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belovedindierock · 9 months

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Friend Of A Friend is released through digital outlets today, hear it HERE.

Ahead of the Wall Of Eyes album release on 26th January there will be a series of events at a selection of independent cinemas between 18th and 25th January. Wall Of Eyes, On Film will celebrate the new album and collaborations with Paul Thomas Anderson.

The evening will include the world film premiere of Friend Of A Friend and a presentation of Wall Of Eyes, both directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and shot on 35mm filmas well as a Wall Of Eyes album playback in surround sound for one time only.

For the full programme and for participating cinemas go HERE. Tickets will be available for the events from 10am GMT on Thursday 11th January.

New European headline dates in June and August 2024 have been announced today. Subscribers to this list have access to a presale happening at 12pm GMT on Wednesday 10th January using this link HERE. Tickets will then go on general sale at 9am GMT on Friday 12th January.

James Holden will support The Smile at all headline shows this year.

The dates are:

8th June - Hamburg, Stadtpark Open Air, Germany 9th June - Cologne Palladium, Germany 11th June - Berlin, Verti Music Hall, Germany 12th June - Prague, Forum Karlin, Czechia 14th June - Belgrade, Hangar, Serbia 15th June - Pula Arena, Pula, Croatia 17th June - Bucharest, Arenele Romane, Romania 18th June - Sofia, Arena Sofia, Bulgaria 23rd June - Rome, Cavea Auditorium, Roma Summer Fest, Italy

13th August - Sigulda Castle, Sigulda, Latvia 14th August - Warsaw, Progresja, Summer Stage, Poland 20th August - Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle, Germany 21st August - Munich, Zenith, Germany 22nd August - Vienna Open Air Arena, Austria 26th August - Bordeaux, Krakatoa, France 28th August - Valencia, Jardines De Viveros, Spain

Including:

The World Premiere of FRIEND OF A FRIEND (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) presented on 35mm*

The first public playback of THE SMILE’s new album WALL OF EYES in surround sound (for the first and only time)

Never-before-seen footage of the album’s recording sessions

THE SMILE - WALL OF EYES (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) 35mm* presentation

RADIOHEAD - DAYDREAMING (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) 35mm* presentation

THOM YORKE - ANIMA (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)

RADIOHEAD - PRESENT TENSE: JONNY, THOM & A CR78 (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)

RADIOHEAD – THE NUMBERS: JONNY, THOM & A CR78 (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)

* 35mm presentations available at select locations

Available at the event:

Unique, limited-edition cassette of the album

Exclusive T-Shirts

The Smile 'Zine

Locations:

18TH JAN - LONDON, UK

18TH JAN - NEW YORK CITY, USA

19TH JAN - LOS ANGELES, USA

20TH JAN - SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA

20TH JAN - MILANO, ITALY

20TH JAN - CDMX, MEXICO

22ND JAN - TOKYO, JAPAN

22ND JAN - PARIS, FRANCE

23RD JAN - SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA

23RD JAN - AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS

23RD JAN - GLASGOW, SCOTLAND

25TH JAN - TOKYO, JAPAN

25TH JAN - BERLIN, GERMANY

#the smile #thome yorke #jonny greenwood #tom skinner #tour dates #world premiere #wall of eyes #paul thomas anderson #35mm #RADIOHEAD - DAYDREAMING (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson) 35mm* presentation #THOM YORKE - ANIMA (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)#RADIOHEAD - PRESENT TENSE: JONNY #THOM & A CR78 (directed by Paul Thomas Anderson)#RADIOHEAD – THE NUMBERS: JONNY #radiohead

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aristocratslog · 1 month

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ZOON from Jonatan Schwenk on Vimeo.

Germany 2022, 04:25 min premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival find a behind the scenes video here: vimeo.com/jonatanschwenk/zoon-bts

directed and produced by Jonatan Schwenk music & sound design David Kamp screenplay Merlin Flügel, Jonatan Schwenk puppet fabrication Anne Breymann, Hélène Tragesser, Jonatan Schwenk puppeteers Thalke Thyen, Max Mörtl, Maria Teixeira, Merlin Flügel, Jonatan Schwenk, Ramona Lüdemann, Carolina Iglesias camera (real-time-part) Ferdinand Kowalke stop-motion camera Jonatan Schwenk technical director on set Björn Ullrich assistant director Merlin Flügel set manager Joey Arand production assistant Carolina Iglesias stop-motion animator Jonatan Schwenk 2d animators Marta Magnuska, Jonatan Schwenk retouch & rig removal Mascha Balura, Lea Majeran, Maria Teixeira, Aaron Farkas, Jade Stendel (PixelPEC) Irina Rubina, Chengjie Xu, Yu Hao 3d models & textures Valentin Oellers, Ferdinand Kowalke 2d tracking Maria Teixeira 3d tracking Valentin Oellers compositing Marc Rühl, Jonatan Schwenk color grading Matthias Behrens (waveline), Jonatan Schwenk distributed by Miyu Distribution miyu.fr/distribution/en/

FUNDED BY HessenFilm und Medien GmbH FFA (German Federal Film Board)

SELECTIONS: (excerpt) Sundance Film Festival 2022 Telluride Film Festival (USA) AFI FEST FILMFESTIVAL 2022 (American Film Institute) (USA) Animafest Zagreb (Croatia) Pictoplasma (Germany) Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada) Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film (Germany) Animateka (Slovenia) ZINEBI International Festival of Documentary and Short Film of Bilbao (Spain) Festival Premiers Plans d’Angers, France REGARD - Saguenay International Short Film Festival (Canada) Go Short International Short Film Festival, Netherlands Dresden Filmfest, Germany GLAS Animation Festival (USA) Seattle International Film Festival (USA) DC International Film Festival (USA) Milwaukee Film Festival (USA) Kurzfilmfestival Hamburg (Germany) Festival Internacional de Cine en Guadalajara (México) Palm Springs International ShortFest (USA) Galway Film Fleadh (Ireland) SIGGRAPH 2022 Computer Animation Festival (Canada) 18th Annual HollyShorts Film Festival (USA) Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hong Kong) HAS Hiroshima Animation Season 2022 (USA) Concorto Film Festival (Italy) Turku Anmated Film Festival (Finland) Festival Silhouette (France) Fantoche (Switzerland) Viborg Animation Festival (Denmark) Encounters Film Festival (UK) Vancouver Int'l FF (Canada) Primanima World Festival of First Animations (Hungary) Uppsala Short Film Festival (Sweden) Denver Film Festival (USA) New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2022 (Japan) Leeds International Film Festival 2022 (UK) Animage International Animation Festival Of Pernambuco (Brazil) interfilm Berlin 38th International Short Film Festival Berlin (Germany) 2022 PÖFF Shorts Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia) StopTrik IFF (Slovenia/Poland) London International Animation Festival (UK) Leuven Int. Short Film Festival (Belgium) Anima Brussels (Belgium) Int. Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (Germany) Landshut Short Film Festival (Germany) Kaboom Animation Festival (Netherlands) RiverRun International Film Festival (USA) Florida Film Festival (USA)

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fygmo · 4 months

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ZOON from Jonatan Schwenk on Vimeo.

