An inside look at the man responsible for the darkest day in the history of hairdressing by director Porteus Xandau of Cape Town-based Golden Planes.

Written and directed by Porteus Xandau
Executive Producer: Marchant Bellingan
Executive Producer: Herman Le Roux
Production Manager: Stefano Gazzilli

Cinematographer: David Pienaar
Focus Puller: Willem Engelbrecht
Gaffer: Duncan Johnson
Spark: Renford Mposadala

Art Director: Ivan Fraser
Wardrobe Stylist: Claire Gritten
Hair & Makeup: Kathryn Marnewick
Graphic Design: twoshoes.co.za
Prop Master: Lize Van Der Heever
Art Assitant: Ufie Charles

Composer: Simon Malherbe
Sound Designer: Tim Pringle (Origin Audio)
Final Mix: Simon Ratcliffe (Sound & Motion Studios)

Editor: Jaco Laubscher
Colourist: Reghardt Voges
Visual Effects: Chad Kelly / Daniel Stevenson
Post Production Facilitator: Lee-Anne Rennie

Coiffeur (Adult): Sonwabo Vayi
Coiffeur (Teenager): Nathi Makeba
Coiffeur (Boy): Luyanda Krani
Amnesty Moderator: Pierre Celestin Bucyana
Coiffeur Assitant: Speciose Kamanzi
Haircut Victim: Luyanda Bukwama
Haircut Victim’s Dad: Bonibile Mguqa
Salon Client No. 1: Aya Gxothwa
Salon Client No. 2: Zane Vuma
Salon Client No. 3: Bonile Terry Lurwayi

Unit Manager: Seth Dreyer
Runner No.1: Ricardo Lawrence
Runner No. 2: Sinead Sanan
Runner No. 3: Regan John Daniels

A clever stop-motion animation involving a series of 3D printed stamps and human canvases. Made in celebration of the tenth anniversary of London-based design agency DBLG and in collaborated with Animade (previously featured here). Check out the short Making-Of below!

Video for Satellite Citi co-directed by Powell Robinson and Patrick R Young. “Undead” follows a homeless youth who gets drawn into an arcade game with a mystical connection to demons faced in real life.

Directed by Powell Robinson & Patrick R Young

Starring:
Tonatiuh Elizarraraz
Anna Gevorkian
Shaunt Sulahian
Kristen Laffey
Patrick R Young

Producer: Simona Kessler
Cinematographer: Powell Robinson
Production Designer: Devin Cheney
Costume Designer: Nadine Sondej-Robinson
Key Make-Up Artist: Lauren Bencomo
Gaffer: Hiram Borges
1st Assistant Camera: Kyle Frank
Production Assistant: Kristen Laffey
Visual Effects: Ben Kadie & Tim Hendrix
Animation: Josh Heineman
Game Screen Design: Alex Kubodera
Colorist: Powell Robinson
BTS Photographer: Rosie Geozalian

New York City-based filmmaker Andrew B. Myers uses a mix of video, photo and animation to create a disjointed yet strangely harmonious short about the movement of information. This is just one of the many delightful submissions we’ve received this week. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

Video for Tom Rosenthal’s track “Let It Out” by London-based filmmaker Alice Dunseath (previously featured here).

Pianist Abduallah Ibrahim shares his experience of Apartheid in South Africa for NPR’s Jazz Night in America with this lovely animated piece by London-based animator Lee Arkapaw and Melbourne-based illustrator Tessa Chong (previously featured here).

Dreamy video for Diamond Thug by director and cinematographer Dirk Van Niekerk from Cape town, South Africa. “Cosmic Dreamer” follows an old woman who slips into a supernatural world where she appears young again.

Director & DOP: Dirk Van Niekerk
Assistant Director 1: Nicole Henning
Assistant Director 2: Danilo Queiros
Styling: Tracy Lee Rosslind
Make Up: Tia Honey & Genevieve Portnoi
1st AC: Luke van Rensburg
2nd AC: Mitchell-Doyle Markgraaf
Grip: Kai Coetzee
Spark: Luke Ridgard
VFX & Colour Grading: The Upstairs Ludus Post Production
Cast: Lea Louis & Michelle Mountain
Producer: Steamcat Productions

Nice lyric video from Denver/Los Angeles-based The Made Shop for “Dream State” by Son Lux (previously featured here).

Amsterdam-based director Michael Middelkoop visualizes the murderous fantasies of a recently heartbroken woman in this fantastic video for Midas’ track “Caroline.”

Director: Michael Middelkoop
Producer: Sophie Victorine
Production manager: Julian Pattinama
1st A.D.: Farah Abdi
D.O.P.: Sam du Pon
1st C.A. / Data: Wyneke v. Nieuwenhuyzen
Gaffer: Berend Holtkamp
Best Boy: Andrea Fratelli
Art Director: Klaas Wijnberg
Styling: Tula-Rosa Zandvliet
Make-up: Sheneequa Nash
Stunts: Arjan van Drunen
PA: Stefanie Ang
PA: Joeri van Widdershoven
Edit: Mathijs Baltus
Grading: Tim van Paassen
VFX: Koen van Someren Greve, Daniel Falkenhagen (The Compound)
Catering: Steffen Burger
Caroline: Roos Dickmann

This is just one of the many impressive submissions we’ve received this week. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

A$AP Ferg hits the streets of New York with Nigel Sylvester, RR D Blocks and about a hundred more of his friends in the video for “Plain Jane” by Bronx-based director Hidji.

Video for Null + Void’s track with Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan. Directed by Tim Saccenti (previously featured here).

Director of photography: Tim Saccenti
Written with Steven Graf
Production: Holographic Thorns
Editor and visual effects: Matt Posey for ps260
Digital sculpture: Andy Rolfes + Sam Rolfes
3d Scanning Narek Gevorgian
Additional shoot production: Whooden
Producer: Garen Barsegian
Groomer: Jenny Atwood Smith
Actors: Karolina Wallace and Rene Nunez

Singapore-based illustrator Siew May Khoo commemorates World Alzheimer’s Month with this touching animation, based on a letter from a young woman whose father was diagnosed when she was just 14 years old.

Commissioned by Our Better World
Design and Animation by Siew May Khoo
Additional cel animation: Tan Yin
Voice Over: Melissa
Producer: Grace Baey