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| Black Button - Short Film |
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-YouTube Awards 2007 - Top Six Finalist, Best
Short Film
-WINNER: Fitzroy Short Film Festival (Melb,
Aus)
-WINNER: DearCinemaFest Short Film Festival
(Int.)
and more...
Mr Roberts finds himself awoken inexplicably
in a white room. A man sits before him at a
desk and in between them stands a black
button. If Mr Roberts pushes it, he will
receive a briefcase filled with millions of
dollars. Or he can take the key to the door
and leave penniless. The catch? Pushing the
button will result in the death of a human
being. What would you do?
EDIT 1: Some people have observed a
similarity in the premise of this film and an
revival episode of The Twilight Zone in 1986.
Please note (1) We had never seen the episode
and only learned of it long after we'd
finished the film. (2) The Twilight Zone
weren't the first to do it. There was a short
story before that, which was in turn based on
an old premise called the 'Faustian Bargain',
around since the 16th century (deal with the
'devil'). An almost identical premise exists
in several cultures. Richard Kelly is even
making a film with this premise called 'The
Box'. (3) Our film is similar in premise, but
different in plot, characters, dialogue,
aesthetics, setting, moral meaning, religious
undertone, twist etc. Each version, including
ours, aims to bring something new to an old
idea. Please have the respect to not accuse
us of plagiarism.
Additionally, we have no particular religious
affiliation; this is a fictional work and its
ideas are designed to encourage thought and
debate, not comment on any particular
theology.
Our first professional short film. We made it
for $200 and shot it on the stage of our old
school in Melbourne, Australia. Fortunately,
professional actor Robert Grubb agreed to act
in it for free after reading the script. This
film took nearly a year to put together,
working on it in stages and creating the
'white' effect on a home PC. Please note that
the younger actor, unlike his father Robert
Grubb, has no formal acting training
whatsoever.
The Making of "Black Button" is now on
YouTube.
Two of our other shorts have been released on
YouTube, 'Campsite' and 'The Window'. Click
on our profile if you'd like to see them and
subscribe for updates on new films. Thanks!
Tags : Black Button Dark Heart Productions drama intense short film Crandles Grubb Faust |
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Affichage : 1038321
Durée : 426 s |
| my name is lisa |
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Winner ~ Best Short Film of 2007
Winner ~ 3rd Prize Project: Direct
Official Selection ~ Chicago International
Children's Film Festival
Official Selection ~ Short Film Corner ~
Cannes 2008
Official Selection ~ Now Film Festival
Official Selection ~ Portable Film Festival
(Australia)
Official Selection ~ California Next Gen Film
Festival
Official Selection ~ Crackle Shorts Contest
"My Name is Lisa" is a short film about a 13
year old girl dealing with her mother's
Alzheimer's Disease.
Alzheimer's is one of many serious and scary
diseases still without a cure. Alzheimer's
causes gradual memory loss. 250,000
children, age 8-18 are caregiving for
someone with Alzheimer's or dementia. To
find out more and take action, visit:
http://www.actionalz.org/
Rate "My Name is Lisa" on IMDB:
http://imdb.com/title/tt1206544/
Watch the Director's Video Log here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_QL2nzyg6A
"my name is lisa" is a short film from
http://SheltonFilms.com
directed by ben shelton
written by ben & josh shelton
cast
carlie nettles as LISA
sally smythe as MOM
jeff grimm as PIZZA DELIVERY GUY
crew
troy peebles
gillian zwick
thank you
eric ankrim
john d'aquino
stephen godwin
david kerwin
jacques slade
music by josh shelton
written by ben and josh shelton
directed by ben shelton
http://SheltonFilms.com
http://BENandERIC.com
http://CarlieNettles.com
SANTA BARBARA HIGH c/o 1999 & c/o 2002
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND c/o 2003
WHITWORTH COLLEGE c/o 2006
for more comedic content & music videos, go
to:
http://BENandERIC.com
Tags : my name is lisa best short film 2007 winner youtube awards ben shelton films josh puget sound university award most vie |
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Affichage : 2452134
Durée : 386 s |
| 10 minutes by Ahmed Imamovic - BEST SHORT FILM IN EUROPE |
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Download the film in high quality here
(xvid, avi, 100 MB): http://lix.in/e5f9a9
10 minutes by Ahmed Imamovic. 1994. Sarajevo,
Bosnia and Rome, Italy. How many different
things can happen for only 10 Minutes. The
film won the award for the best European
short film in 2002.
This short film, as its title indicates lasts
only 10 minutes, but it tells a much longer
story which unravels only in our imagination
upon seeing the end of the film. While 10
minutes in someone's life mean nothing, they
can be fatal in another: a boy and his loving
family, tragedy in a war-torn city, death and
destruction. All in just ten minutes. The
film follows two simultaneous story lines:
one set in Rome, and one in Sarajevo, in
1994, the worst time of the war in Bosnia.
Although the Rome part was not filmed on the
original location, that does not take away
anything from the quality of the film, it was
just a symbolic element anyway. Cast is
great, story is very compact and well
written, direction dynamic and precise. There
is nothing out of place in the film: well
structured, stripped of false pathos,
realistic, it is very straight forward. In
other words, this is a jewel of a film, and
it was not by chance that it won the award
for the best European short film in 2002. 10
minutes for me is definitely one of the most
moving and powerful films about wartime
Sarajevo. Behind the scene: I read that the
director Ahmed Imamovic, in search of
Japanese for the role of the tourist, had to
go to the Japanese Embassy in Sarajevo and
ask one of the staff to perform in the film.
Luckily for the director, the Embassy allowed
one of their employees to star in the film.
The story tells how SERBS have killed civils,
old people and children!
10 MINUTA film Ahmeda Imamovica
Godina 1994. Rim i Sarajevo. Koliko
razlicitih stvari moze da se desi za 10
minuta! Film dobitnik nagrade za najbolji
kratki film 2002. god. u evropi!
Language/Jezik: Bosnian/Bosanski with english
subtitle
Tags : bosnia bosna sarajevo war balkan croatia serbia rome yugoslavia ahmed imamovic islam refresh hercegovina mostar short |
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Affichage : 523586
Durée : 555 s |
| The Window - Short Film |
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From the makers of "Black Button" comes the
third short film from Dark Heart Productions
- "The Window".
- Finalist in the upcoming ROME INTERNATIONAL
FILM FESTIVAL
- Shortlisted for TROPFEST, the world's
largest short film festival.
- Front Page Feature on www.youtube.com.au
"Julian feels compelled to travel to his
local pub. On arrival he finds his friends
and family there celebrating, and they have
some important news."
Music composed by Darkened Escape -
www.myspace.com/darkenedescape
Tags : The Window Dark Heart Productions Drama Lucas Crandles Robert Grubb Hayden Ashley Weidner short film |
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Affichage : 66642
Durée : 509 s |
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