Woolf + Lapin Loves Guillaume Blanchet’s A GIRL NAMED ELASTIKA

Stop-mo, thumbtacks and string. That’s what Guillaume Blanchet’s award-winning short needed to bring Elastika to life. And how! Elastika is not your typical grrrl.

She’s young, dreamy and fearless, she drives cars way too fast, she’s also a yamakasi. She likes adventure, fireworks and unrelenting seas.

“From the day I conceived her, I’ve been a worried father,” says Guillaume. “And a proud one too.”

Jim Donovan & Zone 3 To Rep English Remake Rights of “Minuit le Soir”

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Minuit le soir was a serial drama that, in its short 3-season run, garnered 17 Gémeaux awards.

Now, Jim Donovan and producer Zone 3 want to bring the character-driven Quebec television show to the English-speaking world.

The successful, and at times quite dark, series was co-written by its star, Claude Legault, and revolves around the lives of three bouncers at an upscale downtown bar.

Oculus Rift, Félix & Paul Link Up at SXSW

Screen shot 2014-03-10 at 10.41.20 PM Félix & Paul show off their VR experience of musician Patrick Watson workshopping a song on the piano as his dog rolls around absentmindedly. The 360 degree experience in question is a preserved moment that when replayed using the Oculus rift goggles gives you the impression of being there and well, present.

Vice’s Motherboard caught up with the directing duo at Oculus’s booth at SXSW.

We could show you a 2D version of the Patrick Watson experience, but it would be such a poor substitute that it’s probably best not to.

Félix & Paul gagnent le Prix de l’association quebecoise des critiques de cinéma

“Meilleur court-métrage” pour The Sparkling River aux Prends Ça Court. Pour ses qualités d’écriture, son sens de l’espace, sa lenteur assumée et pour la création d’une atmosphère d’étrangeté à la fois poétique, absurde et méditative.”

La bande annonce ne rend pas tout à fait justice au film car il s’agit bien ici d’un court métrage 3D qu’il faut voir à tout prix, ne serait-ce que pour son inventivité.

À ce sujet, The Sparkling River a de plus gagné le prix Innovation ONF aux Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois.

Bravo, F&P!