compositing:

Ed Barrett
Michael Davies
Stewart Harvey
Scott Lockhart
Dev Joshi
Tom Judd

Press and marketing:

Amy Egan

Special thanks:

Rob Alderson
Sam Heath
Joe Connor
Oli Slack
Theo Krish
Søren Lund Nielsen
James Chambers
The Barretts
The Judds
Dani Currie
Georgie Lister-Fell
Katie Nash
Heather Graham

Cast: Animade

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Clinging to a frosty mountain side, a lone climber faces the elements while battling his inner demons. Will he survive? Will he reach the summit? Do you even care even at all even?

A film that examines the burning question of our time: when life presents challenges, how will we respond?

Created by Alex Deaton & Preston Gibson
With generous help from Mark Bartels, Jim Roberson, & Hieu Vu Duc

Cast: Preston Gibson, Alex Deaton, mark bartels, Jim Roberson and Hieu Vu Duc

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Veteran musician Phil Minton joins a troupe of experimental musicians, including David Toop and Evan Parker, in this scandalous audio-visual performance from directorial duo Maxime Rossi and Clemens Habicht. The sexually suggestive film was inspired by a 1963 FBI investigation into a recording of iconic rock 'n' roll track ‘Louie Louie,’ in which the song’s unintelligible lyrics were assumed by the puritan-minded authorities to be profane. Speaking of the playful combination of sound and visuals, directors Rossi and Habicht explain: “During the investigation, what was brought to light was not any obscenity hidden inside of slurred speech but rather the dirty suspicions of the puritan mind. Minton’s performance can be mined for suggestions of the obscene and traces of the profane hidden brazenly in plain sight.”

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: Video Art, Jazz, Music Video, David Toop and Phil Minton

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A film by Animade, presented with WeTransfer.

Premiering at OFFF Barcelona 2018, Tend tells the story of a father and daughter living peacefully in the forest, until one day their familiar routine begins to fall apart. As he struggles to keep the fire burning, the father loses sight of what’s truly important – and spirals into an obsession with the flames.

Credits:

Written and directed by—Tom Judd & Ed Barrett
Commissioned by—Rob Alderson at WeTransfer
Producer—Laura Darby
Music composition and sound design—Sounds Like These

Digital animation:

Ricard Badia
Ed Barrett
Michael Davies
Frida Ek
Stewart Harvey
Dev Joshi
Tom Judd
Alex Lund
Lana Simanenkova
Milo Targett

Cel animation:

Ed Barrett
Emma Ehrling
Frida Ek
Olivia Golding
Alex Lund
Alice Seatherton
Lana Simanenkova

3D animation:

Ricard Badia
Scott Lockhart

Layout artists:

Ed Barrett
Emma Ehrling
Lana Simanenkova
Alex Lund
Tom Judd

Compositing:

Ed Barrett
Michael Davies
Stewart Harvey
Scott Lockhart
Dev Joshi
Tom Judd

Press and marketing:

Amy Egan

Special thanks:

Rob Alderson
Sam Heath
Joe Connor
Oli Slack
Theo Krish
Søren Lund Nielsen
James Chambers
The Barretts
The Judds
Dani Currie
Georgie Lister-Fell
Katie Nash
Heather Graham

Cast: Animade

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A girl tries to wake the dead souls in a forest, but none of them answers.
It's about a emotionally dead society and those people who are seeking their places in this world and try to throw light on others

Cast & Voice-over: SARA RALLA
Directed & Written: RAFA G. ARROYO
Dop: RAFA G. ARROYO
Sound Designer: RAFA G. ARROYO
Music: SENSITIZE - CRYO
Edit & Colorist: RAFA G. ARROYO

Cast: Rafa G. Arroyo

Tags: cinematography, cinematographer, video art and short film

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Every spring the summit of Mount Everest draws people from around the world. But in its shadow live the Sherpa, a resilient, religious people, who, despite the riches surrounding the highest peak on earth, are still quite poor and uneducated.

A child of the Khumbu, Apa Sherpa climbed Everest 21 times. Pulled away at the age of 12 to work as a high altitude porter, like so many others, he would leave his family for months, risking his life on the mountain. Through his work at the Apa Sherpa Foundation, he aims to create a different future for his people.

As Apa says, "without education we have no choice."