Germany 2022, 04:25 min premiering at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival find a behind the scenes video here: vimeo.com/jonatanschwenk/zoon-bts

FUNDED BY HessenFilm und Medien GmbH FFA (German Federal Film Board)

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genkinahito · 2 years

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Haruna Tanaka Double-Bill: "Shall We Love You?" and "Kanro 甘露"

Haruna Tanaka Double-Bill: "Shall We Love You?" and "Kanro 甘露" @oaffpress #OAFF2023 @nanocanoca

Haruna Tanaka is a filmmaker whose film presence I became aware of through two fine shorts; Slough (2020), a contemplative and slow-paced story about the loss of a child which hit a few festivals before being featured in a MIRRORLIAR FILMS anthology, and LIFELIKE (2018), a historical drama which played at the 20th Japan Film Fest Hamburg and won the Golden Iris Prize at the Aichi International…

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#甘露 #Japanese Film #Japanese Film Review #Kanro #Osaka Asian Film Festival #Osaka Asian Film Festival 2023 #Shall We Love You?

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frank-en-ghoul · 3 years

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On today’s menu we are serving up our hot-off-the-stove review of Tokyo Dragon Chef, directed by the incomparable Yoshihiro Nishimura, known for films such as Tokyo Gore Police and Helldriver! This time around, Nishimura-san ditches blood splatter and mutated babes for a quirky yakuza musical comedy!

Get a taste of the film from our full review linked above and find out how you can stream all the films from Japan Film Fest Hamburg from the comfort of your own home!

#Yoshihiro Nishimura #Tokyo Dragon Chef #Japanese Film #Japan Film Fest Hamburg #Tokyo Gore Police #Helldriver

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thequillsink · 3 years

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Japan Film Fest Hamburg JFFH 2021 Short Film Reviews. Published Published by grimoireofhorror.com and The Yurei August 12, 2021

One of the biggest highlights of the Japan Film Fest Hamburg rests within the diverse selection of short films. For the audience, this means getting the chance to see original shorts seldom screened outside of Japan and unlikely to ever release in the West. The fest embracing multiple genres, too, ensures a varied experience. This year, we decided to dive into a handful of the shorts and share our thoughts to help viewers know which options should not be missed!

I See You

I See You is a 2019 stop-motion animation horror film created by Ryo Sato, Ayana Tashiro and Masafumi Uemura for Laputa Art Animation School. An abandoned house is for sale, but it is said to be haunted. The cleaning staff, who are hired to do a complete cleaning of the foreboding house, is not deterred from the insidious reputation. Predictably, their confidence slowly begins to crumble as inexplicable events begin to happen.

The short is beautifully smooth in its stop-motion animation, showing true dedication to the artistic craft itself in the medium of film. The story itself is a great introduction to horror for a younger audience, highlighting darkly comedic undertones perfectly paired with an overall spooky atmosphere. The unsettling score, as well as a Tim Burton-escque style to the character designs, also complement this charming style. This is a noteworthy display from the relatively unknown creators and should not be missed.

Blood Blade

Blood Blade is a 2019 action horror short and the first film by Hiroshi Okada – he wrote, filmed and directed this whole production. The heroine Momo brings down “Oni”, monsters and demons in human form, with her sword in a splendid way – stylish to say the least. Together with her inexperienced friend, Kaori, she must prevent an army of immortals from being built up.

Reminiscent of a 90’s anime OVA, Blood Blade delivers style over substance with over-the-top action and narrative. Lacking much depth and with only adequate performances, the short seems more of a starting point for Hiroshi Okada as a rudimentary experience. Regardless, I am excited to how the young filmmaker develops from here.

KA.TA.MI.

KA.TA.MI. is a 2020 short film, directed by Time Ryōsuke. Ryōsuke also directed the 2014 I, Dolphin Girl, also currently being shown at Japan Film Fest Hamburg this year. Katami Watase is young, ambitious girl with aspiration to become a cinema actress. For this, she needs talent, belief in herself and support from friends. The interview turns tense as the aspiring actress begins to feel personally attacked.

The film delivers a compassionate and spirited speech about what it take to make it in film. At only five minutes, the short is one note as a relatively singular vision, but the message is both inspirational and empowering, serving the purpose of the meaning sufficiently. Expounding the importance of community support, the short is an impassioned love letter to cinema that will resonate with cinephiles.

Anna’s Love

Anna’s Love is a 2019 horror short and the first film from director Kōji Takahashi. While looking for a cheap apartment, a young man, Masato, comes across a tempting offer. However, the people behind this enticing offer – the widowed landlord and his daughter, Anna, whose family roots stretch as far as Transylvania – are surrounded by a dark secret.

This short is a wonderfully visual experience, showcasing stylish cinematography and an impactful use of contrasting colours. The practical effects are deployed in a stunning way, and the excessive amount of blood perfectly macabre. Sadly, the narrative does lack some depth in its characters and is largely aimless. In spite of its shortcoming, Anna’s Love is a poignant horror piece from Kōji Takahashi, a fascinating take on vampiric lore.

Dream to Accept Reality

Dream to Accept Reality is a 2020 supernatural horror short directed by Yūta Shimotsu. On a visit with her grandparents, a young woman is shocked to find her losing control of her senses and begins to expect the supernatural.

A personal favorite of the batch of shorts, Dream to Accept Reality boasts an incredibly dark atmosphere, enhanced perfectly with an atmospheric score and fluid cinematography. In particular, the sound design is an idyllic mix of ambient and industrial sound that wavers between fitting and disorienting. In addition, the performances are executed perfectly, maximizing the tension of the production in the time they have. Ultimately, if you see one short during Japan Film Fest Hamburg, I suggest it be this one. I await on tenterhooks for future projects from Yūta Shimotsu!

Children of God – Shinji and Rinka

Children of God – Shinji and Rinka is a 2019 action thriller short from Kazuaki Kashima. Shinji and his daughter Shizuku are ambushed by a crazy yakuza (Rinka) who kidnaps the young girl as a hostage. Requesting 100 million yen for Shizuku’s safe return, Shinji begins a desperate pursuit whilst unaware he is not the only one after Rinka.

Compact yet effective, Children of God is a perfect example of how to craft a coherent short film with an impactful narrative. A crazy scenario, the work avoids becoming confusing from discerning performances and a fully realized script. The conclusion suggests this may not be the end of the end, however, to build excitement towards the possibility of a follow up or feature length film. An enjoyable, energetic crime romp, Children of God will leave audiences wanting more as the insinuated sequel may offer!

