[spectre] Now Available: onedotzero_select dvd2

Joel S. Bachar joel at microcinema.com
Wed Mar 17 21:30:13 CET 2004


March 17, 2004

NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE BLACKCHAIR DVD COLLECTION:

onedotzero_select dvd2

The World’s Largest Dedicated Digital Film Festival Launches New Title 
in DVD Series

Title: onedotzero_select dvd 2
SRP: US$30.00
Available through: www.microcinema.com
Catalogue number: MC-206
Barcode number: 5060 0652 80019
Release date: 26th Jan 2004
To order:
http://www.microcinema.com/programResult.php?program_id=%20206

Product Details:
onedotzero, the events and production company which pioneers 
development in digital film and moving image, releases its second 
collection of shorts on its own onedotzero label.

The DVD series brings together the world’s best and most innovative 
talent in filmmaking, music video, motion graphics and club visuals. 
Featuring a collection of rare gems and recent masterpieces along with 
award winning short films from the recent onedotzero7 2003 film 
festival, the DVD includes exclusive shorts by Slinky Pictures, Johnny 
Hardstaff  and Ed Holdsworth, and featuring music by Black Strobe 
(Output), Lambchop  and Legowelt (Ghostly). 

Already established at the forefront of digital film through its 
internationally renowned annual festival and its notable Channel 4 
television series, onedottv, onedotzero is highly regarded across the 
globe by directors, animators and designers as being at the forefront 
of future film. In recognition of this, onedotzero was named by Screen 
International as one of the Top Ten Visionary’s in UK film, breaking 
new ground along with Mike Figgis, Tony and Ridley Scott and Lynne 
Ramsey. The DVD  series marks seven years of innovation from 
onedotzero, confirming its position as the authoritative organisation 
championing the work of the next generation of directors. 

ONEDOTZERO_SELECT DVD 02 FILM INFORMATION:

The future of moving image, these films push digital tools to their 
most progressive limit from Flash to CG, live action to motion 
graphics.

JOHNNY HARDSTAFF / FUTURE OF GAMING [UK]
like the cold war never happened: future of gaming is a playstation2-
commissioned short, exploring a retro-futurist parallel world of alien 
invasion. indications on the military classification of the console's 
chipset are brought to life with a dark narrative subtext. a blizzard 
of cultural and historical references abound, even brian sewell and 
wedgewood pottery have a place in hardstaff’s visual cannon. future of 
gaming was shown at onedotzero5.

ED HOLDSWORTH  / ARRIVE [UK]
rising star, holdsworth’s exquisite, abstracted japanese odyssey. 
commissioned by onedotzero and based on his first trip to the city of 
tokyo this is a meditation on travel and arrival - perfectly 
communicating the explosion of the senses and audio-visual burst that 
intoxicates you on your first arrival in the multi-layered metropolis. 
accompanied by beautiful music from dom ino. arrive was shown at 
onedotzero7.

UNIT9 / PARASITE [UK]
in-house project from unit9 showing off director ben hibon’s sharp and 
distinctive style delivers a soft tale with a dark underbelly. superb 
character animation plays out a flower-power plague of love that 
spreads from mice to cats with twisted romantic results. Parasite was 
shown at onedotzero7.

DRAWING + MANUAL / PRELUDE [JAPAN]
directed by hishikawa sei, whose creative talents and versatility are 
expressed in this new contemplative and atmospheric piece, made in 
collaboration with d+m animator jogano nobuhiro. fluidly choreographed 
shape and form animation, inspired by the hues of the natural world, 
with the flow of wind, water and air, are accompanied by piano and 
orchestral soundtracks which give them a timeless quality. prelude was 
shown at onedotzero7.

LOBO / DISCO ROUT: LEGOWELT [BRAZIL]
founded by partners mateus de paula santos and nando cohen, brazilian 
collective lobo take influence from 1920s swiss travel posters 
producing a seductive motion graphic trip from another time. the flat 
landscapes take us on a magical winter journey to the rhythms of 
legowelt. discowelt was shown at onedotzero7.

CHRIS SHEPHERD / DAD’S DEAD [UK]
a truly multi-award winning film: seven at the last count! a 
compelling story of friendship, mischief and denial, told through 
animated flashbacks. visually stunning, this short film fuses live 
action and animation seamlessly to take us on an emotionally dark, 
thought provoking journey through a working class childhood in 
merseyside. voiceover by ian hart. it has amassed many awards in 2003 
that include: winner of the quantel animation award at rushes soho 
shorts festival; winner of the metropolis prize at l’isola del cinema 
festival in rome; winner of the grand prize at cabbagetown annual film 
& video festival in toronto; winner of the encouragement award at 
fantoche int. animation festival in switzerland; winner of special 
award at split international festival of new film in croatia; winner 
of best independent animation award at fan int. animation festival in 
norwich; winner of best animation award at kino international film 
festival in manchester and nominated for best short film in the 
british independent film awards. dad’s dead was shown at onedotzero7.

NAKAO HIROYUKI [PICS] / STEAM PUNK GO ROUND [JAPAN]
a quiet meal of conveyor belt sushi turns into a game of agility and 
speed. but who gets the last laugh? the steaming salaryman intent on 
getting the best sushi or the possessive sushi chef intent on keeping 
him at more than arms length with his customised bar. nakao is a 
unique and highly original animation talent at the p.i.c.s company. 
his playful and colour-saturated style is perfectly used in this high-
speed visual joke that is highly entertaining and very japanese. steam 
punk go round was shown at onedotzero6.

