Being a kid is tough, being yourself is harder. In the face of humiliation Ari finds courage and self acceptance in the most unexpected way. A short film by Alex Murawski With Jaxon Graham-Wilson, Tiarnie Coupland & Alan Dukes Written & Directed by Alex Murawski Produced by Annmaree J Bell Cinematographer Joshua Flavell Production Designer Ella Carey Editor Danielle Boesenberg Sound Designer Brooke Trezise Music by Fenton, Emuul & Chad Gock Production Company: Azure Productions Made with support from Screen Australia
A portrait of Laurie Towner
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A glimpse into the everyday life of big wave surfer Laurie Towner in his home town on the east coast of Australia. Film by Gary Parker for needESSENTIALS Music by SUNROSE Music by Vinnie la Duce Special thanks to ALBEE LAYER AND DAN NORKUNAS
« Pujottelua » (Official Music Video) from the album SIIPI EMPII released April 6th 2018 on Leaving Records Inspired by an excerpt of a text by Jan Anderzen: « Once I zoomed infinitely into a single pixel and felt a path open, leading to the source of an unnamed nutriment. » Full Text bellow BANDCAMP: https://kemiallisetystavat.bandcamp.com/album/siipi-empii-2 VINYL: https://ikuisuus.bandcamp.com/album/siipi-empii
leavingrecords.com/ On a lovely flower I land to catch my breath. I rest my wings and enjoy a few drops of nutritional gruel. I’m observing the nature fooling around with cryptic coloration, the effects of color and light. A bird’s coloring is made up of singular plumes and feathers… like a mosaic. I’m contemplating the masquerade of a hunter dressed up in camouflage and screaming bright orange. Once I saw a seagull and thought it was an angel. Once I zoomed infinitely into a single pixel and felt a path open, leading to the source of an unnamed nutriment. The sun has inspired tons of art, like the tanning bed for example. It is all nature! Bless the whole world! I flew over a wall separating the city and the woods. On it some naked witches were rehearsing their balance beam routines. I flew over a monastery and saw people gathering to form amplifiers for prayer. I flew over a lawn marking the spot where there’s no need to grow food. On the silk road I saw a truck carrying the cotton fabrics printed for Jan Anderzén. I’m on a true meadow. I’m aware that love gives you wings and that any flap of my wings may cause a tornado in some faraway land. Shattered bridges flying through the air, flocks of cars swiped into the ocean. My wings are closed, rubbing against each other in a circular motion – producing some small blithe rattle pitched too high for the human ear to catch. Jan Anderzen
Shiva Baby
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At a Jewish funeral service with her parents, a young woman runs into her sugar daddy.
Room for Change
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Phil Sturm has social activism in his blood. His mother hosted Vietnam protesters in his childhood home. He’s rallied against apartheid and marched to fight climate change. Now, he and his wife Terry have carried on the family legacy and opened their doors to 19 students who have made the journey to Washington, DC for the March for Our Lives.
Stephanie Richards — Gong
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Directed and Animated by Cossa Music by Stephanie Richards “Gong Part I” (edit) & “Gong Part II” Performed by Dino J.A. Deane & Stephanie Richards Production Company: Pomp&Clout
Unleashed: When Surfboards Roamed Free
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Made with love by Encyclopedia of Surfing https://eos.surf/
Noch Am Leben (Still Alive)
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Haunted from the beginning to the very end, Noch Am Leben/ Still Alive is the story of a woman’s recollection of her mad Holocaust survivor great aunt. Through the ghetto to cradling her dying sister, Eva Nagler left her mind on the beaches of the Baltic Sea during one of the largest death marches of WWII. Being only one of only a handful of survivors out of tens of thousands, we see vignettes of her perspective- distorted, romantic and affected by the muffled memories. Narrated by her great-niece, the story captures a snapshot of the cold reality of war and its terrible lingering aftermath. A film by Anita Lester Music by Benjamin Riley Additional narration by Eva Nagler, taken from the Spielberg Holocaust archives Funded by The Jewish International Film Festival A Broken Wing Films short Anita Lester is an animator and illustrator based out of Melbourne, Australia. Anita and her brother, film-maker Yoav Lester, run film company ‘Broken Wing Films’. Contacts: www.brokenwingfilms.net www.facebook.com/brokenwingfilms www.instagram.com/brokenwingfilms Anita Lester: www.adlesterillustration.com www.anitalester.com www.instagram.com/anita_lester www.instagram.com/a.d.lester.illustration www.twitter.com/iamanitalester
The Co-Worker
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How well do you really know your co-workers? Created By: Byron Brown & David James Ward Contact Us: byron.and.dave at gmail dot com https://twitter.com/davidwardfilm https://twitter.com/byronbrowntown Starring: Byron Brown Nicholas Saenz Sandra Fountain Haley Alea Erickson Sanjay Rao Shannon McCormick as Rockin’ Rodney Makeup by: Jenny Lin Production Assistant: Brandon Spalding Special Thanks: Jordan Haro, Genuine Joe Coffeehouse Filmed on the Sony FS7
Observatory Blues
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An L.L. Bean-clad ode to writers, their loved ones, and the expanding universe narrated by Hugo Guinness (The Grand Budapest Hotel). Starring Tom Schiller (SNL) and Amy Sedaris. With Ana Fabrega, Jo Firestone, Eric Johnson, Casey Jost, Lucian Julianelle, and Michael McKean. 16mm