Moulton Bicycle Company – Made in England
Moulton Bicycle Company is an established manufacturer of 50 years and still very much family-run with the highly respected engineer and nonagenarian Dr. Alex Moulton, still watching over the development of new ideas and improvements to these innovative machines. Made in England is a short film that takes a look behind the scenes and meet … Read more
New York Park
Argentina’s Black Sheep Films are back with another brilliant video turning a city into a theme park. After the excellent Inception Park in their hometown of Buenos Aires, filmaker and director Livschitz Fernando has performed the same creative magic with New York Park. The fictional amusement park right across New York sees major landmarks taken … Read more
Tilt-shift film makes Sweet Spain miniature
There is something about tilt-shift films turning everything miniature that grabs you and won’t let you go. Joerg Daiber, CEO of spoonfilm in Berlin shot ‘Sweet Spain’ in Seville, Madrid and El Chorro as part of the company’s Vimeo Awards nominated Little Big World series capturing some of the world’s most picturesque scenes in miniature.
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis is a stunning short film from London based directors Luke White and Remi Weekes, otherwise known as their collective force Tell No One. The film starring Anna Friel and Ed Speleers retells Titian’s Metamorphosis for The National Gallery, London. The film coincides with the current Metamorphosis: Titian 2012 exhibition that features new work by … Read more
For Those Lost, Just Not Forgotten
The poem, ‘For Those Lost, Just Not Forgotten’ by New York-based Brazilian Chateau Bezerra, has been visualised by the award-winning American director Cole Webley. The result is a stunning representation, that mixed with Adam Taylor’s music, captures Bezerra’s sad, lonely, longing words so perfectly. Enjoy… In the vacuum of leaving and being left, People are made. … Read more
Shia LaBeouf strips for Sigur Rós ‘Fjögur píanó’
Icelandic experimental rock group Sigur Rós have given a dozen film makers the same modest budget and asked them to create whatever comes into their head when they listen to songs from the band’s new album ‘valtari’. ‘The valtari mystery film experiment‘ the idea is to bypass the usual artistic approval process and allow people … Read more
The Skatorialist
Directed by Singapore resident Juffrie Friday, The Skatorialist sees a skateboarder take to Singapore’s Central Business District armed with just a board and decked out in a flashy suit. The Business District is the beating heart of Singapore’s economy and home to 176,000 workers; the area is constructed with marble ledges, stairs and there are banks … Read more
Amnesty International – Ink
The latest film directed by Danakil for Amnesty International, entitled ‘Ink’, is a visually compelling story symbolising the power of signatures as a weapon to protect victims. The film highlights this by making pen ink a torturer’s nightmare. Cyrille de Vignemont and Wanda Productions send the message that a pen can be stronger than a … Read more
Brussels Express
Belgium filmmaker, Sander Vandenbroucke has produced a stunning short documentary ‘Brussels Express’ telling the tale of bike messengers in Brussels. Despite being the home to the European Parliament and forward-thinking legislation, the city remains somewhat in the dark ages and is the most congested city in Europe with only 4% cycling traffic. ‘Brussels Express’ is … Read more
Inside the New York Times ‘Lively Morgue’
As today’s media has turned more and more focused on digital content, it is good to hark back to the good old days of ink all over your fingers and treating a print newspaper with the respect it deserved, unless you are reading the Daily Star, of course. Print archives that were once the heart … Read more
Sidewalk Talk
Sidewalk Talk is a project from Danish photographer Jonas Normann who started it to tell his story of the people and faces he met on the street. Normann takes photos of new people everyday from every walk of life, getting to know people who under other circumstances would never have talked to him, let alone have their photo taken. … Read more
Holi Festival of Colours
The Hindu Holi Festival of Colours held predominately in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan is not one of the most religious of festivals, but it is probably the most vibrant and colourful. The celebration of the start of spring sees thousands of Hindus create a rainbow cloud by lighting bonfires and throwing scented, coloured powder and … Read more
Eirik Evjen – Miniature Oslo
Photographer Eirik Evjen has took to the rooftops of his home town Oslo in Norway and created a brilliant video, ‘Tiny Capital’ made out of 76,940 single photos. Using a tilt-shift lens, Evjen’s work has the feel of watching a load of miniatures – but it is all real. The photos have all been painstakingly edited together … Read more
Steve Hershon – The Hands of Hollywood
There are a host of unsung heroes in Hollywood, the make-up, the runners, the guy making tea for all the actors and not to forget the stunt double, or for that the hand model. Directed by Ryan Palmieri, a new short documentary film showcases and celebrates the true story of the meteoric rise and fall … Read more
Art with Social Conscience – Hugh Leeman
This brilliant new video by San Francisco-based French videographer Clemence Demerliac on art with a social conscience features an interview with street artist Hugh Leeman. The beautifully shot video showcases Leeman’s diverse work on social projects and advertising for the homeless through his billboard takeovers and his not-for-profit inner city t-shirt project. In removing ad … Read more
Gimme The Loot – Indie Grafitti Film Is Talk Of SXSW
The debut feature, ‘Gimme the Loot’ from New York filmmaker and director Adam Leon, saw its world premiere at the SXSW Festival to a rousing reception from the watching gallery. With a miniscule budget, the film showed what brilliant talent was harboured on the streets on New York. Produced by Dominic Buchanan, Natalie Difford and … Read more
Bon Iver – Towers (Video)
Bon Iver are one of the greatest acts out there at the moment, their melodic indie folk pop is a regular stayer on my weekly playlist and Towers, the band’s forthcoming release since their Grammy win, has been there for weeks and weeks. The stunning cinematography by Nabil Elderkin, a Los Angeles-based director and photographer … Read more
Oscars 2012 – The Winners
The 84th Academy Awards at the Hollywood and Highland Center has now finished and the after parties are in full flow. The night belonged to Martin Scorsese’s 3D kids fantasy Hugo and French black and white silent movie, The Artist, both finishing the evening with five Oscars each. There were tears and of course, ridiculousness … Read more
Omer Ben David – For The Remainder
‘For The Remainder’ is a short animated film by Omer Ben David as his graduation project from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Israel. The beautifully crafted, atmospheric piece that tells the story of an old house cat who bids farewell to his home, his owner and the world he used to know. Using a 3-D … Read more
A Story For Tomorrow (Video)
Rhode Island production company Gnarly Bay Productions, has released a incredibly beautiful video of a couple traveling through Chile and Patagonia, entitled ‘A Story For Tomorrow’. The film of company co-owner Dan Riordan and girlfriend Nina through their five week journey asks the question, “is it possible to be happy with this life?” “Did you … Read more
