Working on this challenging video experiment, Porat & Israeli mentioned : ”We’ve managed to stay cool and look at the project while it developed, all the time not knowing where exactly its heading but believing that it\u2019s the only way for this type of short to become what it is. By choosing to work on repetitive cycles we were able to produce an incredibly high production value for a project with very short time schedule.’<\/em>‘[\/vc_column_text][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”20″][image_with_animation image_url=”16895″ alignment=”” animation=”Fade In”][vc_column_text]The beautiful, minimal design, Porat’s captivating music along with the smooth transition of enigmatic close-ups to wider-shots enhance the film’s narrative which is skillfully built using stopframe animation .<\/p>\n ‘Cycle’<\/em>\u00a0was an official selection in several festivals and won awards including the 3rd place award at the International Cycling Film Festival<\/strong>, the 5th place at VELOBerlin<\/strong> Film Award<\/strong> 2014 as well as the best music video award at\u00a0Bike Shorts Roanoke <\/strong>2015. It also took part in BCN SPORTS Film <\/strong>2014, the\u00a0SiciliAmbiente Film Festival<\/strong> 2014 and\u00a0Boston Cyclist Union’s Green Pedal Film Festival<\/strong> 2014.<\/p>\n Porat & Israeli produced another animation together – entitled ‘Bag For Life’<\/em> – as part of a stop-motion class while they were both studying at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in Israel. The film’s about a canvas bag condemning the evil lives plastic and paper bags lead. Prophetic…<\/p>\n