Los Crímenes del Día de Todos los Santos

Legendary Spanish filmmaker Antonio Isasi presents us the Crimes of All Hallows’ Day, which took place in Ibiza in the 50s and 60s until the culprit was finally arrested and executed in 1974. Now, 40 years later, new evidence suggests that the case was closed in false, and an innocent man paid for it.

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Un autre petit court métrage par le réalisateur québécois Patrick Aubert. Gagnant de la Meilleure fiction au Festival Jet d’or à Genève (2013), Robert & la rousse a été présenté dans une quinzaine de festivals et d’événements à travers le Canada. Il a été réalisé en 72 heures lors du Kino Kabaret de Montréal en 2010. Le scénario est inspiré d’une altercation que j’ai eue avec un commerçant il y a quelques années. Il dénonce à la fois le désintérêt que nous avons pour la langue française que la violence verbale et physique qui est souvent utilisée pour résoudre des conflits.

Avec: Miguel Doucet, Marianne Paquette et Pierre-André Côté.

Scénario, réalisation et montage image: Patrick Aubert
Direction photo, colorisation et générique: David Émond-Ferrat
Direction artistique: Geneviève Lemieux
Maquillage et coiffures : Audrey Adam
Prise de son: Ian Ellemo et Jean-Baptiste Hervé
Montage son, bruitage et mixage sonore: Ian Ellemo
Production: Patrick Aubert et Kino’00

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Moments is a story about a boy called Oliver. One day he gets an assignment from school to draw about something important from his life. Yet, a simple task can turn into a complicated one, especially for Oliver. The events take a turn when Oliver meets a mysterious guy who breaks his camera. With the help of the mysterious guy, Oliver tries to find his important thing and win the heart of his dream girl.

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You might know them as the robot masked DJ duo from the future, and with the release of their exciting new album Random Access Memories, we thought it would be great idea to feature their film, Daft Punk’s Electroma. That’s right, besides creating some of the world’s most widespread and inspiring music, the robotic duo also enjoy directing from time to time.

Daft Punk, or by their real names Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter are credited for directing their own music videos ‘Fresh‘, ‘Robot Rock‘ and ‘Technologic‘, but after initially shooting footage for their the song ‘Human After All‘, they decided to extend the shooting into a feature length, which was supposed to be extended videos for their album ‘Human After All‘. The odd thing about all this, is that their music is not featured in their film.

Released at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, the film revolves around two robots (the two band members) and their quest to become humans. Set with a very, very slow pace, the plot is one that you would think fits in a short film, but Guy-Manuel and Thomas manage to extend each shot into a timeless manner. Something that some might find as excessive dragging, others will be persuaded by the extended scenery and calming flow of the movie.

We were not nervous – making a full-length movie was like a dream. We never planned for it to happen, but after we directed the videos for our last album we decided to keep on working. We were in the shooting dynamic, so the movie came naturally. We didn’t think too much. Whether it’s making music or directing a video, whatever we do we do it quickly. When we have a good work dynamic we don’t need to ask too many questions of each other

-Excerpt from Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo on From the desert the robots come on theage.com

The movie starts off with the Dafts embarking in a 1987 Ferrari 412 with its obvious ‘HUMAN’ license plate. The robots drive through an empty desert road, which might possibly be my favorite scene from the film, and in my opinion would cue up wonderfully with their new track ‘Giorgio by Moroder’, which seems to be written exclusively for Ferrari drivers.

The film delivers careful meanings and thoughts to each single shot, which is a shadow style of the attention to detail brought to their music. The eerie drive through the little town filled with robots depicts a ton of cliches that any small town has to offer, from the couple gardening in some robotic fashion to the inter-robotic wedding.

With this film, we had the same approach as when we started making music. Create without any rules or standards. Take a free approach to something new that you don’t really know, and that you learn from scratch.

-Thomas Bangalter from Mixmag.com

After they enter the Apple-like white room where their transformation begins, with an alienating but marvelous contrast giving the film its iconic poster, the film gets down right weird, unexpected but also amusing kind of weirdness. With not a single word throughout the entire film, the story is told through melting faces, angry robots and gigantic dune vaginas. Yes there is a rather long shot within the landscape desert dune panoramas that looks awfully close to a pan in between a woman’s legs, I might be way off on this one and please let me know if I am, but have a second look yourself at 47min02.

