After years of reading his thought-provoking work as a horror journalist, I was thrilled to hear the exciting news that Jonathan Barkan will direct Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary. Spotlighting the positive impact that horror can have on people that live with mental illness, this vital documentary is now available to support on Kickstarter, and we've been provided with an exclusive clip featuring insightful reflections from Abhora, a talented artist and contestant on the second season of The Boulet Brothers' Dragula.
You can check out the exclusive clip and official press release below, and to learn more about Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary, visit Kickstarter and the documentary's official website!
We're also happy to exclusively announce the following people will be joining the documentary cast: Dragpool, Carlos Baena (LA Noria), Molly Henery, and Tristan Risk!
Jonathan Barkan has teamed up with producer Andrew Hawkins to create Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary,...
You can check out the exclusive clip and official press release below, and to learn more about Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary, visit Kickstarter and the documentary's official website!
We're also happy to exclusively announce the following people will be joining the documentary cast: Dragpool, Carlos Baena (LA Noria), Molly Henery, and Tristan Risk!
Jonathan Barkan has teamed up with producer Andrew Hawkins to create Mental Health and Horror: A Documentary,...
- 7/13/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Happy Friday, readers! For this month’s installment of Daily Dead’s ongoing Salutes Your Shorts series, we have a trio of terrific short films you definitely should check out. First up is the gorgeously animated La Noria from Carlos Baena, which has been making the rounds online lately, then we have the thrilling Prey from Bill Whirity on tap. To wrap things up, we have the newly released Malacostraca from Charles Pieper, which features the brilliant special effects of industry legend Gabe Bartalos.
Enjoy!
La Noria (Directed by Carlos Baena)
Synopsis: From seasoned animator Carlos Baena and a crowd-sourced community of over 100 people, "La Noria" tells the tale of a grieving young boy who one day encounters dark creatures that turn his life upside down.
Prey (Directed by Bill Whirity)
Synopsis: While on a first date, a young couple finds themselves pursued by more than just each other.
Malacostraca...
Enjoy!
La Noria (Directed by Carlos Baena)
Synopsis: From seasoned animator Carlos Baena and a crowd-sourced community of over 100 people, "La Noria" tells the tale of a grieving young boy who one day encounters dark creatures that turn his life upside down.
Prey (Directed by Bill Whirity)
Synopsis: While on a first date, a young couple finds themselves pursued by more than just each other.
Malacostraca...
- 11/22/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
Halloween may be over, but it’s never too late to appreciate the chilling vision of veteran animator Carlos Baena‘s award-winning short film, La Noria. Baena, whose long history in Hollywood span franchises like Star Wars, Toy Story, and Jurassic Park, ventured outside the studio system to write and direct the animated short film La Noria in an online collaboration with hundreds […]
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The post Watch: A Grieving Boy is Chased by Monsters in Award-Winning Animated Horror Short ‘La Noria’ appeared first on /Film.
- 11/2/2019
- by Hoai-Tran Bui
- Slash Film
NightWheel Pictures has just debuted the award-winning animated horror short film La Noria online for everyone to watch. Written and directed by Carlos Baena (who has worked in the animation industry for years before leaving to work on his own), La Noria tells the tale of a grieving young boy who loves to build ferris wheels who one day encounters dark creatures that turn his life upside down. La Noria held its world premiere last year and has been picking up awards at numerous film festivals all over the world - including Best Animated Short at ScreamFest. The animation work in this is stunning, which is even more fascinating considering there's some seriously horrific elements to this. It's not that often we ever see animation used in the horror genre, but this is a rather exquisite work of art. I love everything about this, from the music to the atmosphere to the mesmerizing finale.
- 10/29/2019
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Madrid – Spanish animator Carlos Baena has, through his NightWheel Pictures label, just released his award-winning animated short “La Noria” (Ferris Wheel), available to stream at http://lanoriafilm.com/, and one of the highlights of recent Spanish animation.
At October’s 3D Wire animation market and networking event, where Baena held a standing room only master class teasing his short the year before, “La Noria” won the Audience Award for best Spanish animated short. The prize capped a stellar year for the film which included competition screenings at more than 150 festivals and 80 prizes collected from major events such as Shanghai Intl. Film Festival, ShortShorts in Tokyo, Vancouver’s Spark Animation, L.A.’s Screamfest, Mexico’s Pixelatl, Italy’s View Conference, and Tribeca in New York.
