Independent Films, Animation, Global Warming Film Contest, Social & Corporate Responsibility
Cool Stories II
by ARTPORT
COOL STORIES FOR WHEN THE PLANET GETS HOT II is a compilation of 17 short videos and animations by international artists who won the second short video and animation contest on Global Warming launched by ARTPORT_making waves in spring 2009. The artists used a wide variety of techniques, ranging from footage found on popular websites like Flickr and YouTube, to cartoon-like formats of Asian scroll paintings to animated, hand drawn elements, and experimental filmmaking. The compilation was first shown during Art 40 Basel, at Voltahalle, June 12, 2009. http://www.artport-project.org
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Language: Silent
Year of production: 2009
Length: 40 min.
Country: United States
Directors:
Nan González, Titans of the Ice, 2009 (2:33)
Joshua Frankel, Just in Case, 2008 (1:00)
Michael Wyshock, Extra Value Meal, 2009 (1:29)
Michael Alstad, Methane, 2007 (2:00)
Katja Loher, Is There No More Spring When The Bees Leave The Flowers, 2009 (2:55)
Rob Carter, Metropolis, 2008 (3:13)
Marina Zurkow, The Poster Children, 2009 (3:00)
Lydia Moyer, Mountain Loop, 2008 (2:45)
Richard Jochum, Halt, 2007 (1:06)
Monika Bravo, La ILLA HA ILLA´LLAH, 2009 (2:16)
Matthew Kluber, So Much Water So Close To Home, 2008 (2:20)
Baptist Coelho, Something Terrible Has Happened, 2009 (3:00)
Henrique Roscoe, Human Nature, 2008 (1:00)
Soledad Salamé, Fusion, 2006 (2:59)
Meredith Drum, Dead Horse Bay, 2009 (3:00)
Anita Glesta, Meltdown, 2009 (3:00)
Fernando Acquarone, Iceclock, 2008 (0:38)
Producers:
ARTPORT_making waves (Corinne Erni, NY, and Anne-Marie Melster, Spain)
Actors:
N/A
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