A training video gone wrong for the government’s new pharmaceutical testing facility!
‘The Flower Gate’ is a magical realist and feminist short film metaphorically exploring oppression and destruction by telling the story of an Israeli-expatriate woman returning to Jerusalem for a visit, only to be confronted by the impact of her choices. Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, ‘The Shadow’.
Set in a gritty, dystopian society, women are collected as commodities and taught only one designated skill. When a young girl named Lilith defies the system, her curiosity challenges the patriarchal rule and the city’s way of life.
Playing at the December 2017 FANTASY/SCI-FI FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles
A young woman gets her beauty and vanity taken by a masked figure.
Playing at the December 2017 FANTASY/SCI-FI FEEDBACK Film Festival in Los Angeles
A Faustian tale about losing oneself in the process of achieving our goals.
Episode One:
Professor Marlowe finds a piece of a map pointing to the place where the Ningyo, a mythical Japanese creature, could be found. The legend claims whomever consumes its flesh will attain remarkable longevity. He presents the project to his peers, who mock and dismiss him as a fraud. He decides to risk everything and go after the Ningyo on his own in hopes to bring to light what could be one of the greatest contributions to science. What he could not anticipate is that, in his search, he is confronted with a choice that puts the very foundations of his morality to the test.
“A VFX Artist Couple Shot an Amazing DIY Fantasy Film in Their Own Home”
VICE
https://creators.vice.com/en_us/article/ningyo-vfx-artist-couple-diy-fantasy-film
“The Marvelous Creatures of The Ningyo”
Film School Rejects
http://filmschoolrejects.com/features/fund-this-film-the-marvelous-cgi-creatures-of-the-ningyo.php
“Q&A: Delving Into the VFX of Miguel Ortega and Tran Ma’s ‘The Ningyo’”
Animation World Network
http://www.awn.com/vfxworld/qa-delving-vfx-miguel-ortega-and-tran-ma-s-ningyo
“VFX artist Miguel Ortega on the hunt for The Ningyo”
Cg Channel
http://www.cgchannel.com/2013/06/vfx-artist-miguel-ortega-on-the-hunt-for-the-ningyo/
“Turning Your Home into a Set to Hunt Mythological Creatures: Interview with Miguel Ortega”
No Film School
http://nofilmschool.com/2013/07/interview-with-the-ningyo-director-miguel-ortega
“5 tips for making a monster movie”
Creative Bloq
http://www.creativebloq.com/3d/5-tips-making-monster-movie-41411399
“Cryptozoologists Search for THE NINGYO in Impressive Tralier”
Quiet Earth
ECSTASY BOULEVARD, 5min, USA, Fantasy/Sci-Fi
Directed by Benjamin Allen
When an illegal alien lands his spacecraft on Earth, the assassin known as Kn1ght powers up to hunt the reptile down.
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REAL ARTISTS, 12min, USA, Fantasy/Drama
Directed by Cameo Wood
Real Artists, a dark tale set in the near future, is based on Ken Liu’s short story of the same name. Sophia just scored every animator’s dream interview at world famous Semaphore Animation Studios. But when the Creative Director, Anne Palladon, reveals that she knows about Sophia’s fan-edit of Semaphore’s hit film Mythos, Sophia sees her dreams begin to slip away.
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