Random Acts Tag Archive

Animation, Film Festival

A Scenes of Crime Officer is Plagued by Memories of her Day Job in Marcus Armitage’s Thought-Provoking Animation ‘S.O.C.O’

Inspired by his dad's work as a Scenes of Crime officer, animator Marcus Armitage examines the struggles an individual can face when a troublesome job follows

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Asides, Documentary

Sonidos Del Distrito

Commissioned by Random Acts, Nanda Fernandez Brédillard set out on a day long journey into the streets of Mexico City to capture an visual and auditory

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Live Action

Spike Morris & Oscar Hudson Strip Away the Trappings of Cruel Tradition in ‘The Hunt’

Throughout human history perpetrators of abhorrent practices have often been able to sheath themselves in a justification cloak of ‘tradition’

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Live Action

Patriarch: A Short Film by Reggie Yates

With a title that immediately conjures images of the male head of a family, it will be no surprise that Reggie Yates’ first foray into the world of short

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Animation

Noisy Neighbours & Paranoia in Matthias Hoegg’s ‘Upstairs’

An inexplicable sound from the flat above leaves Jeff sleepless and anxious to find out the truth about what’s really going on upstairs. The latest film

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Animation, Asides

Skinmeal

Directing duo Karni&Saul join the Random Acts filmmaker ranks with their animated insect food chain tattoo tale 'Skinmeal'.

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Art & Fashion

Keep Dancing

“We move, we fight…we learn not to give up” In Cristina Molino’s beautifully poetic Random Acts film Keep Dancing, an ice skater

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Live Action

Heile Gänsje (teaser)

I seem to recall describing Matt Lambert’s WAR promo as a somewhat visceral experience? Pah, what did I know! Making his earlier Fickmaschinen look

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Animation

Griff Draws up a ‘Wish List’ for Channel 4′s Random Acts

We’ve been following the work of Andrew ‘GRIFF’ Griffin for some time now – ever since we were initially bowled over by the emotional power of

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Art & Fashion, Music Video

Exploring the 1374 layers of Jeremy Cole’s ‘Under The Knife’

Having just screened as part of Channel 4’s Random Acts series here in the UK, Under The Knife by director/editor Jeremy Cole proves that the series

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Art & Fashion, Asides

This Way Up

Directors Spike Morris and Oscar Hudson deliver a multi-location dance piece featuring a teleporting cardboard box for Random Acts short 'This Way Up'.

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Animation, Asides

Moxie

A pyromaniac bear misses his mother in Stephen Irwin's delightfully off-kilter monochrome animation short 'Moxie'.

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