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The Magic of Animation with Hayao Miyazaki is an exclusive snippet released by GKIDS as part of the Studio Ghibli Fest. Check it out! Via DesignTaxi: Good news all Studio Ghibli fans in the US: this summer, the studio’s renowned films will air in theaters across the country as part of the Studio Ghibli Fest. […]
Kedi is a film about cats in Istanbul that’s been described as the “Citizen Kane of cat documentaries”, and it’s showing for the next couple of weeks at ACMI in Melbourne! We know what we’re doing this weekend. Via the Guardian: Film-maker Ceyda Torun grew up in Istanbul until the age of 11 and is […]
Neil Blomkamp, the director of District 9 fame, has released a short postapocalyptic science fiction film involving space lizards titled Rakka. Verge interviewed him about the film: A couple of weeks ago, District 9 and Chappie director Neill Blomkamp unveiled Oats Studios, his new project focusing on experimental short films. At the time, Blomkamp described […]
We love this IKEA campaign! Called Cook this Page, you literally place ingredients where marked on the printed baking paper and pop it into an oven. Via Huffington Post: It’s hard to tell which company is winning the fight for world domination: Amazon or Ikea? A Toronto-based advertising agency created Cook This Page recipe sheets […]
This epic Hari Raya ad (Eid al-Fitr) is brought to you by TNB Careline, a Malaysian power company. Remember to turn on the captions. The festival of Eid, also known as Aidilfitri or Hari Raya Puasa in Malaysia and Singapore, marks the end of Ramadan, the month of feasting. It’s a major holiday in several […]
Sony’s Toio is a craft set for the coding generation: the purpose is “Moving hands. Thinking crazy. Coincidental discovery.” Via FastCo Design: In an era of STEM “toys” that forget toys are supposed to be fun, the weird side of Sony has showed up to save the day. Toio is a new game console by […]
Manus Island is the setting for this unique collaboration between an Iranian-Kurdish journalist detainee and an Iranian-Dutch filmmaker, made with footage from a mobile phone. Having opened to rave reviews at the Sydney Film Festival, it’s showing in Melbourne today and this weekend at the ACMI: Over a period of several months, journalist and Manus […]
ICYMI: Playstation Japan built a rotating, Inception-esque rig to film this incredible short film called Gravity Cat for an upcoming game. Please turn on subtitles! Via The Verge: At first, Gravity Cat may seem like your average kitten. It crawls on laptops when you’re trying to work. It knocks over liquids with a troll-like speed. […]
Samsung and R/GA have filmed a Billion Colour Film to promote Samsung’s new QLED TV. And of course it was filmed in Paris! Via Adweek: How many colors can a person count? How many can a human eye even see? And perhaps more important, how many can the brain comprehend? A few dozen? Hundreds? A […]
Raku Kichizaemon is a short film about the head of the Raku family on his art and his family’s 450 year tradition as ceramics craftsmen. Via Nippon.com: The black Raku tea bowl made by Chōjirō, the first-generation head of the Raku potter family, seems totally undecorated, lacking gaudy color or elegance of form. Made in […]