TIMO SCHAEDEL / LONDON DETAILS [GERMANY]
newcomer to london, graphic designer schaedel explores the london 
underground with a fresh eye for details most commuters would 
overlook. guided on his tour by a silver ribbon of mercury, the film 
has an original thumping soundtrack that deserves a release of its own 
by hamburg based sound designer boris salchow. london details was 
shown at onedotzero7.

XMAS / WE CHOOSE TIME: QUATERFOLD [S. AFRICA]
south african collective xmas are more than just designer directors as 
xmas is also a record label. this is an understated yet elegant 
graphic homage to spring. a fragile and seemingly barren tree suddenly 
bursts into graphic blossom. accompanied by their very own quaterfold 
on xmas records. We choose time was shown at onedotzero7.

MK12 / ULTRALOVE NINJA [USA]
straight outta’ kc [kansas city], mk12 deliver a funked-up love affair 
in motion graphics to the art of the ninja, complete with a ballad by 
a faded 70s legend. mk12’s advice for watching this self-initiated 
piece is: ‘you must be pure in the heart, like the driven snow. you 
must be clear in the mind, like the driven snow. you must be hot in 
the pants, like a rock star.’ clear enough? ultralove ninja was shown 
at onedotzero7.

TIM HOPE / THE WOLFMAN [UK]
an early example of tim hope’s awesome talent. the wolfman is an 
atmospheric short film in which a seemingly gentle astronomer turns 
into a strange and frightening  beast, whilst gazing at the night sky 
in his observatory. the wolfman has won numerous awards including: 
mclaren animation prize, edinburgh film festival 2000; winner digital 
animation festival, japan; animation at the cutting edge and public 
choice award, the british animation awards, 2000. the wolfman was 
shown at onedotzero.

KOJIMA JUNJI [TEEVEE GRAPHICS] / RIVER [JAPAN]
unseen tokyo uncovered with a greyscale beauty, in a journey down an 
urban river of flyovers, concrete and sky. directed by the highly 
versatile and inventive kojima junji, founder and director of teevee 
graphics. it formed part of the teevee graphics video victim 
collection of personal and experimental shorts. river was shown at 
onedotzero5.


SHYNOLA / IS A WOMAN: LAMBCHOP [UK]
contemporary country collective lambchop allow animation wizards 
shynola to once again display their incredible visual range. a 
contemplative piece set very much in nature as the melting snow of 
winter yields into the optimism that springtime brings. inspired by 
the delicate line and meticulous detail of the wood block paintings of 
great japanese artist, hokusai. a subtle tale of a single red leaf’s 
journey down a free flowing river to the end of a flowering branch. is 
a woman was made with fiona hewitt. is a woman was shown at 
onedotzero6.

PSYOP / COME FOR BRAZIL [USA]
new york collective, now signed to passion pictures in the uk made a 
personal short for nando costas brazil inspired project. showing their 
love for brazil they produced a lusty animated piece that spurts off 
the screen, wet and sexy and certainly worthy of the term 
motion ‘graphic’. come for brazil was shown at onedotzero7.

POWERGRAPHIXX / MONKEY TURN: OMODAKA [JAPAN]
music video for omodaka, exploring the new approach to media 
representation by mixing of music and motion graphics. it's describing 
the strong romance with the sport and is dedicated to kyotei, the 
japanese motorboat race. made with simpact with music by omodaka / 
soichi terada for far east recordings 2002. monkey turn was shown at 
onedotzero-nippon 02.

POWERGRAPHIXX / LIFE WITH CONVENI [JAPAN]
pre-packaged, convenience food consumption never looked so good. a 
young, collective team of design all-rounders, powergraphixx deliver a 
wry take on that international food mecca for those on the go, the 
convenience store. sound designers, m. iwaki and t. takahashi made for 
idn’s flips project in 2000. life with conveni was shown at 
onedotzero6.

NE-O / ME AND MADONNA: BLACK STROBE [UK]
a circular narrative of brewing crime masterly set in a stylish metro 
to impressive effect from ne-o duo jake knight and ryoko tanaka. their 
dramatic use of reworked, re-shot digital material delivers more than 
a graphic punch: adding humour, character and wit to the pulsating 
french electronica of black strobe on trevor jackson’s wonderful 
output record label. me and madonna was shown at onedotzero7.

ALEX RUTTERFORD / VERBAL: AMON TOBIN [UK]
rutterford’s in top gear form in this ninja tune promo for amon tobin. 
it features a chameleon-like car, whose impressive multi-colour, 
oscillating bodywork throbs and pulses in time with the infectious 
tobin beats. the thrill of the chase at triple the speed, the hyper-
realistic treatment marries tron with grand turismo to heart racing 
effect. music: amon tobin featuring mc decimal r. verbal was shown at 
onedotzero7. watch out for the superb ninja music video dvd: zen tv 
released january 26 2004. visit www.ninjatune.net for more details.

SATOSHI TOMIOKA / JUSTICE RUNNERS [JAPAN]
tomioka again does not fail to deliver in his wild and unique take on 
the world. his multi-coloured animation talents take us on a whirlwind 
trip of old school trams with weird and wonderful characters. a major 
talent who has finally made his first commercial crossover in the uk 
with a honda advert, this is a chance to see his latest personal 
vision unadulterated here in his best work to date. justice runners 
was shown at onedotzero6.

For More Information please contact:

Joel S. Bachar
Email: info at microcinema.com
telephone: 415-637-1345
fax: 509-351-1530
web: www.microcinema.com



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