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LIONEL CARUANA – Polymorphia

Couvert de papillonsl’arbre mort est en fleurs.

Insect swarms step into war by disguising themselves as big mammals. Butterflies turn into a lion, bees turn into an elephant.
Reminds me of the way complex shapes are built from simple primitives (usually triangles) in 3D modeling software.
The short film is the work of Lionel Caruana, student of the [...]

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BRENT GUDGEL – Tesfaye

Tesfaye means my hope.

“Faced with the environmental devastation of his homeland, an Ethiopian man takes positive action while searching for hope. “
While a great movie in itself, Tesfaye is a perfect fit for today’s Earth Day. Illustrating the consequences of deforestation (erosion, desertification, and mudslides) and the power of human will, the film makes its [...]

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Office Max: Life is Beautiful

Work can be too.

And the moral is: life is as beautiful as work. Or, at least, that’s what I was able to work out of it. Oh, and rubber band balls are cool. Especially those which grow on trees.
The spot was directed by Ben Go and produced by Jennifer Sofio at Brand New School, Los [...]

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Alela Diane – White As Diamonds

Our lives are buried in snow.

Sometimes life can be as good as it can be. Does this makes any sense to you? I hope so.
Alela Diane Menig is an American singer and songwriter, who is associated with the psych folk and New Weird America musical genres. (Source: Wikipedia)
White As Diamonds is a single taken from [...]

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ANTONIO MUNOZ DE MESA – Primeros auxilios

Egoísmo solidario
Warning: not for the squeamish!

I know people like those.
Primeros Auxilios (First Aid) was written and directed by Antonio Muñoz De Mesa. Cast: Luis Callejo, Chani Marin, Ivan Villanueva, Elisa Matilla.
Conosco gente così.
Primeros Auxilios (Primi soccorsi) è stato scritto e diretto da Antonio Muñoz de Mesa. Cast: Luis Callejo, Chani Marin, Ivan Villanueva, Elisa Matilla.

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Headless Heroes – Just Like Honey

I’ll be your plastic toy.

More nature in here…
The Silence of Love is a themed album of covers, conceived by Eddie Bezalel, helped and produced by Hugo Nicolson, who pulled together the songs and a bunch of musicians (Josh Klinghoffer, Woody Jackson, Joey Waronker, Leo Abrahams, Gus Seyffert) to play on it, all topped off with [...]

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The Bowerbirds – In our Talons

We’re only human;this at least we’ve learned.

“The video takes the visual spectacle of a nature documentary and puts it into a stop-motion animated world. We explore 3 magical creatures from 3 different lands, equally beautiful yet doomed by the hand of man.” (Source: MySpace)
Bowerbirds are a nu-folk band from Raleigh, North Carolina. The band members [...]

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DAIKI AIZAWA – Loop Pool

“The mechanisms of the animal food chain as observed around a forest pond.”
A short film by Daiki Aizawa illustrating “the eternal tale of life with an enchanting harmony between image and music.”
“Il ciclo della catena alimentare animale osservato nei pressi di un lago nella foresta.”
Un corto di Daiki Aizawa che illustra “l’eterna trama della vita [...]

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Smilefaucet: Chance

Oh, not the flower, not the flower…
Opening sequence for Smilefaucet’s 2008 short film event and DVD release, Chance.
Made at EatDrink.
Oh, il fiore no, il fiore no…
Sequenza d’apertura per Chance, rassegna (e DVD) di corti di Smilefaucet per il 2008.
Opera di EatDrink.

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DOWNLOAD (HI RES): Scarica Chance.[Format: MPEG-4 - Size: 9 MB - Running Time: 1 [...]

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TAKASHI TANIGUCHI – Mr. Ando of the Woods

Humans are the cancer of the Earth.

“Mr. Bear, Mr. Bee and the old Mr. Turtle suspect Mr. Ando the penguin of being a human in disguise. Until the day Ando becomes their savior…”
A grotesque tale of the forest, directed by Takashi Taniguchi, a student of the Kyushu University. In fact there ain’t much animation going [...]

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The Local Music Show: The Forest Ensemble

The title sequence for The Local Music Show with John Richards which airs on the Seattle Channel.
Directed by Matt Daniels and Sean Pecknold. Illustrations: Isaac S. Novak. Animation: Sean Pecknold and Jonathan Baab. Music by The Fleet Foxes.
Sequenza dei titoli per The Local Music Show con John Richards trasmesso da Seattle Channel.
Diretta da Matt [...]

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ELIZABETH KLEIN – Green to Blue

Stop Global Warming

In the words of the author: “Sometimes the simplest messages are the most powerful, so I’ve tried to present a child-like view of a serious problem.”
Green to Blue is a stop animated short made by Elizabeth Klein for the Climate Matters video contest held by Brighter Planet. It ended at the third place.
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Dans les bras de la femme bionique

I’d like to dedicate this video to Abby Normal and her brain (in a box). The song is by Avec Pas d’Casque, our guests recently.
Music video directed by Joël Vaudreuil and Stéphane Lafleur and produced at Dare To Care Records. Direction of photography: Jonathan Decoste. Editor: Joël Vaudreuil.
Vorrei dedicare questo video ad Abby Normal [...]

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The Lovely Sparrows – Year Of The Dog

Was i the dog you wish you’d always had?

Here goes like: “Time goes by in the year of the dog. Seasons and hearts may change.”
The Lovely Sparrows is the indie band formed in 2005 by singer and songwriter Shawn Jones.
Year of the Dog is featured on their first album, entitled Bury the Cynics and released [...]

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POTA TSENG – Musk

The moon shines in my body, but my blind eyes cannot see it…The musk is in the deer,but it seeks it not within itself: it wanders in quest of grass.
Habir

I run as a musk-deer runsin the shadow of the forestmad with his own perfume.The night is the night of mid-May,the breeze is the breeze [...]

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