“La Noria” is the story of a grieving young boy terrorized by monsters who rip apart his toys, steal his photos and chase him through...
At October’s 3D Wire animation market and networking event, where Baena held a standing room only master class teasing his short the year before, “La Noria” won the Audience Award for best Spanish animated short. The prize capped a stellar year for the film which included competition screenings at more than 150 festivals and 80 prizes collected from major events such as Shanghai Intl. Film Festival, ShortShorts in Tokyo, Vancouver’s Spark Animation, L.A.’s Screamfest, Mexico’s Pixelatl, Italy’s View Conference, and Tribeca in New York.
“La Noria” is the story of a grieving young boy terrorized by monsters who rip apart his toys, steal his photos and chase him through...
- 10/28/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Segovia — Things got weird in Segovia over the weekend at Spanish animation, video game and new media networking event and festival 3D Wire. And it looks like it’s going to stay that way. As of Saturday evening’s closing ceremony, the annual event went by the name Weird Market. It also plans to expand to include other formats including comic books and tabletop games.
“The new name is quite literal. It’s going to be a weird event,” 3D Wire-and now Weird – founder-director José Luis Farias explained to Variety in Segovia. “There will be new dedicated sections for comics and tabletop games. We are going to focus more on IP and we don’t care if it starts out as something as small as an animated Gif or a toy. In the end, we want to work with good ideas.”
Over 11 editions, the event has grown into one of...
“The new name is quite literal. It’s going to be a weird event,” 3D Wire-and now Weird – founder-director José Luis Farias explained to Variety in Segovia. “There will be new dedicated sections for comics and tabletop games. We are going to focus more on IP and we don’t care if it starts out as something as small as an animated Gif or a toy. In the end, we want to work with good ideas.”
Over 11 editions, the event has grown into one of...
- 10/7/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
Spain’s 3D Wire Animation, Video Games and New Media Festival and market is preparing to kick off on Sept 30 beneath the Roman aqueducts of Segovia in the shadows of the Alcázar de Segovia, a castle referenced by animators when designing Walt Disney’s own.
The festival runs until Oct 6, with Oct. 3-5 dedicated to industry activities and the 3D Wire Market.
This year’s short film competition consists of 41 films. 32 form an international competition which includes films from 20 countries, while the other nine shorts will compete in a domestic competition.
Five prizes will be handed out by the jury for the best international, European, and Spanish shorts, and the audience will select a best international and best Spanish short as well.
This year’s jury is made up of Spanish director, screenwriter and producer Nuria G. Blanco, Ventana Sur Animation! coordinator Silvina Cornillón, Belgian Oscar-nominated producer Vincent Tavier, and web designer Marc Aguesse.
The festival runs until Oct 6, with Oct. 3-5 dedicated to industry activities and the 3D Wire Market.
This year’s short film competition consists of 41 films. 32 form an international competition which includes films from 20 countries, while the other nine shorts will compete in a domestic competition.
Five prizes will be handed out by the jury for the best international, European, and Spanish shorts, and the audience will select a best international and best Spanish short as well.
This year’s jury is made up of Spanish director, screenwriter and producer Nuria G. Blanco, Ventana Sur Animation! coordinator Silvina Cornillón, Belgian Oscar-nominated producer Vincent Tavier, and web designer Marc Aguesse.
- 9/25/2019
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
A tidal wave of horror washed over the South Florida shores earlier this month with the fifth annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival. Showcasing a wide range of horror from movies made in Florida to films from around the world, the Popcorn Frights Film Festival once again proved that the Sunshine State has a delightful dark side for horror fans to enjoy.
Daily Dead was thrilled to attend and be one of the media sponsors of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival at Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale, with Derek Anderson serving as one of the members of this year's jury, alongside Dread Central’s Jonathan Barkan, Shudder’s Ariel Fisher, TrueHorror’s Jason Sheppard, and Promote Horror’s Omar Usman.
