Spellbound wins Best Short at CSFF Mountain Film Festival
Chinese Film Award for Spellbound
Spellbound was awarded Best Short Film at the 2021 China International New Media Short Film Festival – Mountain Film Unit awards.
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Ambient Antarctica
New Release: Ambient Antarctica
A two-hour long cinematic journey around the Antarctic Peninsula. Presented in ultra-crisp 4K and set to ambient music, Ambient Antarctica features both land-based and aerial cinematography.
This slow-nature film was photographed over three years by award-winning filmmakers Aliscia Young and Richard Sidey, and is one to be be enjoyed on a 4K TV if possible.
Free to view now on YouTube!
Fragile Realms – An Oceanographic Interview with Richard Sidey
Fragile Realms – An Oceanographic Interview with Richard Sidey
“YOU CAN SEE ITS FRAGILITY, AND HOW OUR SMALL LIFE CHOICES CAN MAKE A BIG IMPACT AT THESES ENDS OF THE EARTH.”
Richard Sidey is an award-winning photographer and filmmaker. He co-founded his production company, Galaxiid Creative, with Aliscia Young, and together they create immersive experiences through visual storytelling. His work centres on wildlife conservation and adventure, often collaborating with NGOs to shine a light on those remote corners of the Earth that most need protection. In this interview, we find out a little more about his experiences in the wild.
Spellbound wins two awards at Outdocs festival in China
Spellbound wins two awards at Outdocs festival in China
Spellbound won two awards yesterday at the 2020 International Outdoor Documentary Film Festival of China (OUTDOCS) in Foshan, China. 1228 films were submitted to the festival and eight awards were presented.
The artistic five minute film about the contemplative aspects of wingsuit B.A.S.E. won both the Best Visual Effects and Media Special Recommendation awards.
KFC wins Best Short Documentary
The KFC wins Best Short Documentary
The KFC has picked up another festival award, winning Best Short Documentary last night at the 2020 Carpathian Mountain International Film Festival.
The KFC is now streaming on Prime Video and Vimeo On Demand.
Speechless: The Polar Realm now available on Amazon’s Prime Video
Speechless: The Polar Realm is now available to stream on Amazon’s Prime Video
In addition to Vimeo On Demand, Speechless: The Polar Realm is now available to stream on Prime Video.
Elementa wins top prize at Mosaic World Film Festival
Elementa wins top prize at Mosaic World Film Festival
Richard Sidey’s final chapter in his Speechless trilogy, Elementa, was awarded the Spotlight Award for Best Feature Film at the 2020 Mosaic World Film Festival in Rockford, Illinois.
Festival Director Jerry Labuy described Elementa as ‘…a tremendous piece of work.’
View the full awards presentation here.
Elementa wins Best NZ Feature at Doc Edge Festival
Elementa awarded at Doc Edge Festival
Elementa had a successful night at the 2020 Doc Edge Festival awards, just a day after the film’s world premiere, winning the Best New Zealand Feature and Best New Zealand Cinematography awards, the former qualifying the experiential film for Oscar consideration.
Jury comments:
Part nature film, part art film, a rhythmic ebb and flow of images and sound tell a moving story about the breath-taking beauty and precarious fragility of the state of our planet. The artful blending of music with the natural soundscape and the choice to show images in triptych to balance an interplay of perspectives work to create story momentum without the use of narrative. The unexpected choice to limit the colour palette to black and white evokes an ultrasound image, showing what is skeletal and essential about the natural world. ELEMENTA stands out as a film that pushes the boundaries of the documentary form through innovative artistic and stylistic choices to create a story that leaves a lasting emotional impression.
Elementa stands out as a film that pushes the boundaries of the documentary form through innovative artistic and stylistic choices that leave a lasting emotional impression.
Doc Edge Festival Jury
Elementa Soundtrack released
ELEMENTA Soundtrack – Released today
Boreal Taiga‘s ELEMENTA soundtrack has been released today on iTunes and Spotify.
Listen now on Spotify”
Listen now on iTunes:
Richard Sidey and Aliscia Young document nature, together
Richard Sidey and Aliscia Young document nature, together
Written by Britt Mann | Published July 06, 2020
Richard Sidey, 37, and Aliscia Young, 33, are Wanaka-based documentary film-makers and photographers who met in 2010. Their work, which focuses on the natural world, takes them to some of the most remote and extreme terrains on earth. Richard’s film Elementa, a five-year-long project that creatively documents some of the wilder places he’s visited, premieres in this year’s Doc Edge International Film Festival...