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“O Night Divine” is a new and compelling four-minute short film by Los Angeles filmmaker Eliot Rausch, with original music by Adam Taylor. Using nothing more than “12/24/11” and stunning visuals from the film to explain its narrative, this absolutely mesmerizing work presents a great modern Christmas story.
This piece includes color photographs and the wonderful short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/15/o-night-divine/“O Night Divine” is a new and compelling four-minute short film by Los... more
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Elderly Animals: Photographs by Isa Leshko
“Elderly Animals: Photographs” by Isa Leshko is a touching five-minute documentary short film created by Mark and Angela Walley at Walley Films, about a collection of extraordinary images by the young photographer Isa Leshko. “Elderly Animals” is a portfolio of luminous photographs that are a moving expression of empathy, as well as a celebration of life. Leshko began the project after she spent a year caring for her mother who has Alzheimer’s disease. Instead of photographing her family, she found an outlet for her experience in this series of portraits of aging farm animals.
Includes photographs and the wonderful documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/elderly-animals-on-aging-and-mortality/Elderly Animals: Photographs by Isa Leshko
“Elderly Animals:... more
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Jenny Slate‘s post-”Saturday Night Live” success with “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” is an uplifting tale of picking yourself up after what some would consider a big defeat (being booted from SNL after one season) and creating something even more awesome. Jenny and her fiancee, Dean Fleischer-Camp, created a viral video about a shell with shoes and a lentil hat that currently has 14 million views and is now an Amazon best-selling book. When interviewed by Brian Williams for his new NBC show, “The Rock,” Williams can’t help but melt in the face of little Marcel.
This piece includes photographs and two videos.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/brian-williams-interviews-marcel-the-shell-on-national-tv/Jenny Slate‘s post-”Saturday Night Live” success with “Marcel... more
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“Impossible Present” is a charming, beautifully executed one-minute holiday 3D-CG animated short film by LA-based Royale Studios. Have you ever spent time trying to open a plastic package that was sealed tightly shut, you know the ones I’m talking about? They usually contain an ultra cool, little electronic device in an impenetrable plastic casing that, more often than not, draws blood before you’re finally able to enjoy the gadget inside. This little film features an original CG character who is trying desperately to get his Christmas present open. It turns out to be the impossible present…impossible to open!
This piece includes colorful illustrations and the delightful holiday short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-impossible-present/“Impossible Present” is a charming, beautifully executed one-minute... more
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“A Krampus Carol” is a wickedly humorous three-minute animated short film by Anthony Bourdain, a film that smoulders in the dark recesses of holiday revelry. You know all about Santa: the traditional winter gift-bringer with cheeks like a rose and a nose like a cherry. Now meet the Krampus, an evil, boozy goat-horned menace with a monstrous tongue, who whips children into shape all around Europe. Krampus is Santa Claus’ whip-toting Christmas sidekick. According to Austrian legend, Krampus joins Santa, tending to the children on Santa’s naughty list. No lumps of coal here, though. Instead, Krampus licks and whips children into shape with switches and rusty chains, before dragging them in baskets to a fiery place below.
This piece includes colorful illustrations and the freakily demonic animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/12/a-krampus-carol-the-smouldering-dark-recesses-of-yuletide-revelry/“A Krampus Carol” is a wickedly humorous three-minute animated short film... more
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“Paths of Hate” is an animated ten-minute short film directed by Damian Nenow at Platige Image, which is in the running for a 2012 Oscar for animated short films. The film was named on a list of 10 films that was released last week by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; three to five nominees for the Oscar will be chosen from this list.
“Paths of Hate” contains stunning visuals that recreate a WWII-era aerial dogfight and presents a dynamic tale about the hatred that seems to be an indispensable element of human nature. Damien Nenow, a recent graduate of Poland’s Lodz Film School, has created a film of great visual power, which brilliantly shows the demons that slumber deep within the human soul and have the power to push people into the abyss of blind hate, fury and rage. The finale of the film introduces a surreal turn of events, which stands as the director’s bitter comment on the bloody destructive fury of war.
This piece includes colorful illustrations, as well as the stunning animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/paths-of-hate-the-destructive-fury-of-war/“Paths of Hate” is an animated ten-minute short film directed by Damian... more
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“Dr. Breakfast” is a bizarrely surreal seven-minute animated short film by Stephen Neary, which has just been announced as an official selection to screen at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. One day at breakfast, Dr. Breakfast’s insatiable soul bursts out of his eyeball and roams the earth, voraciously devouring everything in sight. Two kindly wild deer end up becoming the poor fellow’s caretakers, bathing and dressing the man’s catatonic body. The wacky, heartwarming story ends up being a surreal meditation on the quirky but rejuvenating nature of friendship.
