Sundance 2017: How Embarrassing To Be Human

 

Black Holes is a satirical animated series about space conquest, the meaning of life and proctology. It chronicles the journey of Dave The Astronaut and his partner, an intelligent melon, as they embark on the first ever human mission to Mars.

This short film is a proof of concept whoch premiered at Sundance 2017. Available w/ French, Spanish subtitles.

Lucia, before and after

Video: Almost freedom

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Are GPS-enabled electronic ankle monitors a humane alternative to incarceration? Or are they privatized, modern-day shackles? In an era where prisons have come home with us, this short film looks into the domestic lives of four GPS-enabled electronic ankle monitors.

Lucia, before and after

Video: Slapper

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Taylah is a rebellious, destitute teen from rural Australian suburbia. After a brief sexual encounter, Taylah must scrape together money for the morning-after pill, before it’s too late. As she hustles for the cash, Taylah is also stuck babysitting a wild and uncooperative five-year-old, Vegas. Taylah’s wits are tested as she navigates a suburban wasteland, determined to not let poverty strip her of her bodily autonomy.

”Slapper” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/staff-pick-premiere-slapper

Lucia, before and after

Video: Under The Rope

Video: Under The Rope

Video: Under The Rope

https://vimeo.com/smulvaney/undertherope

’Under The Rope’ is a short documentary about inspirational female Muay Thai fighter Sylvie Von Duuglas-Ittu and the story of how a feminist from the U.S.A. fell in love with a foreign community that has gender inequality at the core of its values.

A film by Simon Mulvaney
Web: smulvaney.tv
Instagram: instagram.com/smulvaneytv
Facebook: facebook.com/smulvaneytv
Twitter: twitter.com/smulvaneytv

Simon Mulvaney is a location indipendent documentary, commercial, content and music video director, working closely with numerous production companies and clients around the world to deliver atmospheric, energetic and thought-provoking content.

The story of Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu
Web: 8limbs.us
Patreon: patreon.com/sylviemuay
Facebook: facebook.com/sylviemuaythai
Instagram: instagram.com/sylviemuay
Twitter: twitter.com/_ittu

Sylvie is quite possibly the most documented fighter ever, due to the fact that she has taken it upon herself to film and write about her experiences and training in Muay Thai from day one.

Over the past decade, Sylvie has achieved numerous acolades, including a world-record 200 professional fights on Thai soil, ‘Muay Thai Journalist Of The Year’, as well as creating a successful YouTube Channel and blog. She continues to fight frequently in Thailand, but has focused her attention towards archiving some of muay thai’s greatest fighters in the form of video training videos with commentary, whoch you can access via Patreon.

Music: ‘Inanna’ by Armand Amar, from the album ’Moving Music’
Web: armandamar.com
Facebook: facebook.com/armandamar
Spotify: open.spotify.com/user/118999411/playlist/2oVuBXfB1ymjCEwIGa4e12

Special thanks to Master K, Emma Halawi, Allessandra D’Avanzo, Kevin von Duuglad-Ittu, Katrin Amor-Oebel, Thapahae Boxing Stadium, Ed Kiernan & Rosie Brown, Yakkao Boxing & The Gate Films
Camera: Sony A7sii, Canon 24-70mm f2.8 lens, Metabones EF to E-Mount adaptor, Tiffen VND filter, DJI Mavic Pro
Post Production: Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2017

 

Lucia, before and after

Video: Ants Song

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drama, 2014
Director, artist, animation – Sasha Svirsky.
Composer, music, sound – Grigory Shmidko
Music – Grigory Mumrikov

Synopsis:
Dramatic story of a man and a woman who had a short but torrid love affair. The affair had high consequences – the young woman was pregnant and dreamt to get married with the father of a future baby, but the man chose a not young but roch bride instead of her. To hide his relationship with the young woman he went in for a terrible act. Some ants became witnesses of that act. As time passes the ants stop being just witnesses and following their instincts and laws known only to them they rule the destinies of the characters and redress an injustice.

Festival list:
Vkratze Short Film Festival, Volgograd, Russia, March 2014 – The second prize
Future Film Festival, Bologna, Italy, April 2014 – competition program
Kinolikbez Short Film Festival, Barnaul, Russia, May 2014 – The best animation film
8th Tarkovsky Film Festival THE MIRROR, Ples-Ivanovo, Russia, June 2014 – special program
Insomnia Animation Film Festival, Moscow, Russia, July 2014 – The third prize
12th Fantoche Animation Film Festival, Baden, Switzerland, September 2014 – competition program
FestAnca, Animation Film Festival, Bratislava, Slovakia, June 2014 – special program
FIA Animation Film Festival, Montevideo, Uruguay, September 2014 – competition program
7th Banja Luka, Animation Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina, October 2014 – competition program
Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia, October 2014
Anilogue International Animation Festival, Budapest, Hungary, November 2014 – competition program
18th Holland Animation Film Festival, Utrecht, Netherland, March 2015 – competition program
19th Open Russian Festival of Animated Film, Suzdal, Russia, March 2015 – competition program
17th Mecal, International short film festival Barcelona, Spain, May 2015 – competition program
18th edition of the International Short Film Festival Barcelona Mecal Pro, Santiago de Chile, 2015
World Festival of Animated Film Varna, Bulgaria, September 2015 – competition program
International Animated Film Festival KROK, Moscow-S.Petersburg, Russia, September 2015
LIAF, London, UK, December 2015 – competition program