Posts Tagged ‘Films’
Watching You: Intriguing Lesbian Short Films
Watching You: Intriguing Lesbian Short Films
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This exciting collection brings together some of the best lesbian shorts from around the world, included on both the VHS & DVD versions of this film: 4PM (Dir. Sam Backhurst, UK 14 min) Humorous tale of a one-night stand that goes horribly wrong. Winner of Best Girls Short – Melbourne Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Bare (Dir. Deborah Strutt, Australia, 9 min) A hot on-night stand ignites a whole neighborhood of passion and romance. Winner of Best International Short – Brussels International Film Festival. Interviews With My Next Girlfriend (Dir. Cassandra Nicolaou, Canada 13 min) A very particular single woman screens future prospects in a hilarious interview process. Winner of Best Comedy – PlanetOut.com/HBO Short Movie Awards. Watching You (Dir. Stephanie Abramovich, Israel 32 min) A lesbian’s hobby: photographing a captivating woman neighbor causes trouble with her jealous girlfriend. Winner of Best Lesbian Short Film – Philadelphia Lesbian & Gay Film Festival. Dear Emily (Dir. Katherine Brooks, USA 7 min) Sara recalls the drama of her senior year, and an intense schoolgirl crush. Winner of IFFCON Pitch Contest. The Ten Rules: A Lesbian Survival Guide (Dir. Lee Friedlander, USA 28 min) Takes a look at the pitfalls and pratfalls that happen when your friends aren’t just your friends – they’re also your dating pool. Winner of Audience Award, Best Short Film – Boulder Gay and Lesbian Film Festival. Traveling Companion (Dir. Paula Goldberg, USA 20 min) An upcoming trip to romantic Italy persuades travel writer Helen to tempt fate and place an ad for a traveling companion. Winner of Executive Director’s Award – Newport Beach International Film Festival. Double Entente (Dir. Jacquie Lawrence, UK 11 min) Erotic tension builds when stressed-out Vanessa tries to meet her gorgeous lover Dulcie for an after-work cocktail. Will she settle for a stranger’s touch?
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould
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François Girard originally conceived 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould as a biography to try to explain the bizarre genius of the master pianist who stopped touring in 1963 at the height of his success. The 32 parts play out key moments of Gould’s life without stringing them together. They go from realistic (a scene in a Hamburg hotel in which Gould turns a maid on to the wonder of music) to nihilistic (a segment solely made up of the drugs Gould presumably took). Stratford actor Colm Feore is quite good as the slyly introverted, soft-spoken figure, although this film is more of an examination of loneliness than of music. The key question is, Does this docudrama enlighten us better than a straightforward documentary on Gould would? Probably not. –Doug Thomas
75th Annual Academy Awards Short Films
75th Annual Academy Awards Short Films
- 75TH ANNUAL ACADEMY AWARDS SHORT FILMS (DVD MOVIE)
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Previously screened only at selected theaters across the country, this special collection of OSCAR nominated short films celebrating the 2003 75th Annual ACADEMY AWARDS® is now available to compel and delight the filmmaker and film lover. Best Animated Short Film: The ChubbChubbs! (USA – Columbia – A Sony Pictures Imageworks Production) On a planet in the far reaches of the imagination, clumsy but well-meaning Meeper dreams of entertaining people as an R&B vocalist. But first he must find a way to save the patrons of the Ale-E-Inn nightclub from the vicious and voracious invaders known as the ChubbChubbs. (6 minutes) Other Animated Nominees: Rocks “Das Rad” (Germany – A Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg GmbH Production) Observing the passage of centuries with bewildered fascination, two rock piles comment on the rise and fall of human history. (8 minues) Mike’s New Car (USA – Buena Vista – A Pixar Animation Studios Production) One-eyed Mike from Monster’s Inc drives himself nuts trying to take his friend Sulley for a spin in his new car. (4 minutes) The Cathedral (Poland – A Platige Image Production) A man enters a forest-like cathedral and discovers that the trees are made of people. (6 minutes) Mt. Head “Atama Yama” (Japan – A Yamamura Animation Production) An obsessed loner encounters a hairy problem: the Cherry tree growing out of his head is attracting crowds. (10 minutes) Best Live Action Short