Eye Film Institute Netherlands will soon be known for their impressive new building in Amsterdam. But their miraculous Bits & Pieces archive might just be as inspiring. To promote the Celluloid Remix contest, we made a remix with this extraordinary footage.
In a way to promote a local bicycle shop, a cool urban expriment was done in New York. On January 1, 2011 they chained a fully loaded bike to a post along a busy Soho street and took a picture every day, for a whole year. The resulting video shows the bike slowly vanish, which is kinda cool.
Filmmaker Jesse Rosten makes a statement on standards of beauty in this short movie called Fotoshop by Adobé. Kinda reminds on the 2006 Dove Evolution campaign for real beauty, but still as relevant as five years ago.
A short film about Marc Manceaux and his marvellous little shop in Paris called “Fournitures Generales Pour le Piano”. Go for a dive into his sea of pianos. Created by Mathieu Cuvelier and Tom Wrigglesworth. The latter is known for a fine printer video he once did.
Really. I can’t wait. The Prometheus trailer has every bit the feel you could wish for with a prequel like this. Still wondering if it really is a prequel to Alien? Go to Inside Movies and see what you think.
Porsche releases a mini-doc of the development of the seventh-generation 911. I’m always a big sucker for these aesthetic elite testing videos especially when it features two black-on-black 2012 Carrera 911′s. The lucky Tangent Vector crew joined the engineers in Africa and at the Artic to test the rides in extreme conditions.
Great take on the advertising industry, by making catvertising the next big thing. To stay on top, you better ask yourself: what can cat videos do for your business?
French are peculiar. Especially these guys filmed by director Sébastien Montaz-Rosset. Very nice imagery in this sneak peek. A 40 minutes Feature documentary will be available on 11.11.11 at 11 a.m for download.
Finnish production company Flatlight Films made a timelapse video for Visit Finland to make people want to come and stay. Although timelapse is’nt exactly new, this one sure got my attention. And if this does’nt get you warmed up for winter, try this one.
Happy with your Swedish interior? My friend Tim Arts and his homies Stefan van den Boogaard and Jeroen Houben kinda are. In fact, they’re so enthusiastic about Swedish design, in honor they made a short for the Dutch Film Festival’s 48hr movie project. They won prices. It’s great.
Nice promo from OBA/CCCP/SuperHeroes for the Facebook page of the renovated Maritime Museum.
A nice documentary by Channel 4 about the difference between street art and graffiti. It shows the ongoing battle between (fans of) King Robbo and Banksy, which all started when Banksy painted over the oldest piece of graffiti in London. Via
This Saul Bass-inspired promo for BBC’s Radio 4 dramatisation of Vasily Grossman’s novel Life and Fate is prety cool! Illustrations by Ben Newman, production by Wonky Films and creation by Devilfish Creative.
Stakes is high for this one. L’Ordre et la Morale is the new feature film by acclaimed director Mathieu Kassovitz, whom we all know him from his 1995 masterpiece La Haine. Will this political piece about a highjack drama in French Polynesia match up with is powerful debut?
Check out the full version of this cool documentary containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era, together creating a movie about hope, fear and digital culture.
From schoolyard kids to marketers, everybody wants to get close to the cool guy…so what defines cool? R+I Creative (which you might know from Influencers) made a short film in which they explore this question. No date set yet, but check the …
Finally a good interactive movie, coming from Range Rover. In an entertaining and high quality movie, you’ll have to make choices which will lead you to one of 9 storylines (with 32 different endings). Later, these choices will determine your kind of Range Rover model.
Danger Mouse is coming up with a new album called Rome. For the song ‘Black’ feat. Norah Jones, Chris Milk created a WebGL film, called 3 dreams of black. Here’s how they made it.
Great music video for the band Danger Beach on Dream Damage Records. Illustrations by Ned Wenlock and character animation by Rodney Selby from New Zealand. Also check out this post by Ned about the making of.
Nice billboard installation by Tropicana, an oranges brand. They show in a fun and interesting way what energy their oranges have (and probably give when you drink it)
Bill is an 82-year-old fashion photographer, known for his candid and street photography. His pictures of Greta Garb became a historical turning point, because it was the first time that a newspaper had shown well-known people without getting their permission. Now the photographer himself became a subject in this documentary about his bicycle and his camera.
Check out this fine collection of movie titles including the beautifully drawn ones from the 1930s and 40s. Films that were promoted with lines like “The gayest comedy hit of the screen!”. The collection is a clever way for Christian Annyas to highlight his own design work and availability as a freelancer.
The Foo Fighters made a documentary. It that charts their entire career arc, from the cassette demos leader Dave Grohl recorded during his time as Nirvana’s drummer through their rise to the top of the rock world. Premiere at SxSW and is directed by James Moll.
French photographer Pierre Gleizes has been Greenpeace’s in-house in-action hands-on photographer for over 30 years, shooting some of the most iconic images of Greenpeace’s actions. Check out this inspiring short portrait, not for the faint-hearted.
Last year we and many others have been working very hard on our first feature film, Rabat. Matter of fact, we still are. Dutch theatrical release is planned for the 9th of June. Today we released the teaser trailer, which kind of felt like letting your kid go to school for the first day. Of course there is a film page on Facebook. Plus there’s a WeTransfer channel!
Can you jump from space? Yes you can! The highest parachute jump ever: 36,9 km, 13:45 min. It was in 1959 for Project Excelsior, by Colonel Joseph Kittinger. Boards of Canada used parts of the incredible classic footage in their beautiful clip Dayvan Cowboy. I just found this mini-documentary which shows even more incredible stuff.
Ever wondered why we never went back to the moon after Apollo 17? This new film by Spanish director Gonzalo López-Gallego tries to give an answer to that question. So far it looks promising, but I hope that it’s not going to be one of those been-there-done-that-space-alien-horror-cliche-movies.
Inspirational short movie for all you creatives out there. Get back in touch with the infectious energy you had when you were young.
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Filmmaker Kirby Ferguson is making an interesting four-part video series about remixing. Part one was about the music industry. In this latest part he takes a closer look at remix techniques involved in producing films.