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations and the very funny, surreal animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/dr-breakfast-a-surreal-meditation-on-the-healing-nature-of-friendship/“Dr. Breakfast” is a bizarrely surreal seven-minute animated short film by... more
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“All My Dreams on VHS” is an awkwardly funny, award-winning short film written and directed by English filmmaker Timothy X Atack. The film won the Audience Award at the 2009 NexT International Film Festival; it was an Official Selection at the 2009 Seattle International Film Festival, the Cambridge Film Festival, the Hamptons International Film Festival, the Austin Film Festival and the Encounters Short Film Festival. The film is a bittersweet comedy about the dangers of letting your subconscious out in the real world.
In “All My Dreams on VHS,” James brings his lovely co-worker Erica back to his apartment, where she stumbles upon a mountain of VHS tapes. Each tape contains a separate dream with titles like “Tourettes Alligator,” “The Shy Policeman” and “Hostage Crisis,” all recorded using the magical Dreamspoon wireless technology. When James heads out to buy some milk, Erica’s curiosity gets the better of her when she discovers a tape with her name on it. British awkward hilarity ensues, with one surprising turn after another.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, as well as the acclaimed, very humorous short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/12/02/all-my-dreams-on-vhs-the-tragedy-of-romantic-dreams/“All My Dreams on VHS” is an awkwardly funny, award-winning short film... more
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Maggie Daley, who dedicated herself to children’s issues and the arts, while also zealously guarding her family’s privacy during 22 years as Chicago’s First Lady, died tonight, more than nine years after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was 68.
Since disclosing her diagnosis in 2002, for the subsequent nine painstaking years she soothed us with her grace under pressure as a public person making innumerable appearances before crowds and cameras.The news of the death of Maggie Daley sparked memories from many who knew her and saw her handle the role of Chicago’s first lady with such warmth and grace.
“Tonight we grieve for the Daley family,” the current Mayor Rahm Emanuel said in a statement. “Chicago has lost a warm and gracious First Lady who contributed immeasurably to our city. While Mayor Daley served as the head of this city, Maggie was its heart.” Emanuel said her “most treasured role was as a wife, mother, and grandmother. Whether you knew her personally or were among the countless more who loved and admired her, all of Chicago will remember Maggie for the grace and dignity with which she served for twenty-two years as First Lady.”
This piece includes color photographs and a documentary short film tribute.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/24/maggie-daley-chicagos-gracious-first-lady-dies-at-68/Maggie Daley, who dedicated herself to children’s issues and the arts, while... more
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“Freedom from Want” or “The Thanksgiving Picture” is one of Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms” paintings, inspired by President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union Address, known as “Four Freedoms.” “Freedom from Want” was published in the March 6, 1943, issue of “The Saturday Evening Post” and later was included as the cover image of the 1946 book “Norman Rockwell, Illustrator,” written when Rockwell was at the height of his fame as America’s most popular illustrator.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution photographs, a Thanksgiving music video and a delightful documentary short film, “Casey Neistat and His Son Make Thanksgiving Dinner.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/21/thanksgiving-the-freedom-from-want/“Freedom from Want” or “The Thanksgiving Picture” is one of... more
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“Abandoned” is a haunting four-minute short film directed by David Altobelli, accompanied by Karen O’s cover of Willie Nelson’s “Mammas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys.” Chipotle commissioned this short film as part of its campaign to raise awareness about the negative effects of industrialized farming.
The film follows three young boys as they enter and explore a dusty, vacant farmhouse in the quiet hours before dawn. “Abandoned” works because it feels like a music video, not a message film about the dire straits of family farms. Only at the very end of the film is Chipotle’s branding established, along with a pitch for Farm Aid.
This piece includes color photographs, as well as the emotionally touching short film/music video.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/abandoned-the-plight-of-american-family-farms/“Abandoned” is a haunting four-minute short film directed by David... more
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“The Cull” is an acclaimed, powerful short film, directed by English videographer Jonathan Harris at Concept Pictures, which was nominated for Best British Short Film at the 2010 Edinburgh International Film Festival. Soundtracked with the wind, the echoes of manual labor and Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata,” it’s an odd, discomfiting mix in a bleak landscape of pain and beauty, bloodied wool dancing in the wind across a barbed wire fence.
By turns beautiful, austere, and heartbreaking, Harris’ film looks at the tense relationship between a poor farmer in the isolated moors of 1920s northern England, and his sickly, music-loving son. Desperate to continue the family’s farming tradition, the father pushes his son to take on increasingly difficult feats of labor, with devastating consequences.
