The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore is one of this year’s Oscar nominees for best Short Film (animated). We really, really enjoyed this.
You can read more about its inspirations (Buster Keaton, The Wizard of Oz, and Hurricane Katrina, to name a few), its makers, its message (about the power of story), and its iPad app at LATimes.com.
The amazing story of Damian Aspinall reuniting with an adult male gorilla named Kwibi whom he hasn’t see in over 5 years. Damian raised Kwibi in England and then released him into the wild in Africa when he was 5 years old.
Especially sad and bittersweet; despite being a dangerous and powerful animal living in the wild, Kwibi clearly missed his caretaker, even after a five year separation.
how small we are
The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History.
This film was a part of the 2009/2010 exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe. And it’s awesome.
breathtakingly beautiful
