Into the night we go... This mesmerizing new music video short film is available to watch online thanks to Vimeo - it's worth a quick 4 minutes of your time. Meteores is an electro track by Pierre Oberkampf and the short film is animated by filmmakers Agnès Patron and Morgane Le Péchon, made by the French visual studio Eddy. A stunning creation to enjoy this summer. Here's all you need to know going in: "On a cool summer's night, creatures with glowing eyes leave the forest... Four children sneak out of their beds and stars begin to fall from the sky..." This is like nothing I've ever seen before, with such a remarkable style that is so dreamy and entrancing. I want to go run with these animals! I want to float into the sky! All of it fits so perfectly with the music, too, evoking a magical feeling of escape...
- 6/22/2023
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Preschool fare and short-form docs ruled the roost at this year’s MIFA TV pitch session, with more than half the projects boasting episodes running under eight minutes in length, and nearly just as many titles aimed at the under-five crowd.
Of the nine projects pitched, the preschool series “Yukon: The Space Botanist” (pictured) received the most vocal reception, drawing hearty laughs from a room full of buyers and commissioning editors at least three decades older than the show’s intended audience. Produced by Norway’s Imaginær Film, the 3D animated series gives computer graphics a tactile polish, featuring characters surfaced to resemble plastic figurines and background full of physical elements scanned in.
Described as “three good friends floating around in their own corner of the universe,” the show follows Yukon, a human botanist travelling the galaxy to collect rare seeds; Stretch, a fast-talking earthworm turned problem solver; and Bo,...
Of the nine projects pitched, the preschool series “Yukon: The Space Botanist” (pictured) received the most vocal reception, drawing hearty laughs from a room full of buyers and commissioning editors at least three decades older than the show’s intended audience. Produced by Norway’s Imaginær Film, the 3D animated series gives computer graphics a tactile polish, featuring characters surfaced to resemble plastic figurines and background full of physical elements scanned in.
Described as “three good friends floating around in their own corner of the universe,” the show follows Yukon, a human botanist travelling the galaxy to collect rare seeds; Stretch, a fast-talking earthworm turned problem solver; and Bo,...
- 6/19/2022
- by Ben Croll
- Variety Film + TV
We're back with a new installment of Horror Highlights! Today, you can watch the trailer for UK Haunters, read the list of winners from Fantaspoa's digital festival, watch the trailer for Wicked Ones, and find out which special guests are slated for The Last Drive-In's summer special!
UK Haunters: "UK Haunters is a vlog style documentary that explores the UK Haunt scene from the Pov of film maker Dan Brownlie as he opens up the UK haunt scene for the world to view. While shooting a feature film at the London Tombs scare attraction (entitled 'The Tombs'), director Dan Brownlie got a peek into the inner workings of how scare attractions work and some of the tricks of the trade. Bowled over by the ingenuity and inventiveness he decided he needed to know more. After searching for more information Dan found there were no documentaries covering the huge UK scene,...
UK Haunters: "UK Haunters is a vlog style documentary that explores the UK Haunt scene from the Pov of film maker Dan Brownlie as he opens up the UK haunt scene for the world to view. While shooting a feature film at the London Tombs scare attraction (entitled 'The Tombs'), director Dan Brownlie got a peek into the inner workings of how scare attractions work and some of the tricks of the trade. Bowled over by the ingenuity and inventiveness he decided he needed to know more. After searching for more information Dan found there were no documentaries covering the huge UK scene,...
- 8/10/2020
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Chicago – The Chicago International Film Festival is competitive, and the 55th edition presented its awards on October 25th, 2019, at Chez venue in Chicago. The winner of the Gold Hugo as Best International Film was “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” (France), directed by Céline Sclamma.
The 55th Chicago International Film Festival Awards Night was October 25th, 2019
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
The awards were presented by the various jury members in each film category, and were hosed by Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, Managing Director Vivian Teng, as well as programmers Anthony Kaufman and Sam Flancher. The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire,’ (France) Directed by Céline Sclamma
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” (France) Directed by Céline...
The 55th Chicago International Film Festival Awards Night was October 25th, 2019
Photo credit: Patrick McDonald for HollywoodChicago.com
The awards were presented by the various jury members in each film category, and were hosed by Artistic Director Mimi Plauché, Managing Director Vivian Teng, as well as programmers Anthony Kaufman and Sam Flancher. The Festival’s highest honor is the Gold Hugo, named for the mythical God of Discovery.
International Feature Film Competition
‘Portrait of a Lady on Fire,’ (France) Directed by Céline Sclamma
Photo credit: Chicago International Film Festival
The Gold Hugo for Best Film: “Portrait of a Lady on Fire,” (France) Directed by Céline...
- 10/27/2019
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Claire Denis to preside over jury.
Chloe Sevigny, one of the stars of Cannes opening film The Dead Don’t Die, has directed a short that is among the selections that will screen on the Croisette next month.
Sevigny’s 15-minute film is entitled White Echo and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or that president of the jury Claire Denis will hand out on May 25.
The actor-director’s 2016 short Kitty screened in Cannes Critics Week and won the Palme de whiskers, and she also directed the 2017 short Carmen.
Selections include The Van (Albania-France) by Erenik Beqiri; Anna...
Chloe Sevigny, one of the stars of Cannes opening film The Dead Don’t Die, has directed a short that is among the selections that will screen on the Croisette next month.
Sevigny’s 15-minute film is entitled White Echo and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or that president of the jury Claire Denis will hand out on May 25.
The actor-director’s 2016 short Kitty screened in Cannes Critics Week and won the Palme de whiskers, and she also directed the 2017 short Carmen.
Selections include The Van (Albania-France) by Erenik Beqiri; Anna...
- 4/19/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Claire Denis to preside over jury.
Chloe Sevigny, one of the stars of Cannes opening film The Dead Don’t Die, has directed a short that is among the selections that will screen on the Croisette next month.
Sevgny’s 15-minute film is entitled White Echo and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or that president of the jury Claire Denis will hand out on May 25.
The actor-director’s 2016 short Kitty screened in Cannes Critics Week and won the Palme de whiskers, and she also directed the 2017 short Carmen.
Selections include The Van (Albania-France) by Erenik Beqiri; Anna...
Chloe Sevigny, one of the stars of Cannes opening film The Dead Don’t Die, has directed a short that is among the selections that will screen on the Croisette next month.
Sevgny’s 15-minute film is entitled White Echo and will compete for the short film Palme d’Or that president of the jury Claire Denis will hand out on May 25.
The actor-director’s 2016 short Kitty screened in Cannes Critics Week and won the Palme de whiskers, and she also directed the 2017 short Carmen.
Selections include The Van (Albania-France) by Erenik Beqiri; Anna...
- 4/19/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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