SHOWCASE
SHOWCASE
The Ballad of Holland Island House by Lynn Tomlinson
2016-02-03
The living textures, subtle colors and soft flowing dreamlike animation of Lynn Tomlinson’s film perfectly express sentiment and attachment to place and the weaving and weathering of memory over time. The transporting sound design sweeps us through the years as well. She composed lyrics of the period-based ballad for the film. Read on to watch
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Los Aeronautas by León Fernández
2016-01-25
Latin America is the birthplace of magical realism and it is certainly alive and well with this transporting dreamscape by León Fernández of the Guadalajara-based powerhouse Outik Animation. Rita Basulto, another member of Outik, won an Ariel for her moving short about a little girl dealing with grief, “Lluvia en los Ojos.” Juan J. Medina,
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The Invisibles by Alter Eddie
2016-01-18
Hardship of spareness is often its own spiritual guidance in both life and art. This truly arresting short by Edgar Alvarez provokes us to reexamine both. Subtle gesture is king in this piece of attention warping filmic bravado. Alvarez masterfully plays with scale, the pace and relation of time, depth of field and visceral perceptions-
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Visual Beat by Max Moertl
2016-01-12
A sultry cybernetic piece from Max Moertl for the award winning interactive music video app he created, ‘Visual Beat’. We have followed the Hamburg native from his student days. Still quirky and inventive, his work only gets more refined. No app-rehensions about this rising star, only kudos to the Max!
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Kubo and the Two Strings by Laika
2016-01-04
While CG is indeed a refined animation technology, Hollywood is increasingly recognizing the power of stop-mo to subtly portray story, wordlessly engage emotion and directly transport us into fabulously crafted alter-realities that we can almost touch and feel. Laika, maker of Coraline, Paranorman and Boxtrolls, has once again taken on another jaw dropping project with
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