'Hic Sunt Dracones'

"Hic Sunt Dracones" (Aqui Há Dragões) é um termo em latim utilizado na cartografia medieval para indicar lugares desconhecidos ou perigosos.

Este filme é uma visita a um lugar concreto, mas imaginário. Um espaço delimitado, mas indeterminado. Situa-se dentro e fora desse intervalo espacial. A Avenida Almirante Reis. Ocorre num período temporal definido, mas ausente. Estamos em Janeiro de 2019. Fomos em busca de uma interpretação deste lugar habitado e povoado. Recorremos à escuta, ao olhar e à imaginação. Fomos investidos de sentidos, desinvestidos de modelos ou códigos, tanto quanto nos foi possível. Mas tudo é um gesto e aqui há uma escolha, uma necessidade, manifesta, de contar.

Hic Sunt Dracones
– Aqui há dragões.
Milhões de vezes por minuto.
Aqui há dragões.
Dragões a cruzar a avenida.
Dragões transvestidos.
Dragões fantasma.
Dragões mistério.
Sem roupa.
Pássaros que são
a escuta
da linha de água
que pisamos.
Pássaros curiosos
que observam
do cimo
as sombras
que não lembramos.
Tudo se vendeu.
A riqueza levar-nos-á ao colapso.
Dizemos
a chuva e
passamos.
Somos daqui.
– Deixámos tudo.
Ignoramos.
Aqui há dragões.
Credos-ofício
máquinas de fogo
casas imersas
em clareiras
dentro de lojas.
Há serpentes nas oficinas.
Ainda há criaturas
marcadas no mapa.

António Quadros Ferro

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Director: Filipe Penajóia
Production Company: Playground
Cinematographer: João Botelho
Colorist: Hannibal Lang at Bacon X
Sound: Fred Ferreira and Alberto Vieira at Núcleo Audio
Graphics: David Anastácio

Cast: Filipe Penajoia

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Sides of a Horn

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From Executive Producer Sir Richard Branson and Writer-Director Toby Wosskow, Sides of a Horn is the first film to tell the story of Africa’s poaching war from both sides of the fence. Based on actual events, and filmed in the townships and game reserves most directly impacted by wildlife crime, this dramatic short film paints an unbiased portrait of a modern war that is tearing communities apart and driving a prehistoric species to the verge of extinction.

Share the film; share the message: #SidesofaHorn

Facebook:
facebook.com/sidesofahorn

Instagram:
instagram.com/sidesofahorn

Twitter:
twitter.com/sidesofahorn

Cast: Toby Wosskow

Tags: sides of a horn, drama, short film, narrative, rhino, rhino poaching, richard branson, south africa, film, movie, cinema, conservation, africa, endangered, wildlife, nature, environment, cinematic, new movies and filmmaking

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SAUDI ARABIA - The Kingdom and Beyond

Over 4500 kms of Saudi content captured in 10 days over a span of 1 month, covering all the way from the Beautiful oceans in the east to the aqua colored ocean in the west, the skyscrapers in the capital city of Riyadh to the breath-taking natural beauty and magnificent monuments in Al Ula where contains the first UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Kingdom, the ever ending traffic in Riyadh to the ever ending festivals in Jeddah , the traditional yet modern city of Jazan.
We met dozens of local people these past couple of days, who were more than helpful with our trip and I am proud to call this place my Home.

Directed by Rameez Manama & Nihal Nooh
Music: "Fal" by Max LL -
Voice off: Rahma Al Aljlimi. You can follow her on the following link:
instagram.com/user/rahma.aljlimi

Cast: Rameez Manama

Tags: jeddah, riyadh, saudiarabia, vision2030, jeddahlife, saudi travel, saudi tradition, saudi culture, jeddahseason, destinationksa, saudi arabia travel, saudi cinematic, saudi video, everydaysaudi and MBS

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PRE-DRINK

2017 | 23 min | French with English Subtitles | 4:3 | Couleur | 5.1
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ALEXE est une jeune femme trans, et CARL un homme gai. Meilleurs amis depuis toujours, une soirée passée ensemble déstabilise ALEXE, lorsque les deux décident de coucher ensemble pour la première fois.
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ALEXE is a young trans woman, and CARL a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes ALEXE, when both decide to have sex together for the first time.
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Un film de / A film by : Marc-Antoine Lemire
Produit par / Produced by : Maria Gracia Turgeon (Midi La Nuit)
Distribué par / Distributed by : H264 Distribution

