The Berlinale Talent Campus devoted no less than three of their panel discussions to help initiate young filmmakers into the still murky waters of producing a cross-media project. One of Submarine‘s chiefs, Bruno Felix, exec producer of Collapsus was invited to speak in the first session of the panel about cross-media storytelling. Having a sublime … Continued
Reporting live and direct from Berlinale 2011, we bring you a fresh dollop of our old buddy Miranda July, in the form of her spanking new feature, The Future. This morning’s European premiere at the Palast theater (a.k.a Berlinale’s sumptuous red-carpet zenith) hosted a packed audience of frantic July-worshippers – and judging by the minimal … Continued
In 2011, 3D is still the new black, and coming soon to your iPhone, thanks to Japanese media artist Jitsuro Mase. Mase invented a neat little add-on called i3DG that transforms your iPhone into a handheld 3D entertainment device. The charming accessory is remarkably lo-fi and snuggles nicely onto your iPhone‘s screen, where its three … Continued
Oh we just love communicating through vlogs, webcams and YouTube! So it’s only natural that we’re seeing a mega influx of Extreme Film/Music Video Make Overs (a.k.a. re-edits of already used footage with the purpose of turning things around into something completely different).
Amsterdam’s international documentary mega-fest IDFA introduces, for the first time in the history of humanity, a brand new award for its interactive / new media / transmedia / crossmedia (oh whatevs!) program: IDFA DocLab. PROOF that interactive storytelling is no longer the subordinate sidekick of traditional formats. Huzzah! The three jury members are hotshot veterans … Continued
Yay! DocLab opened in our lovely town of Amsterdam last night. What’s DocLab? Oh it’s only the most splendid interactive new media non-fiction program ever! Hosted by none other than IDFA, the world’s biggest (and most magnificent!) documentary festival… The opening shindig featured a darling donkey that visits old folks’ homes; a poetic masterpiece on … Continued
The parallel virtual universe of Second Life and its cohorts, once served to provide a custom-made existence free of all earthly worries and woes; an artificial alternative for our not-so-interesting lives. SubmarineChannel’s very own spy, Molotov Alva first introduced us to this fascinating universe, and we took the adventure one step further in our documentary … Continued
Animations rock! But we already knew that, and so did you. The mighty film selectas in Cannes, however, are only just beginning to grasp this it seems. As someone mentioned in an opening speech at the Semaine de la Critique’s launch party, it was Logorama’s winning the Oscar for short animation feature that encouraged the … Continued
Film festivals, once the glamorous, red-carpet domain of exclusive, silverscreen show-casery, are starting to innovate in the ways they communicate with their increasingly diverse audiences. As the digital era takes hold, festivals serve not only to celebrate the movie medium, but also to produce their own audio-visual content through promos, contests and wacky side projects … Continued
Jay! We are in Cannes! Here to extend our periscope into the unknown territories of the films of tomorrow. Thanks to a very cool workshop, the International Network of Young Cinema, Nisi Masa, gave us the chance to attend. We’ll be sneak previewing a series of innovative film-directors and projects. Maybe, hopefully catch an upcoming … Continued
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