Short of the Week – Second Thoughts David Brake April 20, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/125153680 High Priest Nebula (Scovel) is re-considering the idea of transcending to meet up with Lord Ophelion. Fair enough. Problem is he's the cult leader who claimed Ophelion...
Short of the Week – Paperman Ellen Dwyer April 13, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QAI4B_2Mfc Paperman has an old-fashioned simplicity about it; it makes no attempts to be clever or flash, but instead produces a charming, beautifully animated and funny...
CEL Mates: World of Tomorrow Tom Bond April 8, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Don Hertzfeldt is a one-of-a-kind genius. While his contemporaries balance on the cutting-edge of animation technology or push to preserve the retro charm of hand-drawn styles, he stands proudly in a niche of...
Short of the Week – Funnel Nick Evan-Cook April 6, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://youtu.be/s1CIGKiz8xo L.A. comedy scene up-and-comer Andre Hyland's Sundance selected short Funnel succeeds precisely because of its obvious limitations rather than in spite of...
Short of the Week – This Is When We Met David Brake March 30, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/116525391 From the roaring flame of a burgeoning romance to the extinguished remnants of love’s conclusion. This Is When We Met compresses the pain and elation of a relationship's...
CEL Mates: The Tale of the Princess Kaguya Nick Evan-Cook March 24, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent 1 Comment Miyazaki who? Upon the 2013 retirement of visionary director and Studio Ghibli head honcho Hayao Miyazaki, filmgoers could have been forgiven for wondering whether the impossibly high standards the studio...
Short of the Week: Me & You Ellen Dwyer March 23, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/120893601 Me & You uses the not entirely original gimmick of a single vantage point and has a somewhat predictable storyline which sticks firmly within gender stereotypes. But...
Short of the Week – The Nest Eddie Falvey March 16, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odFh5LbTPI4 Produced to accompany his recent novel Consumed, Cronenberg’s The Nest stands alone as an effective miniature thesis on destructive obsession. It observes the...
Cel Mates: Waltz with Bashir Conor Morgan March 13, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent Waltz with Bashir is a 2008 Oscar-nominated Israeli animated documentary written and directed by Ari Folman. The film follows the director in his search to clarify to himself his role during the 1982 Lebanon...
Short of the Week – The Pavement David Brake March 9, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/120340284 To the beat of a metronome, Taylor Engel's The Pavement unravels. Revelling in its noir roots, the short excels thanks to a narrative that plays to the strength of the...
Short of the Week – The Window Bertie Archer March 8, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBIK3Oau4mY The toss of a coin, a locked door, (un)lucky timing: in 16 short minutes The Window plays out the consequences, intended and unforeseen, as seemingly...
Short of the Week – Apricot Nick Evan-Cook March 2, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/groups/4748/videos/8076064 First loves and the fragility of memory are the predominant themes of Ben Briand's 2009 Vimeo treasure; they are shown resplendently and wordlessly through...
Making It Big: Iron Maidens David Brake February 25, 2015 Features, Independent, Making It Big A Knight's Tale is an impeachable, and veritable cinematic joy for the ages. However its monthly presence on Film4's schedule necessitates a new project to fill the rest of our collective days....
Short of the Week – Le Gouffre Cameron Ward February 23, 2015 Features, Independent, Short of the Week https://vimeo.com/118471437 Having graduated just 3 years prior to their formation, small Canadian animation group Lightning Boy Studio has been working independently for 2 full years to create their...
CEL Mates: 2015 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts Nick Evan-Cook February 22, 2015 CEL Mates, Features, Independent If there's one thing that unifies this year's stellar crop of Oscar-nominated animated shorts, it's that each one is wildly different to the others. Hailing from all around the world, dealing with a...
