This is the trailer of the brand-new documentary “Ouwehoeren” by our big sister Submarine. Consider me biased, but it’s a great film about the Fokkens twins – two of the oldest gals working in Amsterdam’s red light district. Directed by Rob Schröder and Gabrielle Provaas.
“Superlectric” is Mr. Henk Loorbach. Remember his finger-flipping video for Kraak en Smaak’s “Squeeze Me“? Go FaceBook
Director Roman Polanski directed Che? in 1972. It’s the last movie he made before heading off to the US to shoot Chinatown – the movie he is now most known for. The subtle and poetic handwritten title sequence for Che? were made by Jean-Michel Folon – a Belgian artist living in France. It’s a lovely … Continued
“It needs to be a ‘you-should-have-been-there’ moment,” was essentially the creative brief of the annual Playgrounds Digital Arts Fest to design studio HEYHEYHEY. Together they came up with the idea to do a Live Titles Show wherein the speakers would perform their own titles. An extremely stressful but very rewarding experience, according to HEYHEYHEY. The … Continued
This special Do It! event revolves around the presentation of three video games developed by visual artists in collaboration with game designers: Sollmann (Part 1: The Harbour) by Marcel van Eeden and Jorrit de Vries FLX. by Han Hoogebrugge and Sander van der Vegte StyleClash – The Painting Machine Construction Kit by Jochem van der … Continued
New on Watch the Titles: Magic Trip – Ken Kesey’s Search for a Cool Place Imaginary Forces art director Karin Fong directs the main titles and special sequences for Magic Trip – a movie about Ken Kesey‘s legendary, LSD-infused 1964 road trip from California to New York. Fong visualizes Kesey’s altered state of mind. But … Continued
The Sun is the seventh video Special Problems have made for The Naked and the Famous, a continuation of their long time collaboration which includes all band-related artwork, as well as the fab music videos. From the press release: The clip depicts the euphoric intimacy between lovers (who are an actual couple, in case you’re … Continued
Update: Lees het verslag van Lisette Blokland van deze presentatie op Dutch Cowboys (in Dutch, sorry) Submarine Channel co-founder Bruno Felix will present a special Submarine evening at the Netherlands Film Festival. As you probably know, transmedia is the latest, greatest buzzword in today’s film biz, and everyone wants a piece of whatever it is. … Continued
Where better to ensure your dinner is still alive than the Fishing Restaurant where you can catch your own (FYI staff are on hand to disembowel)? Fish cruelty and fish devotion go hand-in-hand in this week’s featured Minimovie is Being a Fish in Japan (2010) by Mischa Kamp and Mascha Halberstad. Fish is an important … Continued
Seasons’ “Of Our Discontent” is a low budget, CG-infused, shot-in-LA mini-movie about Vera (Mahaley Manning of “Easy A”), a girl with speakers in her skin and no volume knob to control the music she’s constantly emitting. Vera’s “electro-acoustically challenged” condition is deeply unsettling, but she eventually finds a soulmate during a nightly downtown stroll. “The … Continued
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