Four soldiers march through a ruined world, their nerves frayed and their minds shot by the pitched fighting they have endured. Can they hold the line? Dutch animator Sem Assink completed this independent short in 2008 and is currently animating PlayStation titles. Visit his website at http://semassink.blogspot.com/
CHARLOTTE TREUSE
A founder of the Rose City Shimmy, a burlesque collective out of Portland, Oregon, Charlotte Treuse is an intoxicating entertainer. She revels in the classic, and a deep respect for the glory days of burlesque distinguishes her seductive performances. She feels most inspired when accompanied by a live band, and has partnered with Orchestra L’Pow to create the revue: Bump and Grind for the Sophisticated Set. Here’s her performance from the 4th Annual New Orleans Burlesque Festival — a fitting selection as she’s in the process of relocating to New Orleans.
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Charlotte in Night Train, one of her signature acts at Portland’s Hawthorne Theater.
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Her website: http://www.charlottetreuse.com/index.html
A squirrel and a swallow form an unlikely friendship, their alliance helping them ward off evil even after winter arrives and the swallow flies south for the season. This kind-hearted, but also surreal animated short comes from the Netherlands. Arjan Boeve directed, adapting the story from the writings of Toon Tellegen. H/T Kuriositas
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Inspired by the Biblical story of the Tower of Babel, Dutch animator Floris Kaayk created this surreal short set in a devastated city of the future. Humans have survived only as mutant body parts — hands, legs, eyeballs — that must learn to adapt to this harsh, apocalyptic environment to survive. In the rubble of destroyed buildings, they are trying to erect a nest as large and as high as possible, so their queen gets enough sunlight to reproduce.
Kaayk lives in The Hague, Netherlands, and graduated cum laude from the animation department at the St. Joost Academy. Visit his website at http://www.floriskaayk.com/ H/T Kuriositas
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On tap tonight: Heineken, Netherlands.
Passing the Swiss neutrality test. Commercial shot in Switzerland for airing in the United Kingdom.
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On tap tonight: Heineken, Netherlands.
Serving the planet by opening one new closet at a time.
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Joost Lieuwma wrote, directed and animated this short. He’s a freelance animator from Utrecht, Netherlands, where he graduated in 2005 from the Utrecht School of Arts. H/T pleated jeans
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At the culmination of a five-year criminal investigation, this special report from Journeyman Pictures exposes an old scourge that has once again reared its ugly head in Europe — the trafficking in human slaves. The report focuses on Romanian workers lured to the Czech Republic on promises of well-paying jobs. Instead, they have been conscripted as unpaid laborers on asparagus farms, beaten, their IDs confiscated to prevent their escape and forced to live in decrepit hovels. The traffickers have now been convicted, but the Dutch company that hired them has professed ignorance of their actions and so far gone without prosecution.
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On tap tonight: Amstel, Netherlands.
Girls go fishing but it’s the men who get hooked. This Amstel commercial was made for broadcast in Israel. Featuring Mungo Jerry’s tune “In the Summertime.”
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On tap tonight: Amstel, Netherlands.
If you want to look cool, you have to act cool. This Miami-themed commercial was created for broadcast in Greece.
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