Around the world in 5 minutes – Kien Lam

This video gives a whistle-stop tour around the world – a condensed version of artist and photographer Kien Lam‘s year-long trip around the globe. With his camera in hand the artist captured over 6,000 photographs that combine to make this short film.

To give a present – Yo Gabba Gabba

Everyone should watch this stop-motion video. It was made by US animator-director Kirsten Lepore for the Christmas special of Nickelodeon Junior’s kid’s show Yo Gabba Gabba. And while you’re at it, watch the rest of her films here. You won’t regret it!

Enjoy giving presents!

A history of the sky – Ken Murphy

You might be thinking, how can you make a history of the sky? That’s just what filmmaker Ken Murphy has done in his latest project, a time-lapse mosaic visualisation of the sky for an entire year. The movie lets us see what we would normally not have the patience to observe, and must be celebrated for its magnitude yet aesthetic simplicity.

soundlapse – fruit bonus

Filmmaking duo Fruit Bonus came up with this rather catchy video knitted together by everyday sounds. Entitled Soundlapse, it was directed by Mark Pallman and Amanda Speva, and sound edited by Erik Rasmussen. I’ll never look at a desk phone in the same way. Awesome.

Via Illusion.

a tale of two dogs – martin creed

Martin Creed, Thinking/Not Thinking (Work #1090) (2011)

I love these dogs, especially the big scruffy one.

short short film – yum yum london

I keep watching this short film on repeat. Over and over and over.

magnetic experiments – kim pimmel

San Francisco-based filmmaker and photographer Kim Pimmel created this time-lapes short film Compressed 02 by combining soap bubbles with ferrofluid liquid in a dish.

one day on earth – a global film mosaic

Film director and producer Kyle Ruddick is raising funds to complete his recent – and most ambitious project – One Day on Earth, a motion picture shot by thousands of filmmakers in every country in the world on one day: October 10, 2010 (10.10.10).

strange films – new filmmakers to watch out for

Strange Films, a new new indie production collective based in Edinburgh, are seeking funding for their second film Bird.