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Mr. Wizard: The Legend of Speed

This is the ancient legend of two of the great Malfi ancestors. The two elders travel a great distance to perform their rituals and summon the great spirits all to create a single spool of thread.

This exhilarating amount of weirdness is the work of Sam Borkson and Arturo Sandoval III from Friends with You and of Julian Pablo Manzelli, done for Nike Lab in 2002.

Director of Photography: Andres Sanchez. 3D and Special Effects: Jonathan Garun. Sound Design: Mariano Dabini.

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Levity

Two children escape the war-torn ruins of a city in a surreal and whimsical game of tag.

This is one of those films where you really don’t care about technicalities. As they use to say: it strikes a chord.

Levity is a short film by Gus Trauth, Jordan Held and Adam Lukas, completed as an undergraduate animation at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The authors work now as a collective under the name MoreFrames.

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Xcentric: Arrebatado

Xcentric is an organization that pursues the conservation and distribution of experimental cinema through the CCCB in Barcelona. They organized an exhibition of spanish experimental cinema in Spain called From Ecstacy to Rapture, 50 years of the other Spanish Cinema.

The trailers for the six sections of the exhibition have been designed and directed by Dvein.

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She Who Measures: Making the Clown Scene

Here’s an interesting look behind the creation of a trippy scene of She Who Measures, an animated short film by Veljko Popović, where the camera goes inside the clown leading the parade (I’m not telling you from where the camera enters…)

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Simulacra

Simulacra is a “futuristic imagining of narcissistic duplication by industrial means”, short film by Violet Suk and Martin Koch.

The film was presented at Tekko 2003 exhibition as their interpretation of the theme Future Beautiful.

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Mon(s)tre

A short tale, a strange forest where time is stopped, a young girl, a magic watch, and the guardian of this petrified world.

Mon(s)tre is a metaphorical tale told by five students of Lisaa: Geoffroi Ridel, Daphné Parrot, Yann Poyac, Charles Schneck, Anthony Le Saoût. Music: Joséphine Stephenson.

The film (whose title plays on the French words for clock and monster) blends beautiful 2D and 3D animation with a clockwork storytelling. Enjoy, possibly more than once to appreciate the amazing quantity of details.

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Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros – Kisses Over Babylon

In the second part of SALVO!, Edward (Alex Ebert) is arrested by two Minors (police from Ursa Minor, played by David Strathairn and Stephen Mendillo) for the murder of his own father, and taken to a water-labor prison where he reunites with Brother (Orpheo McCord) his long-ago friend.

The music video was directed by Isaiah Seret and produced at The Masses. Director of photography: Eric MacIver. Visual effects: Benjamin Kutsko.

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Riserva Total: Species of Drivers

Here’s a series of seven online videos made by Abstract Groove for oil company Total. Producer: Mauro Mastronicola. Creative agency: DLVBBDO. Music: Franky B.

The stories were created aiming “to obtain a surreal, ironic (but warm and natural at the same time) low-fi look mixing live action with 2D animation, stop motion and 3D.”

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Himani: Fast Relief

The cities are living things. But the city of Mumbai, in India, has taken this fact to the next level. At least in this commercial for a pain relief ointment.

The spot has been directed by Ram Madhvani and produced by Manoj Shroff at Equinox.

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Bric à Brac

The tragicomic story of two automata made up (as well as every other thing around them) of spare parts. They seem to enjoy experimenting with the musical capabilities of their bodies…

The short animated film is the work of Emeline Degand and Maud Bourotte, two students at the EESA (now École Georges Méliès).

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Goldfish – Fort Knox

One thing is trying to give life to a goldfish, another one is to bring the dead to life. That’s Frankenstein territory. Trespass at your own risk…

Goldfish is Dominic Peters and David Poole, previosuly here with Soundtracks and Comebacks. The music video has been directed and animated by Mike Scott. Photography: Ross Hillier.

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ROB SHAW – The Machine

The man was bored, so he made the machine. The man made the machine to be bigger, stronger and faster. When he was finished, he sent the machine out into the world.

The Machine is a short animated film has been written and directed by Rob Shaw (of Bent). Narration by Andrea Schuch. Animation: Rob Shaw and Sarah Hulin.

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Dead Man’s Bones – Dead Hearts

Dead Hearts is featured on the debut album by Dead Man’s Bones, the musical project of actors Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl) and Zach Shields.

The video has been directed by Dead Man’s Bones. Production design by Robot Chicken’s Jed Hathaway. Produced by: Kathleen Heffernan.

The kinetic sculpture, entitled Machine with Wishbone, is the work of Arthur Ganson.

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The Crown Jewel

Food is the Key to Survival

“Becoming less dependent on what the government decides to feed us, becoming more self sufficient and supportive of our independent growers and local farms.”
The Crown Jewel is a short movie by Babe Elliott Baker and Greg Herman, made to promote We Are Green TV. The film was an entry in [...]

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VIFF 2009: Sexuality

“The following film may contain scenes of sexuality. Or scenes that make you question your own sexuality. Or the sexuality of the person who recommended the movie. Or sexuality altogether…”

A weird spot directed by Tim Godsall and produced at Biscuit and OPC. Creative agency: TBWA. Editor: Geoff Hounsell at Arcade Edit. Visual effects: Airship. Telecine: Company 3. Audio: Beacon Street Studios and Pinewood Sound.

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