Showing posts with label SF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label SF. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

Chameleon - Sam Lemberg, 2012





A hostile race of aliens has invaded Earth and the government fears that the aliens are modifying their DNA to pose as humans. When a military officer abducted months ago mysteriously reappears, his wife is called in to ask him questions only she would know to find out who or what he really is. Starring James C. Burns (Call of Duty: Black Ops). Based on a story by science fiction author Colin Harvey.



Chameleon - Sci-Fi Short Film from Sam Lemberg on Vimeo.

Sunday, August 05, 2012

Sight - Eran May-raz and Daniel Lazo (2012)


Sight is a new graduation film from the famous Bezalel Academy, which deals, in an incredibly well thought out manner, the possibilities and dangers of augmented reality.

Sight from Sight Systems on Vimeo.
Daniel Lazo
Eran May-raz
(Bezalel)
Israel / 8 minutes

More information 

Friday, July 08, 2011

Plot Device-Seth Worley (2011)




Plot Device from Red Giant on Vimeo.

A young filmmaker obtains a mysterious device that unleashes the full force of cinema on his front lawn.
(Don't miss the scene after the credits!)

Director: Seth Worley
Executive Producer: Aharon Rabinowitz
9 min

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Replay - Anthony Voisin






In a destroyed world, the only glimpse of hope is the memory of a forgotten past.
But be careful not to let your dreams control your mind…

Animation by Anthony Voisin. French with English subtitles.


Interview with Anthony Voisin

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Ark-(2007)-Grzegorz Jonkajtys






The Ark Film. Short animated film by Polish animator Grzegorz Jonkajtys and Marcin Kobylecki.

"An unknow virus has destroyed almost the entire human population.
Oblivious yo the true nature of the dicease, the only remaining survivors escape to the sea. In great ships, they set of in search of uninhabited land. So begin the exodus, let by one man..."

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Delivery -Till Nowak. (2005)






Delivery is an animated shortfilm written and produced by Till Nowak. The fantastic story about
an old man and the mysterious box has been screened at more than 150 filmfestivals worldwide
and won more than 30 international awards. "Delivery" is now also available on DVD.  


In a grey, industrial and uninhabited future, an old man lovingly waters a flower, perhaps the last flower to exist. In his home, across from a factory spewing gas, noise and bad vibrations, the vision of which constantly reminds him that the world isn‘t what it was, the man caringly tends the flower because he knows it‘s his last hope. Unexpectedly, he receives a surprising package that could change the world, at least his world, and perhaps a little more. A surrealistic fable on the world to come, the portrayal of a corrupt society infested by machines, that has forgotten the human being, a future in which there is still place for hope: flowers can grow again.

Director: Till Nowak
Running time:9 min
website: www.delivery.framebox.de

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Charlie Thistle - 2008







Charlie Thistle dreams of a better world. He dreams of a world in color, where trees grow indoors, and animals can talk... Alas, Charlie works at the Department of Normality, where change isn't tolerated. But there comes a time in everyone's life when they have to take a stand. And that day is coming for Charlie Thistle!

Awards:
  • BEST SHORT - 2009 Sedona International Film Festival
  • 3RD Place - Doorpost Film Project 2008

  • 3RD Place - 2010 Science Fiction + Fantasy Short Film Festival of Seattle

Charlie Thistle (USA)

Running time: 15m

      Director:       Bragi Schut Jr.
      Writer(s):       Bragi Schut Jr.
      Producer(s):       Kirsten Wagner, Esther Goodstein
      Director of Photography:       Paula Huidobro
   
      Cast and Credits:
      Charlie - Jon Keel
      Ezzie - Leslie Stevens
      Narrated by - David Markus

Friday, May 14, 2010

Piotr Kamler - Coeur de secours(1973)

Piotr Kamler


Piotr Kamler was born in Warsaw in 1936. He is a graduate of the Warsaw Academy of Fine Art. In 1959 he went to Paris to continue his art studies. it was there that he came into contact with Research Department at ORTF( directed by Pierre Schaeffer) and began to collaborate with “concrete” musicians such as Xenakis on experimental shorts( musical abstract films and “fables”). The ORTF Research Department which was later taken over by INA, was a hothouse for talent, enabling diverse artists such as Peter Foldes, Robert Lapoujade , Jacques Espagne, Jacques Rouxel, Andre Martin and Michel Boschet, Jacques Colombat, Jean-Francois Laguionie, Henry Lacam and Kamler to carry out a large number of bold and innovative personal projects.
With astonishing regularity, Kamler came up with no less than 8 unusual short films between 1962 and 1973. The films themselves were incorrectly described as science fiction-in fact they were much closer to the universe of Borges than to Space Opera. Kamler, who created strange, improbable but plausible world, began to explore a whole range of different visual techniques. Le Trou (1968), Araignelephant (1968), Delicieuse Catastrophe(1971), Coeur de secours (1973) all won awards at major film festivals (Cracow, New York, Mamaiea , Melbourne … ). After Le Pas (Grand prix at Annecy 1975) Kamler went underground for a while until he resurfaced with the full-length feature Chronopolis (1982).




