The Cartagena Film Festival has named Isabella Rossellini as their guest of honor and will be screening a number of the actress’ films, including Animals Distract Me! You can also see Animals Distract Me at FIFE (the International Environmental Film Festival) in Paris, France. The film screens February 8th at 12:15 PM and February 9th at 12:30 PM. Check back here soon for info on where you can get tickets.

Animals Distract Me, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival, follows actress Isabella Rossellini as she and her future guide dog Sweety visit Manhattan for the day. But even during a conversation with Vogue editor André Leon Talley and lunch with chef Mario Batali, she finds herself distracted … by the animals around her.

Whether it’s the demodex on her eyelashes, the crickets in Central Park, or her own dog, she is full of questions. Fortunately, she is visited by Charles Darwin, who explains to Isabella his theory of evolution and the behaviors of the animals that fascinate her.

Part auto-biography, part historical re-enactment, and part fantastic imagining, Animals Distract Me is about discovering the joys in nature and asking the deeper questions, the ones that don’t always have an answer.

A look at juvenile diabetes in a developing country, Life for a Child profiles three families: their struggle to survive, the sacrifices they must make for a child with diabetes, and the strength, courage, and humility they demonstrate along the way.

Life for a Child premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, and won the award for Best Short Documentary at the 2009 Cinequest Film Festival. It was also given a special screening as part of the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, as well as the KunstFilmBiennale in Cologne. You can purchase or view the film at Amazon video on demand by clicking here.

This is the first in a series of videos detailing rising NFL star Jay Cutler’s ongoing journey with diabetes — from the moment he discovered he had type 1 diabetes to his work with children who have also been diagnosed with the disease. Watch the first in the series here after the jump, or check out the rest at Jay Cutler’s website. The series has also launched on the website of the Chicago Bears and Eli Lilly’s Touchdowns for Diabetes.

Laurie Simmons’ debut film, “The Music of Regret,” is a musical in three acts starring Academy Award winning actress Meryl Streep. Shot on 35mm film, “The Music of Regret” brings the distinct imagery of Laurie Simmons’ photography to life.

Director: Laurie Simmons
Cinematography: Ed Lachman ASC
Producer: Don Faller
Editor: Laura Israel

Created with Neural Films, PAPALOTE was commissioned by the Children’s Science Museum in Mexico City and shown on air and in IMAX theaters. Our own Mac Premo was at the helm for the creation of the robot kid wonder.

This is a conference open that Stefano Dembro constructed, to be a surrealistic “day in the life” of a guy, and how everything he does is connected to his next move by the technology around him. Light’s change from red to green as he nears them, and billboard advertising changes to products specifically geared towards his interests. The moments within the open touched on the ideas that the wireless developers will be creating in the near future.

Winner of the 2008 Emmy Award for Outstanding Advanced Media Program: Commercial, this was created as an online and in-theatre spot to promote the BAM Sundance Institute week-long festival.

Created as a show open and used nationally as elements for an on-air commercial.

Now on Hulu.com! “3 Points” follows basketball superstar Tracy McGrady to refugee camps in Chad. Watch the graphic intro, produced by Doublewide Media, here. The United Nations provided images from the Darfur region which are used to depict the atrocities committed by the Janjaweed. The result is a slow, vivid and dramatic dreamscape that forces the viewer to confront an issue that’s often talked about, but rarely seen.

Winner of the 2007 Emmy Award: PSA, this spot was created to promote an open-studio tour along Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue corridor.