Sundance's 2012 official selection

"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

sundance's 2012 selection ..

By parasitesdontlisten, January 31, 2012

Hushpuppy, an intrepid six-year-old girl, lives with her father, Wink, in “the Bathtub,” a southern Delta community at the edge of the world. Wink’s tough love prepares her for the unraveling of the universe; for a time when he’s no longer there to protect her. When Wink contracts a mysterious illness, nature flies out of whack—temperatures rise, and the ice caps melt, unleashing an army of prehistoric creatures called aurochs. With the waters rising, the aurochs coming, and Wink’s health fading, Hushpuppy goes in search of her lost mother. 

Hushpuppy is not just the film’s heroine; she’s its soul. Beasts of the Southern Wild exists entirely in its own universe: mythological, anthropological, folkloric, and apocalyptic. Benh Zeitlin’s first feature (a Sundance Institute Feature Film Program project) employs a cast of nonactors—reflecting its grassroots production—to fiercely portray the bond between father and daughter in a world where only the strong survive. Standing defiantly at the end of the world, Hushpuppy affirms the dignity of telling their own story: that they were once there. . .

Award Winner
Grand Jury Prize: US Dramatic
Excellence in Cinematography Award: U.S. Dramatic

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS Philipp Engelhorn, Paul Mezey, Michael RaislerPRODUCERS Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Josh Penn CINEMATOGRAPHER Ben Richardson EDITORS Crockett Doob, Affonso Gonçalves PRODUCTION DESIGNERAlex DiGerlando COMPOSERS Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin

CAST Quvenzhané Wallis, Dwight Henry

BIG architects

st. petersburg pier competition shortlist..

By parasitesdontlisten, January 30, 2012




The proposal created by danish firm BIG architects is one of three shortlisted submissions for the st. Petersburg pier international design competition. The masterplan will organize and harmonize a variety of individual events along a network of paths, merging to form the iconic pier structure which will gradually flow into the waters of Tampa bay. The branching pattern will collectively form the "tributary park" containing native plantings of diverse color schemes. The gardens will highlight the programmatic sectors of the park including the museum, observation deck, playgrounds and natural forested areas.

Amazing places to experience around the globe

Amazing places to visit 

 ...around the world.

By parasitesdontlisten, January 28, 2012

Wineglass Bay, Freycinet National Park, Tasmania, Australia

Multnomah Falls, Oregon

East Iceland.

Valley of the Ten Peaks, Moraine Lake, Alberta, Canada

Petra - Jordan (at night)

Sky Lantern Festival - Taiwan.

Verdon, Provence, France

Norway Alesund Birdseye of City

Seychelles

Seljalandsfoss Waterfall on the South Coast of Iceland

Restaurant near Sanyou Cave above the Chang Jiang river, Hubei , China.

New York city

Mount Roraima - Venezuela.

Ice skating on Paterswoldse Meer, a lake just South of the city of Groningen in the Netherlands.

Ice Canyon - Greenland

Crystalline Turquoise Lake, Jiuzhaigou National Park, China

Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece

Capilano Suspension Bridge, Vancouver, British Columbia

Lucca, Tuscany, Italy.

Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway

Bora - Bora

Marble Caves, Chile Chico, Chile 

The Gardens at Marqueyssac

Plitvice Lakes – Croatia

Benteng Chittorgarh, India

The Wave is on the slopes of the Coyote Buttes, which are in turn located in the Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness, on the Colorado Plateau, Arizona.

Riomaggiore, Italy