Archives For Short Films

Welcome to Tokyo

May 15, 2010 — Leave a comment

A while ago the Tokyo Metropolitan Government commissioned Studio 4°C to make an animated short to promote visiting Tokyo. Available in original Japanese audio with English, Korean, Chinese Traditional and Simplified, Italian, French, Spanish and Dutch, the short is titled Honey Tokyo and tells the story of a girl from the future traveling to present-day Japan to bring back Happiness to her time. A boy named Takeru serves as her guide to different places in the city, doing different activities and learning about traditions.

The short had a budget of around half a million $USD, and can I just say~~~
it’s a really great investment? It just fuels my wanting to go to Japan.

Check it out at the Welcome to Tokyo website.

Great way to mix Art and PR. Tagged as commercial and short! xD

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Street Fighter: Legacy

It’s not much a short, as it is a clip of pretty cool fighting. However, this Street Fighter: Legacy feels 100 times better than that film of Chun Li, and the previous Street Fighter movies Hollywood tried to cash-in. I do still have a soft spot for the anime series though… I mean, I do own that on DVD. LOL

Some really nice moments here and there, but still… for the 3min, there is something off about the quality that I don’t quite like. The fight is pretty awesome though.

Posted on May 7, 2010 In Clips, English, Japanese, Sharing, Short Films , , ,
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Balloon by Eric Xu

Omg, that ending U.u
So, so SO SAD~

Posted on April 23, 2010 In English, Sharing, Short Films , ,
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Parallel Lines: Five Films, One Piece of Dialog

April 15, 2010 — Leave a comment

While presenting their new fancy television screen, Philips is showing 5 very different short films that were made with the same piece of dialog. The visions are varied, but my favorite was The Gift ^^

You can check them out at the Cinema Philips website.

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Le Ballon Rouge

Just saw The Red Balloon, and well… just beginning to be a little obsessed about it~~~ so in light of that, I have “curated” a gallery on Flickr, properly titled Le Ballon Rouge.

I also have started a new list on TheAuteurs titled Ultimate Films for the Kiddos~ which I will hopefully fill up with films kids should grow up watching. I would love your suggestions.

Posted on March 25, 2010 In English, French, Sharing, Short Films, Stills , ,
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Futurestates: Mister Green by Greg Pak

March 12, 2010 — Leave a comment

What will become of America in five, 25, or even 50 years from today? FUTURESTATES is a series of 11 fictional mini-features exploring possible future scenarios through the lens of today’s global realities. Immerse yourself in the visions of these independent prognosticators as they project a future of their own imagining.

That sounded like a pretty cool idea, so I’m currently on episode 2, though I couldn’t really made myself watch all of episode 1. Episode 2 titled Mister Green is pretty good though.

And it looks oh so pretty.

In the disturbingly near future, Venice is submerged, Canal Street in New York City has become a real canal again, and it’s 87 degrees in December in Boston. Catastrophic global warming has moved from theory to fact. At the Biosphere Climate Change Expo, undersecretary for the Department of Global Warming Mason Park (Tim Kang) informs the crowd of scientists and activists that the tipping point has passed, and that they are all at fault.

You can watch it for free over at the Mister Green Futurestates website.

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A Thousand Words by Ted Chung

Awww… slightly stalkery love story.

Posted on February 25, 2010 In English, Sharing, Short Films
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The Killing of a Chinese Cookie

I haven’t had a Fortune Cookie in forever~~~

Take a look at The Killing of a Chinese Cookie, for a short documentary that talks about the history of this pop culture icon that is not so Chinese… or Japanese. It’s interesting and funny! Favorite part was the judge’s cookie~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eboi6keicvg

You can actually  order it on DVD, watch it onDemand… or as a Rental, or you can just head over here.

Posted on February 25, 2010 In Chinese, English, Japanese, Sharing, Short Films , ,
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Oscar 2010: Best Short Films Animated Nominees

It used to be really difficult to watch shorts before the Academy Awards gave its shorts prize, but now it seems many filmmakers have decided to show their work online… and well, people have taken into uploading more shorts xD Obviously, except for the BBC and Wallace and Gromit in ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’
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Posted on February 8, 2010 In English, French, Sharing, Short Films, Spanish , , , ,
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If Only… April Story

January 7, 2010 — 4 Comments

by Acerk.

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In my opinion, Yu’s had a pretty decent 10-year career. She’s been a supporting character more than I would prefer, but who cares, she’s still young and has a long way to go. Here are 5 movies that I wish she could have been in. I believe each film selected would have helped her career in one way or another.

5. April Story

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