This piece includes colorful photographs, as well as the impressive short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/the-cull-pain-and-beauty-all-wrapped-into-one/“The Cull” is an acclaimed, powerful short film, directed by English... more
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“Light” is a mesmerizing two-minute short film directed by David Parker for Sunday Paper. The film was shot over a couple nights in Los Angeles as two friends drove around with a camera exploring the city’s architecture and abandoned landscapes. Their work evolved into a project intended to bring awareness to energy waste. Bleeding, crying lights metaphorically parallel the ways in which we squander our natural resources without much thought. While the original sentiment remains, the film also grew into a poetic statement about a world run wild and the human tendency to exploit that which we hold dear.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, as well as the wonderful short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/18/let-there-be-light/“Light” is a mesmerizing two-minute short film directed by David Parker... more
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“Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Two” is a delightful four-minute animated short film about a teensy-tiny cute little shell, directed by Dean Fleischer-Camp and voiced (untreated & unenhanced) by genius former SNL-actress and comedian Jenny Slate. Everyday life can be very, very hard for the tiny little shell. Marcel’s car is a bug with a mind of its own, his only form of public transportation is an under-the-weather caterpillar and small dogs become menacing giants. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On doesn’t let that get him down though. He invites friends over for festive salad feasts, skis on toenails and enjoys reading store receipts “to get a feel for daily life.”
Adorably voiced by Slate, Marcel discusses the reality of being a shell, including sleeping on a piece of bread, wearing hats made from lentils and the dangers of holding balloons. Slate and Fleischer-Camp have turned Marcel into a miniature multimedia tycoon with two videos, an iTunes app, a possible television show and now a children’s book. The book, titled “Marcel The Shell With Shoes On: Things About Me,” is full of drawings of Marcel around his home, visiting the aquarium (a fishtank), playing with his dog (a piece of lint tied to a strand of hair) and climbing his own Mount Everest (a sandal). Hopefully the famous talking shell has the energy for all this, since Marcel gets winded just walking across his desk.
Ugh, the tiny shell with two feet and one eye is so darn cute. This may very well be one of the most adorable videos ever made. Fantastic.
This piece includes colorful pictures, as well as the wonderfully humorous animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/17/marcel-the-shell-with-shoes-on-returns/“Marcel The Shell With Shoes On, Two” is a delightful four-minute animated... more
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“Losers” is a new, emotionally touching two-minute short film by Everynone, with brilliant sound design and an ethereal score by Keith Kenniff. “Losers” is an anti-bullying film that not only effectively conveys its message, but is visually stimulating as well. The film brings you face to face with how racial slurs, anti-gay taunts, and other insults and actions can hurt others.
This piece includes photographs and the short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/losers-walking-through-a-world-of-insults/“Losers” is a new, emotionally touching two-minute short film by... more
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“Rosa” is an epic sci-fi cyberpunk animated short film by the young comic-artist Jesús Orellana, which was created entirely by Orellana with no budget during a single year. Since its world premiere at the 2011 Seattle International Film Festival, “Rosa” has been an official selection at film festivals around the world and currently is in development to become a live-action motion picture.
“Rosa” takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where all forms of natural life have disappeared. From the destruction awakens Rosa, a gorgeous cyborg deployed from the Kernel Project, mankind’s last attempt to restore the earth’s ecosystem. The film follows the brief life and bloody death of the beautiful Rosa, who soon learns that she is not the only entity that has awakened and wanders through the dystopian steampunk landscape, scanning the strange frontier for danger as she fights for her survival.
This piece includes colorful illustrations and the acclaimed sci-fi cyberpunk animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/gorgeous-rosa-cyborg-fights-for-survival-in-astounding-cyberpunk-animation/“Rosa” is an epic sci-fi cyberpunk animated short film by the young... more
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“A Year in New York” is an enchanting, emotionally moving five-minute documentary short film by videographer Andrew Clancy, accompanied by Irish singer/songwriter James Vincent McMorrow’s beautiful song “We Don’t Eat.” Sometimes words cannot do justice to life in a big city, as “A Year in New York” so entrancingly confirms. The film reveals that despite the chaos that surrounds urban life, there is a common thread of excitement and resilient optimism.
“A Year in New York” presents the viewer with a stream of quintessential New York visual imagery, from the No. 7 train rolling past Silvercup Studios' iconic film and television complex, to die-hard Rangers fans losing it at Madison Square Garden; from runners and rollerbladers cruising through city parks, to late-night, outdoor summer concerts; from blinking beacons on NYPD police cars, to the sparkling lights of the colossal Rockefeller Christmas Tree, resulting in a stunning homage to the city that never sleeps and to its lucky inhabitants.
This piece includes a number of wonderful high-resolution color photographs, a magnificent photo-gallery and the entrancing documentary short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/11/10/a-year-in-new-york-a-beautiful-visual-symphony/“A Year in New York” is an enchanting, emotionally moving five-minute... more
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