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Holy Motors / Dir. Leos Carax, 2012

Won twelve awards and had three nominations, though it’s not one of those “let’s make a film to win awards, I need that on my CV” kind of films. Carax’ work is the kind that you are told you have to see when you’re in film school - I tried with this one. Here we have a one-day journey of a man, putting different costumes on to move from one life to the next in a limo, as his job is to embody different characters. There are no links or story besides this so if you’re waiting for a logical narrative you’ll find yourself sleeping. Undoubtedly well shot, graded, lit and played, the whole movie can feel a bit like a series of metaphysical questions or a personal joke that excludes the viewer. It has this “it’s more visual than narrative” quality, and almost a stress to be shocking that is clumsy in places. Many find a “Lynch” like quality, simply enjoy the good things they see and overlook the rest. I personally don’t, but it’s up to you to make your opinion.

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Holy Motors/ Dir. Leos Carax 2012

Caution, strong language in this one. New music video for Dizzee Rascal, and a rather good one. The artist has always tried to go outside the common clichés for his promos and explored new things. You can’t really go wrong when you call the French guys collective MEGAFORCE to direct it.

A good energy, clever enough, fun, well directed, effective. It does it’s job perfectly - and you really can tell, because if ever you listen to the track without the video, you realise how good the video works..Finally we still get a bit of the pedantic “we’re too cool for you” vibe, but I guess it’s the signature of the collective by now.

Dizzee Rtascal - “Bassline Junkie”/ Dir. MEGAFORCE. 2012

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“Malaria” / Dir. Edson Oda

As the director descibes it himself : “this short film combines origami, kirigami, time lapse, nankin illustration, comic books and western cinema.” And it does it really well.

E. Oda is a Brazilian multi disciplinary artist living in L.A, he likes exploring and combining new techniques for his (various) projects.

In “Malaria”, he cleverly gives us motion when our eyes are so trained to expect stillness from a comic. Plus it’s done with good spirit and fun which adds to the entertainment of the story in itself ! Great stuff.

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Pigeon power

Pigeons everywhere, pigeons for everything. Are the pigeons the new cats ? Mmm probably not. Plus we’re still a bit reluctant to pet them.

But they are definitely the new artsy inspiration !

trend of the month

Dean FLEISCHER-CAMP

Sil VAN DER WOERD

Peter ATENCIO

Piotr KABAT

Dean FLEISCHER-CAMP : director /

Dean Fleischer-Camp made this fantastic little stop motion animation called “Marcel the shell with shoes on”, very clever and fun ! (two episodes)

Peter ATENCIO : director

American director who’s been in the industry for a long time. He works mainly for MTV, Funny or Die, G4 and many other TV programs. Making his way up to features.

Piotr KABAT : director / animator

Piotr is a Polish animator, his piece of animation based on a “Gonzo The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson” excerpt is a great new approach to hand drawn animation !

Sil VAN DER WOERD : director

Versatile, lyrical and very imaginative director from Netherlands. His work is as contemplative as beautiful.

NEWnew namesbook writer

MIDWAY Journey - dying from ocean pollution / Chris JordanButoh ensemble / B-floor theatre (Thailand)

researcher FINDS

“Revealing the truth” / Tadao Cern“Happy Meal Project” / Sally Davies

“The book that can’t wait” / Eterna Cadencia x DraftFCBBacon Kevin Bacon / Jason Mercier