Oh! Who Do Recover

Oh! Who Do Recover is a 2019 action comedy from first-time director Narushi Takeda. A young school girl is surprised by a man in black while smoking in a shrine. Not far away, a teacher friend and a detective have an argument over a discarded cigarette until the man in black appears before them as well. If there’s one thing he can’t stand, it’s improperly disposing of garbage. Resembling a spirit of vengeance, he flashes an archaic katana in a rage.

Heavy themes of environmentalism permeate this short story. The personification of the deity Acala, known to attack those deemed evil or unrighteous, targets people who litter in this case. The film takes a light-hearted comedic approach to convey a message of consideration to the environment and personal responsibility to nature.

Out-There

Out-There is a 2020 horror thriller short written by Shingo Takeda and directed by the duo of Takeda and Shinsuke Fujioka. Anxiously awaiting the return of their partner from work, a young man kills time by chatting with a friend over video chat. However, the situation turn horrific when the man realizes he is not alone and a spirit is looming in the background.

The film exhibits influence from classic J-horror Ringu on its proverbial sleeve, showing incredible similarities in tone, build up and character design. Despite this, the short is not a rehash of another intellectual property and utilizes this likeness to create something different yet equally disturbing. Overall, Out-There embraces the best of J-Horror and condenses it down into an effectively thrilling horror experience.

Stool Doll

tool Doll is a 2020 independent piece of extreme cinema from director Santarō Shinohara. Yoshio Tobari believes he has found the perfect woman in Hanaka. However, Hanaka is a creation of the troubled man’s own ‘love’, a nasty concoction of the man’s own brown excretions.

The short is an austere production, unabashed by social normalcy to tell a unique story. This film is not for everyone considering graphic scenes of coprophilia emphasizing sexual kink. Likely to leave a bad lingering taste for most, the distinct story is perfect for those who enjoy extreme cinema which challenge norms (or test the boundaries).

Genius Director

Genius Director is a 2020 short film directed by Shingo Kanemoto who also directed Dosuemon (2020) also available at Japanese Film Fest Hamburg. Juzo Onigawara’s ego is bigger than any other director’s. On the set of his latest film, he is rage incarnate, proceeding to dominate everything and violate everyone. Humiliation or physical violence is his common tactic, but his actions takes a particularly dark turn when he summons a young actress to his apartment for ‘private lessons’.

The portrayal of Juzo as a reprehensible character is delivered perfectly, becoming the embodiment of every negative trait a director could possess. From assaulting staff to sexual misconduct, the set is the definition of toxic workplace environment taken to the extreme. Although his actions are played off as comedic hijinks, they are certainly not without deserved consequences. Overall, Genius Director is an unflinching and unapologetic experience aimed at those who love their comedy as dark as possible.

Shrouded at Dusk

Shrouded at Dusk is a 2019 thriller from director Hiroyuki Mahara. Young Eriko makes house calls as a prostitute, but her day starts of nightmarish thank to a dark request from her first client. Unnervingly, the troubled man asks her to wear special clothing for a tribute to his daughter who committed suicide. Hesitant at first, Eriko obliges and the peculiar man provokes memories of her own father.

Poignant in its delivery, this short deals with situations that some people may find distressing. The subject of regret, hatred, incest, child molestation, suicide and revenge are all explored in this film to great detail as a shocking display of two people mutually using each other to try and escape their past. If you can handle such topics, I highly recommend watching this short.

Talala

Talala is a 2019 anime directed by Hiroshi Takizawa. It follows a dreamy young girl who loves to play music and experiences fantastical events leading into a a magical summer day.

The short presents the psychedelic adventures of a young girl in her own ethereal world, passing the day as she pleases. Accompanied by beautifully innocent music, and following a carefree story, it is a film which works successfully through the fun, childlike tone. In conclusion, the short was cute enough to melt my icy heart and tap my foot along to, providing wonderfully colourful animation to boot.

#journalism #shorts #short films #jffh #japan film fest hamburg #film festival #j horror

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doomedandstoned · 6 years

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Conan Share Earth-Shaking Set at The Live Room in Belfast (plus Interview!)

~Doomed & Stoned Debuts~

Doomed & Stoned is proud to partner with CONAN and The Live Room Belfast to share this striking live studio performance of the band playing three of their standards: "Total Conquest," "Satsumo," and "Gravity Chasm." This comes just weeks ahead of Conan's new album, 'Existential Void Guardian' (2018), releasing September 14th on Napalm Records.

Start Together Studio recently launched The Live Room Belfast to invite touring bands in for special recordings, usually between 3-5 songs, as a way to capture the intimacy of a live studio performance. This set was recorded, mixed, and edited by Niall Doran, with help from Assistant Audio Engineer Paddy McEldowney, and filmed by Ciara McMullan. The team did a fantastic job of capturing the massive weight of the Liverpool trio's legendary riffs and especially the fearsome caveman vocals of frontman Jon Davis.

This all took place on May 16th, the morning before Conan took the stage with Monolord and Elder Druid at Voodoo Belfast for an unforgettable show. Jon also sat down with Elder Druid guitarist Jake Wallace (who organized our recent Doomed & Stoned in Ireland compilation) for an in-depth interview.

And now, it's time for Jon Davis (guitar/vox), Chris Fielding (bass), and Johnny King (drums) do their thing! Enjoy...

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Conan On Tour

10.08.18 PT - Moledo / Sonic Blast Moledo Fest 11.08.18 UK - Winchester / Boomtown Fair 16.08.18 IR - Galway / The Loft 17.08.18 IR - Cork / Cyprus Avenue 18.08.18 IR - Limerick / Dolans Warehouse 30.09.18 UK - Sheffield / O2 Academy 02.10.18 NL - Eindhoven / Effenaar 03.10.18 DE - Bochum / Rockpalast 04.10.18 DE - Hamburg / Logo 05.10.18 DE - Berlin / Musik & Frieden 06.10.18 PL - Wroclaw / Firlej 07.10.18 PL - Warsaw / Poglos 09.10.18 LT - Vilnius / Rock River Club 10.10.18 LV - Jelgava / Melno Cepuriso Balerija 11.10.18 EE - Tallinn / Sveta 13.10.18 FI - Helsinki / Blow Up 4 Festival 15.10.18 SE - Stockholm / Kraken 17.10.18 SE - Malmo / Plan B 19.10.18 DK - Copenhagen / Stengade 20.10.18 NL - Leeuwarden / Into The Void Festival 07.11.18 AU - Canberra / The Basement 08.11.18 AU - Melbourne / Max Watts 09.11.18 AU - Sydney / Manning Bar 10.11.18 AU - Brisbane / Crowbar 12.11.18 NZ - Wellington / Valhalla 13.11.18 NZ - Auckland / Whammy Bar 16.11.18 RU - Moscow / Aglomerat 17.11.18 RU - St. Petersburg / Zoccolo 23.11.18 UK - Nottingham / The Loft 24.11.18 UK - Leeds / Temple Of Boom 25.11.18 UK - Newcastle / Byker Grave Festival 26.11.18 UK - Glasgow / Audio 27.11.18 UK - Manchester / Rebellion 28.11.18 UK - Coventry / The Arches 29.11.18 UK - Cardiff / Clwb Ifor Bach 30.11.18 UK - Milton Keynes / The Craufurd Arms 01.12.18 UK - London / Boston Music Rooms 02.12.18 UK - Oxford / Buried In Smoke X-Mas Weekender

Interview with Jon Davis of Conan

~By Jake Wallace (Elder Druid)~

Recorded May 16, 2018 in The Live Room Belfast

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Do you enjoy being on the road so much?

