Microcinema DVDs - onedotzero

Catalog Number: MC-441	Type: Shorts Compilation	Genre: Design / Fashion
Copyright: 2005	Length: 95 minutes	Format: DVD Region: 0 (All)
TV System: NTSC	ISBN:	UPC/EAN: 5060065280057
Label: onedotzero

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Films In Compilation

Blanquet: Electronic Performers directed by Ganzerli Bourdoiseau France, 2004, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 Pulsating, neuro-electrical reactions and the moment of conception are poetically realised in this mesmerising video scored to godin and dunckel‚ space-rock, electronic composition. An immense production period of eleven months was taken to produce this rarely seen piece of work.
We Have Decided Not to Die directed by Daniel Askill Australia, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A modern day allegorical triptych, three figures undergo a mental transformation through three physical rituals. Shot at up to 500 frames per second, its ultra sharp cinematography creates a world where characters float in space and time.
Park Foot Ball directed by Grant Orchard United Kingdom, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 Tensions mount in surely the shortest game ever, as match emotions and park life are merged and condensed into mere minutes though the simple yet hugely evocative animation by regular studio aka animator orchard.
Bloodthirsty Butchers / Jack Nicholson directed by Shibashi Mitsyuki Japan, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A darkly comic caper sees a run-down salaryman, tired of the rat race inadvertently get caught up in shop heist that sees him take the money and run. Perfectly paced animation promo that sees the protagonist live the day of his life despite being on the run from the police.
Empire directed by Edouard Salier France, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A stunning montage of 50's all-american suburbia. The military covertly invades a cosy life through subtle graphic layering. Parisian salier studied graphic design, before moving into music videos, motion graphics and visuals.
Digital Breath directed by Edouard Unknown contact ID of 1605 Japan, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 Recent promo by +cruz housed at ad agency/record label hybrid, w+'‚s tokyo lab for human beatbox artist afra. the lyrics and beats are graphically visualised, enhancing and adding depth to the pumping live performance.
Fast Film directed by Virgil Widrich Austria, Animation, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A classic action, love story, car chase, gun fight, happy ending story, told in the editing together of 65,000 folded printed papers of all the greatest hollywood movie scenes. a genius labour of love created from over 300 works of film history.
Loop Pool directed by Daiki Aizawa Japan, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A gentle and melancholic animation with rich luminescent colours. The cycle of life is lived out in a condensed timeframe around a sparkling pool with flower, butterfly, spider, frog, fish, bird and the ultimate hunter? Man.
Hitchcock / The Phoenix Foundation directed by Reuben Sutherland United Kingdom, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A rhapsody of choreographed electric cars which would make an olympic synchronized swimming team blush. An antidote to the polluted petrol guzzling ways of our current 4x4 infested roads, the photorealistic cars were created with stills of an old lada that was multi layered [90 times!] to enable them to appear 3d. Sutherland directed, shot, edited and animated the video in after effects with the use of a digital stills camera.
Hitchcock / The Phoenix Foundation directed by Reuben Sutherland United Kingdom, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A rhapsody of choreographed electric cars which would make an olympic synchronized swimming team blush. An antidote to the polluted petrol guzzling ways of our current 4x4 infested roads, the photorealistic cars were created with stills of an old lada that was multi layered [90 times!] to enable them to appear 3d. Sutherland directed, shot, edited and animated the video in after effects with the use of a digital stills camera.
The Eel directed by Dominic Hailstone United Kingdom, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 Effects maestro turned director delivers a masterful short. An eel thrashes around in his undersized tank - as its form rapidly outgrows its environment, its angry mutation reaches monstrous proportions. Hailstones, eerie imagination runs riot in this seminal organic horror short.
Sometimes directed by Pleix France, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 An arresting visual representation of 9/11 told through the graphic disintegration of a high-rise building in new york. Helpless onlookers watch on as fragments of the black-glass windows disperse throughout the city. A haunting, poetic and powerful personal short film with music by kid606.
Watermelon directed by Joji Koyama United Kingdom, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A torrid tale of interactive melon twisting. Our cheeky demure hostess takes us on a desire fuelled trip into the surreal underworld of fruit fantasy. Personal short from the award-winning promo director aka woof wan bau. Made for channel 4‚ mesh scheme.
Le Sens De La Vie directed by Bernard Stulzaft France, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A businessman succumbs to the fever of city greed, his madness growing as his bank accounts swell. Simple yet expressive characterisations are the strength of this self-financed and scored film by promising new french director/musician newcomer.
Catwalk directed by Kitado Shin Japan, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A sweet, bright animated fable of young girl who encounters a cat on wall after a town has seemingly been flooded. And there starts a mini-adventure when an umbrella is used to escape the wall. A story about starting over at the dawn of a new universe. Music composition + performance: seiji yamada, voice: sawa masaki, sound production: scat goto, shinya sameshima.
Obras directed by Hendrick Dusollier France, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 a poetic and graphical journey through wild and irreversible urban developments, explored in a single gradual shot. This highly original film offers a photographic and animated interpretation of the destruction and reconstruction taking place in the barrio ribera and diagonal mar, in Barcelona, Spain. An outstanding first time award-winner.
Girls directed by Lev Yilmaz USA, Animation, 0, 00:00:00 A witty "video-wishlist" about one of the artists favorite pastimes.
Baby Dog + Sex Shop + Sound Studio directed by Lev Unknown contact ID of 1616 United Kingdom, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 Eye-wateringly funny dogumentaries, where animated house pets take the reportage lead. Unscripted laddish pub chats debate the baby or wife‚ dilemma, whilst a covert mission to a soho porn shop fails to dish the doggy dirt, and a teenage rapper struggles to cut the swear words.
Pemmikan directed by Lev Unknown contact ID of 1356 Brazil, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 The first international video release for the band United Cutlery, a one piece electronic mess from the ukraine. This piece takes the audience on an unforetold journey across the impressive block-cut graphic hills of eastern europe, surviving on nothing but sausages.
The Shouty Track directed by Airside United Kingdom, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 Taken from the revolutionary new dvd album 64-95‚ lo-fi biro-scribble rocker cavemen fight out who's boss‚ inside a playschool exercise book. The senseless fighting was so much fun that airside have created an interactive game out of it.
Ex - Fat Girl directed by Nagi Noda Japan, 2005, Color, Magnetic Stereo, 00:00:00 A rare female director on the tokyo scene and a multi talented creator working across print, photography, art direction and product development. This film sees noda take on the fitness video with more than a twist. Pumped up poodle action that she hopes will help you become happy in body and mind. You would expect the full title to tell it all: mariko takahashi's fitness video for being appraised as an ex fat girl!