In order of appearance: Pemba Sherpa, Apa Sherpa, Mingma Sherpa
Producer: Malcolm Sangster
Director: Eric Crosland
DP: Leo Horn
Cinematography: Eric Crosland, Erik Pütsep
Drone / Camera Assist: Clay Mitchell
Editor: Jay Macmillan
Visual Effects: Jeremy Kenning
Written by: Mitchell Scott, Jay Macmillan, Malcolm Sangster
Associate Producers: Dave Mossop, Mitchell Scott, Jerry Mika
Additional Cinematography: Everest Media Productions, Stranger Than Fiction Films, Renan Ozturk, Ralf Dujmovits
Post Production Supervisor: Tim Symes
Colorist: Eric Rosen
Sound Design & Mix: Jeff Yellen
Location Sound: Steve Henderson
Production Manager: Roland Eksteins
Still Photography: Paul Arthur Lockhart
Executive Producers: Magnus Welander, Tina Liselius, Erik Pütsep
Narrated by: Apa Sherpa

Custom Score by: Jacob Yoffee jacobyoffeemusic.com

Special thanks to the Apa Sherpa Foundation (apasherpafoundation.org) and Thule (thule.com)

Cast: Sherpas Cinema and renan ozturk

Tags: Education, Everest, Nepal and Mountaineering

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Buy The Book: tylerdunning.com/shop/field-guide

Nate Henn was full of humor, generosity and spirit. He was so alive. But then, in 2010, a series of terror-related bombings devastated Kampala, Uganda, leaving 74 people dead, including Henn. The news was a devastating blow for his best friend Tyler Dunning, who plunged into darkness, grief, anger and self-medication. His only solace? Exploring Rocky Mountain National Park, where the cliff faces, pine forests and wildlife softened his raw emotions. It was a failed attempt to climb Longs Peak that really changed him: The humbling experience sent him on a quest to visit all 59 U.S. national parks. From Glacier to Bryce, Saguaro to Kenai, the Everglades to Yellowstone, he roamed. And through the adventures that unfolded, he pieced his life back together. He started to let others in. And, finally, he was able to say goodbye.

Cast: Chad Clendinen, Rachel Ashley and Jason Russell

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Not all weddings are about marrying a prince. This documentary tells the story of four special weddings around the world from the point of view of the bride. Featuring a British woman unsure of the future, a soldier discharged from Iraq, a high society Indian wedding and a rural Romanian celebration, this is what really happens behind the scenes on the wedding day.

Key credits

Director: Matt Houghton
Producers: David French and Alice Lewis
Director of Photography: James Blann
Editor: Ben Canny
Executive producers for the Guardian: Charlie Phillips, Lindsay Poulton
Executive Producer for Pi Studios: Ravi Amaratunga Hitchcock

Cast: The Guardian and Matt Houghton

Tags: royal wedding, wedding, meghan markle, prince harry, brides, bridal, cancer, bridesmaid, romanian bride, indian bride, us army, gays in the military, gay marriage, celebration and ceremony

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I am Nick, a freelance photographer.
In the past 10 years I‘ve been travelling and photographing around the world.
What I realized, though, was that I had gradually stopped seeking new destinations. I found a place that offered me a sense of stability and warmth where my inspiration and creativity amplified. Nature in all its’ forms was still surrounding me: Snowy landscapes, deep canyons, lakes and rivers, vast forests and of course the sea.

In the end, I think I found my destination, a place that has nurtured me, and has always been so close to me. That makes me feel home!

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Produced and directed - Nick Kontostavlakis
Editing - FKY vimeo.com/fky
Cinematography - Nick Kontostavlakis & Antonis Kitsikis
Text - Cheryl Rock
Voice - Dimitris Kaplanis
Camera - Antonis Kitsikis
Time-lapse - Nick Kontostavlakis & Nikos Pomonis
Drone - Nick Kontostavlakis

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Music - Tony Anderson

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Camera Equipment :

anima-vision.com & whitebalance.gr

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You can follow me at:
Facebook - facebook.com/nickkontostavlakispage
Instagram - instagram.com/nickkontostavlakis
Website - nickkontostavlakis.com
Google + - plus.google.com/u/0/102206608476266130067

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Some technical info:
Shot mostly with Canon C200 + Angenieux 30-90 EZ 1
DJI Inspire + X5s
Nikon Dslrs for timelapse.

Cast: Nick Kontostavlakis, Antonis Kitsikis, FKY, John Sapnas, DJI Pro and Canon Pro

Tags: greece, naxos, santorini, travel, Zakynthos, landscape, photographer, nature and photography

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Official video for Meg Myers' "Numb," released by 300 Entertainment.

