Ben Aston is no stranger to these pages, the talented UK director having been featured here extensively in the past thanks to his amazing short film He Took His Skin Off For Me, and after the looooong process involved in making that award winning, festival hit short Aston did what many filmmakers do. He got bored while trying to convince people to let people make a feature. So he pulled in his writing partner and, at a cost of fifty pounds over a couple of weekends, they made another short. A short that played Sundance London, and is now part of The Wrap's ShortList festival. Memo to filmmakers: Budget limitations are no excuse for lack of success.Here's how The Wrap sums up the film:The short...
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- 8/12/2015
- Screen Anarchy
American indie film love is on full display at a fest that I’ve coined farm version of Telluride. The 8th edition of the Wassaic Project Film Festival will take off at the tail end of the month and the curators have landed Todd Haynes’ masterwork Safe and a foursome of worthy items (not including a special in-progress feature film screening) for the ’15 edition.
Sundance preemed items in Marielle Heller’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s (T)error will be shown alongside SXSW/Cannes profiled Krisha from Trey Edward Shults and Sam Cullman’s Tribeca showcased Art and Craft. The fest runs from July 31st until August 2nd in Wassaic, New York. Pitch up a tent and go watch these features – as well as shorts selected by the Wassaic Project and Jason Sondhi of Vimeo Staff Picks and Short of the Week.
Sundance preemed items in Marielle Heller’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl and Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe’s (T)error will be shown alongside SXSW/Cannes profiled Krisha from Trey Edward Shults and Sam Cullman’s Tribeca showcased Art and Craft. The fest runs from July 31st until August 2nd in Wassaic, New York. Pitch up a tent and go watch these features – as well as shorts selected by the Wassaic Project and Jason Sondhi of Vimeo Staff Picks and Short of the Week.
- 7/20/2015
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
"'Is this what you want,' he asked. And I said 'yes.' So he took his skin off for me." Get ready for this. Ben Aston has premiered his short He Took His Skin Off For Me on Vimeo, after its debut at Fantastic Fest and Toronto After Dark Film Festival last year. Aston and his short films were recently profiled at SlashFilm (with a great interview), reminding me that I had been meaning to watch this short, one of his latest and it's so crazy, disgustingly good. Aston's other short, Russian Roulette, is playing at the Sundance Film Festival coming up. But before that, this is the must see - practical SFX make this one extraordinary "fairytale" of sorts. It's a perfect kind of unsettling yet seductively sweet one-of-a-kind creation. Have fun and turn it up. "Please turn off the lights. Use headphones. Go full screen. It's worth it.
- 1/18/2015
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The way I figured it, "He Took His Skin Off For Me" wasn't going to be all that difficult. "It's just two people in a house" was how I responded to Maria Hummer's reasonable incredulity after I insisted that her remarkable short story was going to be our next film together. "All we need to do is figure out this skinless thing and we're home free." Two years, 1,152 muscle pieces, 217 Kickstarter backers and whole lot of fake blood later I remain partially right- our two characters definitely are in a house. Read More: Questions to Ask Before Making a Short Film Maria, myself and producer Fiona Lamptey all knew why we wanted to adapt this incredible short story about a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend as my graduation film from the London Film School. It's a fiercely original, darkly funny and hauntingly authentic narrative that...
- 1/18/2015
- by Ben Aston
- Indiewire
If you don’t have a strong stomach, then you might want to pass on this short film. If you like the idea of a romantic film that tells the story of a man who takes his skin off for his girlfriend, then this is right up your alley! It’s probably not the best idea for anyone to take his or her skin off, but that's just how the guy in this story rolls. This short is kind of hard to watch because it’s pretty disgusting, but it’s a great and really well-made film. One of the things that makes it stand out is the fact that there were no CGI effects used to make it.
The movie was directed by Ben Aston, and here’s some information that came along with it:
He Took His Skin Off For Me is a practical SFX fairytale. No CGI whatsoever.
The movie was directed by Ben Aston, and here’s some information that came along with it:
He Took His Skin Off For Me is a practical SFX fairytale. No CGI whatsoever.
- 1/14/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Relationships are hard, oftentimes seeming as though no matter what you do it just isn't enough. So goes the basic premise of Ben Aston's fabulous short film He Took His Skin Off For Me, in which a man goes to extreme lengths to satisfy his lover.'He Took His Skin Off For Me' is a practical SFX fairytale. No CGI whatsoever. Based on the short story by Maria Hummer it is my grad film from the London Film School. It took us 2 years, 217 Kickstarter backers and a whole lot of fake blood to pull off. SFX legend Colin Arthur (NeverEnding Story, 2001: A Space Odyssey) helped us achieve the impossible, allowing SFX Supervisor Jen Cardno and her team set a new standard for anatomical...
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- 1/12/2015
- Screen Anarchy
He Took His Skin Off For Me is one of the best shorts of 2014. A sort of body horror poem, Ben Aston’s film is lyrical, grotesque, melancholic in its tone and images and utterly stunning in its use of FX. Now online in full, you can enjoy this terrific piece about a devoted spouse…
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- 1/12/2015
- by Samuel Zimmerman
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Yatao Li’s Chinese entry Carry On won the Best Of Festival Award, while Aneta Kopacz’s Joanna from Poland prevailed in the Greater Palm Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau Grand Jury Award.
Timothy Yeung’s 90 Days took the Panavision Best North American Short honours.
The festival ran from June 17-23 and screened 330 films from more than 3,000 submissions. Organisers handed out more than $115,000 in prizes, including $21,000 in cash awards, in 21 categories.
“The 2014 Palm Springs ShortFest far surpassed all of our expectations,” said festival director Kathleen McInnis (pictured at the Australian reception). “Our audience, filmmaker and industry attendance all soared, as did the striking talent we were able to showcase during our 20th anniversary year.
“Well over 800 filmmaker and industry guests made our Filmmaker Forums one of the most dynamic we have ever had, and most of the screenings had all filmmakers in attendance — a great bonus for our audience who love their Q&A sessions. Filmmakers brought...
Timothy Yeung’s 90 Days took the Panavision Best North American Short honours.
The festival ran from June 17-23 and screened 330 films from more than 3,000 submissions. Organisers handed out more than $115,000 in prizes, including $21,000 in cash awards, in 21 categories.
“The 2014 Palm Springs ShortFest far surpassed all of our expectations,” said festival director Kathleen McInnis (pictured at the Australian reception). “Our audience, filmmaker and industry attendance all soared, as did the striking talent we were able to showcase during our 20th anniversary year.
“Well over 800 filmmaker and industry guests made our Filmmaker Forums one of the most dynamic we have ever had, and most of the screenings had all filmmakers in attendance — a great bonus for our audience who love their Q&A sessions. Filmmakers brought...
- 6/23/2014
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
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