Staff Picks

Help protect our nation's film collection. Donate now: bfi.org.uk/filmisfragile/ The BFI looks after one of the most important collections of film in the world - films from as early as 1895 to the latest British features just released in cinemas. But film is fragile. And restoring and preserving it is expensive. As a charity we rely on the generosity and support of film-lovers such as you to continue this culturally important work. Any donation, large or small, makes a huge difference, and ...

A look at the hidden power of film props. And how filmmakers use the everyday (and not so everyday) objects in their scenes to enhance cinematic storytelling. Written, edited, & narrated by Rishi Kaneria (@rishikaneria). Music from: “Baba O Riley” by the Who “Kid-A” by Punch Brothers “Rabbit In Your Headlights” by Unkle “Where is my mind” by Vitamin String Orchestra “Magic” by Mick Smiley “Sinnerman” by Nina Simone “Intermezzo” by Pietro Mascagni “Monkey Fight Snake” by the Bombay Royale “I ...

Via an app on his phone, Bert discovers that a 97% love match is near. Will he find her before the subway reaches the end of the line? Ben Brand and Caviar Amsterdam’s second short film 97% is the last step towards their first feature film ‘FIND THIS DUMB LITTLE BITCH AND THROW HER INTO A RIVER’ which is planned to be shot spring 2016. In the past two years 97% (the dutch submission for the oscars 2014) has been selected for more than 70 international film festivals including Aspen ...

Music video for electronica duo Young Juvenile Youth. Official You Tube: youtube.com/watch?v=jREZtQU0ktkCast: Kosai SekineTags: Animation, YJY, Young Juvenile Youth, Jemapur, Yuki, Kosai, Tokyo and Sekine

This snail horror comedy is so scary, it'll shock your shell off! Claude and his friends are out of their element and in a whole lot of trouble when they choose the wrong lettuce for lunch. They must now find their way out of this world of horrors before they end up on the menu! Escargore is the latest third year production from Media Design School's Bachelor of Art and Design (3D Animation and VFX). The project took around four months of intensive work to complete by a group of 22 ...

Mike Hornbeck has moved back home to Michigan for good, a spot not typically known as a skiing mecca but as Mike says, “You can ski anywhere and do it creatively, and make it fun.” With massive snowfall the past few years rivaling the Rockies, the suddenly snow-laden city of Grand Rapid offers up plenty for Hornbeck’s street skiing skill set. In Episode 1 of Snowcieties, Mike celebrates his skiing roots with friends Spencer Milbocker and Kim Boberg on a four-month urban mission spanning ...

From the director, Braden Lee: "Tokyo is this futuristic-dystopian metropolis rich in tradition and modernism. My goal was to merge these two themes. Throughout the story we follow two contemporary dancers to the famous Shibuya 5-way crossing. We also observe a mysterious masked figure. This ominous mask comes from a theatrical drama called "Noh" which the Japanese have been practicing since the 14th century. The actual mask you see here is over 400 yrs old and represents an angel - passed ...

Short music film for Alagoas "1981" STARING - Johnny Massaro, Bianca Comparato, Túlio Starlind and Willian Gomes DIRECTOR - Del WRITER - Del and Ide EXECUTIVE PRODUCER - Cris Lopes ASSOCIATE PRODUCER - Del PRODUCTION MANAGER - Larissa Luise and Ueslei Santos LINE PRODUCER - Juliano Mundim and Júlia Rizério PRODUCTION COMPANY - Conspiração DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY - Will Etchebehere 1ST AC - Joana Luz 2ND AC - Rodrigo Daltro GAFFER - Israel Basso ELECTRIC - Edvando Ferreira SOUND RECORD - ...

Warren Fu, Director Columbia, Label Raffi Adlan, Producer Partizan, Production Company Byron Werner, Director of Photography Warren Fu, Editor Jeff Pantaleo, Executive Producer Bryan Younce, Commissioner JC Molina, Production Designer Aubrey Binzer, Stylist Warren Fu, Visual Effects Aubrey Woodiwiss @ ETC, Colorist Giles Cheetham @ ETC, Flame Artist Michelle Gabriel, Casting Shout out to one of my art mentors Brian Kalin O'Connell, who did a sketch of a kid running with a toy plane years ago ...

Kai is a dancer struggling to perfect her movements. She practices at home, avoids going out for drinks after training, and is endlessly chastised by her dance teacher, all to no avail. This changes when she has a collision with joy, and learns how to let go and express her pleasure freely. Earlier this year, Magnum ice-cream teamed up with i-D to create a short film competition called "Be True To Your Pleasure", inviting emerging filmmakers to send in their short film ideas about personal ...