CAST
Pascale Drevillon - Alex Trahan

CREW
Cinematographer: Léna Mill-Reuillard
Editor: Anouk Deschênes
Sound: Laurent Ouellette
Sound Mixer & Editor: Theo Porcet - Jean-David Perron
Key Gaffer & Grip: Olivier Racine
1st Assistant Camera: Ariane Aubin-Cloutier
Art Director: Marc-Antoine Lemire
Costumes: Alexandra Bégin- Laurie-Anne Viens - Renée Sawtelle
Make-up: Andie Wisdom Dawson
Hair: Tania Lacoste-Major - Andie Wisdom Dawson
Executive Producers: Annick Blanc - Evren Boisjoli - Item 7
1st Assistant Director: Catherine Kirouac
Coordinator: Kelyna N. Lauzier
Production Intern: Gabrielle De Cevins
Production Assistant: Lysandre Leduc Boudreau
Catering: France Turgeon
Traducer: Guylaine Jacob

Festivals:
Toronto International Film Festival – Short Cuts, 2017 *Best Canadian Short Film
Talent tout court/Not Short on Talent – Cannes Film Festival, 2017
Atlantic International Film Festival, 2017
Festival international du film francophone de Namur, 2017
Festival international du film de Bordeaux, 2017
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2017
Prends Ça Court Trouville, 2017
Festival international du film francophone d’Acadie, 2017
Whistler Film Festival, 2017
Thess International Short Film Festival, 2017 *Cinematic Achievement Award
Southwest International Film Festival, 2018
Taos Shortz Film Fest, 2018
Flickerfest, 2018
Tampere Film Festival, 2018
Antitube, 2018
Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, 2018
Canadian Screen Awards, 2018 *Nominated for Best Short Film
15e Gala Prends ça court *Audience Award, Post-Moderne Award
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2018
Nashville Film Festival, 2018
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, 2018
On vous ment : Festival Documenteur, 2018
InsideOut LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Seoul International Women Film Festival, 2018
Gala Iris Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film
OutFilm : Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Festival 48 Images Seconde, 2018 – *Jury Prize
Festival Longue Vue sur le court, 2018 – *Best Script
Moscow International Film Festival, 2018
Sicilia Queer Film Fest, 2018
Mostra La Ploma, 2018
Kortfilmfestivale, 2018
fliQs: Queer Film Nights, 2018
Frameline, San Francisco, 2018
Festival MIX Milano, 2018
Korea Queer Film Festival, 2018
Outfest Los Angeles, 2018
Odense International Film Festival, 2018
Seattle International Film Festival, 2018
Transgender Film Festival Zurich, 2018
Lovers Film Festival – Torino Lgbtqi Visions, 2018
Festival Internacional de Cine IBAFF, 2018
Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival, 2018
CinemaQuebecItalia, 2018
Vancouver Queer Film Festival, 2018
Meziprata Film Festival, 2018 *Best Short Film award
Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia IBAFF, 2018
Norwegian Short Film Festival – Grimstad, 2018
Écrans Mixtes Lyon, 2018
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, 2018
Reel Affirmations: Washington, DC’s LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018
Off-Courts Trouville 2018
Queergestreift Filmfestival, 2018
Zinegoak, International LGTB Film and Performing Arts Festival, 2018
Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2018
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, 2018
Les Percéides, 2018
L’Espace Filmique, 2018
Cinéma Diverse, Palm Spring LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Q Cinema – Fort Worth, 2018
PROUD film festival, 2018
Louisville LGBT film festival, 2018
TWIST Seattle film festival, 2018
Durham film festival, 2018
Mix Copenhagen LGBTQ film festival, 2018
NewFest: The NYC LGBT film festival, 2018
Reel Affirmation film festival, 2018
Inside Out 2018 Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, 2018
Iris Prize Festival, 2018 *Finalist – Iris Prize
Encounters Bristol, 2018
BENT: the 27th annual Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018
Out On Film/Atlanta, 2018
Trans Film Fest Stockholm, 2018
SPASM, 2018 *Audience Award
Chéries-Chéris, Festival LGBT à Paris, 2018 *Grand Prize
Nahia Film Fest: International Short Film Festival, 2018 *Special Jury Award
Plein(s) Écran(s), 2018
26th MIX BRASIL FESTIVAL, 2018
Queer Screen – Sydney, 2019
ReelOut – Kingston’s Queer film + Video festival, 2019
Qflix Philadelphia, 2019
Go Short – Netherlands, 2019
Queen’s World film festival, 2019
Vues d’en Face – Grenoble, 2019
Académie des Césars – Nuits en Or, 2019
Prague Pride screening – Meziprata Film Festival, 2019

