Cuerdas en la vida- Ropes in life


Directed by Gerardo González Pérez Animations : Arturo Tornero/Gerardo González Post-production director: Meztli Martínez Cuevas Color Correction: Gerardo González Produced by Galop Studios ©2016 Galop Studios galopstudios.com https://www.facebook.com/ropesinlife/ Contact Gerardo González: 2zerardo@gmail.com Official Selections: – Oaxaca film fest – Best shortmovie made in México – Newport Beach Film Festival- OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING: ANIMATED SHORT FILM – Hendaia film fest- mención Honorifica – Atlanta Film Fest – FIC-silente – MIRA – Corto Imola Festival – Festival Internacional de Cine de Santa Cruz – Tlanchanafest – Censurados Film Festival – Rewind Festival de Cortometrajes – Fresco – Bienal Baja California – Festival Flor Azul – International Film Festival of Fine Arts – Destival Internazionale del Cinema d´Arte – Festicini con tres nominaciones – 12 meses – POSMORTEM – Los Ángeles

Blooming Night 海上良宵


Mesmerized by a pair of red heels, a lonely street guy in Shanghai follows its owner into a forbidden club. There, he discovers something that challenges, yet awakens his mind. This short is inspired by the real underground elder LGBTQ community in Shanghai. Official Selection: -2017 Outfest Los Angeles LGBT Film Festival -2017 Shanghai International Film Festival -2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival -2017 Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival -2017 NewFest New York’s LGBT Film Festival -2017 Shanghai Queer Film Festival – Winner: Special Award -2017 Cinema Queer International Film Festival -2017 Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival Crew: Cast: Bell Zhong, Fei JIn Director/Writer: Bell Zhong Producer: Sol Ye Cinematographer: Mary Evangelista Gaffer: Falk Mattern 1st AD: Michael Chenxu Wang Assistant Camera: Chen Li Sound Designer: Laurel Cai Casting Director: Xiao Hao Costume/Make-Up & Hair: Wenjing Editor: Bell Zhong

Jarvis Landry || Mini Documentary


Jarvis Landry is one of the brightest young stars in the National Football League, and his backstory is even more incredible than his performance on the field. This docu-short gives you a glimpse into the obstacles he and his family had to clear in order to get to this point in his career. ——— Music provided by Musicbed: ‘Projections’ by Luke Atencio: http://mscbd.fm/prjksn ‘Revolution’ by The Soldier Story: http://mscbd.fm/rblss ‘Miscommunication’ by Oslo: http://mscbd.fm/mslcl ‘Voodoo (Fight the Power) – Instrumental’ by The Seige: http://mscbd.fm/vdfls ‘Flutter’ by A. Taylor: http://mscbd.fm/fltsr More at http://mscbd.fm/msdc

Copain


Fré is a teenager stuck between his conservative, wealthy family and his lower-class friends. He manages to keep the two worlds separated, until he falls in love… Directed & Produced by: Jan & Raf Roosens Based on an idea by: Jan & Raf Roosens Script: Bert Van Dael & Sanne Nuyens D.o.P: Grimm Vandekerckhove Music: Raf Keunen Sound: Alexander Baert Sound Editor & Mixer: Matthias Hillegeer Editor: Maarten Janssens Grading: Olivier Ogneux Production Manager: Caroline Van Ranst & Danaé Van Vyve Prod. Company: Rococo Content with the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund Awards 68th Cannes Film Festival ||2015||Official Short Film Competition 53th Gijon International Film Festival ||2015|| Best Short Film (Oscar Qualifying), Best Director, Best Script 29th Cabourg Film Festival ||2015|| Swann d’Or for Best Short Film