There’s all these amazing, complex, crucial organs in the body. The appendix is surplus to requirements, worse than useless. It was originally there to repopulate the gut with good bacteria, but in “hygienic” societies there’s nothing much for it to do... Music and animation inspired by the Appendix, commissioned by Body Of Songs bodyofsongs.com Music: (Ooh Aah) Carolina! by Raf Directed by Ben Wheele Animation by Ben Wheele and Theo Nunn Supported by The Wellcome Trust and Arts Council ...

Music video for Conner Youngblood's 'The Badlands', shot on location in The Badlands, South Dakota. Article on Nowness: bit.ly/1Nrba97 Director: Johannes Greve Muskat Producer/Creative dir: Conner Youngblood Cinematography/Edit/Color: Johannes Greve MuskatCast: Johannes Greve MuskatTags: johannes greve muskat, the badlands, conner youngblood, music video, south dakota and nowness

Learn more about the project by watching the "Making of Biologic" here: vimeo.com/142212881 Initiated from MIT Media Lab, BioLogic is our attempt to program living organism and invent responsive and transformable interfaces of the future. Nature has engineered its own actuators, as well as the efficient material composition, geometry and structure to utilize its actuators and achieve functional transformation. Based on the natural phenomenon of hygromorphic transformation, we introduce a ...

Animation: Julian Glander 💻 Music: Shannon Ferguson 🎵 Assistant animator: JR Phillips ✎ Sound Production: Mooj Zadie 🔊 Special thanks: Ellie Gordon-Moershel ☀ California Inspires Me is a collaboration between Google Play and California Sunday Magazine. 😊Cast: JULIAN GLANDERTags: animation, 3d, california, james franco, california inspires me and google play

"Arms" by Sun Bones facebook.com/SunBones/ director: Timothy Reckart facebook.com/TimothyReckart/ dp: Justin Ivan Hong automata: Hoodoo Projects hoodooprojects.com sculptor: Bryn Fraker wardrobe lead: Andee Franklin wardrobe asst: Jana McConnell modelmakers: Bob Hanshaw, Timothy Reckart, Elizabeth Reckart, Jane Reckart puppeteers: Seth Vietti, Bob Hanshaw, Sam Golden, Simon Dalzell, Timothy Reckart additional rigging: Nicholas BlakeCast: Timothy ReckartTags: fire, automata, day of the ...

2015 Vail International Film Festival, 2015 Lighthouse International Film Festival. Winner Columbia University Film Festival 2014 Audience Award Knives stars Paul Castro Jr, Chloe Levine, Marc Menchaca and Peter Friedman. Directed by Aaron David DeFazio Produced by Larissa Rhodes Written by Taylor Sardoni and Aaron David DeFazio Cinematography by Michael Rossetti Costumes by Leah Dworkin Production design by Chloe Reisen and Jenna Josepher Original score by Mark Crawford We could not have ...

Extracts from the journal of Pastor John Deitman, Strathmoor, Georgia. June & July, 1927 Winner: Jury Prize for Best Animated Short, Slamdance 2015 Winner: Grand Jury Award for Best Animated Short, Florida Film Festival 2015 Winner: Best Nordic Short, Nordisk Panorama 2015 Winner: Best International Short, Animasivo Festival 2015 Winner: New Talent Award, Fantoche International Animation Festival Official selection Telluride Film Festival 2014 Official selection Ottawa International ...

Warning: this video contains graphic scenes. McKamey Manor is one of the most extreme haunted house experiences in the US. Located in Russ McKamey’s San Diego backyard, the full ‘haunt’ lasts eight hours, yet no one has managed to complete it. McKamey has amassed a cult following online and says there is a 27,000-person waiting list, but does his event cross the line from fright to torture?Cast: Guardian News & Media Ltd and Mae RyanTags: Halloween, McKamey Manor, Scary and Documentary

Hyper-Realistic CG animation clip rendering made entirely with state of the art CG (Computer Graphics) 3D softwares such as 3D Studio Max, VRay, MODO, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer. For more cool renderings & animation visit xVOID website: studio-aiko.com/xvoid/ For the project breakdown visit here: vimeo.com/143594857 2015Cast: Studio AikoTags: xvoid, cg, aiko, 3d, 3-d, cgi, animation, 3dmax, desert, abandoned, wasteland, short, VRay and V-Ray

In the summer of 1990, a teenage filmmaker successfully raises $100,000 to shoot a pioneering horror film.Cast: Charlie Lyne and Hometape