Cast: Midi La Nuit and H264 DISTRIBUTION

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Bone Mother

A vain and arrogant youth dares to enter Baba Yaga’s living house of bones. What emerges will forever fill our nights with terror.

Directed by Dale Hayward and Sylvie Trouvé - 2018 | 8 min

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Cast: National Film Board of Canada

Tags: Baba Yaga, house of bones, Dale Hayward, animation, Sylvie Trouvé, get animated and devil's grandmother

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PRE-DRINK

2017 | 23 min | French with English Subtitles | 4:3 | Couleur | 5.1
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ALEXE est une jeune femme trans, et CARL un homme gai. Meilleurs amis depuis toujours, une soirée passée ensemble déstabilise ALEXE, lorsque les deux décident de coucher ensemble pour la première fois.
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ALEXE is a young trans woman, and CARL a gay man. Best friends since forever, an evening spent together destabilizes ALEXE, when both decide to have sex together for the first time.
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Un film de / A film by : Marc-Antoine Lemire
Produit par / Produced by : Maria Gracia Turgeon (Midi La Nuit)
Distribué par / Distributed by : H264 Distribution

CAST
Pascale Drevillon - Alex Trahan

CREW
Cinematographer: Léna Mill-Reuillard
Editor: Anouk Deschênes
Sound: Laurent Ouellette
Sound Mixer & Editor: Theo Porcet - Jean-David Perron
Key Gaffer & Grip: Olivier Racine
1st Assistant Camera: Ariane Aubin-Cloutier
Art Director: Marc-Antoine Lemire
Costumes: Alexandra Bégin- Laurie-Anne Viens - Renée Sawtelle
Make-up: Andie Wisdom Dawson
Hair: Tania Lacoste-Major - Andie Wisdom Dawson
Executive Producers: Annick Blanc - Evren Boisjoli - Item 7
1st Assistant Director: Catherine Kirouac
Coordinator: Kelyna N. Lauzier
Production Intern: Gabrielle De Cevins
Production Assistant: Lysandre Leduc Boudreau
Catering: France Turgeon
Traducer: Guylaine Jacob

