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I started Indisposable Concept as a bit of a rebellion to the throwaway culture surrounding digital imagery, and as a way to encourage people to acknowledge and embrace the everyday beauty that exists in their lives, to capture and share the stuff that matters and makes it unique. We ask participants to document their life [...]
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We’ve seen many Playmobil stop-motion videos, but none as well-shot as the ones by Karim Rejeb, who merges his love for both extreme sports and stop-motion animation into what he calls ‘xtrem stopmotion’ on his site. We really dig the surfing one above (all of over 7 minutes long!), while his most recent work is [...]
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Video Sassoon is a phantasmagorical meditation on media, remediation, and the editing process. Discarded strips of videotape are repurposed to create a screen through which a digital video is projected. In the video, newly severed pieces of hair float across the screen to the tune of a familiar funeral ballad that has been rendered unrecognizable [...]
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This is a mockumetary about beatboxing made by the highly talented Australian beatboxer, Tom Thum. Although the mockumentary is aimed at beatbox enthusiasts, I think anyone who watches it will get a good laugh out of it. And no, it’s not serious, for all those people who fail to recognize satire.
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Survival Tactics is the first Australian Hip Hop feature film. It’s directed by multi-talented Hip Hop artist Morganics and will be dropping soon. The freshest Bboys, Bgirls, free runners, DJs, MCs, spoken word, graffiti and street artists explode on screen. I helped out on set as production assistant and I was also an extra in [...]
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Day Tripper is a stop-motion animation music video I created for Def Wish Cast’s recent album, Evolution Machine. The video features claymation caricatures of the pioneering Australian Hip Hop group, Def Wish Cast, running wildly through the city streets, promoting their upcoming performance and eventually finishing things off by delivering a high energy live show. [...]
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After the positive response to the mini animated short Planet One here is the second installment, aptly called Planet Two. ‘While spending some time on Planet Two we follow a day in the life of one of it’s typical inhabitants… ahh the rat race, a struggle people from all over the cosmos have to deal [...]
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You’ll have to watch this video at least twice to get the full effect. The first time through, you’ll be watching with your jaw on the ground. The second time, you’ll be staring at the screen intently trying to make sense of what you just saw. This short film is incredible, and will make you [...]
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Rainbow Narcosis is a 9-minute trippy animated film by artist Jonathan Monaghan about a lamb whose is missing a head. Set to an original 8bit-esque soundtrack, a rainbow portal connects otherworldly and odd things that go on where its head would be. Opera houses, mid-century modern furniture, and a lamb mechwarrior make up some of the characters and [...]
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Every parent’s worst nightmare: your son goes missing, and years later someone else turns up pretending to be him, completely taking you in. A story you just wouldn’t believe in fiction were it not actually true. Brilliantly and thrillingly cut.
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I’m a filmmaker and actor and started NoBudge, an online platform to watch and discover true indie films. You can now watch my 2010 film, Open Five, in your choice of 9 different filters.
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‘We believe this story is too important to go untold!’ Rubble Kings is a feature length documentary by Shan Nicholson about the New York city street gangs of the late ‘60s & ‘70s and their influence on hip-hop. From 1968 to 1975, gangs ruled New York City. Beyond the idealistic hopes of the civil rights [...]
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The Time That Remains is a double channel, black and white film from Australian-based sister duo, Soda Jerk. Forming part of their series, The Dark Matter Cycle, The Time That Remains explores the concept of hauntology and it’s related social theories. Joan Crawford and Bette Davis move in and out of dream states during the [...]
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Inside Death Row, with Trevor McDonald, is a documentary about America’s most notorious maximum security prison – Indiana State – where McDonald comes face-to-face with 12 condemned men awaiting execution. What was so disconcerting about this was the unexpected likeability of the convicts: frequently I found myself empathizing with these alleged ‘monsters’ to the degree [...]
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Set against playful vintage swing music and a backdrop of swirling color, L’écume des jours (or Mood Indigo in English) is a visually brilliant love story. From the looks of the trailer, the film is yet another artistic succes from the imagination of Michel Gondry, complete with unusual little gadgets, dreamy imagery, and all his [...]
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