WORTH WATCHING
Watch: Stellar Russian CGI Futuristic War Short 'Крепость/Fortress'
by Alex Billington
October 14, 2014
Source: Vimeo
Whoa. This is awesome. You have to watch this! That's the reaction I had, and I expect most people will have, after watching this. It's a short film titled Fortress, or Крепость in Russian, made by a guy named Dima Fedotof who posted this to his own Vimeo a year ago. Yes it's a bit old, but it's still worth seeing because, as our friend Jonnie tweeted about it: "love that it has minimal setup, and that it's actually short." Dima explains that the short is just a "cartoon parable" and he's only a "CG enthusiast from Russia", but it's impressive work. The setting is in the far future, where wars have been raging for so long that the robots continue to fight each other even though all humanity is gone. Just another cool short to enjoy - take a look.
Director Dima Fedotof explains the project Крепость/Fortress in full - from Vimeo: "Hello! My name is Dima, I am CG enthusiast from Russia. This is cartoon parable. Despite the fact that mankind is killed, the war still continues. War continued with automated system left by people. One of the last surviving bomber and its pilot still performs its task. The city is dead for a long time. Dead people who built it. Dead people who gave the order to destroy the city. And war will continue until subside echo of humanity. But life will always find a way to survive. Cassette bomb submunitions became a fortress for the grass." Thanks to io9 via @jonniechang for the tip. For more info on Крепость/Fortress, visit Dima's Vimeo and official site.
18 Comments
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Not sure about awesome, nothing we haven't see before, but cool nonetheless
Tester on Oct 14, 2014
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I see things we haven't seen before - all the time - and i can't un- see them
shane willett on Oct 14, 2014
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Oh i didnt know you were talking about art -
shane willett on Oct 14, 2014
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There's a great sci fi short called "Two Point Five Billion". It's an old one, but damn good. I still think about it often https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ud6HmwHRsXs
Richie G on Oct 14, 2014
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One of the reasons I visit this site is exactly because you provide links to such videos. In this particular case, you seem to have invited our opinion, which is exactly what I provide, and I thought I did exactly that in a respectful way.. unlike some of the other more "colorful" visitors. If this was interpreted differently, then my apologies. Also, if I misread your response, then disregard this response altogether and party on.
Tester on Oct 15, 2014
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Nice idea, I liked it a lot!
Armitall on Oct 14, 2014
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Great CGI for a low budget short...............from 1997
qweqwu on Oct 14, 2014
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Hey Alex, cheers for posting these, lately I've been checking the Collective Podcast, it's decent for lengthy interviews with concept artists, title sequence directors and animators with lots of vfx chat too, it's led me to some incredible art and film. Actually reckon most of the regulars on here would probably like some aspects of the conversation. Here's the link: http://www.thecollectivepodcast.com
Carpola on Oct 14, 2014
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okay..... the story was ?????????
shane willett on Oct 14, 2014
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Looked cool - felt like Killzone - video game - art style is completely taken from that universe -
shane willett on Oct 14, 2014
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I was hoping for Nightwatch level there. Reckon the concept art for this world be good, I liked the suits.
Carpola on Oct 14, 2014
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Woah. This was very cool. Russia does some cool stuff.
DAVIDPD on Oct 14, 2014
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Looks cool. But one common thing I find with all these CGI/sci-fi shorts is they lack 'story.'
Trey Wilson on Oct 14, 2014
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very amazing
Mark Timbi on Jul 2, 2016
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