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RANSOM RIGGS – Portable Living Room

Hi Grandma!

“When a young boy (Justin Marco) finds himself stuck at Grandma (Phyllis Friedel) house for the weekend, there’s only one way out”: the hallucinogenic power of granny’s feet.
Written and directed by Ransom Riggs. Produced by Soo Hugh and Kenneth Segna. Production design: Tom Lisowski.
Director of photography: Nelson Cragg. Editor: Tom Gould. Art direction: Natalie [...]

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SYLVAIN MARC – La soupe à l`engrais

Vraiment très petite!

Eat and you’ll grow up…
La soupe à l’engrais (Fertilizer Soup) is a short student film made by Sylvain Marc in 2005 (while at Gobelins) in one month, for show on a children TV channel on the theme, “When I’ll grow up”.
Music: Marmouzet. Sound editor: Olivier Crouet. Voice: Simon Ballester. Sound design: David Goldenberg.
An [...]

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BRANDON McCORMICK – The Watchmaker’s Son

Somewhere between a tock and a tick,When a boy became a man in a day.The Watchmaker learned that his father was sick,Years after inheriting his trade.

“A fairy-tale about the desire to love and be loved, all while pursuing our own emperors gold watch.”
A Burton-esque short film directed by Brandon McCormick, produced at Whitestone.
Cast: Zachary Burke [...]

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TERRI TIMELY – Cecil

Bodybuilder

It’s the Wiil of emotions…
Hard to explain the film in words. It must be seen and appreciated, which hopefully should be an easy game.
A short film directed by Terri Timely (that is Corey Creasey and Ian Kibbey).
Cast: Geoff Hasbrook is Cecil; Patricia Callas is his mother; Ivan Spane is Victor; Dorothy Endow is the nurse.
Director [...]

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JORDAN LAMARRE-WAN – Ka-boom

HD Video available in the underneath links

Don’t judge a book by its wrinkles…
kaBOOM is a short film animated and directed by Jordan Wan, his Graduate film at Sheridan College. Music by Brian Seligman.
Enjoy this feast of good design in High Definition. I’m signing off for today…
Non giudicare un libro dalle sue rughe…
kaBOOM è un corto [...]

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Ed Rondthaler on English Spelling

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If you thought english spelling was way sick, this short segment will change your mind: in fact, it’s totally fucking crazy.
This is kind of a teaser for a longer movie which is being finished by Erich Weiss for House Industries.
It features 102 year old “Ed Rondthaler, living legend, former president of the American Literacy Council, [...]

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H&R Block: Paperman Story

Need some help?

Once he was blind but now he can see he was just covered in sheets of paper all over.
The spot has been directed by Nic Finlayson and produced by Phil Liefting at Film Construction.
Executive producer: Roy De Giorgio. Director of photography: Ian Paul. Editor: Sam Brunette.
Creative agency: Razor Junior, Sydney. Creative director: Josh [...]

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Underøath: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures

Oh, God the noise! Is ringing in my ear.It’s so unclear. (so unclear)I hear them talking.But can’t make out the words.

A fuzzy monster steal a package from the mouth of a sleeping kid, who will chase the little bastard into the realm of… Dreams? Nightmares? Spirit?
Underøath is a Christian “new metal” band from Tampa, Florida, [...]

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One 1ife

Old man look at my life,I’m a lot like you were.
HD Video available in the underneath links.

It’s the good old “your life flows through your eyes at the moment of death” cliche, but very well done.
One Life is a short animation produced by a group of 7 students over the last 10 months, during their [...]

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MATT WHITE – The Old Man Who Cried Shark

Shaaaaark!

“When a lonely old man is convinced he’s seen a shark in his freshwater pond in Pennsylvania, his struggle to kill the beast and prove his sanity creates havoc for his family.”
A nice student movie written, directed and produced by Matt White while at Tisch School of the Arts.
Editor was Mike Siedlecki. Cast: Ulga Campfield, [...]

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Le nouveau

Christian is the new guy. Eugene, the old one, should train the novice and teach him the job. But, actually, he’s trying to kill him!
The short movie is the work of a team of students of the ESMA: Fanny Dagoumel, Axel Graux, Antony Lacordaire, Gaelle Lefebure.
Christian è quello nuovo. Eugene, il titolare, dovrebbe addestrare [...]

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FURSY TEYSSIER – Tir Na Nog

The short movie “Tir Na Nog” has been realized by Fursy Teyssier at the Emile Cohl school.

Soundtrack: The Slow Wait by The American Dollar. Sound design and mix: Yan Volsy. Voices: Johanna Rousset.

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ONDREJ SVADLENA – Sanitkasan

Fuck off, I’m full!

In the words of film critic Petr Zvonicek, Sanitkasan is a “stridently contemporary story about a self destroying mechanical character and the pathological voraciousness, not only of cyber civilisation, but of our society in general.”
The movie is the work of Czech artist Ondrej Svadlena.
Nelle parole del critico cinematografico Petr Zvonicek, Sanitkasan è [...]

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MANGO CHI – The Drawer of Memory

This really, really, really deserves a better quality clip than this one. I tried to contact the author, but still got no answer. If and when In case I’ll get one, you’ll be the first to know!
It’s the tragic story of “an old woman who stays in the Memory Tower and has a drawer within [...]

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SIGUR ROS – Hoppipolla

Yesterday I posted a music video with some white haired punks. Here’s an earlier clip based on the same idea. Also, is a good excuse to have the Sigur Rós back here.
Released on November 2005, Hoppípolla (Jumping into Puddles) is the second single from their album Takk… (Thanks)
Just like Glósóli, the clip has been directed [...]

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