Spirit of Baraka | Celebrating Baraka, Samsara, Koyaanisqatsi and other non-verbal films

Great quote from Godfrey Reggio regarding Samsara

Last updated by Darren on 10 April 2012

A great quote from Godfrey Reggio. Also read about Tom Lowe's feelings after watching Samsara, how it differs from Baraka, and Godfrey's response to that.

Samsara will be shown at the Full Frame Documentary Festival, North Carolina, USA

Posted by Darren on 31 March 2012

Samsara will be shown at the Full Frame Documentary Festival, Fletcher Hall, Durham, North Carolina, USA

Samsara Theatrical Release will be August 2012

Posted by Darren on 30 March 2012

The theatrical release of Samsara will be in August 2012 and will at various theatres across the US.

Stay tuned for more information.

Samsara UK Premiere

Posted by Darren on 16 March 2012

The UK premiere of Samsara will be at the Bradford Film Festival on Sunday 29th April 2012.

Samsara will be part of the closing night gala.

Oscilloscope Laboratories acquires U.S. rights to Samsara

Last updated by Darren on 15 March 2012

Oscilloscope Labs have acquired the rights to Samsara in the US. This is great news, and exciting for Samsara's release to theatres later this year.

There is a little more information on Variety

The Range of Light

Last updated by Darren on 25 January 2012

The Range of Light is a film by Lawrence Martinez

"I just wanted to share with you this film I just completed titled "The Range of Light"- I have been filming it for a little over a year.

Ron Fricke and other films that use cinema as a meditation truly inspire me.

I sincerely hope you enjoy my work!"

The Range of Light from ∞∞∞ on Vimeo.

Mugham - a film by Aleksandre Gabunia

Last updated by Darren on 28 December 2011

“Mugham” is the soul of Azerbaijani people, Azerbaijani folk music, their everyday life and traditions.

The movie is set in Baku, the characters are ordinary people, praying, working….

It was filmed in 5 days.

“Mugham” won Best Short Foreign Film at the Moondance Film Festival in the U.S.

The movie was also an official selection at the London Film Festival

HEILD - Totality

Last updated by Darren on 01 December 2011

HEILD, or Totality, is a film by Petur K. Gudmundsson. It is currently in production. You can see a trailer below. From Petur:

HEILD translates into Totality and is a non-narrative film featuring the country of my origin. Iceland. The film focuses on all aspects of it´s unique and diverse nature, it´s entire nation and culture. The goal with this film is to present Iceland in a way it has never been presented before, using many elements of higher-end cinematography. There are places here everyone knows, but there are also thousands of well hidden places. To find these locations one has to be adventurous or a local, and to capture them right, one has to be creative and extremely patient.

The film is a TrailerPark Studios production and is expected to release in late 2012

trailerparkstudios.net

HEILD l Totality Trailer from Petur K. Gudmundsson on Vimeo.

DEUS EX HOMINE - by Peter H. Chang

Last updated by Darren on 13 November 2011

This was a stereoscopic 3D motion-controlled (moco) time-lapse test for an upcoming project. Ideally, it should be viewed in S3D.

View it in 3D at YouTube 3D: www.youtube.com/watch?v=0quUxvXtHPw

You can select from various anaglyph (colored glasses) and stereo modes.

Brad Kremer and Stewart Mayer of camBLOCK flew out for three days of shooting at the end of March. It rained the entire time they were in town so we were confined to interiors, which turned out to be a bit of a blessing in disguise since those shots turned out to be some of the more impressive ones in 3D.

After the weather cleared, I shot for an additional nine days around San Francisco with assistance from Simon Christen, Noah Hawthorne, Christopher Fuzi, Robert Mooring, Josh Golz, and Paul Leeming.