Daft Punk fans will rejoice, but will be saddened at the end of the film. Luckily the film was not attached to their musical careers and the bots live on to keep making some new age music, you can download their new album Random Access Memories now on iTunes.

Let’s face it, the bots should not give up their music careers to start making films, their own music videos they have made do have a particular style, but cannot compare to their clip Around The World created by mastermind director Michel Gondry. Having said this, Daft Punk has managed to create a rather impressive full length feature film with such little cinematography experience, now we just need to figure out if we think of this because we absolutely love anything these guys create, or because they actually have some pretty impressive and creative talents under those helmets.

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In this wrenching tale of cruelty, injustice and escape, a young mother struggles to cope with the relentless and escalating bullying of her disabled teenage daughter and herself by neighborhood kids.

Beginning with a shock, This is Vanity rewinds, taking us through a postmortem of a mother’s exasperation with the ineffectual local constabulary and the ensuing isolation and desperation that leads to its terrible conclusion.

Produced with private and crowd-sourced funding on Indiegogo, the film has won 2 awards; Best Drama at the Magnolia Film Festival in the US, and the Audience Award at the Bermuda International Film Festival. It has also been selected at 6 international film festivals.

“The film is based on a true story that I read on the BBC news website. As soon as I completed the article I knew that this is what I had been looking for in a story and an idea in a way to present it. I started writing it with my friend and collaborator, Alex Craig, who I have made several music videos for, under his music alias ‘Casually Sunshine’.

- Oliver Goodrum

Poverty shackles the victims to their fate and the spartan lodgings of the disused RAF base in Uxbridge, London, UK, where it was shot in 2012, make an ideal setting for inhabitants who have few choices. It’s within this bleak and claustrophobic context that a priest’s words of sacrifice offer the young mother what she sees as her only way out.

While it is easy to blame the harsh cruelty of children, the adults here are just as guilty of indifference to the persecution of the innocent.

All the players in this tragic story suffer the utter futility of their actions and circumstances. The mother, the kind officer, the council housing manager, and the priest, are all victims to the vanity of their efforts. Even the hateful, miscreant kids are products of their empty, aimless, boring lives. Knowing how this story will end from the very first, the viewer too is made powerless to halt the inevitable.

The tale is not an easy one, due not only to the excellent performances and adroit direction, but for the convincing depiction of events that we know are all too common. Few of us have not, at one time or another, been the victim, tormentor or witness to a cowardly act of cruelty. It strikes at our fear that this story is one that could touch someone we love. The film is certain to leave a lasting tremor.

This is the 1st film in a trilogy. Subsequent films are to be released at intervals of one month. The next film, This is Iniquity, has its trailer at the end of This Is Vanity.

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Aquaphobia is a poetic short that deals with l’appel du vide and ego-death as represented by the lure of the deep.

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Hinode is a CG movie that depicts saltation and growth of life in the sea using jewelry as the motif for illustrating the theme “Jewels of Sea.” It creates mystifying and attractive scenery by the ores resembling creatures of sea and its transforming refraction and reflection of light that are affected by the organic moves.

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Thiing is a 2 minute long visual abstract voyage in an underwater environment and its creatures, directed by Waldi.

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A Québec short film now available on Vimeo on Demand

It’s the dead of winter as we peer out of the windows of a cabin in the woods on the edge of a lake, snow falling gently on evergreen branches and frozen waters. An ageing ice fisherman sets out for his usual routine – only this time his catch of the day turns out to be something rather unexpected: a house guest. This somber meditation on loneliness and isolation is beautifully shot, well acted and expertly paced. (Original Title: L’INVITÉ)

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En collaboration avec la Société de Développement du Boulevard Saint-Laurent, ce court métrage réalisé par Jérémy Rubier et produit par Hüsselen Films est un mélange parfait de publicité discrète et art. Saint Laurent démontre l’amusement qui entoure le merveilleux boulevard montréalais tout en content une petite histoire d’une homme qui cherche la belle femme qui a perdu son téléphone, passant par des restaurants, boucheries, cinémas et même tattouages, il termine sa soirée dans les imanquable bars qui ravive le belle rue jusqu’au petite heures de la semaine.

Un très jolie film qui donne l’envi de sortir le samedi soir, spécialement avec l’arrivé de l’été!

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