Festivals:
Toronto International Film Festival – Short Cuts, 2017 *Best Canadian Short Film
Talent tout court/Not Short on Talent – Cannes Film Festival, 2017
Atlantic International Film Festival, 2017
Festival international du film francophone de Namur, 2017
Festival international du film de Bordeaux, 2017
Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2017
Prends Ça Court Trouville, 2017
Festival international du film francophone d’Acadie, 2017
Whistler Film Festival, 2017
Thess International Short Film Festival, 2017 *Cinematic Achievement Award
Southwest International Film Festival, 2018
Taos Shortz Film Fest, 2018
Flickerfest, 2018
Tampere Film Festival, 2018
Antitube, 2018
Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival, 2018
Canadian Screen Awards, 2018 *Nominated for Best Short Film
15e Gala Prends ça court *Audience Award, Post-Moderne Award
Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film
Melbourne Queer Film Festival, 2018
Nashville Film Festival, 2018
KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival, 2018
On vous ment : Festival Documenteur, 2018
InsideOut LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Seoul International Women Film Festival, 2018
Gala Iris Québec Cinéma, 2018 *Best Fiction Short Film
OutFilm : Connecticut LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Kansas City LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Festival 48 Images Seconde, 2018 – *Jury Prize
Festival Longue Vue sur le court, 2018 – *Best Script
Moscow International Film Festival, 2018
Sicilia Queer Film Fest, 2018
Mostra La Ploma, 2018
Kortfilmfestivale, 2018
fliQs: Queer Film Nights, 2018
Frameline, San Francisco, 2018
Festival MIX Milano, 2018
Korea Queer Film Festival, 2018
Outfest Los Angeles, 2018
Odense International Film Festival, 2018
Seattle International Film Festival, 2018
Transgender Film Festival Zurich, 2018
Lovers Film Festival – Torino Lgbtqi Visions, 2018
Festival Internacional de Cine IBAFF, 2018
Wicked Queer: Boston LGBT Film Festival, 2018
CinemaQuebecItalia, 2018
Vancouver Queer Film Festival, 2018
Meziprata Film Festival, 2018 *Best Short Film award
Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia IBAFF, 2018
Norwegian Short Film Festival – Grimstad, 2018
Écrans Mixtes Lyon, 2018
Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art, 2018
Reel Affirmations: Washington, DC’s LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018
Off-Courts Trouville 2018
Queergestreift Filmfestival, 2018
Zinegoak, International LGTB Film and Performing Arts Festival, 2018
Mardi Gras Film Festival, 2018
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, 2018
Les Percéides, 2018
L’Espace Filmique, 2018
Cinéma Diverse, Palm Spring LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Q Cinema – Fort Worth, 2018
PROUD film festival, 2018
Louisville LGBT film festival, 2018
TWIST Seattle film festival, 2018
Durham film festival, 2018
Mix Copenhagen LGBTQ film festival, 2018
NewFest: The NYC LGBT film festival, 2018
Reel Affirmation film festival, 2018
Inside Out 2018 Ottawa LGBT Film Festival, 2018
Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, 2018
Iris Prize Festival, 2018 *Finalist – Iris Prize
Encounters Bristol, 2018
BENT: the 27th annual Sacramento LGBTQ Film Festival, 2018
Out On Film/Atlanta, 2018
Trans Film Fest Stockholm, 2018
SPASM, 2018 *Audience Award
Chéries-Chéris, Festival LGBT à Paris, 2018 *Grand Prize
Nahia Film Fest: International Short Film Festival, 2018 *Special Jury Award
Plein(s) Écran(s), 2018
26th MIX BRASIL FESTIVAL, 2018
Queer Screen – Sydney, 2019
ReelOut – Kingston’s Queer film + Video festival, 2019
Qflix Philadelphia, 2019
Go Short – Netherlands, 2019
Queen’s World film festival, 2019
Vues d’en Face – Grenoble, 2019
Académie des Césars – Nuits en Or, 2019
Prague Pride screening – Meziprata Film Festival, 2019

Cast: Midi La Nuit and H264 DISTRIBUTION

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Ben Raemers Forever

Skate with your friends. Talk to your friends. Most of all, tell them you love them. Thank you for always being yourself, Ben. We miss you.

"Lifelong friends are the greatest treasures a person can find in life. The true ones know more about you than your parents and siblings, yet rarely disapprove. I have met my best friends through skateboarding and plan to take those friendships with me to the grave. From my uncomfortable teenage years where I wanted to fit in, to the later years where I knew I didn’t, my skate pals were always there for me. If you slam, they help you up, if you pull something rad, they scream the loudest and when you’re bailing something needlessly they tell you to “Do It”. But all relationships take work, so next time you get pissed at a buddy because they can’t skate or the have to work, put it in perspective. Every time you say “Later”, it could be forever. Savor every moment as if it were your last."
- Jake Phelps

Cast: Richard Quintero

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Meg Myers - Running Up That Hill

Director:
Jo Roy

Coloring Artists:
Heart of Los Angeles (HOLA)
Albert Lacombe Catholic School
École Champs Vallée School
Elmer S. Gish School
St. Joseph Catholic School
Keenooshayo Elementary School
École Marie Poburan
Neil M. Ross Catholic Elementary School
Northmount School
Vital Grandin Catholic School
St. Albert Daycare Society
Bailey and Hudson King
Anaiya Beauregard
One Anonymous Little Boy