Yeah, we do. We have always tried to tour as much as possible, ever since the very beginning. I remember the first time we played outside of Liverpool with Charger in late 2010, and that was a really big thing, something we were pushing for to try and breakout of Liverpool gigs. We almost immediately started getting opportunities to tour and play, and for a year or so it was just weekends here and there, I really loved that. Then we got the opportunity to go touring around Europe. Of course, that brought its own problem then, because we had to get a van, so we invested a bit of money in an old Ford Transit. And I remember spending nearly £600 on installing a cool sound system in there, so that we could listen to Iron Maiden on the road full blast. Like with speakers right by our heads in the bulkhead.

There's something about being on the road, and everyday just looking forward to playing the music that you've written, and the law of seeing the reaction of people who are listening to your music, that you've written sometimes easily, sometimes songs have come together when they've been difficult to write. I've always found it really rewarding to play music, whether I'm on my own, or whether in the practice room with the lads, or whether onstage. And I remember when I was 16, promising myself I would do this, telling myself that I'm gonna play music cause I saw playing music as a long term thing that I would be in charge of. I never really wanted to work for anyone else, I always wanted to do music, and I remember as a shy and less than confident teenager, thinking this is a path that I can grow, and I really enjoy, something I could do for the rest of my life, hopefully.

When I get too old to lug cabs then I'll just pick up an acoustic, and do something with that. So getting on the road has been something we've loved from day one, and now were touring all over the world. This year already, we've had a US of 5 weeks, we've been to Japan for a week, and we've got more far-flung shows lined up for the end of the year, not announced yet, plus European tours, another UK Tour, and we've got an album out soon. I mean it's just -- we love it. I couldn't do anything else now, if I had to have an office job, I'd probably commit suicide, seriously. (laughs)

What make Monolord the perfect match for this tour, and will you be back in Ireland anytime soon?

I mean, we wanted a band as physically attractive as us, and we've finally done it with Monolord. Seriously though, they are a really cool band, they are really good people to tour with, they're professional, friendly, really interesting people, and they come from a different culture to ours, and we enjoy being on the road with them. We're not sharing a van with them, although we have done, we shared a night liner with them in October last year. And we didn't know what to expect then, as we didn't know them very well on that tour, but we got along really well. They're from a different culture but very similar people, at the same time, at the core of what we all are in a love for music, and they put their money where their mouth is, in terms of that. They also like to tour a lot, they release really great music, and they're a really good live act. So when you are choosing a band to tour with, our booking agent puts forward bands and it was really natural, that us and Monolord tour together. It's cool that we get to this joint headliner, switch headliners every night. Yeah, they're just great. I mean, I don't think we've ever toured with a band that we didn't really like, some more than others, obviously, but they are cool as fuck.

I suppose it's an interesting parallel, between both bands having three members, you get to see how another band performs as a three piece as well every night. Tell us about the origin of the band name, and how you guys have created a genre known as 'Caveman Battle Doom.'

Well, Conan could have been called anything, really, from '70s and '80s science fiction movies. You know, Krull was one idea that I had for a band name, very briefly I thought about that. We were called Elf-Beater for a time in our practice room -- that's obviously an awful name so we were never going to use that one long term. Conan just came to me one day, you know, I was going through some personal stuff and I'd had to move into my parent's for a little while, and I started this band up with an old friend of mine who was a bass player, but he played drums a little bit. So we started and we actually wrote and recorded "Satsuma." We had these songs, and we didn't really have a settled name. We were going to call ourselves Pazuzu for a little while or Demon-Demaro, as like a Bebo page in that name. There's some really old demos if you can search for that.

Initially, I wanted it to be a little bit occult-ish type of stuff, and then quickly I realised the lyrics weren't really going in that direction, and we were more about Sword & Sorcery, Science Fiction, and Mythology. Then I remember sitting there one day just kind of thinking, "What do I for a band name?" and then it just came to me. And it stuck, there wasn't really any other bands, well there was an Argentina metal band called Conan, but I think they had expired in the '80s, so there was nothing, no current bands within our scene, with that name, or anything close to it, so we grabbed it with both hands.

How did the name 'Caveman Battle Doom' come about?

The very first show that Conan did in Liverpool was with friends of ours, John McNulty and Gemma McNulty. They weren't married then but they are now, and they're really close of mine, and the band, they recorded at our studio. But they put us on our first ever show, when it was just me and Paul O'Neil, a two piece, and on the poster for that show, I think it said "primitive battle doom," "caveman battle doom," or "caveman doom." The label we were on, fast forward a couple of months, we recorded Horseback Battle Hammer and we released stuff on CD with Aurora-Borealis Records. They used that phrase as part of their sales pitch, on the website, taking it from that first ever poster, and then we thought we’d put that on a t-shirt because it looks cool and it sounds cool and those t-shirts just sold like hot cakes. So we thought, that's a cool name to make a joke about. Obviously, we haven't created our own genre; it would be awesome if we did cause we'd obviously make loads of money then, but it's just a bit of fun.

I know yourself are involved in Black Bow Records and Chris is involved in Skyhammer. How did both of those projects come around? Was it through the band that this became something you were interested in, or what was the path towards a label and a studio?

When I moved into a large house in a rural location, not far from Liverpool/Chester, there was a couple of extra buildings. One of them was a large coach-house and I actually wanted to turn that into a rehearsal studio initially. But it needed a lot of building work, which would have cost a lot of money, so I thought, "I wonder if I could somehow turn this into something that would repay some of that investment? So I'll do a practice room and then I may be able to rent the practice room out to bands." And I thought, "Nah, I don't think that will make generate enough money to make it worthwhile, unless we have people in there all the time." And if we did that, it could just be people in there 2-3 hours at a time and it would be a bit of a nightmare to manage, with it being a home. I then thought of, "Well I could turn it into a recording studio." So I got a couple of quotations for layout and stuff like that. It became obvious that it was going to be really expensive to do. So I thought, "I'll do that and see if I can maybe learn the ropes, I might work in there myself as a recording engineer."

