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Here is MUTO - the latest wall painted animation by the street artists known as Blu:

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
It was made in Buenos Aires and Baden.
> BLU’s official site
> Blu’s blog

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Back in the 1970s Telly Savalas (best known for playing Kojak) recorded a series of short films that extolled the virtues of UK cities like Birmingham, Aberdeen and Portsmouth.
I recently came across a Radio 4 show (via the excellent Speechification) about these bizarre and unintentionally hilarious films.
Check out Telly Savalas Looks at Birmingham, England:

Known as [...]

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One of the events at the festival that helps give filmmakers a foot on the industry ladder is the TCM Classic Shorts competition.

Throughout the year short films are submitted and five then get shortlisted for the prestigious prize sponsored by TCM.
Last night I went along to the NFT1 to see the five finalists and they [...]

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The Short Film Corner is the area at the Cannes Film Festival where filmmakers who have made short films gather together.

Flyers for hundreds of short films adorn the walls as people try to get their work more exposure at the festival.

Directors from all over the world submit films for inclusion in the Short [...]

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