Donations Rule
…By sharing the work, we can help the filmmakers gain a wider audience – hey if a piano playing cat can go viral…
In the end, more and more award winning films are making their way online. With the internet’s boundless distribution possibilities the challenges in monetizing their efforts is simply par for the course in the world of indie artists. Besides just Sita Sings the Blues are tons of fantastic, critically acclaimed films available as streaming content from around the globe. By sharing the work, we can help the filmmakers gain a wider audience – hey if a piano playing cat can go viral, so can the three films below.
If you like what you see, apply the busker rule: if you like what you see, make a donation, you’ll get nothing out of it except perhaps – more free art
FILM #1
Sita Sings the Blues (2008) - 82 minutes – Animation – USA
“I am enchanted. I am swept away. I am smiling from one end of the film to the other. It is astonishingly original.” – Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times, December 2008
FILM #2
Monsieur Cok (2008) – 9m45sec – Animation – France
“… This story softly mocks this fools gold, the way public opinions sometimes give their admiration to thiefs and robbers, just because their success is what the public is dreaming about. Any resemblance with existing people is not accidental in any way!” – Monsieur Cok Website
FILM #3
The Cat Piano (2009) – 8minutes – Animation – Australia
http://catpianofilm.com – http://www.thepra.com.au/
Featuring the voice of Nick Cave narrating a poem by Eddie White, this is award winning short film was produced in conjunction with The People’s Republic of Animation. A sophisticates’ Dr. Seuss that illustrates a world where cats sing, a muse is kidnapped and the narrator must save the town from the… CAT PIANO!
The Cat Piano from PRA on Vimeo.