For an extremely short-lived time I recorded bands in their practice rooms. I had one band ask for a refund, so then I thought, "Maybe I need to practice a little bit more." So I was going to set up the studio and decided not to, in the end, when Chris got in touch. Me and Chris had been friends and I'd been asking him what microphones to get and what stuff do I need really to set up a studio. We got chatting then one day out of the blue, and he wrote to me saying he had a really crazy idea and could he ring me. So I said okay. He gave me a call and Chris' idea was that he would come and work in the studio and take over and run it, and I waited a little bit and spoke to my wife. Then in the morning, we chatted again and it became obvious that yeah, it was going to be a great idea. Chris and I started working in the studio from August 2013, the build started in May the same year. We had a company called Studio People do it and they were brilliant.

The first band in there were called Bast and they came into the studio. They didn't have a label, I think they had been in talks with Candlelight Records, but nothing had been agreed at that point. So they recorded this album called Spectres and I said, "Why don't I just release it for you?" It was cool to release the first thing we ever recorded at the studio and that album did quite well. I had to repress it and then another band came in and I released theirs, as well. Then I spoke to Fister and Norska from America, I did a 7-inch split. Before you know it, I'm releasing music from bands all over and it's just snowballed. I didn't expect it to and I didn't really try very hard, to be honest.

I'm still learning all the time about running the label, make mistakes all the time, but I love it and it fits in nicely with the band, fits in nicely with the studio. I'm able to really diversify within music now, because obviously everyone has to earn a living somehow and unless you're very lucky, you can't earn a living from just the band. Some people can, but I can't, so I have to add other things on to make it possible to have a career in music. So that's all I do now, thankfully.

You guys feature heavily in the upcoming documentary 'The Doom Doc' which is due out this summer. How important is a documentary like that in promoting the underground?

I think it's cool, because it engages with people who may not have necessarily have checked out the bands that are being talked about on it. It gives a good overview of what the scene is like and it's something that you can take all round the world. We're friends with Joe Allen, one of the lads who made the documentary, and we played in Japan with him recently and his band Kurokuma. We played a sell-out show in Tokyo in a venue called Earthdom, which hadn't sold out for ten years or so. And part of the reason why it sold out so well was because the documentary was really popular over there. It's really cool, because it's shone a light on the very grassroots level of heavy music in the UK and beyond, and I don't think a documentary has done that really for UK heavy music, the very grassroots level, or I've never seen one that does it. Obviously, in America you have Such Hawks, Such Hounds. It's good that something like that has been made in England.

Finally, you've got the next album 'Existential Void Guardian' coming out in August. What can you tell us about that?

Well, it's all recorded and mastered now. We're just waiting on a video getting done for one of the songs and I'm not going to give any of the songs away, but it's cool, it's heavy as fuck, and we're really proud of it. It's the first album that we've done with Jonny on drums and it was quite a challenging album to make, because if we'd had anyone else on drums I don't think we'd have been able to manage it. But fortunately, Jonny being as professional as he is, he came in after touring with us for one month, just practicing a riff or two here or there in sound checks, and we sat down in the studio and we kind of wrote the drum parts of the album within a week -- or a weekend event, maybe 3-4 days -- so it came together. It wasn't easy, but the fact that it came together at all was a miracle, because we didn't allow ourselves the usual amount of time to write an album. So we pushed ourselves to the limit to get it written and get it to a level that were really happy with, because we wouldn't have released it otherwise. We wrote the drums and the guide guitar in the first few sessions, and then we went back and recorded guitar and bass, and when we got back from Japan we recorded vocals.

It came together in a different way to all the other albums. Maybe Revengeance was a bit like that, but everything up until then was the product of weekly practices, an hour or two every week. So we're kind of getting into this vein now, where we're writing music almost like as soon as we sit down. We get together and we can all play and write music together. It's really cool. I think a lot of that is to do with Jonny, because he's got a particular style that really blend in with what me and Chris are doing. It comes out mid-Sept. Tony Roberts is doing the artwork, as many people would expect, the artwork's cool. And we've got a really good video coming out, it's been done by the same people who shot the "Foehammer" video, and I gave them this idea of what I'd like them to do with this next video, and it's insane. It's everything I would ever want from a Conan video -- it's so sick, it's amazing.

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Fears from Nata Metlukh on Vimeo.

Are fears our friends or they just worsen people’s existence?

A graduation film made at Vancouver Film School (2015), 3.5 months of production. Directed and animated by Nata Metlukh

Making-of: notofagus.com/films/fears

*** Awards *** Winner at Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada, 2015) Winner at Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (United Arab Emirates, 2016) Winner at Spark Animation Festival (Canada, 2015) Winner at Corto Helvetico al Femminile Festival (Switzerland, 2017) Winner at 100 Films in 100 Minutes by Kyiv International Short Film Festival (Ukraine, 2017) 2nd place at Hamburg Animation Award (Germany, 2015) 2nd place Jury Winner at Audience Awards Animations Shorts Film Festival (USA, 2018) 3d place at Chilemonos (Chile, 2016) 3d place at Short Film Breaks (Romania, 2017) Audience Award at Etiuda&Anima Film Festival (Poland, 2016) Audience Choice at Exposure Short Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2017) Special Jury Mention at Short Of The Year Promofest (Spain, 2016) Special Award at AninetFest (Czech Republic, 2017) Most Inspirational Short Film at Reel 2 Real International Film Festival (Canada, 2017) Special Mention at Spiritual Film Festival Contracorriente (Colombia, 2017)