Film: This Charming Man “Der Er En Yndig Mand” (Denmark – An M&M Production for Novellefilm Production) Taking advantage of a mix-up at the unemployment office, Lars Hansen becomes Pakistani immigrant El Hassan. Will his masquerade land him a job and the affection of his politically correct school teacher? (29 minutes) Other Live Action Nominees: I’ll Wait for the Next One “J’attendrai Le Suivant” (France – A La Boite Production) A lonely young woman boards the subway and meets a panhandler who’s begging for love rather than money. (4 minutes) Gridlock”Fait D’Hiver” (Belgium – An Another Dimension of an Idea Production) Stick in traffic, a harried businessman calls home on his new cell phone – and dials up a nightmare. (7 minutes) Dog “Inja” (Australia – An Australian Film & Radio School Production) In South Africa, a long-brutalized dog comes between a whie landowner and his black farmhand – with fateful results. (17 minutes) Extra Feature: How To Submit Your Short Film to the Academy – Academy Member and Award-winner for his 1997 live action short film Visas & Virtue, Chris Donahue informs filmmakers and fans of the eligibility rules and procedures for submitting a short film to the Academy for OSCAR consideration.Amazon.com
Short films have their own succinct pleasures, but they’re almost impossible to see outside of occasional festival screenings. So it’s delightful that all of the short animated and live-action films nominated for an Academy Award in 2003 have been packaged together for home viewing. The two American animated shorts are, perhaps unsurprisingly, comic–a Pixar snippet featuring characters from Monsters, Inc. and a clever sci-fi shaggy-dog story (“The ChubbChubbs!,” that year’s animated winner). The foreign entries, in contrast, range from the philosophical (a German entry views human history from the perspective of a rock) to the surreal (from Japan, the story of a miser with a cherry tree growing out of his scalp). The live-action shorts are just as varied; “This Charming Man” (the winning entry, from Denmark) follows a Danish man pursuing love after a bureaucratic mix-up leads him to disguise himself as a Pakistani immigrant. “I’ll Wait for the Next One,” from France, packs heartbreak into four swift minutes; Belgium’s “Gridlock” gives betrayal a dark comic twist; and the Australian short “Dog” offers a potent glimpse of brutality and consequences in South Africa. A substantial selection, each short a dense and satisfying nugget of film. –Bret Fetzer
Making it Big in Shorts: The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide to Short Films – 2nd edition
Making it Big in Shorts: The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide to Short Films – 2nd edition
- ISBN13: 9781932907582
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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First published in 2004, this new and updated edition allows filmmakers to tap into the raw power of the YouTube, MySpace, and iTunes. Generate millions of hits for your short films and learn how you can make money by tapping into the power of the Internet.
Grab a camera, make a short film. Show it at Sundance; show it on YouTube. There’s no limit to what you can achieve by starting small and dreaming big. In easy-to-follow steps, short-film guru Kim Adelman shows you how to achieve your dreams by making that killer short film. Bringing together the artist and business sides of filmmaking, this book gives filmmakers the skills to develop unique shorts that are creatively satisfying and can launch careers.
Making it Big in Shorts: The Ultimate Filmmaker’s Guide to Short Films – 2nd edition
A Collection of 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films
A Collection of 2006 Academy Award Nominated Short Films
- BINTA AND THE GREAT IDEA (BINTA Y LA GRAN IDEA)SPAIN 30 MinutesOscar Nominees: Javier Fesser & Luis MansoBinta, a 7-year-old girl, sets out to change the life of her young cousinERAMOS POCOS (ONE TOO MANY)Kimuak/SPAIN 16 MinutesOscar Nominee: Borja CobeagaWhen his wife leaves him, Joaquin asks his son to help him persuade his mother-in-law to do the housework.HELMER & SONDENMARK 12 Minutes
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Live Action Shorts: West Bank Story (Oscar® Winner), Binta and the Great Idea (Binta Y La Gram Idea),Éramos Pocos(One Too Many), Helmer & Son, The Saviour.
Animated Shorts: The Danish Poet (Oscar® Winner), Maestro.
Bonus Feature Shorts: The Wraith of Cobble Hill, The Passenger, Gentlemen’s Duel, Guide Dogm, One Rat Short Surviving the Rush.