(Best view in full screen - To view the video in full screen just click the full screen symbol in the bottom right of the video player. Press esc button to come out of full screen.)

Chronopolis made in 1982 by Piotr Kamler is a fabulous city lost in space where strange pharaoh-like immortals kill the monotony of their deathless state by fabricating time, represented by enigmatic, morphing white balls.







Kamler's animated cinema suggests a singular variety of science fiction; it was he who provided the original idea for the Shadoks TV series. Completely unalike to more conventionally linear and text-based narratives, Kamler's films instead explore a series of dynamic visual motifs. Typically, the conclusion of these films is less suggestive of resolution, than it is of recurring episode. What is most striking in all his films is the variety of visual invention that Kamler brings to each work - he is as assured working with clay (as in his feature, Chronopolis) as he is with ink and paper, or even animating digitally on computer (in the most recent work in this program, Une mission ephemere). These visual flourishes embellish some of the most amazing animated films ever made - an achievement which won his Le Pas the Grand Prix of the 1975 Annecy Animation Festival.

You can watch 10 min of the film here

Thursday, April 29, 2010

The cathedral (2002)




The Cathedral (2002) - Tomek Baginski from Ludik on Vimeo.

The Cathedral (Polish: Katedra) is the title of a science fiction short story by Jacek Dukaj, winner of the Janusz A. Zajdel Award in 2000; and of a 2002 short animated movie by Tomasz Bagiński, based on the story. The film was nominated in 2002 for the Academy Award for Animated Short Film for the 75th Academy Awards. The movie won the title of Best Animated Short at Siggraph 2002 in San Antonio as well as several other awards.

The movie, made in 3ds max, focuses on a man who visits a mystical, organic building that looks like a medieval cathedral. As he walks through the immense structure, the light from his torch falls upon the pillars, revealing human faces. The viewer later realises that the faces are still alive, as several smile and open their eyes as the man walks past them. The building's nature is partially unveiled at sunrise as the blinding light enchants the visitor and causes organic branch-like structures to burst from his chest. These protrusions then become another set of pillars in the building.


Directed by     Tomasz Bagiński
Running time    6 min 28 sec
Language         no dialogue

tbaginski_interview

Monday, April 26, 2010

Fallen Art (2004)






Ένα πολύ δυνατό σχόλιο, χωρίς λόγια, για την κοινωνία μας.

 Fallen Art (Polish Sztuka spadania) is the name of a 6-minute, animated short film written and directed by Tomasz Bagiński. It features Romanian band Fanfare Ciocarlia's song "Asfalt Tango."
In 2006 it received the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)  Award.

El “Arte Caido”, creada por el director polaco Tomasz Bagiński, nominado al oscar por “The Cathedral”, es un cortometraje magnifico, el mejor comentario corto que he visto sobre nuestra sociedad.

Directed and   
Written by            Tomasz Bagiński   
Music by              Fanfare Ciocărlia
Release date(s)     2004
Running time         6 minutes
Country                Poland

Oficial site fallen-art

Saturday, March 20, 2010

Balance - Lauenstein (1989)








Το Balance είναι μια γερμανική ταινία κινουμένων σχεδίων μικρού μήκους του 1989, σε σκηνοθεσία και παραγωγή των δίδυμων αδελφών Wolfgang και Christoph Lauenstein.

Πέντε άτομα ζουν πάνω σε μία μικρή και ασταθή πλατφόρμα η οποία αιωρείται στο διάστημα. Όταν κάποιος κινηθεί θα πρέπει και οι υπόλοιποι να κάνουν το ίδιο ώστε να διατηρηθεί η ισορροπία και να μη βρεθούν στο κενό. Η ομάδα συνεργάζεται έτσι ώστε να διατηρείται η "ισορροπία" μέχρι που ένας από αυτούς ανακαλύπτει ένα μυστηριώδες κουτί και το φέρνει στην πλατφόρμα. Όλοι είναι περίεργοι να δουν τι έχει μέσα το κουτί και στην προσπάθειά τους αυτή διαταράσσουν την ισορροπία της πλατφόρμας και της κοινής τους ζωής πάνω σ΄αυτήν...


