MOMA in New York asked itself a question; Is graffiti a misdemeanour art or a full fledged felony? According to the New York State penal code it’s a felony. According to MOMA it’s art. Now, the boys from GraffitiResearchLab sold a piece to MOMA that might just eliminate graffiti’s malicious intent to damage (making it … Continued
Director Garth Jennings, famous for beautiful music videos like Fatboy Slim’s Right Here, Right Now and REM’s Imitation of Life (we have them right here for you) has made a feature film called Son Of Rambow. It’s a semi-autobiographical movie about two schoolboys who make their own camcorder version of the 1982 hit movie Rambo: … Continued
We were struck by the strong graphic qualities of Schrdinger’s Room – a short, heavily post-produced film, published under a Free Art license. When we took a closer look at the film, we found that it has a deeper philosophical, existentialist layer. It was made by the twenty-something French artist Sthane Drouot, who operates under … Continued
Some 30 US pop stars and other celebs joined forces to support the Barack Obama presidential campaign. The initiative, which is proving incredibly viral, did not come from the Obama team, but from Black Eyed Peas front man will.i.am, who wrote a song ‘Yes We Can’ based very literally on Obama’s New Hampshire speech. On … Continued
The wonderful, rich and colorful animated title sequence for the contemporary fairy tale Mr. Magoriums Wonder Emporium was created by the American creative studio Reel FX. Reel FX recently launched their new title design division and this is their first opener, which is laden with imagery inspired by toy packaging of days-gone-by. Title director Danny … Continued
We’ll be presenting the MiniMovies project at the upcoming International Film Festival Rotterdam. On the morning of the 27th of January you can see Safety First, Dream City and the world premiere of the latest MiniMovie Dear Oprah. Director Kasper Verkaik travelled all across the USA in his old motor home in search of America’s … Continued
A short biopic about a pig, from its pen to your plate Reading like a pig’s biography backwards, Biopig is both confrontational and graphic, but also very well put together, stylistically superb and straight to the point. Jorien blurs the borders between reality and fiction just slightly so as to further investigate our cultural habit … Continued
Apparently there’s not one but four Lorenzo Fonda’s in Italy, and they’re all making stuff. The Lorenzo Fonda we interviewed is a young director who is passionate about skateboarding and who says he owes everything to it. Much like Mike Mills and Spike Jonze a generation before him, skating has a profound influence on his … Continued
Another old school Submarine Channel project from 2003. There’s never been a better time to be a geek. After decades, if not centuries, of persecution, ridicule and never, ever getting the girl, geeks are hot. They are on the covers of magazines, win awards at the Oscars and the Grammy’s, eat at the best tables … Continued
Pause – Freezing Music Video Culture is the first edition of our curated music video platform. Built in 2002, it was replaced by 2Pause in 2009. A spin-off of the Exploding Cinema 2002 program curated by Submarine founder Femke Wolting for the 31st International Film Festival Rotterdam, Pause is an online jukebox introducing the web … Continued
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