*** Screenings *** KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival (The Netherlands, 2015) Sommets du cinéma d’animation (Canada, 2015) Fantoche (Switzerland, 2015) Ottawa International Animation Festival (Canada, 2015) Spike & Mike's Festival of Animation (USA, 2015) Spark Animation Festival (Canada, 2015) Cinanima (Portugal, 2015) Primanima (Hungary, 2015) Living Arts Animation Festival (USA,2015) Vienna Short Film Project (Austria, 2015) Hamburg Animation Award (Germany, 2015) Insomniafest (Russia, 2015) Anibar (Kosovo, 2015) World Festival of Animated Film in Varna (Bulgaria, 2015) Pluk de Nacht (The Netherlands, 2015) Anima Brussels Animation Film Festival (Belgium, 2016) Durango Independent Film Festival (USA, 2016) Animac (Catalonia, 2016) Trickfilm Festival of Animated Film (Germany, 2016) Ca' Foscari Short Film Festival (Italy, 2016) Tel Aviv Animation Festival (Israel, 2016) Holland Animation Film Festival (The Netherlands, 2016) Pictoplasma Berlin Festival (Germany, 2016) Ceiling Festival (Russia, 2016) AninetFest (Czech Republic, 2016) Augenblicke Shortfilms (Germany, 2016) Cineclube Animassa (Brazil, 2016) SantaCurtas Festival (Portugal, 2016) Hiroshima Educational Film Market (Japan, 2016) Modern Art Museum Centre Pompidou in Paris (France, 2016) Bit Bang Fest International Festival (Argentina, 2016) Animasivo (Mexico, 2016) Big Cartoon Festival (Russia, 2016) Reggio Film Festival (Italy, 2016) Animated Dreams (Estonia, 2016) Denver Animation Festival (USA, 2016) Moving Silence (Cyprus, 2016) Chilemonos (Chile, 2016) Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival (United Arab Emirates, 2016) Etiuda&Anima Film Festival (Poland, 2016) Promofest (Spain, 2016) Exposure Short Film Festival (United Kingdom, 2017) Traveling Film Festival (France, 2017) European Film Festival (France, 2017) Tehran International Animation Festival (Iran, 2017) Living Things Festival (Canada, 2017) Big Cartoon Festival (Russia, 2017) Reel 2 Real International Film Festival (Canada, 2017) Golden Kuker Sofia Festival (Bulgaria, 2017) Festival of Nations (Austria, 2017) Aninetwork Fest (Czech Republic, 2017) Shorty Week Film Festival (Spain, 2017) Plein la Bobine Film Festival (France, 2017) Animocje (Poland, 2017) Radical Frame Film Festival (Germany, 2017) Kinolub Film Festival (Poland, 2017) Très Court Festival (France, 2017) BRAM! Mostra de Cinema (Spain, 2017) Short Film Series (Germany, 2017) Breakthroughs Film Festival (Canada, 2017) International Short Film Festival of San Roque (Spain, 2017) International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin (Croatia, 2017) Short Film Breaks (Romania, 2017) File Anima+ exhibition (Brazil, 2018)

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"Fantasy, dream or reality? What is the difference? When people get old..."

This 8 minute tragic-comedy by Conrad Tambour tells the story of an old woman, who, to the horror of her son, is cooking up a meal in the middle of the night for her long-deceased friends.The film features the voices of famous Austrian actors such as Erni Mangold, Erwin Steinhauer, Klaus Ofczarek and Ingrid Burkhard.

trickfilmer.at neuer-trickfilm.at/filme/derbesuch/ filmakademie.de

AWARDS «Hamburg Animation Award 2011» «Friedrich-Wilhelm-Murnau-Preis 2012» Chitrakatha '11 «Winner of Chitrakatha '11» Content Award Vienna 2011 « Infoscreen Award» Cutout Fest 2011 «first place narrative category» FATPIGtures «best student short» FBW «Best short of the month» October 2011 Sehsüchte 2011 «best animation film» shnit shortfilmfestival «Magic Jack» Shortynale «special jury mention» Skena Up «best animation award» U.FRAME «best animation» Watersprite «best animated short» «best screenplay» Stoke Your Fires Film Festival «best student animation» XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival «2nd place» 13. Jenaer Cellu l´art award for «best screenplay» DIAGONALE «best new comer of the year» All eyes on youth «Bester Film aus 15 Jahre Jugendjury»

SCREENINGS Next Generation Short Tiger 2011 ITFS 2011 Hiroshima 2012, Japan Diagonale 2012, Austria Filmfest Dresden 2011 Filmfest Eberswalde DOK Leipzig 2011 Animago 2011 Exground Filmfest 2011 Grenzland Filmtage Selb 2011 23rd Trieste Film Festival 2011 Stoke Your Fires 2012 FiSH Festival 2012, Germany Jenaer Kurzfilmfestival "cellu l'art", Germany Chitrakatha International, India Student Animation Festival 2011 Content Award Vienna 2011, Austria Cutout Fest 2011 FATPIGtures Jugendfilmfestival 2011 Hamburg Animation Award 2011 Sehsüchte 2011, Germany shnit International Shortfilmfestival 2011 Shortynale 3. KLBG Kurzfilmfest 2011 Skena Up 2011 U.FRAME International Academic Video Festivals 2011 Cambridge International Student Film Festival 2012, UK XXS Dortmunder Kurzfilmfestival 2011 Iternationales Filmfestival Contra Vision Graphinale Wien 2012, Austria Anima Mundi 2011, Brazil Animafest Zagreb 2011, Croatia Animanima 2009, Serbia Anima Brussels Animation Film Festival 2010, Belgium Anim'est 2009, Romania CineMAiubit 2009, Romania Filmschau BW 20010, Germany KROK International Animated Film 2010, Russia Monstra Lisbon Animated Film Festival 2011, Portugal Tehran International Animation Festival 2011, Iran Thalmässinger Kurzfilmtage 2012 KingBonn China International New Media Shorts Festivals 2012 Monterrey International Film Festival Shorts at Moonlight 2012, Germany Supertoon 2012 Kurzfilmnacht Filmkunstfest MV 2012 Euganea Film Festival 2011 7th edition of NAFF, Neum Animated Film Festival Sofia IAFF, Bulgaria European Short Film Festival 2012 at MIT Festival of Nations, Germany

