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Jean Painleve created amazing science films and dubbed the term “scientific-poetic cinema.”

The Edifice segment from Saul Bass’s 1968 short film Why Man Creates. It won the Academy Award for documentary short subject.

A nice drifting video for Eluvium by Portland filmmaker Matt McCormick.

This is a really interesting collaborative film initiated by Simon Robson of Knife Party. They have just launched their website with an ongoing release of individual sections that will create the entire film.

Destino is unique in that its production originally began in 1945, 58 years before its eventual completion. The project was a collaboration between American animator Walt Disney and Spanish painter Salvador Dalí, and features music written by Mexican songwriter Armando Dominguez. {wikipedia}

The Old Mill was a testing-ground for advanced animation techniques. Marking the first use of Disney’s multiplane camera, the film also incorporates realistic depictions of animal behavior, complex lighting and color effects, depictions of rain, wind, lightning, ripples, splashes and reflections, three-dimensional rotation of detailed objects, and the use of timing to produce specific dramatic [...]

Great mood in this short from Tim Bollinger.

La Peste from La Peste on Vimeo.
A short film about the plague by Supinfocom students Olivier Dubocage, Michal Firkowski, Benoît Galland and Gildas Le Franc.

Motionographer has a nice interview with Tatia Rosenthal about her stop-motion film $9.99. The film looks really wonderful, I hope it receives a wide release around the world after the festival circuit. More info, trailer, and some behind the scenes images can be found at the official site.

Great short film by Franck Dion

Isabella Rossellini’s Green Porno. Watch all the others at the Sundance Channel.

I’ve only recently discovered the works of Jonas Mekas because of an article on him in Believer magazine. Using found footage and his home recordings he creates beautiful diary films about his friends, the memories of his life, things he encounters, and usually about nothing at all, just little moments. He is [...]

A great experimental short from 1927 by Hans Richter. This was way ahead of it’s time, funny to see how similar current pixelation stop motion videos are to this.

The 1984 classic from The Brothers Quay.

Asa Arnehed’s new film Emilia is a wonderful representation of the emotional and temporal struggles of one family. Like Asa’s other shorts the use of sound and textures and open space draws you into the world of the characters.
Watch it here.
(Click on animated films in the menu and then watch the film [...]

This is been posted around it seems, but well worth another mention.