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Broken Britain?

by Kris Hofmann

A video teaser for the launch of one of Granta’s most ambitious issues: BRITAIN. Can you find the clues and name the guests at this British tea party? Read Granta: BRITAIN to solve the mystery... commissioned by Michael Salu dir. Kris Hofmann sound. Alexander Zlamal photography. Joe Giacomet camera animation. John Horabin thanks to Angel and Dani Silva

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Vote DOW Chemical for Greenwash Gold 2012

by Greenwash Gold

www.greenwashgold.org The Dow Chemical Company has a long, sordid, history of environmental crimes spanning many decades. They produced Agent Orange to be sprayed on innocent Vietnamese people; they lied about the safety of their products, while people were being poisoned; they bribed officials in order to register banned, dangerous pesticides; and they've regularly poisoned the rivers and the air around their factories. After World War II, who do you think employed the Nazi scientist responsible for developing the gas that killed millions of Jews? Step forward Dow Chemical. Dow GreenwashGoldBut, we are the Bhopal Medical Appeal, and our main issue with Dow is their connection to the 1984 Bhopal Gas disaster and the ongoing chemical contamination that sees, to this day, thousands of people drinking water heavily contaminated with dangerous chemicals. The Bhopal Gas Disaster began on the night of the 2nd/3rd December 1984 at a Union Carbide pesticide factory in Bhopal, India. The…

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Screwed Up

by Kris Hofmann

Screwed Up is a lovestory and a story of not knowing a good thing until its gone. After a short honeymoon period monotony and arguments settle in. One deserts the other, but regrets that very decision soon after and embarks on a search for the missing other half. dir. Kris Hofmann sound and music. Alexander Zlamal animation. Kris Hofmann & Ulrika Axen lighting. Mirko Beutler & Tobias Eiving edit. Tobias Eiving setbuild. Zain Aziz Setdesign Thanks to David Cecil, Joe Giacomet, Katy Fentress, A Can of Gas and the Butchers. An interview about the film: http://www.directorsnotes.com/2011/09/30/dn219-breakfast-screwed-up-%E2%80%93-kris-hofmann/ Screwed Up was kindly funded by the BMUKK Austria and Land Niederoesterreich Next festival screenenings Banjalukanima and Animated Dreams, Tallinn.

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Copy Shop

by Alexander Zlamal

Short Film by Virgil Widrich from 2001 Music & Sound by Alexander Zlamal