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The Doll's Breath
''The Doll's Breath'' is a 2019 British short stop-motion animated film written and directed by Stephen and Timothy Quay. Based on the short story "Las Hortensias" (1949) by Felisberto Hernández, the film follows Horacio as he sets up complicated charades where women and life-sized dolls change places in a web of jealousy, betrayal and murder. The film premiered at the 25th L'Étrange Festival in Paris, France, on 11 September 2019, by Zeitgeist Films. Premise Horacio, a former window dresser, sets up complicated charades where women and life-sized dolls change places in a web of jealousy, betrayal and murder. Production In 2015, Syncopy and Zeitgeist Films teamed up to distribute several short films directed by Stephen and Timothy Quay. In 2016, Syncopy owners and executive producers Christopher Nolan and Emma Thomas commissioned ''The Doll's Breath'' from Stephen and Timothy Quay, with the stipulations that it would be "no longer than 30 minutes and shot on 35mm". Nolan ...
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Brothers Quay
Stephen and Timothy Quay ( ; born June 17, 1947) are American identical twin brothers and stop-motion animators who are better known as the Brothers Quay or Quay Brothers. They received the 1998 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Set Design for their work on the play ''The Chairs''. Careers The Quay Brothers reside and work in England, having moved there in 1969 to study at the Royal College of Art, London after studying illustration (Timothy) and film (Stephen) at the Philadelphia College of Art, now the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. In England, they made their first short films, which no longer exist after the only prints were irreparably damaged. They spent some time in the Netherlands in the 1970s and then returned to England, where they teamed up with another Royal College student, Keith Griffiths, who produced all of their films. In 1980, the trio formed Koninck Studios, which is currently based in London's Old Street area of Hackney. Style The Brothers' works fr ...
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Jeonju International Film Festival
Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, ) is an Asian film festival based in South Korea. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival seeking to introduce independent and experimental films to the general public and focusing on the art of contemporary cinematography. In the first edition of JIFF, the debut films of Darren Aronofsky were introduced to South Korea. For the first time in Asia, JIFF highlighted the early works of Béla Tarr as well. The winners of Jeonju IFF's ''International Competition Section'' include Ying Liang, John Akomfrah, and Miike Takashi. Jeonju has also invested in films that were later produced by the festival. Directors who attended Jeonju IFF were invited again to join ''Jeonju Digital Project (JDP),'' with a set of three digital shorts. ''JDP'' granted financial support to masters for their short films and world-premiered those pieces in Jeonju. Celebrating its 15th edition, ''JDP'' has expanded to feature-length films along w ...
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2010s English-language Films
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2010s British Films
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ...
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2019 Animated Short Films
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Alex Dudok de Wit is a British journalist and writer. Biography Dudok de Wit is the associate editor at the ''Cartoon Brew'' magazine, and has written for several other publications, including ''Sight and Sound'', ''The Independent'', and '' Time Out''. He also works as a Japanese translator, and translated Hayao Miyazaki's manga '' Shuna's Journey''(1983) into English in 2022. He is the son of the animation director Michaël Dudok de Wit.: "The name is a bit of a giveaway, but I'm also ichaël'sson." Dudok de Wit published a book examining the film ''Grave of the Fireflies''(1988), directed by Isao Takahata, through the British Film Institute in 2021. It is the first English-language reference work to focus on the film. He had started the project in 2018, when Takahata's death brought renewed attention to his filmography. Dudok de Wit was also inspired by a Japanese collection of materials on the film, as well as Andrew Osmond's reference work on ''Spirited Away''(2001). ...
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Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew (born 1954) is a British writer, lecturer, teacher, film programmer and occasional broadcaster. Born in Northampton, he studied at Northampton Grammar School and went on to gain a First in Classics at King's College, Cambridge. Andrew was for some years manager and programmer at London's Electric Cinema in Notting Hill, and later became the long-serving editor and chief critic of the film section of '' Time Out'' magazine. In 1999, he was appointed Programmer of London's National Film Theatre (later renamed BFI Southbank); in 2016 he became consultant Programmer-at-large to the venue, remaining part of the programming team until August 2024. In recent years he has also frequently taught as a visiting tutor at the London Film School. Andrew is a regular contributor to ''Sight & Sound'' and has contributed essays and articles to many books and journals. He is the author of a number of books on the cinema, including BFI Classics volumes on Abbas Kiarostami (''10'') an ...
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Deadline Hollywood
''Deadline Hollywood'', commonly known as ''Deadline'' and also referred to as ''Deadline.com'', is an online news site founded as the news blog ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' by Nikki Finke in 2006. It is updated several times a day, with entertainment industry news as its focus. It has been a brand of Penske Media Corporation since 2009. History ''Deadline'' was founded by Nikki Finke, who began writing an '' LA Weekly'' column series called ''Deadline Hollywood'' in June 2002. She began the ''Deadline Hollywood Daily'' (DHD) blog in March 2006 as an online version of her column. She officially launched it as an entertainment trade website in 2006. The site became one of Hollywood's most followed websites by 2009. In 2009, Finke sold ''Deadline'' to Penske Media Corporation (then Mail.com Media) for a low-seven-figure sum. She was also given a five-year-plus employment contract reported by the ''Los Angeles Times The ''Los Angeles Times'' is an American Newspaper# ...
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The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every year since 1974, except in 1982 and 1983 when Poland was under martial law. The organizers of the festival are the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish Filmmakers Association, the Pomeranian Voivodeship Local Government as well as the port city of Gdynia. The Polish Film Festival award is the Grand Prix Golden Lions (Polish: ''Złote Lwy''), which is different from the Eagle (Polish: ''Orzeł''), awarded at the Polish Film Awards and the Seattle Polish Film Festival (Seattle is the sister city of Gdynia). Special awards include the Platinum Lions (''Platynowe Lwy'') conferred for lifetime achievements in cinema as well as the Audience Award. Agnieszka Holland holds the record numb ...
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Swedenborg House
The Swedenborg Society was founded in 1810 to translate and publish the works of Emanuel Swedenborg in English. Its original name was the London Society for Printing and Publishing the Works of Emanuel Swedenborg. The Society's headquarters, Swedenborg House, is a grade II listed building In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ..., built as a residence in about 1760 and acquired by the Society in 1925. References External links * * A short film about Swedenborhttp://www.cultureunplugged.com/ Clubs and societies in London Emanuel Swedenborg Organizations established in 1810 1810 establishments in England {{UK-org-stub ...
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