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What would you be willing to do for them to love you? " LOVE ME, FEAR ME is a reflection on the roles we play and the shapes we take, the stages we chose, the audience we try to impress and the price of acceptance. Graduation work from the Film University Babelsberg. Music: https://www.dascha-dauenhauer.com Choreography: http://martha-hincapie-charry.com http://www.dock11-berlin.de/index.php/cat/2_6/id/p66_Gabriel-Galindez-Cruz.html Awards and distinctions: Student Academy Awards Finalist 2019 Student Bafta Shortlisted 2019 Audience Award - Monstra Lisbon Audience Award - Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Best Student Film - Animator Diploma of Jury - Insomnia Festival Best Experimental short - Prime the Animation Most Popular International - Primanima Grand Prix du Relief - Courant 3D Special Mention for a Graduation Film - ReAnimania Young Talent Award - Animateka Best of Animation + Best of the Fest - Living Skies Special Mention the Jury - BLON Jury Special Prize - Animakom Best Stop-Motion Animation - Animex Awards Best Stop-Motion - Florida Animation Festival Special Mention of the Jury – Supertoon Special Mention Animation – Euganea Film Festival Emerging Talent Award - Stop-Motion Montreal Technical achievement Award - KROK Special Mention for Clay Animation - Craft Best Stop-Motion - Sparks CG Conference Best Student Film - WLES Jury special mention - Cutout Fest Best Student Film - Andimotion Audience award - ICONA festival Special Mention - Animax Skopje Festival selections - 2018: Monstra International Animation Festival, Filmfest Dresden, Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart, Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, 20minMax- Ingolstadt, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb, International Animation Film Festival Annecy , Animator Film Festival, Anima Mundi, Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, 47. Lubuskie Filmsommer, Insomnia Festival - Moskow, Wiesbaden Int. Festival of Animation, Viborg Animation Festival, Encounters Short Film Festival, Kyoto International Film and Video Festival, Unabhängige FilmFest Osnabrück, Hiroshima, Anim’est International Animation Festival, Interfilm Berlin, Courant 3D, Chicago International Children’s Film Festiva, Tindirindis, Séquence Short Film Festival -Toulouse, Fête de l’anim’ - Lille, Prime the Animation, ReAnimania, Stereopsia, Primanima, Cinanima, London Int Animation Festival, Animateka- Ljubliana 2019 - Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Film Festival of Larissa, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, VOID - International Animation Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Cine court animé - Roanne, Tricky Women, Animac -Lleida, Stop Motion-Our Fest - Argentina, Changing Perspectives Film Festival, Athens ANIMFEST, Frame Rush Screendance Festival, Living Skies Student Film Festival, Japan Media Arts, CScreen Fest, BLON, VKRATZE!, Animakom Festival, Cortoons Festival, SICAF, Fantasia International Film Festival, MIAF, AIAF, Sydney Film Festival, New Zealand International Film Festival, Animex Awards, Under_the_Radar, Euganea Film Festival, Florida Animation Festival, La Truca Animation Festival, Festival du film d'animation de Savigny, Lago Film Fest, Supertoon International Animation Festival, FAB, Anibar-Kosovo, ICARO, NAFF , Animafest Cyprus, BuSho Festival, In The Palace, Catacumba Underground FF, CRAFT Festival, Klappe Auf-Hamburg, KROK Festival, Stop-Motion Montreal, Filmfestival Münster, Filmzeit Kaufbeuren, Linz ISFF, Taichung IAF, PIAFF, Västeras FF, Tulipoff IFF, POOL Tanzfilm Festival, Stop Trick, Balkanima, Animafilm BAKU, 3D Wire, Eindhoven Film Festival, Bit Bang, Les Nuits Magiques, InShort Film Festival, Sparks CG Conference, Panama Animation Film Festival, Cutout Fest, Animaevka, VGIK, Dance on Screen- Graz, BACKUP Festival, Animax Skopje, PPFAM, Tokyo Anime Award, 2Annas, SHORTS Offenburg, cellu l’art Kurzfilmfestival, Cardiff Animation Festival, FluXus Animation Film Festival, ZEBRA animation friendly festival, Stockholm Experimental and Animation Film Festival, Warsaw Animation Film Festival ,Seven Hills International Film Festival

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What would you be willing to do for them to love you? " LOVE ME, FEAR ME is a reflection on the roles we play and the shapes we take, the stages we chose, the audience we try to impress and the price of acceptance. Graduation work from the Film University Babelsberg. Music: https://bit.ly/326ymav Choreography: https://bit.ly/2DVxU7i https://bit.ly/2CDXa17 Awards and distinctions: Student Academy Awards Finalist 2019 Student Bafta Shortlisted 2019 Audience Award - Monstra Lisbon Audience Award - Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Best Student Film - Animator Diploma of Jury - Insomnia Festival Best Experimental short - Prime the Animation Most Popular International - Primanima Grand Prix du Relief - Courant 3D Special Mention for a Graduation Film - ReAnimania Young Talent Award - Animateka Best of Animation + Best of the Fest - Living Skies Special Mention the Jury - BLON Jury Special Prize - Animakom Best Stop-Motion Animation - Animex Awards Best Stop-Motion - Florida Animation Festival Special Mention of the Jury – Supertoon Special Mention Animation – Euganea Film Festival Emerging Talent Award - Stop-Motion Montreal Technical achievement Award - KROK Special Mention for Clay Animation - Craft Best Stop-Motion - Sparks CG Conference Best Student Film - WLES Jury special mention - Cutout Fest Best Student Film - Andimotion Audience award - ICONA festival Special Mention - Animax Skopje Festival selections - 2018: Monstra International Animation Festival, Filmfest Dresden, Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart, Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, 20minMax- Ingolstadt, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb, International Animation Film Festival Annecy , Animator Film Festival, Anima Mundi, Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, 47. Lubuskie Filmsommer, Insomnia Festival - Moskow, Wiesbaden Int. Festival of Animation, Viborg Animation Festival, Encounters Short Film Festival, Kyoto International Film and Video Festival, Unabhängige FilmFest Osnabrück, Hiroshima, Anim’est International Animation Festival, Interfilm Berlin, Courant 3D, Chicago International Children’s Film Festiva, Tindirindis, Séquence Short Film Festival -Toulouse, Fête de l’anim’ - Lille, Prime the Animation, ReAnimania, Stereopsia, Primanima, Cinanima, London Int Animation Festival, Animateka- Ljubliana 2019 - Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Film Festival of Larissa, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, VOID - International Animation Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Cine court animé - Roanne, Tricky Women, Animac -Lleida, Stop Motion-Our Fest - Argentina, Changing Perspectives Film Festival, Athens ANIMFEST, Frame Rush Screendance Festival, Living Skies Student Film Festival, Japan Media Arts, CScreen Fest, BLON, VKRATZE!, Animakom Festival, Cortoons Festival, SICAF, Fantasia International Film Festival, MIAF, AIAF, Sydney Film Festival, New Zealand International Film Festival, Animex Awards, Under_the_Radar, Euganea Film Festival, Florida Animation Festival, La Truca Animation Festival, Festival du film d'animation de Savigny, Lago Film Fest, Supertoon International Animation Festival, FAB, Anibar-Kosovo, ICARO, NAFF , Animafest Cyprus, BuSho Festival, In The Palace, Catacumba Underground FF, CRAFT Festival, Klappe Auf-Hamburg, KROK Festival, Stop-Motion Montreal, Filmfestival Münster, Filmzeit Kaufbeuren, Linz ISFF, Taichung IAF, PIAFF, Västeras FF, Tulipoff IFF, POOL Tanzfilm Festival, Stop Trick, Balkanima, Animafilm BAKU, 3D Wire, Eindhoven Film Festival, Bit Bang, Les Nuits Magiques, InShort Film Festival, Sparks CG Conference, Panama Animation Film Festival, Cutout Fest, Animaevka, VGIK, Dance on Screen- Graz, BACKUP Festival, Animax Skopje, PPFAM, Tokyo Anime Award, 2Annas, SHORTS Offenburg, cellu l’art Kurzfilmfestival, Cardiff Animation Festival, FluXus Animation Film Festival, ZEBRA animation friendly festival, Stockholm Experimental and Animation Film Festival, Warsaw Animation Film Festival ,Seven Hills International Film Festival

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Love Me, Fear Me from Veronica Solomon on Vimeo.

