Remember “Runaway,” Kanye West’s style-over-substance short film that dropped just before My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy? According to The New York Observer, Mr. West is getting ready to shoot another-nother film somewhere in the Middle East.

Sources tell The Observer that Mr. West sent members of his team to meet with film companies and government officials based out of Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Doha, Qatar to explore the idea of a production. A number of local municipal officials and film companies are said to be engaged in what was characterized as a heated bidding war for the contracts involved in bringing Mr. West’s vision to life.

Kanye’s team is moving to the region for a few weeks to scout actors from the region and get a feel for the culture. No details on the content of the film have been released, but it’s safe to say it’ll probably look something like this.

Wes Anderson’s latest film, Moonrise Kingdom, will open on May 25th through Focus Features. Enjoy the trailer above.

Director Tom Lowe has released this production footage from his forthcoming debut film, ‘TimeScapes’. It’s a beautiful portrait of the American Southwest that’s captured various landscapes at different times of the day and night, hence the title. The video was filmed and edited at 4K (4069×2304) resolution, it being four times greater than regular 1080p HD. This is breathtaking material, so imagine what the full length film may be like! Enjoy!

Check out “Silver Lightning” by Hans and Franz, the winner of the “Best Animation” at this year’s LA Design Challenge. The short film features two intelligent crash test dummies with an agenda of their own.

A short animated tribute’s been made for one of this year’s best movies, Drive. Directed by Tom Haugomat and Bruno Mangyoku, they highlight some of the most bloody and tense scenes throughout the film. It’s executed really well carrying a dark and moody tone, while Glass Candy’s ‘Digital Versicolor’ track accompanies the visuals. Enjoy!

After the death of his twin brother via freak paint accident, Niko vows to destroy all art. Etc, etc. By Corridor Digital.

From a basketball academy in Senegal, to the high-pressure world of American prep schools, the film documents the extraordinary personal journeys of four particularly tall West African Muslim teenage boys with NBA dreams.

Plot: Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to them developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities, and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

Catch Chronicle in theatres February 3rd, 2012.

Spike Jonze: Mourir Auprès de Toi on Nowness.com.

After a making of preview, we can present today the full short animated video that celebrated filmmaker Spike Jonze created in collaboration with French designer Olympia Le-Tan – “Mourir Auprès De Toi”.

“Designer Olympia Le-Tan’s embroidered clutch-bags spring to life in director Spike Jonze’s tragicomic stop-motion animation Mourir Auprès de Toi (To Die By Your Side). On a shelf in famed Parisian bookstore Shakespeare and Company, the star-crossed love story of a klutzy skeleton and his flame-haired amour plays out amidst Le-Tan’s illustrations of iconic first-edition book covers. “It’s such a beautiful and romantic place,” offers Le-Tan of the antiquarian bookstore. “The perfect setting for our story!” The project started after Jonze asked for a Catcher in the Rye embroidery to put on his wall and the plucky Le-Tan asked for a film in return. Enlisting French filmmaker Simon Cahn to co-direct, the team wrote the script between Los Angeles and Paris over a six month period, before working night and day animating the 3,000 pieces of felt Le-Tan had cut by hand. “I love getting performances from, telling stories about and humanizing things that aren’t human,” said Jonze of working with Le-Tan’s characters. After spending five years adapting Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, Jonze’s recent shorts include robot love story I’m Here and an inspired G.I. Joe-starring video for The Beastie Boys. “A short is like a sketch,” he says. “You can have an idea or a feeling and just go and do it.” Here the iconic director reveals his creative process to writer Maryam L’Ange.”

Read an interview with Jonze about the project over at Nowness.

To celebrate ten years of collaboration between Yohji Yamamoto and adidas, Y-3 will screen the documentary YOHJI YAMAMOTO: THIS IS MY DREAM throughout 2011 in various cities across the globe including Berlin, New York, London, Tokyo, Beijing and Paris.

From November 2011 the documentary will be available for purchase for the first time in Yohji Yamamoto and Y-3 boutiques as well as select retailers worldwide. The short film will be included in a DVD format within a specially made package. The package will also include an aroma candle with a uniquely designed fragrance to commemorate the occasion of the ten year anniversary.

The soy wax candle is handmade in France and blends only natural essential oils of cedar wood, patchouli, lavender and grapefruit to create a unique scent.

The DVD package is limited to 3000 pieces globally and is available for a retail price of €65.