Directed by Clara Aranovich

Production Company Little Ugly
Exec Producers Kimberly Stuckwisch, Carlos Lopez Estrada, Neil Garvey
Producer Jimmy Loweree
Unit Production Manager Melissa Kyle

Director of Photography Niko Weisnet
Production Designer Jessica Garrison

Choreographer Tess Hewlett
Assistant Choreographers Maija Knapp, Ryan Spencer

Steadicam Brian Freesh

Colorist Kaitlyn Battistelli at ETC

Commissioner Steve Gottlieb

CAST (in alphabetical order):
Kristin Dean
Michael Farmer
Tamara Gilmore
Tim Guest
Tess Hewlett
Punnavith Koy
Maija Knapp
Lartise McIntosh
John Paul Medrano
BK Phillips
Jeremy Radin
Nancy Santos
Beau Smith
Ryan Spencer
Rebecca Tennison
Travis Warner

‘Numb’ available now. Pre-order new album ‘Take Me To The Disco’ available July 20 ffm.to/tmttd.OYD

Cast: Clara Aranovich

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Режиссёр: Женя Онегина
Оператор: Женя Козлов
Продюсеры: Наташа Юрченко, Антон Курильчик
Механик: Елисей Гладников
Свет: Андрей Сергеенко
Монтаж: Ваня Гаев
Цвет: Лёша Курбатов

Актеры:
Кирилл и Вася Ивановы, Илья Стасевич, Миша Политковский, Вика Балковая, Виктория Щетникович, Наташа Юрченко, Саша Елина

Художественный департамент:
Настя Безрукова, Вартан Мартынян-Курумлидис, Катя Дорохина, Маша Овинникова, Даша Белоусова, Миша Косырев

Стиль: Маша Лигай, ассистент: Валя Немченкова,
Макияж: Катя ГореловаАссистент Ирен Шимшилашвили, независимые визажисты @Authentica_club
Прически: Женя Зубов @Authentica_club, ассистент: Настя Дзюба

Особая благодарность за участие в съемках Екатерине и Добби, Светлане и Лайму. alabradoodle.ru

Cast: gina onegina

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There are only a few regions in the world where the skies meet the Earth with almost no distinction between the two. La Palma in the Canary islands is one of them. ‘Entre Ciel et Terre’ literally means ‘Between the sky and Earth’ and was a perfect fit here. While most of the volcanic island is isolated under a thick layer of clouds, the tip of its crater often punches through it and allows you to be one step closer to the Heavens. At an altitude of about 2300 meters above sea level you feel so far removed from any kind of civilization especially because of the cloud inversion. The air is thin and pristine and the living conditions are harsh but that’s the reason why the ORM (Observatory Roque de Los Muchachos) -operated by the IAC (Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias) and part of the European Northern Observatory, was built up there. The summit of La Palma’s caldera benefits from dry and clear skies almost year round with almost no light pollution to disturb it, and only rare Calima (this dusty wind coming from the Sahara desert). It’s safe to say that the ‘Isla Bonita’ is one of the top places in the world to observe the northern hemisphere’s night sky!

The purpose of this short was to capture that special place from a different perspective. I really wanted to give the audience sort of a confusion as to where they are because that’s precisely the feeling you get when you look up at the stars from the mountains. You somehow lose sense of any orientation as if you were lost in the immensity of the universe! One image that I had in my head to describe La Palma’s summit was Asgard or Mount Olympus, where all the elements are united and blend together divinely. Even life found a way to survive in this environment bombarded by high-energy rays during the day and battered by cold winds at night. One highlighted species is the fascinating and mind-boggling Tajinaste flower. Also called Tenerife Bugloss or tower of jewels, this docile and resilient endemic plant can endure extreme drought. I included it in the movie because it looks majestic and prehistoric. It really adds something special to the special atmosphere I wanted to convey, especially when the milky way galaxy and the sea of clouds move in the background! By tracking the night sky or displaying the sequences upside-down I was able to give that impression of the Earth floating and rotating in the void of the cosmos. The unusual but innovative close-up views of some parts of the milky way (including the core, Rho Ophiuchi or Cygnus) moving behind the operating telescopes of the OMC helped me give that only human dimension to the movie. The use of an astro-modified camera also enabled me to almost get the full range of colors a DSLR can pick up on single frames from nebulae.

I already traveled to La Palma island in November 2017 but I really wanted to shoot there again for several reasons. First I really wanted to get more shots of the core region that would be less spoiled by light pollution than the ones I recently took on Tenerife. Secondly I desperately wanted to meet the extremely talented photographer Alyn Wallace (check him out: alynwallacephotography.com) and do a collaboration with him on the island. Thirdly I am still on my way of perfecting the novel art of deep-sky time-lapse and I wanted to reshoot some sequences that didn’t give satisfying results in the past. Finally I wanted to personally experience the Spring vibe of the island when all the plants are blooming and give that sweet smell to the air. I am absolutely thrilled to have met all my expectations (and more!), and I really believe the results look stunning!

