Off Piste: Afterglow

Catching up with the creative minds at Sweetgrass Productions, who continue to push the limits of snow cinema with an inventive and illuminating new short film

Staying true to a clear creative vision while making films that capture the attention of an audience outside the snow sports world, the team at Sweetgrass Productions has garnered respect with viewers and industry professionals the world over. Helmed by NYC native Nick Waggoner, Sweetgrass explores the human instincts and emotional landscape that underpin the very motivation we all seek in adventures, challenges and overcoming …

The ADA Project by Conrad Shawcross

Unique choreography created by a hacked robot and inspired by the celebrated female mathematician

In the darkness of an indoor car park in London’s Soho, a crowd of people is gathered around a dancing industrial robot. In front of it, soprano Teresa Duddy stands singing her heart out, willing the robot to fall in love with her, as it moves languidly, clasping a light that sways with the music. This is the opening night of artist Conrad Shawcross’ work …

Tove Jansson’s Moomins on the Riviera

The new animated film retells a 60-year-old story of the curious characters that's still relevant today

100 years ago Finnish novelist, illustrator and painter Tove Jansson—creator of cult comic strip family the Moomins—was born. Since the first Moomin strip was published in 1945, their stories have been filmed for TV plenty of times, but it’s only now that one of the comic strips has been adapted into a film. “Moomins on the Riviera” (which premiered at the BFI London Film Festival …