Sept. 5 marks what would have been Queen frontman and music legend Freddie Mercury's 73rd birthday. To celebrate the occasion of the late singer, who died from AIDS complications at age 45 in 1991, directors Esteban Bravo and Beth David created an incredibly touching animated music video for Mercury's "Love Me Like There's No Tomorrow" in collaboration with The Mercury Phoenix Trust, which fights AIDS worldwide.
The video features a pair of men falling in love despite time running out because of a spreading illness, honoring Mercury's life and legacy through the gorgeous animation from Woodblock.
"Of the many responsibilities we have to our artists, safeguarding their legacies is perhaps the most important one," Dave Rocco, Evp of Creative at Universal Music Group, said in a statement about the music video. "As far-reaching and as radical a legacy as Freddie Mercury's, it is our duty to ensure he continues to provoke, educate and inspire.
The video features a pair of men falling in love despite time running out because of a spreading illness, honoring Mercury's life and legacy through the gorgeous animation from Woodblock.
"Of the many responsibilities we have to our artists, safeguarding their legacies is perhaps the most important one," Dave Rocco, Evp of Creative at Universal Music Group, said in a statement about the music video. "As far-reaching and as radical a legacy as Freddie Mercury's, it is our duty to ensure he continues to provoke, educate and inspire.
- 9/11/2019
- by Quinn Keaney
- Popsugar.com
Two white blood cells fall in love in the surreal, animated video for Freddie Mercury’s “Love Me Like There’s No Tomorrow,” a single from the late singer’s 1985 solo debut Mr. Bad Guy. The clip was released on Thursday to honor what would have been the late singer’s 73rd birthday.
The two cells serenade each other under a disco ball, only to have heartbreak ensue when one of them gets diagnosed with AIDS. The clip was directed by Esteban Bravo and Beth David, the duo behind the...
The two cells serenade each other under a disco ball, only to have heartbreak ensue when one of them gets diagnosed with AIDS. The clip was directed by Esteban Bravo and Beth David, the duo behind the...
- 9/5/2019
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Films from students of Ringling College of Art and Design, University of the West of England and New York University won at this year’s British Academy of Film and Television Student Film Awards competition, a key component of the organization’s mission to foster new talent.
At a ceremony Friday in L.A.’s Theatre at Ace Hotel, a special jury prize was also given to National Film and Television School student Lucia Bulgheroni for her film “Inanimate.” The Laika award for animated film went to Ringling’s Beth David and Esteban Bravo for “In a Heartbeat,” while Lindsey Parietti of the University of the West of England took the documentary trophy and NYU’s Kevin Wilson Jr. won the prize for “My Nephew Emmett.”
With the international expansion of the competition, 469 entries were accepted from 35 countries from Argentina to China and Switzerland to Kenya. Global Student Accommodation Group...
At a ceremony Friday in L.A.’s Theatre at Ace Hotel, a special jury prize was also given to National Film and Television School student Lucia Bulgheroni for her film “Inanimate.” The Laika award for animated film went to Ringling’s Beth David and Esteban Bravo for “In a Heartbeat,” while Lindsey Parietti of the University of the West of England took the documentary trophy and NYU’s Kevin Wilson Jr. won the prize for “My Nephew Emmett.”
With the international expansion of the competition, 469 entries were accepted from 35 countries from Argentina to China and Switzerland to Kenya. Global Student Accommodation Group...
- 7/2/2018
- by Shalini Dore
- Variety Film + TV
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts announced the nine finalists on Tuesday for the 2018 BAFTA Student Film Awards. The finalists were selected from 469 submissions by students at film schools in 35 countries, including Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, India, Israel, Kenya, Lebanon, Russia, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
Animation
“Augenblicke,” Kiana Naghshineh, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg “Inanimate,” Lucia Bulgheroni, National Film and Television School “In a Heartbeat,” Beth David and Esteban Bravo, Ringling College of Art and Design
Documentary
“Blood Island,” Lindsey Parietti, University of the West of England “Hale,” Brad Bailey, University of California-Berkeley “Love in 35mm,” Federica Gargarella, Goldsmiths, University of London,
Live Action
“Birthright,” Mauritz Brekke Solberg and Daniel Fure Schwarz, Kristiania University College “June,” Huay-Bing Law, The University of Texas at Austin “My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, New York University
BAFTA also announced that the Global Student Accommodation (Gsa) Group, an international university student accommodation...