Everything was recorded with the Canon 6D Baader modified, the Sony a7s, the Sony a7rII and a variety of bright lenses ranging from 14mm to 300mm. I used the Lonely Speck Pure Night and Matt Aust Light pollution filters to reduce light pollution and increase details, and also the Vixen Polarie to track the stars and get cleaner shots. Syrp Genie 3 axis system was used for motion control. All post production was made in Lr with the special timelapse plus plugin, Sequence for mac, TLDF, and final production was made in FCPX. I hope you like the movie as much as I liked shooting and processing it and I thank everyone of you for your support. All content is of course copyrighted AMP&F (except sountrack licensed through Envato Market), and no footage can be used in any way without the author’s permission. Please contact me for media and purchase inquiry. Please share and comment if you liked the video and follow me for more videos like this one! More at adphotography-online.com.


Cast: Adrien Mauduit Films

Tags: time-lapse, La Palma, timelapse, astrophotography, Canary Islands, astrolapse, nature, travel, documentary, night sky, astroscape, space, cosmos, science, star, stargazing, Spain, telescope and astronomy

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These majestic supercells spun over northern Nebraska on 5/24/2018. As they approached my camera, they split right where the sun was setting. The sunset timed perfectly with the storms arrival at my location as it started pouring down rain right after I shut off the camera. Music by Isaac Hananiah.

Inquiries: chad@stormlapse.com

Cast: Chad Cowan

Tags: timelapse, supercell, storm, 4k, stormlapse, clouds and nebraska

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Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California, is the world’s first and largest nonprofit center dedicated to giving artists with disabilities the space to let their talents shine. Since 1974, the center has served hundreds of artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities who lacked formal education in the arts. The studio helps to provide the tools, the space and the inspiration needed to grow into professional, exhibited artists. Today, artists represented by Creative Growth have been invited to the Venice Biennale, have had their works acquired by MoMA, and remain in high demand among collectors around the world.

Cast: Great Big Story

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Director: Salomon Ligthelm
DoP: Stuart Winecoff
Producer: Chris Dodds
Production Company: Made By Limbo Productions
Talent: Sy Gaskin

Production Designer: Madison Hatch
1st Asst Camera: Aaron Snow, Tsyen Shen
Steadicam: Ryan Toussieng, Brendan Poutier
Key Stunt Rigger: Jamie Northrup
Stunt Riggers: Scott Kelly, Anthony Mecca, Ben Rezendes
Key Grip: Richard Auth
Grip: Aaron Landucci
Electric: Zac McQuade
Stylist: Miwa Sakulrat
Key PA: Ahmed Ashour
VFX: Convolv
Edit: Jamie Foord, Salomon Ligthelm

16mm Film Processing & Scans: Metropolis Post

Special Thanks:
Khalid Mohtaseb
Jared Knecht
AbelCine
Monty Diamond

Cast: Salomon Ligthelm, Convolv, MADE BY LIMBO and Stuart Winecoff

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There is a gospel movement in New York City, and it is gaining momentum. We created this video in conjunction with a suite of other materials to help The New York Project (newyorkproject.com) explain the dynamics of a movement and invite people into their vision.

Cast: Open Book Communications, Ambrose Yu, Sono Sanctus, Evan Wright and Ian Pitkanen

Tags: animation, mograph, motion, graphics, adobe, after effects, design, church, movement, non-profit, fundraising, gospel and christian

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The Artists’ Room

Inspired by the four letters that makes the OFFF festival's name, “The Artists’ Room” tells the story of Oliver, Frida, Federica and Fiona who as they talk, never pronounce their initials.

The O and Fs sounds are indeed saved for the final performance, opening the festival.

