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Watch Alice Bleed   Director Fredrik Andersson

Synopsis                                        Stop motion animation sow. contains a lot of blood and gore. Alex chops Alice head of with a big knife. And then she feed the Gorehound. She read a short poem from the book of blood. And she decides to animate

Festival and Awards                                                                                                                

Fredrikstad Animation festival Eksjo Animation festival Loesje`s Short film festival (Berin och Glasgow)

Director’s Bio                                                                                                                         

Fredrik Andersson

Related Links                                                                                                                        

Homepage

http://vodo.net/watchalicebleed

Valkaama   Director Tim Baumann   Germany, 2009, 93 mins

Synopsis                                        A Swedish poet, Lasse, has travelled around the world for years – alone, independently, restlessly. His heart knows no home except one that a prophecy from his childhood revealed to him: Valkaama, a mysterious place in northern Finland. Lasse always longed to settle there one day, along with Ari, a good friend bound to a wheelchair. In time, Lasses’s travels have lost their youthful innocence. He decides to go on one last great journey with Ari. Meanwhile Ari gets in touch with someone who abruptly changes the perspective on his own destiny for the worse.

Festival and Awards                                                                                                                

Director’s Bio                                                                                                                         

Tim Baumann

He is not a professional filmmaker. He studied Computer Science at Humboldt-University in Berlin. Valkaama was produced as part of my thesis paper on Open Source Movies and Open Source Movie business models. He made the movie in order to understand the process of film production and because of the lack of truly free feature movies. With truly free He means movies which are released under CC-by or CC-by-sa (as Valkaama). Over-all it took 3 years from idea to realization.

Related Links                                                                                                                        

Official Homepage

http://www.valkaama.com/

Wikipedia

http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Case_Studies/Valkaama

UsNow   Director Ivo Gormley   UK, 2009, 60 min 33s

Synopsis                                        In his student flat in Colchester, Jack Howe is staring intently into his computer screen. He is picking the team for Ebbsfleet United’s FA Trophy Semi-Final match against Aldershot . Around the world 35,000 other fans are doing the same thing, because together, they own and manage the football club.  If distributed networks of people can run complex organisations such as football clubs, what else can they do?

Festival and Awards                                                                                                                

Toronto, Directors Guild Technical seminar sept 2007, speaker Bassam Kurdali

June 2007: Inclusion in the famous “Shorts Dawer 2006/2007″ DVD, www.3dtotal.com

May 2007, Ottawa International Animation Festival, www.animationfestival.ca

25th CG International Conference (CGI’2007), May 2007, Festival Screening, Brazil,

http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/cgi2007/

Portable Film Festival, May 2007, Sydney Australia, www.portablefilmfestival.com

Director’s Bio                                                                                                                         

Ivo Gormley

Ivo has worked in media and the public sector for four years since graduatingwith an MA in Social Anthropology.  Ivo has worked on projects with the BFI,the Open University, BBC and Channel 4.  Working at thinkpublic, he has lednumerous projects in the public sector aiming to increase participation inpublic services across health, education and social care.

Related Links                                                                                                                        

Official Homepage

http://www.usnowfilm.com/

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Us_Now

Luckiest One   Director Sean Donnelly   USA

Synopsis                                        Charley wakes up on his birthday and decides to throw himself a bowling party. His roommate is moving out soon, so they are showing their place to new potential subletters during the day. Nobody ends up showing up to the bowling party except for his current roommate and a potential new subletter who is mostly there to talk about the apartment. Things turn around though when Charley ends up having a bond with the potential subletter.

Festival and Awards                                                                                                                

Director’s Bio                                                                                                                         

Sean Donnelly

Sean Donnelly grew up in Santa Cruz, California, but has lived in Brooklyn since graduating from NYU’s Film and Television program.

His thesis film, "The Couch", which won a screenwriting award, acting ensemble award and was a Wasserman Semi-Finalist at the NYU First Run Film Festival and went on to play at SXSW.

Sean is currently working on developing an animated television show called Basement Gary. The "Drug Simulator" short recently won the Playboy Animation Contest. He is also developing a couple of documentary projects and writing a feature film based on "The Luckiest One".

Related Links                                                                                                                        

Homepage

http://vodo.net/luckiestone

Director’s blog

http://www.mrseandonnelly.com

Elephants Dream   Director Bassam Burdali

Synopsis                                        Elephants Dream is the story of two strange characters exploring a capricious and seemingly infinite machine. The elder, Proog, acts as a tour-guide and protector, happily showing off the sights and dangers of the machine to his initially curious but increasingly skeptical protege Emo. As their journey unfolds we discover signs that the machine is not all Proog thinks it is, and his guiding takes on a more desperate aspect.