Animation
“Augenblicke,” Kiana Naghshineh, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg “Inanimate,” Lucia Bulgheroni, National Film and Television School “In a Heartbeat,” Beth David and Esteban Bravo, Ringling College of Art and Design
Documentary
“Blood Island,” Lindsey Parietti, University of the West of England “Hale,” Brad Bailey, University of California-Berkeley “Love in 35mm,” Federica Gargarella, Goldsmiths, University of London,
Live Action
“Birthright,” Mauritz Brekke Solberg and Daniel Fure Schwarz, Kristiania University College “June,” Huay-Bing Law, The University of Texas at Austin “My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, New York University
BAFTA also announced that the Global Student Accommodation (Gsa) Group, an international university student accommodation...
- 5/22/2018
- by Ellis Clopton
- Variety Film + TV
The nine titles have been selected from 469 submissions.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has selected the nine finalists for the 2018 Bafta Student Film Awards, with representatives from the UK, USA, Germany and Norway.
The event, which has been running for over 15 years, invited film schools from around the world to participate for the first time last year. The nine films were chosen from a previously announced shortlist of 60, narrowed down from 469 submissions from 35 countries.
Film schools across the world were invited to submit up to nine films for consideration in four categories: animation, documentary, live action...
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has selected the nine finalists for the 2018 Bafta Student Film Awards, with representatives from the UK, USA, Germany and Norway.
The event, which has been running for over 15 years, invited film schools from around the world to participate for the first time last year. The nine films were chosen from a previously announced shortlist of 60, narrowed down from 469 submissions from 35 countries.
Film schools across the world were invited to submit up to nine films for consideration in four categories: animation, documentary, live action...
- 5/22/2018
- by Ben Dalton
- ScreenDaily
Ten short films are shortlisted by the Academy’s Animations and Shorts branch to vie for the final five nominations for Best Animated Short Film. The shortlist includes Pixar’s “Lou,” written and directed by Dave Mullins. The short premiered at SXSW earlier this year and was shown in theaters ahead of “Cars 3.”
Read More: 2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature
Here are the shortlisted animated shorts; no one will be deemed a frontrunner until I have seen it.
Frontrunner:
“Lou”
Director: Dave Mullins (Pixar Animation Studios)
Contenders:
“Cradle”
Director: Devon Manney(University of Southern California)
“Dear Basketball”
Director: Glen Keane (Glen Keane Productions)
“Fox and the Whale”
Director: Robin Joseph (Robin Joseph)
“Garden Party”
Director: Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon (Mopa)
“In a Heartbeat”
Director: Esteban Bravo and Beth David (Ringling College of Art and Design)
“Life Smartphone”
Director: Chenglin Xie (China Central Academy of Fine Arts)
“Lost Property Office...
Read More: 2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature
Here are the shortlisted animated shorts; no one will be deemed a frontrunner until I have seen it.
Frontrunner:
“Lou”
Director: Dave Mullins (Pixar Animation Studios)
Contenders:
“Cradle”
Director: Devon Manney(University of Southern California)
“Dear Basketball”
Director: Glen Keane (Glen Keane Productions)
“Fox and the Whale”
Director: Robin Joseph (Robin Joseph)
“Garden Party”
Director: Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon (Mopa)
“In a Heartbeat”
Director: Esteban Bravo and Beth David (Ringling College of Art and Design)
“Life Smartphone”
Director: Chenglin Xie (China Central Academy of Fine Arts)
“Lost Property Office...
- 12/4/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 10 short films that have been selected to advance in the voting process for the 90th Academy Awards. The 10 short films are vying for a nomination for Best Short Film. The shortlist includes the Pixar film “Lou,” written and directed by Dave Mullins. The short premiered at SXSW earlier this year and was shown in theaters ahead of “Cars 3.”
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature
One of the year’s highest profile short films is Don Hertzfeldt’s “World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts,” but it was left off the shortlist. IndieWire gave Hertzfeldt’s sequel an A+ review and the film already had a theatrical qualifying run. Hertzfeldt has been nominated for the Best Short Film Oscar twice: “Rejected” in 2000 and “World of Tomorrow” in 2016.
The 10 qualifying short films are listed...
Read More:2018 Oscar Predictions: Best Animated Feature
One of the year’s highest profile short films is Don Hertzfeldt’s “World of Tomorrow Episode Two: The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts,” but it was left off the shortlist. IndieWire gave Hertzfeldt’s sequel an A+ review and the film already had a theatrical qualifying run. Hertzfeldt has been nominated for the Best Short Film Oscar twice: “Rejected” in 2000 and “World of Tomorrow” in 2016.
The 10 qualifying short films are listed...
- 12/4/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Students from Nyu, Berkeley and Ringling College of Art and Design have won gold medals at the 2017 Student Academy Awards, which were handed out on Thursday night at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in the Academy’s Beverly Hills headquarters. Nyu’s Max R. A. Fedore won gold in the alternative category for “Opera of Cruelty,” while the school’s Kevin Wilson, Jr. won gold in the narrative category for “My Nephew Emmett.” Berkeley’s Brad Bailey took the documentary gold for “Hale,” while Ringing’s Beth David and Esteban Bravo received the top award in animation for “In a Heartbeat.
