If you didn’t get your stop-motion fix last Friday night at the Ray Harryhausen Tribute, you’ll have a chance this weekend to take in the astonishing 9-minute horror short Abyssus Abyssum Invocat when it plays here as part of the St. Louis International film festival.
Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is a Latin phrase that means ‘Deep thinking leads to deep understanding’, though the filmmakers note that it can mean ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’. Whatever the translation, the film is clearly inspired by Czech animator Jan Švankmajer, the American Brothers Quay, and Russian animator Wladyslaw Starewicz by way of David Lynch and the Saw franchise. Abyssus Abyssum Invocat utilizes stop-motion animation and live-action puppetry to create a darkly comic meditation on capital punishment and religion. I’ve seen Abyssus Abyssum Invocat and it’s a haunting trip. The animation isn’t particularly smooth but that crudeness works in the film’s favor,...
Abyssus Abyssum Invocat is a Latin phrase that means ‘Deep thinking leads to deep understanding’, though the filmmakers note that it can mean ‘Two wrongs don’t make a right’. Whatever the translation, the film is clearly inspired by Czech animator Jan Švankmajer, the American Brothers Quay, and Russian animator Wladyslaw Starewicz by way of David Lynch and the Saw franchise. Abyssus Abyssum Invocat utilizes stop-motion animation and live-action puppetry to create a darkly comic meditation on capital punishment and religion. I’ve seen Abyssus Abyssum Invocat and it’s a haunting trip. The animation isn’t particularly smooth but that crudeness works in the film’s favor,...
- 11/20/2013
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The two top prizes at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival went to Screen Stars of Tomorrow Jamie Stone and Felix Massie.
British filmmakers Jamie Stone and Felix Massie have taken the top awards at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, making it the first double British win at the festival.
Stone, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012, took the Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award for his short film Orbit Ever After for its ‘creative ingenuity, inspired casting, humour, clarity of storytelling and poetic ending’.
Massie, a Star of Tomorrow in 2009, won the Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award for In the Air Is Christopher Gray.
The films now qualify for Oscar nominations. Stone’s Orbit Ever After was also named as the festival’s Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013.
The Best Of British animation award went to Anomalies by Ben Cady, with the live action award going to Rosemary Jane, directed by [link...
British filmmakers Jamie Stone and Felix Massie have taken the top awards at Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, making it the first double British win at the festival.
Stone, a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2012, took the Brief Encounters Grand Prix Award for his short film Orbit Ever After for its ‘creative ingenuity, inspired casting, humour, clarity of storytelling and poetic ending’.
Massie, a Star of Tomorrow in 2009, won the Animated Encounters Grand Prix Award for In the Air Is Christopher Gray.
The films now qualify for Oscar nominations. Stone’s Orbit Ever After was also named as the festival’s Short Film nominee for the European Film Awards 2013.
The Best Of British animation award went to Anomalies by Ben Cady, with the live action award going to Rosemary Jane, directed by [link...
- 9/23/2013
- by sarah.cooper@screendaily.com (Sarah Cooper)
- ScreenDaily
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