Written & Directed by: Mathery
Production Company: 1st Ave Machine
Producer: Kerry Smart
Executive Producers: Isabella Parish Sam Penfield Serge Patzak
Director of Photography: Matthew J. Smith
Production Designer: Oliver Hogan
Costume Designer: Coline Bach
Hair & Make Up: Polly Mossman
Editor: James Wright
Colourist: Danny Wood
Flame: Kieran Baxter
Music and sound design: Smider
Graphic Design: Pietro Tarsitano

CAST:
Frida: Emma Laird
Federica: Freya Warsi
Fiona: Lydia Graham
Oliver: Ed Rollit

1st Assistant Director: Sataish Oshea
2nd Assistant Director: Eleri Shone
Casting: Hammond & Cox
Production Assistant: Neama Batichi
Focus Puller: Ran Geffen
Clapper Loader: Jean Ash
Key Grip: Pete Olney
DIT: Jeremy Balderstone
Video Playback: Nick Forrester
Sound Engineers: Alan Mac Feely, Niall Cropper
Gaffer: Neil Blackman
Electrician: John Burke, Ricky Churchouse, Seamus Shanley
Rigger: Gary Ridgewell, Luke Ridgewell
Camera & Grip Equipment: Arri Media
Electrical Equipment: Panalux
Props Master: Alfie Fielding
Props Buyer: Tors Beadles
Art Department Assistants: Afra Zamara, Hannah Clarke, Jason Lee Thraves, Lottie Highfield
Standby Props: James Middleton
Construction Manager: Zane McGill
Forest Costume Supplied by: Marios
Dressing Room Costume Supplied by: Fantabody
Stylist Assistant: Daniel Gray, Mahatma Michael
Hair & Make Up Assistant: Nisha Aulum, Hannah Kueck, Helena Jopling
Music composition: Guido Smider and Michele Caiati
Foley artist and sound fx: Guido Smider, Andrea Pestarino, Daniele De Virgilio.
Edit House: TenThree
Assistant Editor: Chay MacTavish
Post Production House: ENVY

Cast: OFFF, let's feed the future and Mathery

Tags: offf, offf festival, offf18, offf barcelona, offf2018, film, Mathery, opening, artist, artists, conferences and festival

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Director's Statement:

The term “I do what I love to escape” is something that Aaron and myself disagree with. We believe it is quite opposite of that. Our belief being that when you are doing what you love, you are completely tuned in and as close to reality as you can humanly be. It’s like a form of meditation. When Aaron is at the bar, he is tuned out. He is having troubles facing reality but knows exactly what he has to do in order to heal himself. That is where we coined the term Immunity. It is an act of healing. So Aaron leaves the bar and his demons behind in order to find himself, which is through riding his motorcycle.

Overall, we had a very strong crew. This was a passion project so I was fortunate to have some very talented people pull some huge favors to help complete this. I couldn’t have done it without a solid team behind me. I would like to give a huge shout out to the boys at WZRD Media and Ryan Sheets from Sheets Studios for believing in me and truly allowing our vision to become a reality.

Director/DP: Dylan Wineland

Produced By: Dylan Wineland, Aaron McClintock, Connor Barnes

Cinematography/Aerial Cinematography: Connor Barnes

AC/Grip: Connor Barnes, Jon Riley

Color: Aiden Ulrich

Music: “Carved In Mayhem” - Luke Antencio
“Life (Remastered)” - Solar Fields

Supported: WZRD Media, Sheets Studios

Rider: Aaron McClintock

In Association With Meta

Thumbnail Photo: Alex Stohl

Cast: META

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Clinging to a frosty mountain side, a lone climber faces the elements while battling his inner demons. Will he survive? Will he reach the summit? Do you even care even at all even?

A film that examines the burning question of our time: when life presents challenges, how will we respond?

Created by Alex Deaton & Preston Gibson
With generous help from Mark Bartels, Jim Roberson, & Hieu Vu Duc

Cast: Preston Gibson, Alex Deaton, mark bartels, Jim Roberson and Hieu Vu Duc

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bonenest.com

Cast: Bone Nest

Tags: music, psychedelic, film, trip, aftereffects, colors, space, music video and animation

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Joan has been housebound with M.E. for most of her teenage years but now in slow recovery an urge for independence is causing friction with her mother. So when Joan's tutor encourages her to push herself more she throws caution to the wind and, risking a relapse, leaves the house in search of new experiences. And a horse.

shortoftheweek.com/2018/05/25/wild-horses/

Official Selection:
- Cannes Film Festival - Cinefondation
- Encounters Short Film Festival
- Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen (Winner of Youth Award + Moviezone Award)
- Raindance (Nominated Best UK Short)
- This is England
- British Short Film Festival Berlin (Nominated Best UK Short)
- Glasgow Short Film Festival
- Aesthetica Film Festival
- Belgrade Auteur Fest
- Denver International Film Festival

Cast:
Emma Curtis
Emma Cater
Ainslie Henderson
Stephanie Compton

Crew:
Written and Directed by Rory Alexander Stewart
Producer - Rebecca Smith
Cinematographer - Samira Oberberg
Production Designer - Celestria Kimmins
Editor - Fiona Brands
Composer - Segun Akinola
Sound Designer - Michael Johnson
Sound Recordist - Nick Olorenshaw
VFX Supervisor - Gillian Simpson
CG Horse - Kelvin Chim
Colourist - Alexander Davis
Production Manager - Sophie Halton
Casting Director - Leanne Flinn
1st Assistant Director - Adam Batchelor

Cast: Rory Alexander Stewart

Tags: wild horses, nfts, short film, comedy, drama, CFS, M.E., emma curtis, emma cater, ainslie henderson, rory alexander stewart, horse, illness, cgi and pink

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Directed, produced and photographed by Macgregor

macgregor.works

Shot on a modified Sony F35 to achieve optimum lightness and speed through the Saharan landscapes, without sacrificing on image quality.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara is a documentary film directed by MacGregor. Concepted and produced in partnership with Antonio Aguilar, Tim Hyten, and Aaron Mckenzie, the film also features a score by award-winning composer Rhian Sheehan.

Built to transport Mauritania’s vast iron ore reserves, the Mauritania Railway is a 704-kilometer line that cuts through the Sahara Desert on its way from the mining center of Zouerat to the port city of Nouadhibou on Africa’s Atlantic coast.

At 3-kilometers in length, trains on this line are among the longest and heaviest in the world. Passenger cars are sometimes attached to the train, but more often men opt to stow away atop the hopper cars, where daytime temperatures exceed 40°C. Death from falls is common.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara follows the journey of Malick, a 27 year-old merchant who relies on the train for his livelihood, even as he risks death each time he climbs aboard. Despite the danger, the train is a lifeline for Malick and the families that live along the railway’s path.

Over a two year period, the crew behind The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara embedded themselves in the community of men and women who depend on the train for their livelihood. The result is a cinematic yet immersive glimpse into a way of life that exists nowhere else in the world.

Macgregor and his team shot this film entirely on a Sony F35 camera, which they modified with a Nikon mount in the pursuit of lightness and a wider array of available lenses. A 25-pound camera setup is far from ideal when shooting atop a moving train, but the resulting filmic quality gives audiences a view of Western Saharan landscapes that they’ve never seen before.

In addition to his career as a commercial director and cinematographer, Macgregor has also garnered praise for his narrative films. Coming on the heels of his award-winning films Similo (2014) and Los Angeles 1991 (2015), The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara expands upon MacGregor’s ability to make a landscape, as much as any human, a character in the unfolding drama.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara represents the proposed first installment of “Colliding Worlds,” a new series which explores some of the world’s most remote, harsh, and breathtaking environments, where traditional lifestyles collide with the modern world. These regions, too easily dismissed by travelers, are in fact backdrops for beautiful human pageants that play out every day. In the back of our minds, we know these places exist but we never stop to think that human life goes on there everyday – and it goes on in fascinating ways.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara is earning early praise, including the top prize for cinematography at the XVI International Film Festival of Almeria, and the jury prize for stylistic achievement and best cinematography at the Social Impact Media Awards 2018. The film is currently being shown in festivals around the world, including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer, the 41th Grenzland-Filmtage in Germany, and Cortoespaña, among others.

Cast: Macgregor

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French Canadian artist Marie-Lou Desmeules transforms a therapy session into a riotous, full-bodied display in this new film from brother directors Guillermo and Javier Polo Gandia. The artist, whose work uses the body as a canvas, metamorphoses the forms of her subjects—with daubs of paint and roughly applied plastics—into grotesque, colourful portraits of the rich and the famous, from Donald Trump to John Waters. The fraternal filmmaking duo explain of their spectacular subject: “We wanted to create a film that entered into Marie-Lou’s world and build a surreal story that could match it, that became an extension of her art. The visit to the therapist was a perfect and funny way to express the way she finds her inspiration, of how she works, and why she does what she does."

Cast: NOWNESS, Los Hermanos Polo, Marie-Lou Desmeules, Jonathan Cremades, Guillermo Polo and Javier Polo

Tags: Guillermo Polo Gandia, Art, Marie-Lou Desmeules, Javier Polo Gandia, Profile and Photography

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Animated music video for NxWorries and Stones Throw.

Director: Robin Velghe & Andy Baker
Illustration: Robin Velghe (Rhymezlikedimez)
Animation: Andy Baker

From the album 'Yes Lawd!' by NxWorries (Stones Throw)

https://ift.tt/2KRiIWs

Cast: robin velghe, Andy Baker and Stones Throw

Tags: animation, hip hop, animated full video, summer, sexy, anderson paak, knxwledge, amv, la, party, girl and house

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In an old western tavern, the fate of a town is about to change when an outsider arrives and doesn’t have the money to pay for a glass of water.

Directors:
Andy Tai, Lighting, Look Dev, Compositing TD
http://www.andytai.com/
vimeo.com/theandytai

Eduardo Enriquez: Character, Rigging TD
https://ift.tt/2qEQ5ST
vimeo.com/eaenriquez

Follow us on Tumblr!
https://ift.tt/2rKQ1CG

We would like to thank our friends and everyone that worked on the film and mentored us!

Produced at School of Visual Arts

Cast: A Long Way From Home Film, Andy Tai and Eduardo Enriquez

Tags: Home, Way, Long, From, A, short film, A Long Way From Home, 3D Animation, School of Visual Arts, CGI, film, CG Short Film, animation, SVA, coins, western, samurai, japanese, holes and kurosawa

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In an old western tavern, the fate of a town is about to change when an outsider arrives and doesn’t have the money to pay for a glass of water.

Directors:
Andy Tai, Lighting, Look Dev, Compositing TD
http://www.andytai.com/
vimeo.com/theandytai

Eduardo Enriquez: Character, Rigging TD
https://ift.tt/2qEQ5ST
vimeo.com/eaenriquez

Follow us on Tumblr!
https://ift.tt/2rKQ1CG

We would like to thank our friends and everyone that worked on the film and mentored us!

Produced at School of Visual Arts

Cast: A Long Way From Home Film, Andy Tai and Eduardo Enriquez

Tags: Home, Way, Long, From, A, short film, A Long Way From Home, 3D Animation, School of Visual Arts, CGI, film, CG Short Film, animation, SVA, coins, western, samurai, japanese, holes and kurosawa

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Directed, produced and photographed by Macgregor

macgregor.works

Shot on a modified Sony F35 to achieve optimum lightness and speed through the Saharan landscapes, without sacrificing on image quality.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara is a documentary film directed by MacGregor. Concepted and produced in partnership with Antonio Aguilar, Tim Hyten, and Aaron Mckenzie, the film also features a score by award-winning composer Rhian Sheehan.

Built to transport Mauritania’s vast iron ore reserves, the Mauritania Railway is a 704-kilometer line that cuts through the Sahara Desert on its way from the mining center of Zouerat to the port city of Nouadhibou on Africa’s Atlantic coast.

At 3-kilometers in length, trains on this line are among the longest and heaviest in the world. Passenger cars are sometimes attached to the train, but more often men opt to stow away atop the hopper cars, where daytime temperatures exceed 40°C. Death from falls is common.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara follows the journey of Malick, a 27 year-old merchant who relies on the train for his livelihood, even as he risks death each time he climbs aboard. Despite the danger, the train is a lifeline for Malick and the families that live along the railway’s path.

Over a two year period, the crew behind The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara embedded themselves in the community of men and women who depend on the train for their livelihood. The result is a cinematic yet immersive glimpse into a way of life that exists nowhere else in the world.

Macgregor and his team shot this film entirely on a Sony F35 camera, which they modified with a Nikon mount in the pursuit of lightness and a wider array of available lenses. A 25-pound camera setup is far from ideal when shooting atop a moving train, but the resulting filmic quality gives audiences a view of Western Saharan landscapes that they’ve never seen before.

In addition to his career as a commercial director and cinematographer, Macgregor has also garnered praise for his narrative films. Coming on the heels of his award-winning films Similo (2014) and Los Angeles 1991 (2015), The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara expands upon MacGregor’s ability to make a landscape, as much as any human, a character in the unfolding drama.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara represents the proposed first installment of “Colliding Worlds,” a new series which explores some of the world’s most remote, harsh, and breathtaking environments, where traditional lifestyles collide with the modern world. These regions, too easily dismissed by travelers, are in fact backdrops for beautiful human pageants that play out every day. In the back of our minds, we know these places exist but we never stop to think that human life goes on there everyday – and it goes on in fascinating ways.

The Mauritania Railway: Backbone of the Sahara is earning early praise, including the top prize for cinematography at the XVI International Film Festival of Almeria, and the jury prize for stylistic achievement and best cinematography at the Social Impact Media Awards 2018. The film is currently being shown in festivals around the world, including the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, the Moscow International Documentary Film Festival DOKer, the 41th Grenzland-Filmtage in Germany, and Cortoespaña, among others.

