Mundane but essential materials like plywood rarely get the recognition they deserve. Why shouldn’t something so ubiquitous and just damn useful get its own short film?
The terrorist attacks on September 11 did more than snuff out the lives of nearly 3000 people. They left many thousands more without fathers, brothers, daughters, sisters, mothers and sons. Will by Eusong Lee poignantly examines what remains for those left behind.
I’m very impressed by Finite Films. They’re a band of filmmakers who produce one Hollywood-level quality short film every month — and each of their short films works within the constraints that people give them on the web.
One of the things I love computers for is how they have democratised the access to things that once were only attainable by a very few. This World War II short film called The German is a perfect example.
Aside from True Grit there hasn’t been a decent Western movie in years. No, Rango was neither a Western nor good, but Little Tombstone, made by students at ESMA Toulouse, makes me long for the days of the Spaghetti Western and shows, once again, why being an Undertaker is the superior career path.
Tropfest, the little Aussie short film festival that has become an international success, is celebrating its 20th year this year. To celebrate, the organisers have decided to host Tropfest screening events in even more locations, including Wollongong and New Zealand.
How much can you say in a single second? Not a lot, sure. But the One-second Film Festival proves video can convey a whole slew of emotions in that length of time. And it’s damn-near made me blubber.
The original Cardboard Warfare? Three and a half minutes of pure paper kickass. Cardboard Warfare 2? Twenty-five minutes of beiged paper, boxed artillery, fly-like-paper planes, bizzaro world fun. It’s the World War II to the original’s World War I.