Production Company:
Reprobates

Executive Producer:
Doug Klinger

Line Producer:
Paul Maertens

Post Producer:
Leah Younesi

Director of Photography:
Joseph Wesley

VFX Supervisor:
Ben Kadie

Costume Designer:
Lena Lollis

Hair and Make-Up Artist:
Barbara Yniguez

1st Assistant Director:
Dylan Griffith

Choreographer:
Jo Roy

VFX Compositor:
Ben Kadie

Animator:
Eric Bradford

Choreography Wing Animator:
Dan Lund

Editor:
Jo Roy

Colorist:
Irving Harvey

1st AC:
Travis Shannon

Gaffer:
Eric Fickenwirth

Key Grip:
Jesus Yanez

Swings:
Andrew Badillo
Salvador Cachu

Production Assistants:
Coty Walker
Jacqui Casey

Post Production Assistants:
Meghan Sullivan
Dan Donohue

Equipment provided by:
Hitmakers Media

Rigging provided by:
Hitmakers Media

Coloring Page Printing:
Noho Printing

Crayon Sorters:
Teresa Churchill
Jeanette Espie
Mark McCarthy
Joan and Peter Mireault
Dan and Dawne Roy

Page Sorters:
Shelagh Kennedy
Colette King
Barb Onyschuk
Teresa Churchill
Joan and Peter Mireault
Dan and Dawne Roy

Special Thanks:
Tim Hendrix
Amos Sussigan
Dan and Dawne Roy
Rony Nazarian
Pietro Torrisi
Aaron Leone
Jake Dow
Ryan Ocol
Helen Whitehouse
Valerie Ryan
Elexis Padron
JP Nickitas
Michael Hayes
Dan Finlayson

Cast: Jo Roy

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BOOKSTORES: How to Read More Books in the Golden Age of Content

Bookstores have always driven me crazy. So much to read and so little time! And now with our lives chock full of content--Netlflix, podcasts, social media, and the 24 hour news cycle--when the hell are we supposed to find the time to get through a book? This dilemma has haunted me for awhile. So I decided to make a film about it, hoping to find a way through my bookstore anxiety--a way to re-balance my content diet in order to read more books. Making this film brought me to a place of clarity. I hope it does the same for you.

Cast: Max Joseph

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Salam

A female Lyft driver navigates the night shift in NYC while waiting to hear life or death news from Syria.

Featuring Hana Chamoun, Leslie Bibb, Jessica Damouni & Kal Maleh
Cinematography by Nicholas Bupp
Editing by Alec Styborski
Sound Design by Peter Warnock
Production Design by Kelsey Alvarez
Costume Design by Missy Mickens
Produced by Sophia Cannata-Bowman & Claire Fowler
Executive Producers: Shore Scripts & Film Agency Wales
Distributed by Salaud Morissett

Cast: Claire F

Tags: Palestine, New York and Syria

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ZAYN | Satisfaction

Touching upon elements of spirituality that we feel and don’t voice, ‘Satisfaction’ expresses the mercurial beauty of a relationship set against the backdrop of an ongoing war. Underscored by lyrics about struggle and finding fulfilment, the story explores the nature of existential desolation and transcendence framed around love, loss and rebirth.

‘Satisfaction’ is taken from Zayn’s sophomore album ‘Icarus Falls’. The film is an artistic departure for Zayn that reframes the artist’s image, shifting focus away from the pop star in the context of an album that deals heavily in themes of narcissism and the pitfalls of ego.

CREDITS

Starring Shane Guyher and Rucshane Chambers.

Director / Bouha Kazmi
Producers / Adam Farley & Rachel Rumbold
Production Company / Luti Media
Executive Producer / Luti Fagbenle
Director of Photography / Sy Turnbull
Production Designer / Mikey Hollywood
Costume Designer / Alex Noble
Editor / John Holloway
Hair & Makeup / Dexter Pottinger
Service Producer / Tamara Ennis
Production Coordinator / Lesley Welsh
Production Assistant / Lana Salfiti
Production Assistant / Rochelle Coore
Production Assistant / Makeda McKenzie
1st Assistant Director / Jahsen Levy
Casting Director / Angiel Shaw
Casting Assistant / Shawneil Bailey
1st AC / Mike Linforth
2nd AC / Delroy Johnson
DIT / Mykal Cushnie & Conrod Page
Gaffer / Earl Brown
Drone Operator / Oneil “Ishac” Harris
Key Grip / Cleveland McKenzie
Grip / Kadri “Wormy” Samuels
Grip / Andre “Lee” Clark
Tracking Driver / Gifton Giffy Williams
Art Assistant / Khalil Deane
Art Assistant / Desmond Steel
Art Assistant / Dwayne Pusey
Art Assistant / Joel Lawrence
Costume Assistant / Dexter Pottinger
Costume Assistant / Curt Cawley
Crew Bus / Michael Ferguson
Camera Truck / Elton Roach
Equipment Truck / Raphael Cattnott
Catering / Nicole Levy & Yvonne Williams
Edit Facility / Portobello Post
Colourist / Dan Moran
Post Production / Coffee & TV
Sound Design / Jason Peacock