*Compilation and bonus features subject to change.
Michael Jackson – Dangerous: The Short Films
Michael Jackson – Dangerous: The Short Films
- Songs: Black or White , Heal The World (Super Bowl version) , Remeber the Time , Will You Be There , In the Closet , Gone Too Soon , Jam , Heal the World , Give In to Me , Who Is It , Dangerous Format: DVD AUDIO Genre: MUSIC DVD Rating: NR Age: 074644916492 UPC: 074644916492 Manufacturer No: EVD49164
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Songs: Black or White, Heal The World (Super Bowl version), Remeber the Time, Will You Be There, In the Closet, Gone Too Soon, Jam, Heal the World, Give In to Me, Who Is It, Dangerous. 112 minutes.
The Art of Pixar Short Films
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While Pixar Animation Studios was creating beloved feature-length films such as Monsters Inc. Ratatouille and WALLïE it was simultaneously testing animation and storytelling techniques in dozens of memorable short films. Andre and Wally B proved that computer animation was possible; Tin Toy laid the groundwork for what would become Toy Story; and Mike’s New Car exposed Pixar’s finely tuned funny bone. In The Art of Pixar Short Films animation expert and short film devotee Amid Amidi shines a spotlight on these and many more memorable vignettes from the Pixar archive. Essays and interviews illuminate more than 250 full-color pastels pencil sketches storyboards and final rendered frames that were the foundation of Pixar’s creative process.
A Collection of 2007 Academy Award: Nominated Short Films
A Collection of 2007 Academy Award: Nominated Short Films
- The nominated Live Action Shorts:AT NIGHT; Denmark, Oscar Nominees: Christian E. Christiansen & Louise Vesth.Drama, 40 minutes, Danish w/ English subtitlesThree young women share their problems while spending the holidays in a hospital cancer ward.IL SUPPLENTE (THE SUBSTITUTE); Italy, Oscar Nominee: Andrea Jublin.Comedy, 17 minutes, Italian w/ English subtitlesThe arrival of an unusual
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Studio: Magnolia Pict Hm Ent Release Date: 11/25/2008 Run time: 120 minutes
Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1
Pixar Short Films Collection – Volume 1
- Experience these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative minds that brought you TOY STORY, MONSTERS, INC., FINDING NEMO and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages for years to come. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMAT
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Disney*Pixar invite you to discover these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative minds that brought you Toy Story, Monsters, Inc., Finding Nemo and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable music and characters you love, these dazzling short films have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are sure to delight people of all ages for years to come. Experience them now – for the first time together in an amazing collection including never-before-seen footage.Amazon.com
Pixar’s unprecedented string of hit animated features was built on the short films in this collection. John Lasseter and Ed Catmull used these cartoons the way Walt Disney used the “Silly Symphonies” during the 1930s: as a training ground for artists and a way to explore the potential of a new medium. Although it’s only 90 seconds long, “Luxo, Jr.” (1986) ranks as the “Steamboat Willie” of computer animation: For the first time, audiences believed CG characters could think and feel. (It was also the first CG film to make audiences laugh.) When the artists began work on Toy Story, they had learned so much from the shorts, they were ready to undertake that landmark creation. In the later shorts, the viewer can see the artists continuing to experiment: with a more realistic human figure in “Geri’s Game” and with new ways of suggesting atmospheric effects in “Boundin’.” Some of the more recent shorts continue the adventures of the characters from the features. “Jack-Jack Attack” reveals what happened to the hapless baby-sitter while the Incredibles were off fighting Syndrome, while “Mater and the Ghost Light” shows that life goes on for the inhabitants of Radiator Springs. When Sully from Monsters, Inc. tries to adjust his seat in “Mike’s New Car,” the animators prolong the moment to wring every drop of humor from the situation–just as an earlier generation of animators milked Wile E. Coyote’s antics for all they were worth. The long-unseen films for Sesame Street are an unexpected bonus. A delightful collection of entertaining shorts, and a significant chronicle of the growth of computer animation. (Rated G: suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) –Charles Solomon
Making Short Films: The Complete Guide from Script to Screen
Making Short Films: The Complete Guide from Script to Screen
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Making Short Films: The Complete Guide from Script to Screen