Cowboyland


According to the justice of the Wild West, thieves must be punished. But when the sheriff’s horse breaks, and there is no-one to oversee justice, it’s hard to forecast if justice stays justice. Cowboyland is short animated film directed by David Stumpf, made as bachelor film at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. SCREENINGS Annecy 2016 (France) ITFS – Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2016 (Germany) Hiroshima Animation Festival 2016 (Japan) Anima Brussels 2017 (Belgium) Anima Mundi International Animation Festival 2016 (Brazil) MIAF – Melbourne international animation festival 2016 (Australia) CINANIMA International Animation Festival 2016 (Portugal) Manchester Animation Festival 2016 (UK) KROK International Animations Film Festival 2016 (Russia) KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival 2016 (Netherland) MONSTRA Animated Film Festival 2016 (Portugal) Animateka 2015 (Slovenia) Fest Anča 2015 (Slovakia) Anibar Animation Festival 2016 (Kosovo) AWARDS Manchester Animation Festival 2016- Best student film KROK at home harbour 2016 – Best film: student MIAF 2016 – Judges Award for International Program #6 Fest Anca 2015 – Anca D Award STIFF 2016 – Best animation IGRIC 2016 – National Slovak prize for animation NONSTOP Barcelona Animacio 2016 – Spetial Mention Student Film Original Narrative 2016 – Best Animated Film IYFFL 2016 – Honourable Mention Fiaticorti film festival 2016 – Best comic movie Full list of awards, screenings and behind the Cowboy here: cowboyland.tumblr.com

Comix India to tackle difficult social subjects with new magazine Verite

Comix India consulting editor Bharath Murthy

Gone are the days when comics only whetted the fancies of a school-goer with mighty superhero tales and stories of lanky characters set against a college backdrop. More pressing issues, that of societal and cultural; the taboos that are normally weaned away from being discussed started finding space in the annals of comics.

But now in another valiant effort to address such difficult subjects, Comix India has renamed its magazine to Verite, French for truth, which publishes comics on realism, unabashed, breaking away from the norms of mainstream Indian comics. Started by Bharat Murthy and Japanese artist Mitsuhiro Asakawa, Verite currently boasts some prominent names from the industry, both household and international, who’ve already finished working on the first edition of the magazine and shall launch in a couple of weeks.

“The whole project is running only on goodwill. I’m grateful to the acclaimed Japanese artists who have faith in this project. They believe such comics should reach a wider readership,” avows Murthy, who also aims to publish alternative Japanese manga.

As unconventional as the venture is, the name’s more so as Murthy goes on to reveal the story behind naming it Verite: “The term is French, meaning truth. One inspiration behind it is the French and international cinema movement in the 1960s called Cinema Verite meaning cinema truth, which was about films that explored the relationship between cinema, reality and truth. Likewise, we want to encourage comics that deal with reality and express the truths of our everyday experience.”

Verite, for all its noble initiative, is also an opportunity for an amateur comic writer to send in stories that tread similar lines, and even if Murthy plays it down due to a lukewarm turn-out of the articles, remains upbeat in his cause. He says, “The response, as I expected, is average. I try to actively look for artists and encourage them to try to explore the comics form in a deeper way.

“I do this beside other commitments, so it takes more time than usual. About eight months to put together the first issue. Hope to reduce the time with future issues.”

However the final goal, as Murthy puts it, is to create a sustainable monthly magazine with subscription. But till then, ardent Manga readers can rejoice as Comix India is coming up with one this year with translation in English, Hindi, Tamil and Bengali. But stay tuned as, “there’s more on the way,” he entices.

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Anurag Khurana steps down as Riot Games country manager (India)

Anurag Khurana has moved on from the post of Country Manager (India) Riot Games India. Khurana took to a social media platform to announce the development. He wrote,

“Effective February, I have moved on from Riot. My tenure at Riot India was short, but during this time I had the good fortune of working with some of the best gaming talent and professionals, both at Riot and in the League community in India.

I would like to thank the community for the support and enthusiasm they displayed during my tenure and I hope to see the same enthusiasm going forward.

More power to the team that I leave behind.

GLHF”

Khurana had joined the company in January of 2017 when Riot Games set up shop in the country. It is yet to be revealed who would be filling his spot in the company, which is famed for its MOBA, League of Legends. Prior to joining Riot Games, Khurana served as an executive director of Newgen Holding, an ICT solution provider for Smart Cities.

