Take a minute to enjoy Naked Love: a new online destination exploring the twisted truths of modern-day love in all their gritty glory, on the super-slick website of Robert Redford‘s indie-tastic Sundance Channel. From the mad-as-a-hatter Green Porno antics of Isabella Rosselini to a photo gallery of cult seductresses in the Catherine Deneuve genre, it’s … Continued
David Oreilly, the talented young Irish animator and creator of the insanely popular Octocat series won a Golden Bear in Berlin for his brand-new series ‘Please Say Something‘. Oreilly made 25 episodes of this “30 Second Breakneck Heartbreak Uncut Turbodrama” which premiered this month at the Berlin Film Festival.
Who knew that Nigeria’s film industry is the world’s third largest after (positions disputable) Bollywood and Hollywood? A Sundance highlight this year was documentary Nollywood Babylon, which celebrates the heady blend of Pentecostalism and voodoo unique to a wildly popular, straight-to-video B-movie genre that is taking Nigeria by storm. Set to a score of 70s … Continued
With Sundance drawing to a close, we had a little dig around for other events that can distract/inspire us as we wait for summer. Our findings reveal that there’s all sorts to look forward to between now and May, not least the following acronym-tastic selection (apologies for the Northern Euro-centric bias):
It’s always gratifying when a graphic super-whizz gets his or her work animated by some kindly motion talent. Steven Harrington, known and loved for his Cali-flavored rock album-cover surrealism, teamed up with Karla Carnewal to bring us “A Two Part Invention of the Universe”. Screening at Sundance 09, the stop motion piece features rotating teepees … Continued
Alexandre Brachet is a Paris-based e-producer and director of experimental, cross-media production studio Upian. A luminary in the world multi-platform documentaries, he merges cutting-edge technology and traditional techniques to break new ground in made-for-broadband story-telling. We managed to corner him after an inspirational presentation at the very first edition of the International Documentary Film Festival‘s … Continued
About 3 weeks ago we wrote about the 2008 Mackie Winners – the Machimima Filmfests’ awards for the best Machinima films of the year. We loved the winning video – a beautiful, moving, surreal short film The Ship – so we got in touch with the guy who made it: Egils Mednis. The Latvian machinimaker … Continued
The Mackies are the awards for the best Machinima productions of the year, chosen by a jury composed of 31 experts from the worlds of machinima, new/cross/mixed media, music, film and the arts. 12 movies were awarded on November 3rd during the Machinima Filmfest 2008. Here’s the list of the winning machinimas with links to … Continued
What is it with Germans and red balloons? Ballooon Project: Berlin is part of the Disposable Film Festival online program, and features a video camera (type: unkown) tied to a bunch of red balloons that is set free to capture scenes of a rainy Berlin from on high, while the filmmakers cycle around the city … Continued
The world’s first film festival to take place exclusively online, the Streaming Festival has taken giant steps since SubmarineChannel collaborated with them for their first edition back in 2006. In a technological feat that will baffle even seasoned databassists, the festival streams 190 films by over 100 artists arranged into 14 prêt-à-regarder program streams, from … Continued
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