Music video by Zayn performing ‘Satisfaction’. © RCA Records a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Cast: Bouha Kazmi

Tags: zayn malik, zayn, music video, satisfaction, film, narrative, short film, bouha kazmi, vfx, africa, visual effects, reincarnation, war, flower, bird, sony, jamaica, music and experimental

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Between the Lines

We all stare at the same ocean , however some of us choose to read between the lines.

This is a cinematic story following the photographic journey of Sacha Specker
It's an intricate and rewarding relationship between man and the sea that evokes food for thought.

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To check out Sacha's work go to: sachaspecker.com

Credits:

Story - Direction - Cinematography : Jason Hearn

Cast : Sacha Specker as himself
Chris April as the Fisherman
Zeph Stentiford as young Sacha
Aad Van Der Linden as old Sacha

Voiceover: Olafur Darri Olafsson
Script written by: Peter Sherlock
Original Music score: Philip Ekstrom
Sound Design and Final Mix: Will Berridge and Carlos Hernandez
Studio on location sound: Ike Forsyth
Phantom Camera : Johan Horjus
Edit: Jason Hearn
Gaffers: Dickie "Badger" Bloemraad
Yazeed Williams
Intro mood score: Juice Audio
Stylist: Althea McPherson
Timelapse Photography: Brendon Wainwright
Rory Allen
Craig Howes
Extra Footage: Sacha Specker
Paul Daniel
Mikey Corker
Dale Staples
Aerials: Peter Sherlock
BTS Photography: Brigitte Stanford
Dane Staples
Richard Johnson
Daniel Grebe
Studios: Platypus
Grinder Films
The Shred
Lighting gear: Flash Lighting and Digital

Cast: Jason Hearn and Sacha 'SPEX' Specker

Tags: cinematography, Short film, Water cinematography, Ocean, Cape Town, Art, Photography, Sacha Specker, Spex, Between the lines, Between the lines Jason Hearn, Staff Pick, Travel, Surf and Waves

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TWO PUDDLES

When a family encounters two radically unusual puddles on a woodland retreat, unspoken tensions finally surface.

CAST
Alice - Julia Florimo
Jamie - Amy Keen
Evan - Luke McGibney
Jogger - Helen Duff
Dog Walker - Tom Bonington
Millie the Dog - Herself

CREDITS
Writer and Director: Tim Keeling
Executive Producer: Lyndsey Claire
DP: Chris Lee
Editor: Giene Klimt
Composer: Benjamin Squires
Production Manager, 1st AD: Darren Crisp
Production: One Films
Script Supervisor: Daniela Brandano
1st AC: Dan Hunt
2nd AC: John Gogarty
Sound Mixer: Joel Carr
Boom operator: Duncan Ettie
Art dept, Costume: Sarah Fichera
3rd AD: Chloe Butler
3rd AD: Will Ferris

SPECIAL THANKS
Lyndsey Keeling, Dennis Keeling, Damian Swain, Craig Rogers-Jones, Robert Saunders, Marisa Isaacs, Paul Storrie & Emma Gannon, Al Eales, Sam Higham, Kirstie Wilkinson

Filmed on location in The Chilterns, UK

Cast: Tim Keeling

Tags: short film, short, shortfest, sotw, short of the week, encounters, short shorts, interfilm, motelx, calgary, edmonton, avanca, another hole in the head, imagine, newport beach, trieste and oxford

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Labrinth - Miracle

Directed by Sacha Barbin
Cinematography by Adolpho Veloso
Edited by Basile Belkhiri, Maxime Pozzi Garcia and John Holloway
Graded by Mathieu Caplanne
Produced by : Jules de Chateleux for Division Paris
Produced by Family Production

Cast: Sacha Barbin

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NAMIBIA.

Video about our two week trip to Namibia.

Cast: Joren de Jager

Tags: namibia, Africa, travel, safari, wildlife, gh5, nature, Etosha and travel video

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Vhils - Realm (Shanghai, 2019)

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Lek Chailert: An Unbound Story

Cast: Kelly Guerin

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Unknown Frontiers - NOWNESS

This week we kick off China Wave—our month-long program that puts the spotlight on the rising stars and underground icons using unorthodox yet intimate storytelling techniques to embody modern Chinese culture.