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SEPC-backed enTTech off to a flyer in its maiden conference

A unique effort to bring together Indian Services Industry in the M&E space and countries from across the globe under one roof, enTTech’s two-day event saw a significant success. For a first edition, the event was well organised and targeted, an opinion resounded by everyone present.

The two-day B2B event was planned, keeping in mind the short period and the volume of business. The first day was dedicated to only interactions and getting to know each other over networking lunch and dinner. During the one (and only) session of the day, all the delegates introduced themselves, their companies, and revealed their agendas, be it buying, selling, looking for co-productions or service work. This process, almost impossible in a bigger content market, narrowed down the choices of delegates and made it easier for them to target the company and make a deal.

Most delegates seemed extremely positive about this kind of event flow, considering the limited time period and greater number of people with diverse genres of content.

The second day of the event witnessed a raft of meetings between content creators, distributors and the assembled buyers, interspersed with busy networking sessions. Setting up the meetings was quite easy as the introductions happened the day before.

enTTech also observed a panel discussion that brought to the fore how the Asian content is at the crossroads, where does that of India’s stand in the current scenario and also contemplating on the possible ways for the domestic content to achieve a global reach.

Apart from promoting business interests of the attendees, enTTech will be etched in minds because of its ease to communicate with almost everyone. Cross-border interactions help in building relations, trust, and business sure happens faster that way. And that is precisely what happened!

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NAB 2018: Join Us for Drinks, Live C4D Tutorials, and More

Come out and celebrate with the whole motion graphics community in Las Vegas for NAB 2018.

Coming to NAB 2018? We’ll be there to meet up with you and share some Cinema 4D tips and tricks. Here’s a glimpse of where you can find us.

(The 2018 NAB show runs April 7 – 12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.)

MoGraph Meetup (Sunday)

Join Greyscalegorilla, School of Motion, Video Copilot, The Futur, MoGraph Mentor, and aescripts + aeplugins for drinks at the NAB MoGraph Meetup. This event has quickly become the must-attend party for all motion designers.

We will be on hand to mingle and chat, so come on out and see some old faces, and meet some new ones. Join the whole Greyscalegorilla team as well as your favorite motion designers like Andrew Kramer, Joey Korenman, Chris Do, Michael Jones, and Lloyd Alvarez.

Space and free drinks are limited, so be sure to RSVP in advance. This year’s NAB MoGraph Meetup will be at Beerhaus at The Park.

MoGraph Meetup
April 8, 2018
7:00 – 9:00 PM PDT

Beerhaus
3784 S Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89109

Media Motion Ball (Monday)

Monday night we’ll be sponsoring the 21st annual Media Motion Ball. There will be thousands of dollars in prizes for winners to choose from, including some GSG swag. Grab tickets while you still can, because this event is sure to sellout.

Media Motion Ball 21
April 9, 2018
Doors: 5:30
Dinner + Prizes: 7:00 – 10:00 PM

SLS Las Vegas Hotel
2535 S Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas, NV 89109

C4D Live – Nick Campbell & Chris Schmidt

Nick and Chris will be live at the Maxon booth for Cinema 4D Live. There will be a ton a great Cinema 4D speakers on hand throughout the entire NAB show, so be sure to check out the schedule and details on the C4D Live website.

If you won’t be at NAB in person, you can stream the event live from c4dlive.com.

Hope to see you there!

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Falcon Heavy & Starman


When Falcon Heavy lifted off, it became the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two. With the ability to lift into orbit nearly 64 metric tons (141,000 lb)—a mass greater than a 737 jetliner loaded with passengers, crew, luggage and fuel–Falcon Heavy can lift more than twice the payload of the next closest operational vehicle, the Delta IV Heavy, at one-third the cost.

Following liftoff, the two side boosters separated from the center core and returned to landing site for future reuse.

Falcon Heavy put a Tesla Roadster and its passenger, Starman, into orbit around the sun. At max velocity Starman and the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth.