The Circle - Zeiss

The Circle - Zeiss

For a while my creativity felt stale and it didn’t incite the excitement it used too. There was something missing with what I was doing and I couldn’t understand what it was. I felt I was living life in a circular motion. Doing the same things and experiencing the same things. I needed a change. When I wrote this film these were the thoughts that were actively on my consciousness. A lot of things when I’m creating films or art I just have a feeling. And often times I for that moment lack the vocabulary to explain what it is I’m feeling. I use film a form of visual poetry. It’s a vessel that helps me make sense of what it is that I’m experiencing. I hope when you watch this you felt something. And it helped you make sense of something you may not have had words for. Or at the least it made you feel something other than the circular emotions you’ve been experiencing. “The Circle” is just a line but something profound happens when that line bends and takes on new forms. Shot entirely on the Zeiss Supreme Prime 15mm Creative Director: Jimmy Vi Director: Jimmy Vi Cinematographer: Toshihiko Kizu Salary Man: Akiyoshi Tsujimoto Aquarium Shop Dancer: Run Kuwana Construction Worker: Santa Terakado Girlfriend: Chinami Mother: Megumi Matsushita Daughter: Chika Matsushita Grandma’s Voice: Momoko Noji Producer/1st AD: Kishin Oyama Production Manager: So Matsufuji Production Assistant: Akane Suzuki Production Assistant: Yuta Rikiyama 1st AC: Masanori Yokota 2nd AC: Shunta Ishizuka 3rd AC: Ryo Araki DIT: Sou Naoi Gaffer: Satoshi Tani Lighting Chief: Takuya Kakizaki Grip: Takuya Watanabe Best Boy: Kengo Futamura 
Sound: Masato Takeda Sound Assist: Atsushi Yoshida Sound Design & Mix: Boombox Sound Producer: Joe Frustaglio Boombox Sound EP: Umber Hamid Hair and Make-Up: Janeth Leyva Aragon
Stylist: Hideyuki Sanbongi Driver: Yasutoshi Shima Driver: Ryosuke Yanai Offline Editor: Rina Takeuchi Colour by Artjail Colourist Clinton Homuth Colour Assistant: Austin Tang Online Editor: Jimmy Vi Mixer: Takaomi Tomura Casting: Masao Takami Special Thanks
NAC Rental, Muse Area. BONDS. Nabeya, Nomad Tokyo, Film.M.I.S.S.I.O.N, Needles, Hikaru aquarium, Yoshimi Joya, Hana, Snack Private, Ben Robinson

Slick Talk

Slick Talk

Feeling the pressure of an important meeting with a potential music manager, Kiki struggles with her identity as an outsider in the Chinese-American community, a “culture vulture” in the hip-hop world, and a potential sellout for mainstream success.

Menagerie

Menagerie

Day after day, inhabitants of the Menagerie play out their daily lives like clockwork. Menagerie is a study of the daily motions and mundane tasks of contemporary city life. Featuring hundreds of looping animated characters, the film explores how the repetitive actions of our day-to-day lives quickly spiral into an endless kaleidoscope of abstraction. Awards -GLAS Animation Festival 2022- US Competition Special Mention -Animation Block Party 2022 - Best In Show Award -Imaginaria Animation Festival 2022 - International Competition Special Mention Award -Fantoche International Animation Festival 2022 - International Competition Special Mention Award - Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival 2022 - Eyepopper Award - Best Experimental & Boundary Pushing Screenings 2022 - MONSTRA - Lisboa Animation Festival - International Short Film Competition - Lisbon, Portugal - March - Athens ANIMAFEST - Official Selection - Athens, Greece - March - GLAS Animation Festival - US Competition - Berkeley, CA - US Competition - April - International Short Film Festival Oberhausen - Children's and Youth Film Competition - Oberhausen, Germany - May - Flatpack Festival - Short Film Competition - Birmingham, England - May - Directors Notes Official Selection - Brighton, UK -May - Animatricks Animation Festival Helsinki - Official Selection - Helsinki, Finland - May - ANNY Animation Nights New York - Screened in Program #71, Season 7 In Competition Films - New York USA - May - Krakow Film Festival - International Short Film Competition - Krakow, Poland - May - Sydney Film Festival - Animation Program - Sydney, Australia - June - Fest Anča - World Panorama - Žilina, Slovakia - June - Screening at Substance Skatepark with NPCC.NYC, Supertight, Massacre Video - summer fest 2022 - Brooklyn, USA - June - Cardiff Animation Nights - Screening at The Underdog - Cardiff, Wales - July - X Insomnia International Open-Air Animation Film Festival - International Competition - Moscow, Russia - July - International Animation Festival Chilemonos - International Short Film Competition - Santiago, Chile - July - Imaginaria Animation Festival - Official Selection - Conversano, Italy - August - Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival - Animated Short Competition - Providence, RI - August - Animation Block Party - Official Selection - Brooklyn, NYC - August - Salute Your Shorts - Official Selection - Los Angeles, CA - August - Festival of Animation Berlin - international Competition - Berlin, Germany - September - Pictoplasma - Official Selection - Berlin, Germany - September - Reykjavik International Film Festival - Youth Program - Reykjavik, Iceland - September - Fantoche International Animation Film Festival - International Competition & Kids Film Competition - Baden, Switzerland - September - Supernova Digital Animation Festival - Official Competition - Denver, CO - September - Sedicicorto International Film Festival - ANIMALAB Competition - Forlì, Italy - October - Anim'est International Animation Festival - International Competition - Bucharest, Romania - October - TAIS Animation Showcase - Official Competition - Toronto, Canada - October - Sweaty Eyeballs Animation Festival - International Program - Baltimore, MD - October - BitBang Animation Festival - International Competition - Buenos Aires, Argentina - October - Festival Cinéma Jeune Public - International Short Competition - Lausanne, Switzerland - November - London International Animation Festival - International Competition - London, England - November - PÖFF Shorts - Non-Competitive Program - Tallinn, Estonia - November - Chicago International Children's Film Festival - Official Selection - Chicago, IL - November - Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival - Official Selection - Calgary, Canada - November - Tatsuno International Film Festival - Official Selection - Tatsuno, Japan - November - CutOut Fest - Official Selection - Querétaro, Mexico - December 2023 - Animac International Animation Film Festival - Official Selection - Catalonia, Spain February - Ann Arbor Film Festival - Animation Competition - Ann Arbor, MI - March -Glasgow Short Film Festival - International Competition & Welcome to the Multiverse program - Glasgow, Scotland - March - Florida Film Festival - Animated Shorts Competition - Orlando, Florida - April - San Diego Underground Film Festival - Official Selection - Los Angeles, CA - May -L'hybride - Best of Flatpack Festival Screening - Lille, France - May - The Moviate Underground Film Festival - Official Selection - Harrisburg, PA - May - Melbourne International Animation Festival - Official Selection - Melbourne, Australia - May - Malt Adult #26 - Screened at Public Works Gallery, Chicago, IL - May - Palm Springs International Shortfest - Official Selection - Palm Springs, CA - June - La Guarimba Film Festival - La Grotta dei Piccoli Competition - Calabria - Italy - August Jack Gray 2022 Sound Design Judy Kim Voice Alicia Maye

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Violet Gave Willingly (2022) by Claire Sanford

Violet Gave Willingly (2022) by Claire Sanford

Violet Gave Willingly immerses us in the colourful world of textile artist Deborah Dumka, inviting viewers to witness the unflinchingly intimate details of her artistic process and inner life. Nestled in a cluttered studio by the sea, we witness an artist at work on a project that delves into a past unspoken. An intimate study of the nature of memory and how it can both harm and protect, the film lays bare the continuum and legacy of gender-based discrimination, sexism, and sexual violence. More than a portrait, the film is a conversation. As mother and daughter struggle to give voice to their experiences, power radiates from speaking uncomfortable truths. The film has played at over a dozen festivals across the globe, including: TIFF Top Ten, IDFA, DOCNYC, Hot Docs, Whistler Film Festival, Dokufest, Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, Lunenburg Doc Fest, Flying Film Fest (Swiss Air) among others. It has been exhibited in galleries and as part of workshops designed to explore and dismantle the structures of sexism and sexual violence. To arrange a screening in your community, please reach out: sanford.claire@gmail.com Producer: Toolshed Creative Director & Cinematographer: Claire Sanford Featuring: Deborah Dumka Editor: Milena Salazar & Claire Sanford Composer: Sophia Sanford Sound Mixer: Jeremy Reid Colourist: Laurence Moreau-Messier https://ift.tt/a4mzYRs https://ift.tt/HnfDjiS

Jamila Woods - "Practice"

Jamila Woods - "Practice"

Director - Carlos López Estrada Production Company - Antigravity Academy EP - Doug Klinger EP - Carlos López Estrada Producer - Callie Schuttera Producer - Gabby Ledesma Director of Photography - Patrick Jones Editor - Taylor Brusky and Carlos López Estrada VFX Artist - Justin Nguyen Production Coordinator - Claire Loudis Directors Rep - Lab Inc. 1st AC - Elizabeth Coggins Key Grip - Aria Brice Gaffer - Samuel Wilkerson 1st AD - Chakameh Marandi Intimacy Coordinator - Shelby Hines PA - Asia Johnson Colorist - Elliott Powell Styling by Angela Brantley Makeup - Taylour Chanel Hair - Mo G Additional Hair Styling - Kamaria Nayo Hand Puppets - Viva La Puppet Body puppet designs by Cristina Bercovitz and Carlos López Estrada Talent - Arden Harri, Tina Jarmusz, Niccolo Marcantonio, Emeka Simmons, Elyse Thomas, Kenna Wright, Chris De la Cruz, Kamaria Nayo Intimacy Coordinator - Shelby Hines

Requiem for a Whale

Requiem for a Whale

After a deceased fin whale washes ashore in Israel, onlookers process its life and death, in a short documentary by Ido Weisman. The story behind the film: https://ift.tt/4ne6JcW