- 10/13/2017
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
When Popsugar had a chance to sit down with the creators of In a Heartbeat, the animated short that had over 29 million people tearing up after it hit the web, we knew we needed tissues handy. The film introduces us to a boy coming to terms with his crush on a male classmate. While he is deeply reluctant to make his true feelings known, his heart has other plans. Esteban Bravo and Beth David, the brilliant minds behind In a Heartbeat, told Popsugar about how their real-life experiences led to the film's creation. They also got real about the importance of Lgbtq+ representation in animation, as well as how they're coping with the multitude of reaction videos of people having "all the feels." Check out the full interview above!
- 9/14/2017
- by Leo Margul
- Popsugar.com
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the 44th Student Academy Award winners today. The 17 winners were selected from 1,587 films, which came from 356 different international colleges and universities — 267 domestic, 89 international — and were voted on by Academy members.
There’s a long history of Student Academy Award winners going on to have successful filmmaking careers, with previous winners including Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, and Robert Zemeckis.
Also of note, the 17 winners are automatically Oscar eligible in the Best Short Film categories: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Past student award winners have gone on the receive 57 Oscar nominations and won 11 times.
The 44th Student Academy Awards ceremony will held at the The Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on October 12th. Tickets to the ceremony are free and available to the public at the Academy’s website. A complete list of the winners is below.
There’s a long history of Student Academy Award winners going on to have successful filmmaking careers, with previous winners including Patricia Cardoso, Pete Docter, Cary Fukunaga, John Lasseter, Spike Lee, Trey Parker, and Robert Zemeckis.
Also of note, the 17 winners are automatically Oscar eligible in the Best Short Film categories: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Past student award winners have gone on the receive 57 Oscar nominations and won 11 times.
The 44th Student Academy Awards ceremony will held at the The Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills on October 12th. Tickets to the ceremony are free and available to the public at the Academy’s website. A complete list of the winners is below.
- 9/13/2017
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
In a Heartbeat Short Film Esteban Bravo and Beth David‘s In a Heartbeat (2017) short film stars Nicholas J. Ainsworth and Kelly Donohue. In a Heartbeat‘s plot synopsis: “A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy [...]
Continue reading: In A Heartbeat (2017) Short Film: An Undaunted Human Heart Finds True Love...
Continue reading: In A Heartbeat (2017) Short Film: An Undaunted Human Heart Finds True Love...
- 8/6/2017
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
The makers of the four-minute film, with 12m views in under a week, discuss the shock of their success and the importance of depicting same-sex romance
It’s not every day that a wordless, four-minute animated short about two young boys falling in love goes viral. But on Monday, when recent college graduates Esteban Bravo and Beth David posted their senior thesis film on YouTube, that’s exactly what happened.
Related: Glaad report shows film studios still failing with Lgbt representation
Continue reading...
It’s not every day that a wordless, four-minute animated short about two young boys falling in love goes viral. But on Monday, when recent college graduates Esteban Bravo and Beth David posted their senior thesis film on YouTube, that’s exactly what happened.
Related: Glaad report shows film studios still failing with Lgbt representation
Continue reading...
- 8/4/2017
- by Jake Nevins
- The Guardian - Film News
Two young filmmakers are taking the internet by storm with their heartwarming and endlessly relatable animated film about two boys who fall in love.
Just two days after Beth David, 21, and Esteban Bravo, 24, posted In a Heartbeat to YouTube, the short has gone nuclear — racking up seven million views and spurring an outpouring of positive twitter responses and fan art.
Produced while they were students at the Ringling College of Art and Design, the film follows a teenage boy who is afraid to approach his same-sex crush — so his heart literally takes the leap for him.
“It’s crazy, we...
Just two days after Beth David, 21, and Esteban Bravo, 24, posted In a Heartbeat to YouTube, the short has gone nuclear — racking up seven million views and spurring an outpouring of positive twitter responses and fan art.
Produced while they were students at the Ringling College of Art and Design, the film follows a teenage boy who is afraid to approach his same-sex crush — so his heart literally takes the leap for him.
“It’s crazy, we...
- 8/3/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
Warning: the above short film may cause feels.
The touching animated short In a Heartbeat, which tells a charming story of teen love, has taken the internet by storm, garnering nearly 7 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube on Monday.
Created by filmmakers Beth David and Esteban Bravo and produced at the Ringling College of Art and Design, In a Heartbeat follows a young man who’s afraid to approach his crush, so his heart literally takes the leap for him.
