Did you know that the most memorable scene from Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, in which Travolta injects adrenaline into the heart of a woman who overdosed, is based on a true story? It happened to Steven Prince. In ’78, Martin Scorsese made a movie about his friend, Prince, whose life was more fascinating than what any … Continued
If your Internet search history was exposed to the world, what would it say about you? I Love Alaska is the audio-visualization of three months of search queries by AOL user #711391. Combining a digital voice and soothing Alaskan nature shots, artist duo Lernert Engelberts and Sander Plug reveal the yearnings of a conflicted housewife … Continued
SHOWstudio updates (well, sort of) Submarine Channel’s 2005 documentary and website “Viktor & Rolf: “Because We’re Worth It” with a website where you can watch a series of videos captured during the festival week of the duo’s past Summer show at London’s Barbican Art Gallery. There’s an interview with the two designers and videos of … Continued
During a routine check, those hard working Chinese censors found some videos on the DVD to be included with the Hoogerbrugge monograph, too offensive. Co-Publisher BIS had to switch to another DVD replicator at the last minute and found one in less restrictive Hong Kong. We are left guessing what part of the DVD they … Continued
“Molotov Alva took us on an incredible journey… Now it’s your turn to show us “Your virtual Life”. This is the tagline of the Molotov Alva Machinima Contest that just launched on Machinima.com. The idea is that you create a machinima video using your favourite video game or virtual world, and blow everyone’s minds. Cinemax … Continued
Back online on May 8, Molotov Alva and his search for the Creator: A Second Life Odyssey, the first documentary entirely shot within Second Life. Episode 1 of this very first MiniMovie was released online in March 2007 under the title My Second Life and became a smash hit on YouTube virtually overnight, catching the … Continued
Motivoter.com is a blog related to our newest MiniMovie Dear Oprah. The blog is part of director Kasper Verkaik’s bigger mission: to convince Oprah Winfrey to become America’s Ultimate ‘Motivoter’. Verkaik, Dutch journalist, filmmaker, and concerned world citizen, became fascinated by the fact that almost a hundred million Americans don’t vote. He came up with … 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
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