Atom Egoyan, (born July 19, 1960) is a critically acclaimed Armenian Canadian film maker, widely considered as one of the most remarkable figures of contemporary independent cinema. He was born in Egypt to Armenian-Egyptian couple Joseph and Shushan Yeghoyan, and was named ‘Atom’ to commemorate the completion of Egypt’s first nuclear reactor! In 1963, however,…
Month: March 2009
‘Synapse’: Short film by Matthew Kalish
This is a 10 minutes long film, shot on 16 mm, from Matthew Kalish. You can read more about his work on his personal website, found here . This short film explores the entity between cause and effect. Kalish tries to the explore the ‘and’, which come between ‘cause’ and ‘effect‘, taking the example of…
Stan Brakhage: A short introduction.
James Stanley Brakhage (1933-2003), was an American avant-garde, experimental filmmaker, who in a career spanning half a century and roughly 500 short and lengthy films, established himself as one of the greatest figures in experimental film. The basic facts of his life are well known…or there is always Google for that! Born: January 14, 1933….
‘Cat’s Cradle’: Short film by Stan Brakhage (1959)
This is a 6 minutes long, silent, film by the legendary avant-garde, non-narrative film maker Stan Brakhage. Called ‘Cat’s Cradle’, the film follows the uncertainty of montage patterns, that one has come to identify with solely Brakhage. The vivid and graphic use of the color red, and the inter-cutting between shots of man, woman, and…
Animation: Kiwi!
This short animated film was made by Dony Permedi, a student at The School of Visual Arts, MFA Computer Art, in New York City in 2006. It was his Masters thesis animation. Created using Maya, After Effects, and rigged using The Setup Machine by Anzovin studios. This film tells the tale of a kiwi (a…
The Night Shift: A Short Film from Fighting Owl Films.
This is a short (semi-amateurish) film made by production group Fighting Owl Films. They are an independent short and student films production house, formed in 2003. They focus mainly on producing genre films, encompassing horror, sci-fi, action, and more. Why? They explain: Because it’s what we enjoy. Genre films are a lot of fun to…
Short Film: Bhugol
A short film with some amazing outdoors camerawork, this is a student film about two men in a desert. one of them is searching for the edges of the world, the other for escape. The original poster of this video writes: Yet this journey itself is a scenic and timeless humanscape which reflects and blends…