God Bless America
Last scene from The Deer Hunter.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
The Cask of Amontillado
To mark the bicentennial of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe: January 19th, 2009; this adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe’s dark and twisted tale of vengeance… Produced and directed by Mario Cavalli.
Requiescat in pace.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
See Through
Two powerful leaders fighting for territory start a world war. Two pilots from both sides are entangled in a dogfight in the air. By chance, the two pilots are stranded upon a small island in the middle of the ocean.
An animated film by Jokelate.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Mamá
Two young sisters do everything they can to avoid confronting their mother, who seems to be visiting from a strange — and very scary –- planet in a different universe than the one they inhabit.
A short movie directed by Andy Muschietti and produced by Barbara Muschietti, soon(?) to be made into a feature film.
Watch it. (Flash Video) [Thanks, T.]
Sita Sings the Blues (Full Film)
The 2008 animated feature film written, directed, produced and animated by Nina Paley (previously we posted Battle of Lanka, one of the musical clips which gave the start to the movie) Sita Sings the Blues is available online with a Creative Common license, that is free as in beer and as in speech.
Forever’s Not So Long
What if you only had a certain amount of time on this planet? What would you do? A question that many films have asked before. This film answers it in its own unique way.
Mac vs PC
The ultimate showdown.
A short movie written and directed by Dan Chianelli and Nick Greenlee.
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
Bowerbirds – In Our Talons
The video takes the visual spectacle of a nature documentary and puts it into a stop-motion animated world. We explore 3 magical creatures from 3 different lands, equally beautiful yet doomed by the hand of man.
Music video directed by Alan Poon and produced at Circle. Director of photography: Adam Makarenko.
Watch it. (MPEG-4)
Benh Zeitlin – Glory At Sea
One of my favorite shorts of the year. One of the most gorgeous films, whether it be shorts or features, I have ever seen. Every shot tells its own little story.
A man comes back alive, in a post Katrina world, to lead a bunch of lost souls back to sea to meet their destiny. An great and important story told in the most beautiful way.
A classic, don’t miss this.
Some information about the project.
- Court 13 (the DVD is available for sale at their online store)
- Interview of the director
- Filmmaker Magazine mention
(If anyone has more links about the production, pass it on)
Shock and Awe
An Iraqi family’s meal is interrupted by the sounds of incoming missiles. They share a surprisingly intimate moment as they wait uncertainly under the dining room table.
Written and Directed by Chase Palmer. Director of photographt Andrij Parekh. Edit and Sound Design Miky Wolf.
Watch it. (Flash Video)
Crappy Cat
A funny interactive Flash movie.
via Alan Cook
Les dents de la nuit
And here’s a different take on vampires and movie titles.
The sequence was lovely crafted at Deubal, while the movie is the debut feature of Stephen Cafiero and Vincent Lobelle AKA Les Elvis.
Watch. (MPEG-4)
Download. (Huge MOV)
Al Dente
Taking place in a colorful and musical universe, “Al Dente” is a short film which tells us the story of a little street girl discovering the magic and the dangers of an ogre’s kitchen.
Directed by Jean-François Barthelemy, Maël François and Carlos Felipe Leon Ortiz, students of Supinfocom.
ELA in “Love at First Byte”
E.L.A. is a young girl in love back in home planet Earth. But the power of her love is too big to be limited to solely one being. An extremely bizarre love triangle unravels an invasion of epic proportions, and E.L.A. is set on an adventure to save planet Earth from the evil claws of Havra the Merciless!
Directed by Fernando Sarmiento, J.F. Mackeprang and Federico Quiros at Peppermelon.
By the power of Greyskull, watch it! (Flash Video)
Hoop Dream (entire film available)
This film is constantly voted the best documentary of all time. It is available in full at Hulu in 420p HD. Cannot get better than that online.
The film remains relevant just like it did when it first came out. Two young basketball players struggle to fulfill a common dream which is to make to the NBA. The two kids have contrasting styles and personalities, each story could have made a great documentary in of itself. But together, the stories highlight the hi’s and lo’s of each story even better. Once in a lifetime kind of movie.
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