Pocket cinema: Love & Theft by Andreas Hykade

June 10, 2010

‘Love & Theft’ (2010) by Andreas Hykade is a film I saw at Animafest 2010 last week… An animated film that brings us to the beginnings of the art of animation and moving images, as well as towards our comic book heritage… simple and plain… like a practical example and lesson on design and logos, typography and the power of minimalism…

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25FPS interview with Jana Debus on Gregor Alexis

May 11, 2010

I’m back! After short hiatus due to some private reasons, I’m ready to blog in more then three lines, dear readers. Here we have a short video interview with film maker and photographer Jana Debus made in the production of 25FPS  International Festival for Experimental Film and Video.

Jana Debus made a short experimental film ‘Gregor Alexis’ in 2008. The film covers a story on her schizophrenic brother at the edges of genres, interlacing jointly with photography based frames, documentary elements. Gregor Alexis was recorded with 8mm camera.

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Pocket cinema: Manitas

May 1, 2010

Another short  film taken from the selection of One Take Film Festival, 2008 edition… I like Portugal… Fado, Porto, Pessoa… the view of Lisbon from an airplane is one of the most striking views I’ve ever saw in my life…

Paolo Abreu is an experimental film maker and, what most people don’t know, he was for years the official videographer for choreographer Vera Mantero from Lisbon… Here is his film ‘Manitas’…

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Pocket cinema: Field, Clowns, Apple… by Shota Gamisonia

April 30, 2010

I saw the film Field, Clowns, Apple… by Russian filmmaker Shota Gamisonia back in 2008 at One Take Film Festival – biennial international festival of films shot in one take… I’ve blogged about the festival in the context of Christopher Doyle‘s photography exhibition…

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