Η ταινία κέρδισε το Όσκαρ για Best Animated Short to 1989.

Balance
των Christoph Lauenstein
Wolfgang Lauenstein
Διάρκεια      7 λεπτά
Γλώσσα       Βουβή

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Alternative factor - Η έντυπη επιστημονική φαντασία του παρελθόντος


Fredric Brown
Answer (1954)
Μετάφραση: Τζούλιο Κοφίνος

Ο Ντγουάρ Εβ, χρησιμοποίησε με τελετουργικό τρόπο λίγο χρυσάφι για την τελική σύνδεση. Τα μάτια μιας ντουζίνας από βιντεοκάμερες τον παρατηρούσαν κι ο υποαιθέρας μοίραζε σε κάθε γωνιά του σύμπαντος, μια ντουζίνα εικόνες της πράξης του.
Τέντωσε την κορμοστασιά του, έγνεψε στον Ντγουάρ Ρέυν, κι ύστερα τακτοποιήθηκε βολικά δίπλα στο διακόπτη που θα έκανε την ιδανική επαφή, τη στιγμή ακριβώς που θα τον κατέβαζε. Το διακόπτη αυτόν που θα συνέδεε ταυτόχρονα όλους αυτούς τους κτηνώδεις κομπιούτερς, όλων των κατοικημένων πλανητών του σύμπαντος - εννενηνταέξι δισεκατομμύρια - σε ένα υπερκύκλωμα που με τη σειρά του θα τυπωνόταν σε ένα υπερυπολογιστή - αποθέωση μιας κυβερνητικής μηχανής που με την σειρά της θα συνδύαζε τις γνώσεις που υπήρχαν σε όλους τους γαλαξίες.
Ο Ντγουάρ Ρέυν προλόγισε για λίγο το κοσμοϊστορικό γεγονός απευθυνόμενος στα τρισεκατομμύρια των θεατών ή ακροατών. Ύστερα από σιγή ενός λεπτού, είπε: «Τώρα, Ντγουάρ Εβ».
Ο Ντγουάρ Εβ κατέβασε το διακόπτη. Ένας κατανυκτικός βόμβος ακολούθησε την αχαλίνωτη ορμή της δύναμης που ξέρασαν εννενηνταέξι δισεκατομμύρια πλανήτες. Φώτα αναβόσβησαν στην εκτεινόμενη ολόκληρα μίλια κονσόλα ελέγχου.
Ο Ντγουάρ Εβ έκανε καναδυο βήματα προς τα πίσω, και πήρε μια βαθιά ανάσα. «Η τιμή της επιλογής της πρώτης ερώτησης ανήκει σε 'σένα, Ντγουάρ Ρέυν».
«Ευχαριστώ», απάντησε απλά ο Ντγουάρ Ρέυν.
«Θα είναι μια ερώτηση που καμιά απλή κυβερνητική μηχανή δε στάθηκε ικανή να απαντήσει».
Γύρισε για να αντιμετωπίσει τη μηχανή. «Υπάρχει Θεός;»
Η κατανυκτική φωνή απάντησε χωρίς δισταγμό, χωρίς το παραμικρό κλικ έστω και ενός μοναδικού μεταλλάκτη.
«Ναι, τώρα υπάρχει Θεός».
Ξαφνικός φόβος φούντωσε στο πρόσωπο του Ντγουάρ Εβ. Τινάχτηκε για να αρπάξει τον διακόπτη.
Ένα αστροπελέκι από τον καθάριο ουρανό τον έριξε κάτω κι έκαψε την ασφάλεια του τροφοδότη βραχυκυκλώνοντας το κύκλωμα λειτουργίας.

Ένα μικρό δείγμα για τους θησαυρούς που θα βρείτε στοAltfactor, που δυστυχώς έχει πάψει εδώ και καιρό να ενημερώνεται, μας δίνει όμως την δυνατότητα να διαβάσουμε 263 διηγήματα από την βιβλιοθήκη καθώς και δεκάδες άρθρα, δοκίμια παρουσιάσεις και συνεντεύξεις συγγραφέων.

Στις σελίδες θα μπορέσετε να βρείτε εκτός από ένα πλήρη κατάλογο όλων των έργων που μεταφράστηκαν και εκδόθηκαν στην Ελλάδα και σύντομες βιογραφίες συγγραφέων, ολοκληρωμένες παρουσιάσεις περιοδικών και ανθολογιών.
Δεν θα ήταν δυνατό να λείπουν και σελίδες αφιερωμένες στην επίδραση της Ε.Φ. στην τέχνη και τα comics που μπορείτε να ανακαλύψετε επισκεπτόμενοι την έκφραση.