Frontiers is a multisensory feast of music, drag, art and dance, performed by China’s most rambunctious, generation-defining artists. “Chinese youth have all become creators on social media. I started to wonder about the nature of self-expression today, particularly in the field of underground subcultures,” says Roni Shao, the Shanghai director who makes music and youth culture his lifeblood. “When I met these young underground artists I was shocked by their bold souls. Their performances revealed unknown frontiers where emotions explode and flow. They never give in to sugary, gratifying art. Instead, they provoke you. They make you uncomfortable with displays of pain.”

The eight performers featured in this film are as follows:

Absolute Purity is a Shanghai-based experimental post-punk band, known for their explosive sets, who merge melancholic vocals with touches of electronica and psychedelia.

Alex Wang & ChillChill join forces to create a whole new audiovisual landscape. Alex Wang is a Shanghai-based producer, musician, and DJ who creates futuristic club sounds. ChillChill is a 3D artist who uses game engines, algorithms and virtual worlds to explore people's relationships with the internet and reality.

Faded Ghost is the producer/DJ pseudonym of Shanghai-based vocalist ChaCha Yehaiyahan. She is as much at home on the stage at SXSW as in the underground clubs of Beijing. In Frontiers, she performs an ethereal vocal set cross-legged and surrounded by intergalactic flora and fauna.

Hua Who is a practitioner of Shibari, the Japanese art of rope bondage, which has found a new home in China's fetish clubs and queer spaces.

Du Yanhao is a Chinese contemporary dancer and choreographer.

Huang Jiaqi is a model and photographer known for his shy yet expressive aesthetic voice. In Frontiers, he is seen smearing himself with lipstick until his entire face and torso are covered in deep red.

Jia Wei is a Beijing rapper who belongs to Purple Soul, one of the biggest hip hop groups in China. His crew is currently setting the music industry on fire by releasing music with politically sensitive material.

Yi Hao is a makeup artist and drag performer from Chengdu. For this performance, he faces the camera in a resplendent extraterrestrial outfit and wears exaggerated fingertips. His character is then beset by a dark figure that robs him of his clothes, leaving him naked and powerless.

"Give him a mask and he will tell you the truth," says Shao, quoting an old saying. “But I wonder whether the artists wear their masks when performing, or just when they return to everyday life?”

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: Music, Live Performance, Art, Dance and Roni Shao

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Spring Herald - 春天的信使 (2019) 2D Animated Short

Curie Lu

Music: Roy Berardo
Sound Design: Dallas Crane

Watch other films made by my classmates: 2019 CalArts Character Animation Student Films

Cast: Curie Lu

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Hot Dog Hands

This woman can't stop growing fingers.
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MUSIC: Libythth - soundcloud.com/libythth
SOUND MIX: Aidan Reynolds
VOICE of HOT DOG HANDS: Gillian Wallace Horvat

Made at CalArts, 2016

AWARDS AND SCREENINGS:
San Francisco Int'l Film Festival, 2017 - **GRAND JURY, BEST ANIMATED SHORT**
Florida Film Festival, 2017 - **GRAND JURY, BEST ANIMATED SHORT**
Ann Arbor Film Festival, 2017 - **JURY AWARD**
Anim'est Int'l Animation Film Festival, 2017 - **BEST STUDENT FILM AWARD**
Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival, 2017 - **BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM**
GLAS Animation Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
SXSW, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Athens AnimFest, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS), 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Anifilm, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Pictoplasma, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Animafest Zagreb, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Annecy, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Rooftop Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
NW Animation Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Maryland Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Fantoche, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Insomnia Int'l Animation Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Turku Animated Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
MotelX, Lisbon Int'l Horror Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Hayah Shorts Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Encounters Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Ottawa Int'l Animation Festival, 2017 - PANORAMA SELECTION
Ars Independent Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Krok Int'l Animated Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Mill Valley Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
New Orleans Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
STUFF MX Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Internationales Trickfilm-Wochenende, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Klick!, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Primanima World Festival of First Animations, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
AFI Fest, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
GIRAF, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION
Animateka Int'l Animated Film Festival, 2017 - OFFICIAL SELECTION

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