Festival and Awards                                                                                                                

Toronto, Directors Guild Technical seminar
sept 2007, speaker Bassam Kurdali

June 2007: Inclusion in the famous “Shorts
Dawer 2006/2007″ DVD, www.3dtotal.com

May 2007, Ottawa International Animation
Festival, www.animationfestival.ca

25th CG International Conference
(CGI’2007), May 2007, Festival Screening, Brazil,

http://www.inf.ufrgs.br/cgi2007/

Portable Film Festival, May 2007, Sydney
Australia, www.portablefilmfestival.com

Director’s Bio                                                                                                                         

Bassam Burdali

Related Links                                                                                                                        

Official Homepage

http://www.elephantsdream.org/

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants_Dream

The Lionshare   Director Josh Bernhard   U.S.A., 2009, 65min

Synopsis                                        Nick (Mike Pantozzi) gets his girls the same way he gets his music: online. On a first date, Eva (Jessi Kneeland) invites him to an exclusive filesharing community called ‘The Lionshare’. From there, Nick’s own creative frustration fuels his consumption of pirated music and other media while he produces nothing of his own. Eventually, he finds inspiration in the unlikeliest of places.

Festival and Awards                                                                                                                

2009 Official Selection the Indie Fest

2009 NewYork Official Selection New Film Makers

2009 Official Selection Bronix International Film Festival

2009 Official Selection Helll’s half mile film and music festival

Director’s Bio                                                                                                                         

Josh Bernhard

Related Links                                                                                                                        

Official Homepage

http://www.lionsharemovie.com

Download Press Kit

http://www.lionsharemovie.com/lionshare-presskit-dec09.pdf

Watch the moive

http://www.lionsharemovie.com/watch/

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion’s_Share

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Sita Sings the Blues Director Nina Paley USA, 2008, 82 min

Synopsis                                        Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920′s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as "the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told."

Festival and Awards                                                                                                                

Berlinale, Feb ‘08 (Special Mention, Gen-14+), Germany

Annecy, June ‘08 (Cristal for best feature film), France

Avignon, June ‘08 (“Prix Tournage” for Best American Feature Film), France

Athens Int’l Film Festival, Sept ‘08 (Best Script Award), Greece

Ottawa International Animation Festival, Sept ‘08 (Honorable Mention for Best Animated Feature), Canada

Director’s Bio                                                                                                                         

Nina Paley

Nina Paley (b. 1968, USA) is a longtime veteran of syndicated comic strips, creating "Fluff" (Universal Press Syndicate), "The Hots" (King Features), and her own alternative weekly "Nina’s Adventures." In 1998 she began making independent animated festival films, including the controversial yet popular environmental short, "The
Stork." In 2002 Nina followed her then-husband to Trivandrum, India, where she read her first Ramayana. This inspired her first feature, Sita Sings the Blues, which she animated and produced single-handedly over the course of 5 years on a home computer. Nina teaches at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan and is a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow.

Related Links                                                                                                                        

Official Website

http://www.sitasingstheblues.com

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita_Sings_the_Blues

Blog

http://blog.ninapaley.com/

Download

http://ossguy.com/sita/Sita_Sings_the_Blues_640x360_XviD.avi

Trailer                                                                                                                                  

Synopsis Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Indian epic Ramayana. Set to the 1920′s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as “the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.”

Festival and Awards

Berlinale, Feb ‘08 (Special Mention, Gen-14+), Germany

Annecy, June ‘08 (Cristal for best feature film), France

Avignon, June ‘08 (“Prix Tournage” for Best American Feature Film), France

Athens Int’l Film Festival, Sept ‘08 (Best Script Award), Greece

Ottawa International Animation Festival, Sept ‘08 (Honorable Mention for Best Animated Feature), Canada

Director’s Bio

Nina Paley

Nina Paley (b. 1968, USA) is a longtime veteran of syndicated comic strips, creating “Fluff” (Universal Press Syndicate), “The Hots” (King Features), and her own alternative weekly “Nina’s Adventures.” In 1998 she began making independent animated festival films, including the controversial yet popular environmental short, “The Stork.” In 2002 Nina followed her then-husband to Trivandrum, India, where she read her first Ramayana. This inspired her first feature, Sita Sings the Blues, which she animated and produced single-handedly over the course of 5 years on a home computer. Nina teaches at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan and is a 2006 Guggenheim Fellow.
Related Links

Official Website

http://www.sitasingstheblues.com

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sita_Sings_the_Blues

Blog

http://blog.ninapaley.com/

Download

http://ossguy.com/sita/Sita_Sings_the_Blues_640x360_XviD.avi

Trailer