“The original pitch was a story between a boy and a girl,” David told NBC News. “But it...
The touching animated short In a Heartbeat, which tells a charming story of teen love, has taken the internet by storm, garnering nearly 7 million views since it was uploaded to YouTube on Monday.
Created by filmmakers Beth David and Esteban Bravo and produced at the Ringling College of Art and Design, In a Heartbeat follows a young man who’s afraid to approach his crush, so his heart literally takes the leap for him.
“The original pitch was a story between a boy and a girl,” David told NBC News. “But it...
- 8/2/2017
- by Mike Miller
- PEOPLE.com
The same way a cinematic image can render visually feelings and ideas that words could never describe, animation can take those visuals to another level of creativity. A wonderful example of inventive visual storytelling is “In a Heartbeat,” an animated short by two film students that perfectly captures the feeling of love at first sight — and it happens to be between two little boys.
Read MoreStudio Ghibli’s American Distributor Is Launching a New Festival That Could Change Animation in America
A wordless romance that proves love follows no rules, “In a Heartbeat” begins with a ginger-haired protagonist who spies a cool and perfectly coiffed boy sauntering effortlessly outside his school. Try as he might to hide his feelings, his exuberant heart cannot contain its joy at the sight of this fine young specimen, literally flying right out of his chest and into his love’s waiting hand. Mortified, the...
Read MoreStudio Ghibli’s American Distributor Is Launching a New Festival That Could Change Animation in America
A wordless romance that proves love follows no rules, “In a Heartbeat” begins with a ginger-haired protagonist who spies a cool and perfectly coiffed boy sauntering effortlessly outside his school. Try as he might to hide his feelings, his exuberant heart cannot contain its joy at the sight of this fine young specimen, literally flying right out of his chest and into his love’s waiting hand. Mortified, the...
- 8/1/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Well, this will definitely fill your heart with an extra dose of love today. In a Heartbeat is a wonderful new animated short film made by Beth David and Esteban Bravo, produced at Ringling College of Art and Design where they are students. It has a very simple premise - a boy's heart pops out of hist chest and chases down the person of his dreams, embarrassing him in more ways than one. This is such a beautiful short that will really hit you emotionally, just because it is so simple and yet realized in such a lovely way. The music is also charming, and the animation is excellent, making you real feel for these characters. Watch in full below. Thanks to filmmaker Ja Bayona on Twitter for the tip. Original description from YouTube: "A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops...
- 8/1/2017
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Movies don't need to be full-length in order to make people shed a few tears and crack a few smiles – especially when the movie is as adorable and sweet as the animated short film In A Heartbeat. Directed by Beth David and Esteban Bravo and produced at the Ringling College of Art and Design, this tale of teenage yearning is given a contemporary twist by focusing on one young boy’s fear... Read More...
- 8/1/2017
- by Matt Rooney
- JoBlo.com
Animators Beth David and Esteban Bravo tell MTV News that the response to their Lgbt animated short 'In a Heartbeat' has been 'mind-blowing.'...
- 8/1/2017
- by Crystal Bell
- MTV Movie News
Animators Beth David and Esteban Bravo tell MTV News that the response to their Lgbt animated short 'In a Heartbeat' has been 'mind-blowing.'...
- 8/1/2017
- by Crystal Bell
- MTV Newsroom
Animators Beth David and Esteban Bravo tell MTV News that the response to their Lgbt animated short 'In a Heartbeat' has been 'mind-blowing.'...
- 8/1/2017
- by Crystal Bell
- MTV Music News
Animated movies can often tell stories in a way that live-action movies cannot. Such is the cast with In a Heartbeat, a short film by Esteban Bravo and Beth David. The cartoon, which premiered on YouTube Monday, tells the story of Sherwin, a closeted boy who risks "being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest" to chase down his crush, Jonathan. In a Heartbeat was a Kickstarter project, and 416 backers pledged $14,191 to bring it to life—more than four times the amount of money Bravo and David sought. "This film is not only a culmination of our four years of education and hard work at the college, but also an expression of a subject that has not been explored in computer animation,"...
- 8/1/2017
- E! Online
An animated short about two boys in love has the internet swooning over its tenderness and timely Lgbt inclusion. “In a Heartbeat,” uploaded to YouTube on Monday from filmmakers Beth David and Esteban Bravo, tells a little-seen story in the animated space: “A closeted boy runs the risk of being outed by his own heart after it pops out of his chest to chase down the boy of his dreams,” a logline for the project reads. Also Read: 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' Lgbt Character Spins a Lesson in Casting Produced at Ringling College of Art and Design, the film has the polished look of any.
- 7/31/2017
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
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