"This is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5, François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy + Ludovic Houplain. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short.

In this film there are two pieces of licensed music, in the beginning and in the end. All the other music and sound design are original. The opening track (Dean Martin "Good Morning Life") and closing track (The Ink Spots "I don't want to send the world on fire") songs are licensed pre-existing tracks. All original music and sound design is by, human (www.humanworldwide.com)"

all i can say is that i'm amazed. i seriously thought it was gonna be some cheeseball project. i was wrong. we posted the trailer a long time ago. here's the actual short for those who have never seen it before.

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“KOOKY´S RETURN (Kuky se vrací) is a combined puppet and live action feature based on a 
child’s fantasy. A seven year old boy whose teddy bear Kooky has been 
thrown away wonders what his toy is up to in the big world out there, imagining 
[that] Kooky [is trying] to find his way back home.
”

When I first saw the trailer, I instantly though fraggle rock meets where the wild things are. I was also reminded of the princess bride for some reason. I guess it might have been the whole grandpa telling a story to the little boy scenario. I don't understand stand what they're saying but It looks pretty good! It was written and directed by Oscar-winning Czech director Jan Svěrák.


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Here is Wes Civilz' parody of Steve Jobs' iPad reveal presentation.

STILL BILL is an intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics “Ain’t No Sunshine,” “Lean On Me,” “Lovely Day,” “Grandma’s Hands,” and “Just the Two of Us.” With his soulful delivery and warm, heartfelt sincerity, Withers has written the songs that have – and always will – resonate deeply within the fabric of our times.

Check the site for a screening in your area or to pre-order the DVD

Big Love from DIGITALKITCHEN on Vimeo.

Just in the nick of time, our polygamist friends over at Juniper Creek are dropping a long over due Christmas. I wonder if HBO footed the bill for recording costs, or all the sister-wives just pooled their funds together for the project.

"From our family to yours. How do we reward 5 million loyal fans of a hit show going into its 4th season? By making them a fundamentalist polygamist compound family holiday album! Eight classic Christmas songs re-written, composed, and recorded. We also produced a music video as a companion piece to the album: an earnestly awkward holiday celebration put on by the people of Juniper Creek. Click here to listen to the tracks and download the album."

This is the best movie ever made starring a bunch of cute little 3D mold spores.

Humble is proud to present, Humunculus, the first of an annual series of experimental films by our in-house directing collaborative, Hydra. Conceived of and directed by Sam Stephens, Homunculus is a dark and twisted fable of spontaneous generation and untrammeled id. Taking its title from the Latin word for "Little Human", the piece is an associative mashup between the two concepts behind the word: The first being middle-age alchemical beliefs that "little men" could be spontaneous generated from dead or decaying matter. The second being Carl Jung's usage as a personification of pure id. These ideas, combined with our love of Dutch still life's "beautiful decay," sowed the seeds for this unique little monster of a film.

The Hydra team assembled an entire still-life spread; fruits, cheeses, flowers, fish, and an uncooked pheasant. They then sealed it off in a 6x6 foot plexiglass box. 3 DSLrs, set at varying angles, were set to shoot a frame every 5 minutes for 11 days. Meanwhile, co-director Chris Mauch began to design a series of "little men," some cute and cuddly, some not so much. In Maya, Chris and our team of volunteer animators and modelers began to build and rig the creatures.

Over the course of 4 months, in between jobs and on weekends, Sam, Chris, and the team pieced together the sometimes funny, sometimes disturbing madcap narrative --a mixture of Tex Avery cartoons and H.R. Giger inspired body horror.

True to its subject, and to the surprise of its producers, what was to be a small 30 second blip organically grew into an entire HD short film. With the completion of the 12-tone score by Koven Smith and the surround sound mix by Joe Muiccio, we're pleased to premiere our furry little labor of love. Please enjoy...hopefully on an empty-ish stomach.
Category: Entertainment

Growing up in Jersey, I can vividly remember people just like these, cruising up and down the strip in their IROC-Z's all summer long. Since "The Real World" lost steam about 5 seasons ago, the higher-ups at MTV have been scrambling to find another show with the same potential for longevity. Well, I think they finally stumbled upon their new hit with "MTV's Jersey Shore", this show's gonna be everyone's new guilty pleasure.

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