Awards and distinctions: Student Academy Awards Finalist 2019 Student Bafta Shortlisted 2019

Audience Award - Monstra Lisbon Audience Award - Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Best Student Film - Animator Diploma of Jury - Insomnia Festival Best Experimental short - Prime the Animation Most Popular International - Primanima Grand Prix du Relief - Courant 3D Special Mention for a Graduation Film - ReAnimania Young Talent Award - Animateka Best of Animation + Best of the Fest - Living Skies Special Mention the Jury - BLON Jury Special Prize - Animakom Best Stop-Motion Animation - Animex Awards Best Stop-Motion - Florida Animation Festival Special Mention of the Jury – Supertoon Special Mention Animation – Euganea Film Festival Emerging Talent Award - Stop-Motion Montreal Technical achievement Award - KROK Special Mention for Clay Animation - Craft Best Stop-Motion - Sparks CG Conference Best Student Film - WLES Jury special mention - Cutout Fest Best Student Film - Andimotion Audience award - ICONA festival Special Mention - Animax Skopje

Festival selections - 2018: Monstra International Animation Festival, Filmfest Dresden, Internationales Trickfilmfestival Stuttgart, Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival, 20minMax- Ingolstadt, Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Zsigmond Vilmos International Film Festival, Krakow Film Festival, Animafest Zagreb, International Animation Film Festival Annecy , Animator Film Festival, Anima Mundi, Seoul international Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival, 47. Lubuskie Filmsommer, Insomnia Festival - Moskow, Wiesbaden Int. Festival of Animation, Viborg Animation Festival, Encounters Short Film Festival, Kyoto International Film and Video Festival, Unabhängige FilmFest Osnabrück, Hiroshima, Anim’est International Animation Festival, Interfilm Berlin, Courant 3D, Chicago International Children’s Film Festiva, Tindirindis, Séquence Short Film Festival -Toulouse, Fête de l’anim’ - Lille, Prime the Animation, ReAnimania, Stereopsia, Primanima, Cinanima, London Int Animation Festival, Animateka- Ljubliana

2019 - Bamberger Kurzfilmtage, Film Festival of Larissa, Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival, VOID - International Animation Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand ISFF, Cine court animé - Roanne, Tricky Women, Animac -Lleida, Stop Motion-Our Fest - Argentina, Changing Perspectives Film Festival, Athens ANIMFEST, Frame Rush Screendance Festival, Living Skies Student Film Festival, Japan Media Arts, CScreen Fest, BLON, VKRATZE!, Animakom Festival, Cortoons Festival, SICAF, Fantasia International Film Festival, MIAF, AIAF, Sydney Film Festival, New Zealand International Film Festival, Animex Awards, Under_the_Radar, Euganea Film Festival, Florida Animation Festival, La Truca Animation Festival, Festival du film d'animation de Savigny, Lago Film Fest, Supertoon International Animation Festival, FAB, Anibar-Kosovo, ICARO, NAFF , Animafest Cyprus, BuSho Festival, In The Palace, Catacumba Underground FF, CRAFT Festival, Klappe Auf-Hamburg, KROK Festival, Stop-Motion Montreal, Filmfestival Münster, Filmzeit Kaufbeuren, Linz ISFF, Taichung IAF, PIAFF, Västeras FF, Tulipoff IFF, POOL Tanzfilm Festival, Stop Trick, Balkanima, Animafilm BAKU, 3D Wire, Eindhoven Film Festival, Bit Bang, Les Nuits Magiques, InShort Film Festival, Sparks CG Conference, Panama Animation Film Festival, Cutout Fest, Animaevka, VGIK, Dance on Screen- Graz, BACKUP Festival, Animax Skopje, PPFAM, Tokyo Anime Award, 2Annas, SHORTS Offenburg, cellu l’art Kurzfilmfestival, Cardiff Animation Festival, FluXus Animation Film Festival, ZEBRA animation friendly festival, Stockholm Experimental and Animation Film Festival, Warsaw Animation Film Festival ,Seven Hills International Film Festival

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aboutanimation · 4 years

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Love Me, Fear Me from Veronica Solomon on Vimeo.

Awards and distinctions: Student Academy Awards Finalist 2019 Student Bafta Shortlisted 2019

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A Beast in Love (2020) film review Published by grimoireofhorror.com and The Yurei August 1, 2021

One of the more unique entries in this years Japan Film Fest Hamburg (JFFH), A Beast in Love (2020) is the latest film from the mind of Koji Shiraishi. Prolific in horror, having explored a multitude of sub-genres throughout the years, Koji Shiraishi is most known for his entries into ‘mocumentary horrors’ such as Noroi (2005), Karuto (2013) and A Record of Sweet Murder (2014).

What is it?

Set in a quiet countryside bar, an eccentric woman (disguised as a man) turns into a cutthroat killer – attempting to kill each and every patron. Her goal? To win the heart of her crush who also found his way to the locale populated by peculiar individuals.

What Worked?

A lively rendition from the modest cast works with the story’s bizarre tone, featuring an outstanding performance from Shohei Uno and Shunsuke Tanaka. Shohei Uno gives an aggressively energetic display as the crossdresser (as referred to in the film). Additionally, Shunsuke Tanaka’s capability to switch from timorous to ferocious is impeccably smooth; his character, Chuya Nakata, reminiscent of Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde – always terrified of turning violent towards those around him. Overall, the performances across the cast act as the perfect allure to the chaos that Shiraishi is able to craft.

The cinematography exhibited is striking in its implementation, mixing a use of open wide angles and tight close shots to capture both background ambiance and character reactions. Furthermore, the film brilliantly utilizes a luminous colour palettes to make the visuals pop. Bright and oversaturated, in a complimentary sense, the visual flair is utilized from the opening credits- backdrops always awash in light and paint.

An astonishing soundtrack accompanies the film. Offering a diverse mix of genres, each scene is perfectly scored to capture the mood – frenetic or nuanced depending on the scene. In the same manner, an interlaced composed score compliments the overall flow, particularly through the tense and action pact moments.

Darkly comedic in undertones, the obscure situations play out in a serious fashion, further enhancing the bizarre factor and therefore (for myself at least) the overall success of the humor. However, there are moments that push to the extreme, including moments that are borderline gross-out, for those who really enjoy when comedies that push the limits of good taste (golden shower, anyone?).

What Didn’t Work?

The opening of the film is abstract and lacks any explanation. For this reason, the beginning is confusing to a degree – the group lacking any reason or belonging. Although these details fill in naturally, it is rather slow in pace at first and can be off-putting. Thankfully, the overall narrative is not difficult to grasp as key information is clarified towards the end of the second act.

Where Can I Watch It?

Viewings of A Beast in Love (2020) will be available online during JFFH. Available from August 18th to September 1st, tickets will be available via their website.

Overall Thoughts

There is no denying A Beast in Love is a provocative piece of cinema. It is quite different from the usual films released by Koji Shiraishi but still taps into what he knows best. That is, a intelligent mystery that is able to hold appeal in audience interpretations while avoiding any plot-holes that would, under a lesser filmmaker, sink the film.

Personally, the extreme nature of the film coupled with its ludicrously dark humour made for a highly enjoyable watch – I found myself laughing throughout. However, the film feels limited by runtime and I did find myself wanting more of certain aspects. Regardless, anyone checking this one out is certain to have a good time if you are willing to embrace the chaos!

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