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Zhang Gong / 15:07 / Animation / China / 2004 |
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People love the bird, and they build it ever-bigger cages. But the bird can't forget the outside world.
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Zhang Gong |
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Born in 1959 in Beijing, Zhang Gong completed his thesis in Graphic Design and Artistic Creativity. He was awarded a master degree from China Central Academy of Arts and Design, where he then taught as an assistant professor in 1993. The main areas of his studies include animated art films and contemporary paintings.
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| Water Planet |
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Leonardo DiCaprio / 4:27 / Documentary / USA / 2005 |
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Leonardo DiCaprio directed and narrates this short film about the vital importance of water for mankind and earth's survival.
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Leonardo DiCaprio |
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Leonardo was born in Hollywood, California in 1974. Early on, he thought of becoming an actor and was working by the age of 14. At the age of 19, Leonardo earned an Academy Award Nomination for Best Supporting Actor for his role in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? His many critically acclaimed performances include roles in Romeo+ Juliet, Titanic, Catch Me If You Can, and The Aviator, for which he was nominated for Best Actor at the 2005 Academy Awards and he won the Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Drama.
Aside from film acting, Leo's lifelong passion for environmental awareness began to play a big role in his life. Finally in an influential position to make a difference in the name of the planet, he was invited to chair Earth Day 2000. In a special on the deterioration of the ozone level, he also interviewed President Bill Clinton. www.LeonardoDiCaprio.org is now devoted to helping raise awareness about the environment on a worldwide level.
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| Hodet mitt (My Head) |
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Knut Petter Ryan / 3:20 / Documentary / Norway / 2004 |
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A surrealistic self portrait about the relationship between appearance and perception, the inner and outer lives.
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Knut Petter Ryan |
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Knut Petter Ryan (b. 1975) has made numerous music videos, shorts and various commission films. He was educated at the Oslo Film and TV Academy and the Oslo Film School.
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Anyone Lived in a Pretty (How) Town
Directed by George Lucas |
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George Lucas / 6:00 / Experimental / USA / 1967 |
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An experimental film based on American poet e.e. cummings' poem, which tells the story of a rare couple who experience life genuinely and happily and live among typical townspeople who are more concerned with the superficial and mundane.
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George Lucas |
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GEORGE LUCAS (Writer/Director, Executive Producer) first attracted attention for his filmmaking abilities as a student at the University of Southern California, when his short film Electronic Labyrinth THX 1138 4EB, which he would later transform into his first feature, won the top award at the National Student Film Festival. His next feature, the low-budget American Graffiti (1973), became the most successful film of its time. But it was Lucas' third film, 1977's Star Wars, that changed everything and became an international phenomenon. Lucas created his own visual effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, to make his vision a reality.
Lucas has been storywriter and executive producer of box-office hits including The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, and he created the adventurer Indiana Jones. Lucas returned to directing in 1999 with Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace. Three years later, Episode II Attack of the Clones, was the first major live-action movie to be shot entirely digitally. Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith, released this year, completes Lucas's Star Wars saga.
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