Cast: Macgregor

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After 100 years of progress, AI bots have finally become too human for their own good.
A TED Film
Starring Rebecca Front and Hugh Skinner
Directed by Chris Vernon and Emerald Fennell
Written by James Ross Edwards
Produced by Mother London

Cast: Mother

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Animated music video for NxWorries and Stones Throw.

Director - Andy Baker & Robin Velghe
Illustration: Robin Velghe (Rhymezlikedimez)
Animation: Andy Baker Studio

From the album 'Yes Lawd!'
Stones Throw

Cast: robin velghe and Andy Baker

Tags: animation, hip hop, animated full video, summer, sexy, anderson paak, knxwledge, amv, la, party, girl and house

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A realtor, a handyman, and a landscaper succumb to a mysterious passion.

Written & Directed by Weston Currie

A Ways & Means/Normal Content Production

ways-means.co

Starring
Colleen Camp
John Ennis
Zak Lee

Executive Producers
Lana Kim
Rachel and Wyatt Garfield

Produced by Jett Steiger and Ahsen Nadeem

Cinematography by Wyatt Garfield

Music Composed and Arranged by Chris Schlarb

Production Design by Megan and Ashley Fenton

Costumes by Elizabeth Warn

Cast: Weston Currie

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This new film from director and choreographer Wynn Holmes—being the inaugural project for her newly launched dance company, Lo Fi Dance Theory—explores performance as a liberating expression for marginalised Roma youth living in Belgrade, Serbia. For this project, Wynn worked with GRUBB (Gypsy Roma Urban Balkan Beats), a foundation based in the country’s capital city that acts as a hub for Roma artists and activists, helping them to celebrate and promote their cultural traditions. “The architectural landscapes that the performers dance against represent the hostile spaces in Europe where Roma communities are often mistreated and excluded,” explains the film’s director. “Its three main characters dance in liberated, self-determined movements—contrasting with the world in which they live, a landscape of inhospitable architecture.”

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: Roma and Dance

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If you Google image search “Iraq” looking for photos of anything other than soldiers and war then you're in for some serious scrolling...

Since the spring of 2016 I’ve been traveling back and forth to Iraq working on a longer form doc with Nations Media. The Iraq I’ve come to know and love over the course of these visits is a drastically different place than version of the country I grew up seeing in the news.

On my most recent trip I brought a 16mm film camera, one lens and a few cans of film to capture portraits of people I met along the way.

Shot on Kodak Super 16mm

Special thanks to:
All of the wonderful people who were brave enough to let me take their picture
Mckinzy Powers
Joel Parker
Mark Foreman
Jeycob Carlson
Jacqueline Isaac
Robert Samo
Metropolis Post
@Nations (nationsmedia.org/)

Cast: Janssen Powers

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An intimate look at the human faces of America's current opioid epidemic. Seen through the eyes of a mother and the lens of a small town.

Director / DP: Brandon Lavoie
Executive Producers: Brandon Lavoie & Brady Darragh
Editor: Brady Darragh
Associate Editor: Nicholas An
Animators: Casey Drogin & Morgan Gruer
Visual Effects: Lucjan Gorczynski
Original Music By: Fernando Martinez & Ed Marks
Sound Design & Mix: One Thousand Birds
Audio Post Producer: Kira MacKnight
Post Sound Engineers: Calvin Pia & Torin Geller
Color Correction: Irving Harvey
Archival Assistant: Jen Ackerman
Score Recording Engineer: Kia Eshghi
Aerial Cinematography: Max Collins

lindytownfilms.com

Cast: Lindytown Films, Brandon Lavoie, Brady Darragh, Nicholas An, fernando martinez, One Thousand Birds, Kia Eshghi, Casey Drogin, Morgan Gruer, Irving Harvey, Kira MacKnight, Torin Geller, Jen Ackerman and Atomic Beard Productions

Tags: Documentary, Opioid, Animation, Lindytown Films, Hometown Documentary, Brandon Lavoie and Opiate Epidemic

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From the Okavango to Chobe to the Kalahari, Botswana is home to some of the best wildlife in the world. This is a quick glimpse into what you may encounter while visiting this beautiful country.

Shot and edited by Tyler Fairbank
Licensing, project quotes or questions: Tyler@lightowlproductions.com
tylerfairbank.com

This short film is comprised entirely of raw still images. Shot over 8 days, approximately 38,000 images were captured and rendered into about 300 time-lapse clips.
Edited in LightroomTL, Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Music licensed through Audiojungle.com
Enjoy!

Cast: Tyler Fairbank

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