With the fifth annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival wrapping up on August 16th after showcasing an eclectic lineup of 74 films, the juried and audience award winners have now been announced,...
Daily Dead was thrilled to attend and be one of the media sponsors of this year's Popcorn Frights Film Festival at Savor Cinema in Fort Lauderdale, with Derek Anderson serving as one of the members of this year's jury, alongside Dread Central’s Jonathan Barkan, Shudder’s Ariel Fisher, TrueHorror’s Jason Sheppard, and Promote Horror’s Omar Usman.
With the fifth annual Popcorn Frights Film Festival wrapping up on August 16th after showcasing an eclectic lineup of 74 films, the juried and audience award winners have now been announced,...
- 8/19/2019
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Cluj, Romania–Alejandro Landes’ “Monos,” a survival thriller about a group of rebels set deep in the jungles of Colombia, won the top prize at the Transilvanian Intl. Film Festival on Saturday, with the jury praising the Sundance player “for its hypnotic power through its minimalist storytelling, committed cast, and unsentimental portrait of young people with guns.”
After a week of heavy rains in Cluj that swept across the cobbled streets of its historic city center and disrupted countless open-air screenings, a palpable air of relief seemed to settle over the red carpet Saturday evening, as guests climbed the steps of the National Theater at twilight accompanied by the strains of a string quartet.
Looking back at a week of screenings that continued the festival’s tradition of pushing the envelope with bold and provocative programming, Tiff artistic director Mihai Chirilov described from the podium the “experiment” behind the official...
After a week of heavy rains in Cluj that swept across the cobbled streets of its historic city center and disrupted countless open-air screenings, a palpable air of relief seemed to settle over the red carpet Saturday evening, as guests climbed the steps of the National Theater at twilight accompanied by the strains of a string quartet.
Looking back at a week of screenings that continued the festival’s tradition of pushing the envelope with bold and provocative programming, Tiff artistic director Mihai Chirilov described from the podium the “experiment” behind the official...
- 6/9/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
I’ve got a very unsettling and brutal short film for you to watch today called The Collection. This thing is incredibly intense and it does a great job of building the tension, and I will warn you that it does contain some graphic violence.
I don’t really want to get into the story because I can’t really say anything without spoiling it. I’ll just say that it starts out with an elderly man putting on his headphones to listen to some music before he starts mopping the floor. From there, it leads audiences to an unexpected and gut-wrenching ending.
The short film was directed by Carlos Baena, Carlos Puertolas, and Rani Naamani. I like how they deceive the audience with the way the short was shot.
Watch the short below and let us know what you think.
Via: FirstShowing...
I don’t really want to get into the story because I can’t really say anything without spoiling it. I’ll just say that it starts out with an elderly man putting on his headphones to listen to some music before he starts mopping the floor. From there, it leads audiences to an unexpected and gut-wrenching ending.
The short film was directed by Carlos Baena, Carlos Puertolas, and Rani Naamani. I like how they deceive the audience with the way the short was shot.
Watch the short below and let us know what you think.
Via: FirstShowing...
- 11/11/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
"Darkness isn't always what it seems." Animator Carlos Baena, who has worked at Pixar and Ilm, is now working on his own solo projects and one of them coming up is called La Noria. Thanks to SlashFilm for the tip. La Noria is an animated horror film that is a bit different. "Given the dark nature of the story as well as the psychological backstory of the main character, La Noria has a quality that is very different from most animated films." They've launched an Indiegogo page to collect $50,000 to fund the animated project and have also released a teaser trailer along with the pitch video. It looks great - the animation is impressive, and I'm curious to find out more about the creature that's haunting him. Give this indie horror film a look. La Noria means "ferris wheel" in Spanish. Here's some of the kick ass concept art being...
- 10/26/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
You may not know Carlos Baena by name, but you’re definitely familiar with his work. As an animator at Pixar, he was involved with classics like Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Wall-e, and Toy Story 3, and at Ilm he worked on films including Star Wars Episode II and Men in Black II. Now he’s striking out on his own as the writer and director of La […]
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The post Help Pixar Alum Carlos Baena Make ‘La Noria’, a Beautiful Animated Horror Short appeared first on /Film.
- 10/26/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
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