Tag: 2008

Ciclovia

Richard Leigh — Thu, 07 May 2009 20:54:37 -0400

Every Sunday and holiday, every week, the City of Bogotá, Colombia closes down over 70 miles of roadways to cars and let people bike, walk, talk, exercise, picnic, sunbathe, I could go on and on. Just watch the video, it's amazing. This video comes to you via Streetfilms from the Open Planning Project in NYC. Check out our website for much more on films about transportation, bicycles, pedestrian issues and open space. Contact: info@streetfilms.org to request a DVD.

Nobel Peace, Dalai Lama

Richard Leigh — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 14:19:01 -0400

Soul Space Studios is a group of artists working to share the message of peace by developing spiritually conscious media projects.

The Nobel Peace Prize Winners Series which starts with H.H. the 14th Dalai Lama is our current major endeavour. We are developing a mini-documentary/interstitial series of thirteen, one-minute musical animated biographies of Nobel Peace Prize Winner for the teenage to adult television market. The series will pay tribute to the honourable work of Nobel Peace Prize Winners for their and humanity while promoting universal tolerance, social dialogue.

The Shaman

Richard Leigh — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:42:38 -0500

Howard Fry, a socially inept actor, calls upon a magical shaman and is granted the vision to see the very best and worst of human beings.

www.imagicastudio.com.au

Couch

Richard Leigh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:57:31 -0500

When a garage sale turns up a tired old couch, buried memories are brought to life.

DisLocation

Richard Leigh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 05:39:24 -0500

A journey through a small Australian town reflects another through the virtual territory of travel blogs.

Katy Morrison's major production at VCA School of Film & TV is Second Lives, which premiered at ACMI cinema, Federation Square, December 4 2008.

The Wall

Richard Leigh — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:41:01 -0400

If you’ve ever been bored at work, this short film is for you. Documentary filmmaker Nick Spunde exposes his personal struggle with this very modern subject of boredom. It’s a private and internal space most eloquently visualised in a public and external way.

Fireside Study

The Blessing of Charlie Sand

William Kentler — Fri, 09 May 2008 04:28:11 -0400

A young boy has a strange child hood experience which affects him in an extraordinary way.
Fireside Study

A Land Called Paradise

William Kentler — Sat, 03 May 2008 19:06:22 -0400

Over 2,000 American Muslims were asked what they would wish to say to the world. This is what they said.

This film was the grand prize winner of LinkTV's "One Nation, Many Voices" film contest. It has since garnered over 240,000 hits on youtube within its first two months, was licensed by the U.S. State Department, was chosen as a favorite on Queen Rania of Jordan's web site, and has led to an outpouring of emails from thousands of people affected by its message. The filmmaker, Lena Khan, is a filmmaker aspiring to make films about social issues - and is always looking for a new issue, a new source of funding, and a new story. Contact her at lenakhan@gmail.com .