Gobelins is a school for animation and design. The class of ‘08 (students in their second year) has produced some amazing shorts. Which you can find here. But the big fat link below leads you to something even more amazing from last year. Pixar take notice…

Ever seen a lighting bolt strike in slow motion? Gizmodo gives you a chance. Check it out because this looks really amazing!

A documentary about industrial design by Gary Hustwit, director of Helvetica. “Through vérité footage and in-depth conversations, the film documents the creative processes of some of the world’s most influential designers, and looks at how the things they make impact our lives. What can we learn about who we are, and who we want to be, from the objects with which we surround ourselves?”

Check this 5 minute long movie that shows the bizarre hidden images on Google Earth.

It gets darker and darker. Check out some Batman posters. So you can get in the mood for ‘The Dark Knight’

A very funny preview of the ninth animation
film of pixar. The old school cartoon style ROCKS!

Loads of 20 minute long episodes featuring a retro-
spective of a certain game franchise. Inspirational to
see the improvements in game design and just fun
to watch a review of your favourite game of back
in the day, like Zelda, Final Fantasy or Metal Gear.

Every movie or series has them, but some are really pieces of art: the title sequence. Check here for a list of some really nice ones. My favorite is the one of Dexter

A new documentary out of the Big Apple by Adam Yauch. Hope it’ll be distributed worldwide.

A sweet short movie written by Carl Le Blond of Ogilvy & Mather (Amsterdam) and directed by Shilo Design for the None of Us are Free campaign that wants to raise awareness about those who have suffered at the hands of the military regime in Eastern Burma.

It started this month and is designed to educate, inspire
and entertain the creative community. A fine initiative
but what was the art director thinking when they build
this set?

Ever wondered where all that plastic goes?

You might remember Morgan Spurlock from Super Size Me, in wich he strictly eats at McDonalds for 30 days straight. In his latest effort, Where In The World Is Osama Bin Laden?, he travels to the middle east to find the man himself. I think this will only be good if he actually finds him. And judging by the looks of the site, it won’t be a very serious documentary.

To promote the Dutch Online Film Festival, Pool recreated the Dutch movie TBS into Lego. Wanna send your movie to the festival, do it here.

An experimental music video by Mario Cavalli that looks like a painting come to life.

Check out these amazing video’s of Red Bull’s ‘Inside Tahiti’. Thanks to Immersive Media’s 360-degree spherical video camera, you can see how it is to surf a barrel.

New Work Victor and his royal Habbekrats crew finished their first documentary, about the legendary 05/06 dutch hiphop tour named Buitenwesten. Website by Iksi.

Cloverfield. I just saw it. Just go and see it for yourself.
No link. No spoilers.

Cool ‘Fortis’ viral by Eboman.

Fatcap Express is video director Danny “KAS” Stolker’s motion picture debut. The film tells the tale of two Rotterdam based graffiti artists. Well respected Dutch rap lyricist Jiggy Djé plays one of the leading roles.

Be Kind Rewind, Michel Gondry’s new film, will premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 25th 2008. The European release date is still unknown but for those who can’t wait the official site is now live.

As seen on the net, this movie is a Carhartt Streetwear in-house production and highlights brand bla bla over the past decade. The intro was made by Deine Freunde and seems to be made a year earlier.

Because of a traffic jam Habbekrats was 10 minutes too late to participate in the official 48 Hours Film competition, but their Dutch spoken film starring Nasrdin Dchar & Yousef Gnaoui still won the audience award.

Here’s an interesting premise for a movie: a guy is hooked up to an IV-drip with some sort of lethal poison. This is broadcasted live on a website. The more people who visit the website, the faster he will die. Is that viral marketing or what…

To promote Tarantino’s ‘Death Proof’ DVD release, theatres throughout Amsterdam were spotted with ripped off arms holding the DVD. This one is from Tuschinski. Concept by NewMessage.

This is the most expenisive nature-documentary ever made, with stunning images as result. It captures wildlife and nature at all facets (maybe for the last time possible). Shown on IDFA 2007.

New promotion for the Philips ambx gaming technology. Over 250.000 views in two weeks.

Ryu and Ken ram their arguments home in ink…

The 10th season of Top Gear is there. Watch the preview for the line-up of the next 10 weeks - It’s looking brilliant again! (The first episodes you can download on this torrentsite.)

Three years in the making, NBTT is a story about the Nike SB team (with dutch finest’ Wieger van Wageningen) on and off their boards.  Some nice entertainment for you and yours…