Elefante

Manuel is stuck in a monotonous job, has only one friend that he cannot stand, and his family despises him. Everything will change when the doctor diagnoses him with a rare disease - Manuel is going to turn into an elephant.  Written and directed by Pablo Lurcuen this is a bitter-sweet tale of how sometimes simply being a man is not quite enough yet even in our darkest moments there is still the possibility of redemption,.

Titanfall Intro Sequence online

Have you downloaded it yet? If not then take a look at the intro sequence for Titanfall, Respawn/EA's new Xbox One game. Influenced by footage from NASA’s Cassini mission to Saturn, this cinematic sequence shows humanity's s escape to the stars using footage of space travel. It utilizes Spov’s CG and animation skills to visualise Titanfall’s game world where ships and people have travelled to the farthest reaches of the universe. All in all pretty cool.

Castello Cavalcanti: A Wes Anderson Film

Italy 1955 and a racing driver (Jason Schwartzman) finds himself in the village of his ancestors.  This short movie, written and directed by Wes Anderson, is lovingly done, a slice of pure cinema.  Its creation was funded by a fashion house (see if you can spot their logo as you watch). Look out for for references to some classic Italian films in the short, including several by Federico Fellini, such as La Dolce Vita (1960) and Amarcord (1973).

Odessa

It is the eve of the launch of the first spaceship to explore an exoplanet, a journey which will take well over a century.  Two people meet in unusual circumstances and share the evening together.  This understated slice of sci-fi is quite different in as much as you won’t see any spaceships and exoplanets in a short film which is about just that.  Written and directed by Cidney Hue, Odessa is a low-key and reflective look at one aspect of the human condition – the urge to explore.

Dance With Me

Dance With Me offers us snapshots of a relationship, beautifully transitioned to give us a sense of the dynamic between the couple.

Written and Directed by Cristina Molino, Dance With Me is a Think Mol & BalletBoyz film for the UK's Channel 4 UK in association with Arts Council England.  It is exquisite, elegant and elegiac.

Robocop 2014 online

Año 2028, la compañía multinacional OmniCorp domina la tecnología robótica. Sus robots han ganado todo tipo de guerras fuera de los Estados Unidos y ahora quieren probarlos dentro del país. Por su parte, Alex Murphy es un policía de Detroit que se esfuerza por acabar con la ola de crímenes que arrasa la ciudad. Cuando Alex resulta gravemente herido en acto de servicio, OmniCorp utiliza sus conocimientos de ciencia robótica para salvarlo y, además, dotarlo de extraordinarios poderes, que lo obligarán a enfrentarse a problemas fuera de lo común.