💬 DESCRIPTION: A young hopeful Knight reports for duty at the King’s court. Little does he know that slaying dragons might not be his biggest challenge.
This film was made possible with the support of SideFX Houdini.
🔴 No dragons where hurt during the making of this film. 🐲
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Anna lives in a perfect house at the edge of a tornado. When she needs to go outside, she is forced to face the chaos of life that she usually hides away from.
Director: Maria Tomazou
Producer: Solomon Golding
Writer: Marius Scholtz
Cinematographer: Nina Oyens
Production Designer: Gili Ofri
Editor: Jack Cotter
Composer: Ariella Koorlander Ereira
Sound Designer: Marios Themistokleous
VFX Supervisor and Compositing Lead: Baptiste Audouin
Colourist and Online Editor: Vanessa Aparicio
Production Manager: Sophie Esslemont, Ellie Lomas
Lead Model Maker: Thomas Harwood
Puppets and Props: Eve Bannister, Sarah Brydon, Victoria Itiberê, Elspeth Graham, Jonny Harker, Mireia Méndez García, Aodhan Moyne, Eeva Polo, Shona Ruddy, Jake Sheaves
Art Assistance: Finlay Callaway, Terézia Torousová, Anastasia Rondanini, Mila Ashton, Kathleen Matusiak, Kate Esslemont, Thiers Brandao da Silva
Animators: Chloe Williamson, Lily Ward, Francesca Valuto, Ellie Henderson, Sam McSweeney, Angus Macdonald, Milo Bonnard, Mansi Maheshwari
Senior Compositor: Danielle Parker
Compositing Artists: Shaunak Ranade, Ross Ferguson, Thompson Okuku, Melwin Matthew, Daniel Peoples
CG artist: Oliver Lemery
Rendering assistant: Jordan Streete
Voices: Roisin Rankin, Lewis James Goody, River-Nova Lark Yukawa Goody, Ciara Kerr
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“When a curious child falls into a long-forgotten cave, she is confronted by a mysterious spirit and must decide whether the being is kindhearted or something more perilous.”
I was driven to create this film because of two reasons. Firstly, I grew up with classic Disney and Studio Ghibli animations and have been a huge fan ever since. Visually ‘The Brightest Star’ is like a love letter to my childhood. I am not as solid a traditional animator as them though, so I developed this interesting technique to combine 3D and 2D animations in a way that it would feel like the classical animations. It also pays tribute to Finnish folklore and nature by drawing inspiration from them. The second reason is that I needed to process the difficult emotions dealing with the loss of a loved one. The question “what happens after we die?” is a scary one, and it may be comforting to imagine that we won’t have to face it alone.
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Do you taste something bitter when you hear the right word? Maybe you see a flash of a certain color instead. If so, you might have synesthesia. But it turns out, we’re ALL capable of having different senses interact with one another in some pretty weird ways. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them)
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December 23, 2022
Art
Grace Ebert
All images © Jeremy Miranda
Artist Jeremy Miranda paints dreamlike scenes of holiday lights illuminating otherwise dark, frigid landscapes.
Colorful lights strung on trees and lining gutters cast a welcoming, vibrant glow on dreary, winter evenings in Jeremy Miranda’s paintings. The Maine-based artist (previously) is known for his dreamlike works of landscapes and interiors that incorporate both the domestic and outside world, and elements of nostalgia, intimacy, and memory echo throughout the scenes. Often illuminating the magical in the mundane, Miranda has been creating a growing collection of holiday paintings during the last few years that center on Christmas trees and decorated homes, capturing the warmth of the season as it shines through stark, frigid nights.[…]
More: Holiday Lights Warm the Dark Winter Nights of Jeremy Miranda’s Paintings
