Apricot

APRICOT - Short Film by Ben Briand (sponsored by his incredible actors and crew) from Moonwalk Films on Vimeo.

Director: Ben Briand
Cinematographer: Adam Arkapaw
Shot on the RED

16: Moments

by Will Hoffman
Inspired by David Eagleman's "Sum: Forty Tales from the Afterlives"

Films of Patrick Boivin

I've been enjoying the short films of Patrick Boivin on YouTube.

World Builder

World Builder from Bruce Branit on Vimeo.
Film by Bruce Branit

Reminded me of watching the 3D modelers at work at Disney.

A Thousand Words

via Brant:

A Thousand Words from Ted Chung on Vimeo.

Also by Ted Chung, On Time:

On Time By T C
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How's he get this through airport security?

Tony

Directed by Grant Heslov
for the Responsibility Project

Web Series: Foreign Bodies

I made it through about half of this series a couple of months ago from the producers of Prom Queen. It's kind of trashy but I enjoyed seeing Indian location shooting and girls in skimpy outfits. The series was made to promote Robin Cook's latest novel Foreign Body about medical tourism.

An Exotic Thriller:

A group of dangerous Indian beauties, brimming with hope and desire are brought to the sunny shores of Southern California and are promised the American dream. They are taken in by a group of young, cutthroat medical entrepreneurs who hope to train them and cultivate their nursing skills for their own mysterious ends. The women soon become seduced by the brash and ambitious charmer who lords over them, but for him, his lust for the one, mysterious, unattainable beauty threatens to unravel the very conspiracy he built.

But who is seducing whom and what exactly are the women really being trained to do? With freedoms in America they could never imagine, the girls discover they just might get what they want, no matter the consequences or the risks involved.

Take this trip into seduction, murder, and international intrigue. From the exotic streets of Delhi, India to the sun-soaked sands of Santa Monica, mystery, deceit, and romance are around every corner. Witness how this tale of illicit passion, murderous ambition, and the dark underbelly of medicine unfolds and how life will never be the same for everyone involved.

FIRST EPISODE:



Watch more at: www.foreignbody.tv

5:55

"Alex, a young photographer from Mexico City is hired by a fashion magazine to shoot their cover in Iceland. Ana the beautiful model he's brought with him disappears one morning, leaving Alex without a single clue as to where he can find her. Clearly intrigued, Alex decides to follow Ana, but quickly finds himself immersed in a mysterious game. A five level labyrinth that spreads across Europe but has no real way out." Basically a filmmaker's wet dream.

View at Undergroundfilm.com

Directed by: Javier Aguilera & Jorge Aguilera
Runtime: 8:32

The Story of a Sign

"With a stroke of the pen, a stranger transforms the afternoon for another man..."

Director: Alonso Alvarez Barreda
Runtime : 04:50

Whatever We Do

(WARNING: Language and Sexual Situations, NSFW)
Starring Robert Downey Jr., Amanda Peet, Tim Roth, and Zooey Deschanel.

A newly engaged 30 something's plans for a romantic day are thwarted when the man's charismatic and crazy childhood friend arrives with an agenda to celebrate the pending nuptials via a drunken debauch, and the seduction of the new fiancee.

Director: Kevin Connolly
Runtime: 23:13

Strangers

Nice find, Brant. Remember when we were always on the lookout for boots and white laces in Berlin?


Directed by: Erez Tadmor & Guy Nattiv
Runtime: 7:11

White Red Panic

White Red Panic - SHORT FILM (HD) from Ayz Waraich on Vimeo.

A little thriller about two guys mixed up in the wrong side of life, and the toll it takes on their character and soul.

Director: Ayz Waraich
Runtime: 8:51
Official Site: dimeworth.com

Amblin' (1968)- Steven Spielberg

From Brant's blog:

Amblin' is the first completed film shot by Steven Spielberg on 35mm. The film is a short story set during the hippy era of the late '60s about a young couple who meet up in the desert, become friends, then lovers and make their way to a paradisiacal beach.

Lo que tú quieras oír

This one's in Spanish. What's incredible is that this film has over 74 million hits on YouTube. There's an English synopsis below.


Sofia, a preschool teacher, returns home from her job to find a recording on her voicemail from her husband, Miguel, telling her that he has left and is not coming back. She stays at home depressed for a couple of weeks, before having the idea to take the recording and rearrange it to make Miguel say what she wants him to. After having him tell her he needs to come home and he loves her and other similar things, Sofia smiles and tells him, simply, "No."

Director: Guillermo Zapata
Runtime: 8:00

Scribe Conjures Alternate Dimension

Also see the Behind the Scenes video.

Director: Christian Simmons

School of Life

This short film made me a bit uneasy. I felt this tension with the main character who wants in on the big secret. It's funny what effects you when you're going through certain emotions.


YouTube

Director: Jake Polonsky
Runtime: 6:55