Themes & Variations
Created entirely through CG, this stunning short is based upon artworks by Yayoi Kusama and Ai Weiwei. It’s like Night at the Museum, but really really really really good-looking. “Themes & Variations” by Ziye Liu
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A collection of 120 issues
You Got Some Algae on Your Vans
A group of DC skaters finds abandoned backyard pools to drain and skate. From Run Riot Films
The Rehabilitation of Sleep
The next time you have insomnia, remember it could be worse. You could be a time-lapsed painting version of yourself. A film by John Shaffner
Skate or Try
If a skater travels out of the city, far from urban parks and handrails, he does not cease to skate. A film by Vitùc
El Coyote
A “coyote” is a smuggler paid to traffic people over the border from Mexico into the US. This film is one coyote’s story, adapted from an original interview. Directed by Javier Barboza
Go With the Flow
Whatever this video is about, don’t worry about it. It is what it is. Whatever it is. Directed and animated by Masanobu Hiraoka
Time-Lapse of the 2015 Perseid Meteor Shower
While you were (probably) sleeping, Earth was treated to its annual viewing of the Perseid cloud, a stream of debris flung behind the Swift-Tuttle comet. See also: NASA’s live coverage of the Perseid meteor shower includes four hours of color commentary by meteor experts. Perseids Wikipedia page
Fear Causes Hesitation, and Hesitation Will Cause Your Worst Fears to Come True
Riley Blakeway shot “Life Therapy” using only available light from dusk to dawn. It has nothing to do with Point Break, but what a great movie that was. For a second there I absolutely thought someone was going to surf off that waterfall. rileyblakeway.com
Ash Koosha, "I Feel That"
The new Ash Koosha album, GUUD, is definitely worth your time. But if you don’t have that kind of time right now, watch this instead. Video by Hirad Sab. hiradsab.com
We Should Hope to Be This Good at Anything
Robert Gagno is Canada’s pinball champion. He also has autism. Wizard Mode follows his journey into the international pinball circuit. This short film is a preview of the forthcoming documentary of the same name. wizardmodefilm.com