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The Shorts HoF was the first Special Hall of Fame created on MoFo, last year! Since then we had two editions:
Mofo Hall of Fame - The Shorts Editon
2nd Mofo Short Film Hall of Fame
To continue this great tradition created by Godoggo, I hereby declare open the 3rd Edition of the Mofo Short Film Hall of Fame.
The rules are similar to the previous edition:
1. Any movie with less than 45 minutes can be nominated, except of course the winners of the previous editions: La Jetée and Harvie Krumpet.
2. You have till July 31st to send your nomination. The duration of this HoF depends on how many people are joining. I'll give 1 week per two films. As we have 11 participants, the deadline for watching all the Shorts and sending the ordered list is September 7th.
3. You can send me your nominations by private message, with the title, year, director and, if you want, some words explaining your choice. Please do not reveal your nomination on this thread before everyone.
You can send your list as soon as you watched all the shorts but I'd recommend waiting for the final week because some interesting discussion may appear and opinions can be changed!
I recently created the Rate the Last Short You Saw thread, so people can post there and maybe suggest some shorts to other people.
And the nominees are:
Le Voyage dans la lune a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon (George Méliès, 1902) - Nominated by Nope1172
Nuit et Bruillard a.k.a. Night & Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955) - Nominated by Sane
Pas de Deux (Norman McLaren, 1968) - Nominated by Neiba
Youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXWWz5Tv_I
Skazka Skazok a.k.a. Tale of Tales (Yuriy Norshteyn, 1979) - Nominated by Friendly Mushroom
Kanojo no omoide a.k.a. Magnetic Rose (Kôji Morimoto, 1995) - Nominated by Guaporense
Guard Dog (Bill Plympton, 2004) – Nominated by Cobpyth
Interior Design (Michel Gondry, 2008) - Nominated by Kaplan
Eu não quero voltar sozinho a.k.a. I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (Daniel Ribeiro, 2010) - Nominated by Thursday Next
Elefante (Pablo Larcuen, 2011) – Nominated by donniedarko
Two & Two (Babak Anvari, 2011) – Nominated by AlexWilder
Ashes (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012) - Nominated by Daniel M
Mofo Hall of Fame - The Shorts Editon
2nd Mofo Short Film Hall of Fame
To continue this great tradition created by Godoggo, I hereby declare open the 3rd Edition of the Mofo Short Film Hall of Fame.
The rules are similar to the previous edition:
1. Any movie with less than 45 minutes can be nominated, except of course the winners of the previous editions: La Jetée and Harvie Krumpet.
2. You have till July 31st to send your nomination. The duration of this HoF depends on how many people are joining. I'll give 1 week per two films. As we have 11 participants, the deadline for watching all the Shorts and sending the ordered list is September 7th.
3. You can send me your nominations by private message, with the title, year, director and, if you want, some words explaining your choice. Please do not reveal your nomination on this thread before everyone.
You can send your list as soon as you watched all the shorts but I'd recommend waiting for the final week because some interesting discussion may appear and opinions can be changed!
I recently created the Rate the Last Short You Saw thread, so people can post there and maybe suggest some shorts to other people.
And the nominees are:
Le Voyage dans la lune a.k.a. A Trip to the Moon (George Méliès, 1902) - Nominated by Nope1172
Youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_FrdVdKlxUk
Nuit et Bruillard a.k.a. Night & Fog (Alain Resnais, 1955) - Nominated by Sane
The most powerful 32 minutes I've ever seen.
Pas de Deux (Norman McLaren, 1968) - Nominated by Neiba
Pas de deux is a ballet term for a dance duet, usually between a man and a woman and that's what this is filmis about. One of the most visually astonishing shorts I've ever seen.
Youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9bXWWz5Tv_I
Skazka Skazok a.k.a. Tale of Tales (Yuriy Norshteyn, 1979) - Nominated by Friendly Mushroom
It's a beautiful tale about the hardships of Russia during WWII and the aftermath. One of my favorite arthouse films.
Youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t-Xne3FztR0
Kanojo no omoide a.k.a. Magnetic Rose (Kôji Morimoto, 1995) - Nominated by Guaporense
Satoshi Kon's best movie wasn't a feature, well, it's borderline.
Guard Dog (Bill Plympton, 2004) – Nominated by Cobpyth
I'm not expecting this nomination to win at all, but I hope it leaves at least some people a little interested in the rest of Bill Plympton's work.
Youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=exYuiR-eWyc
Interior Design (Michel Gondry, 2008) - Nominated by Kaplan
It is the first short featured in the film Tokyo!, three short films taking place in Japan by non-Japanese filmmakers, and it is one of my very favorite short films, and one of the best examples on film of the type of magic realism I adore.
Eu não quero voltar sozinho a.k.a. I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (Daniel Ribeiro, 2010) - Nominated by Thursday Next
A Brazilian short film about a blind student called Leo and his relationships with his best friend Giovana and new boy Gabriel. This film was made into a feature length film called (in English) The Way He Looks (2014), which was Brazil's entry for 2015 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.
Youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Wav5KjBHbI
Elefante (Pablo Larcuen, 2011) – Nominated by donniedarko
Two & Two (Babak Anvari, 2011) – Nominated by AlexWilder
Very simple in its construct and content, very powerful and thought provoking in its idea . A Must See !
Youtube link: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kHOOV83j7bo
Ashes (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2012) - Nominated by Daniel M
I remember when I watched "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives", the first and so far only feature film I've seen from Weerasethakul. It was late at night and I had it recorded, I had no idea what to expect. The film was slow, meditative and quite frankly, weird, but I was hypnotised. I sat there, staring at the screen, there was blissful peace to the whole thing that really seemed to move me. Why I haven't watched any more films from the director? I'm not quite sure. I watched "Unlce Boonmee" by chance relatively early on in my film watching days, and it's one of the best experiences I have had. Perhaps I'm a little afraid too challenge my memories of it. "Ashes" gave me the chance to remind myself just why I loved "Uncle Boonmee", again a chance opportunity, I guess, at only twenty minutes long. I'll admit I was a little unsure whether I would enjoy it, with the slow frame rate footage immediately hitting my eyes. But as I continued to watch I once again got pulled in to a trance of sorts, fascinated by the experimental mixture of different footage, sounds, and thoughts, a commentary on not only Thailand (the opportunity to explore a new culture through film is fascinating) but life in general... memories... dreams.
Last edited by neiba; 08-01-15 at 06:41 PM.
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