A brilliant split screen video for sisters Klara and Johanna Söderberg aka First Aid Kit by Swedish director Mats Udd. “It’s a Shame” marks Mats third time working with the folk duo who were eager to try something a little different this time around. As he shared with us:

“First Aid said ‘We like the idea of us not being together in the video. In all of our videos we’re always together, holding hands. So we were like, ‘How can we both be in the video but not together?’”

See what they came up with above! And click here to check out our previous posts of Mats work, if you haven’t already!

Milan-based director Andrea Pecora captures the mysterious yearly tradition of a small Sardinian village. On the day of Saint Anthony (the protector of animals and fire), the town’s men transform themselves, donning dark masks and vests made of large copper bells.

Directed by Andrea Pecora
DOP: Leopoldo Caggiano
Voice Over: Giancarlo Casula
Editor: Marcello Sanna
Set Designer: Eugenia Tartarelli
Colour Grading: Orash Rahnema
Music: Andrea Ferrario

The passionate obsession of young love reaches a disturbing climax in this video for Domino Gold’s track “Wichita” by Brussels-based director Norman Bates.

Nice profile of Tung Chiang, studio director of Heath Ceramics in San Francisco. Directed by photographer Jake Stangel.

Director & Cinematographer: Jake Stangel
Editor: Cooper Kenward
Illustrations: @calvinrocchio
Music: “Labyrinth II” by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith

A stylishly creepy video for Tierra Whack’s track “Mumbo Jumbo” by Milan/Los Angeles-based director Marco Prestini aka Flash Factory.

Great casting in this comedic short by Brooklyn-based artist and filmmaker Graham Mason. Told in the style of an educational nature special, “Monkey and Man” explores the awkward existence of a man living in New York City by comparing his life to that of a crab-eating monkey from Indonesia.

Writer, Director & Editor: Graham Mason
Monkey Footage by Cory Jacobs and Jason Schmidt

Starring:
John: John Magary
Sasha: Shonali Bhowmik
Alex: Alex Goldberg
Narrator: Leonard Payne

Director of Photography: Matt Clegg
Location Sound: Zach Bishop
Sound Mixing and Editing: Matt Giordano
Colour: Nicholas Metcalf

Thanks to:
Nicole Boettcher
Steven Brahms
Brian Steinberg
No Budge

A botched heist unfolds in reverse order in this video for Moncrieff’s track “Symptoms” by Nottingham-based filmmaker Simon Dymond. Check out Dymond’s previously featured video here, if you haven’t already!

Director: Simon Dymond
DoP: Karl Poyzer
1st AD: Alex Withers
1st AC: Seb Hawkins
2nd AC: Dan Jordan
Gaffer: Dan McGrath
Make-Up: Clare Gregory
Catering: NumiNums

Starring:
Chris Breheny
Dee Ajayi
Phil Molloy
Austin Carruthers
Michael Muyunda
Darren Maffucci
Dan McGrath

Beatriz Stix-Brunell and Yasmine Naghdi of The Royal Ballet perform an all-female duet in this short piece by London-based director and dance enthusiast Andrew Margetson.

Some nice moments in this video for Health’s track “Life” by animator Adam Fuchs aka Lilfuchs (previously featured here).

Producer: Jason DeMarco
Concept: Jason Demarco & lilfuchs
Director: lilfuchs

Love this video for Original Swimming Party’s track with Moonchild by director Amy Allais (of Johannesburg-based Ola! Films). “Biggest Curse” beautifully explores the dynamics of domestic life in South Africa based on childhood memories of growing up there. As Allais shared with us:

“My friend Lebogang Mogashoa tells stories about growing up as the son of a domestic worker in Johannesburg living in the home of his white employers. This is a very common situation in South Africa – the domestic space divided into squares of have and have nots. In one of his stories, he recounts how he took a bite out of a cake that his mom baked on behalf of the “Madam” for a church function. And how small acts of rebellion can feel like the first gusts of a mighty wind.”

A Music Video By Amy Allais

Starring:
Ami Jackson
Lukhanyo Nongqongqo
Leah Miller
Choreography:
Natalie Fisher
Maxwell Xolani Rani
Art Department & Wardrobe: Claire Gritten
Director Of Photography: Michael Cleary
Producer: Deenan Naidoo
First A.D.: Murray Macdonald
Editor: Amy Allais
Executive Producer: Olivia Leitch
Dit / Unit / Ronin / Catering: Colin Greyvenstein
Focus Puller: Ricardo Koopman
Loader: Jonathan Van Heerden
VT Assistant: Winston Adams
Production Assistant: Lude Galo
Best Boy Lights: Igshaan Mohammed Ronin
Ronin Assistant – Jake Levy
Props Master – Mike Carelse
Wardrobe / Art Assistant – Esme De Vos
Second Camera – Ian Greyvenstein
Location Scout / Manager – Jardin Roesthoff
Colourist – Nic Apostoli
Online – Mark Lebenon

Featuring:
Mike Carelse
Liezle Miller
Hope Nongqongqo
Margaret Saaiman

Gear Thanks To Triplane Films And Panavision
Special Thanks:
Sinister Studios
Orchestra Blue Post Production
Upstairs Ludus Post Production
Natalie Fisher
Murray Macdonald
Elvina Sylvester
Jason Bason
Rod Smith
Christian Van Der Walt
Cobus Van Staden
Lebogang Mogashoa

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

Director Daniel Eceolaza’s video for Kid Simius’ track with Kelvyn Colt pays homage to Manuel Moreno, a Spanish bailaor who brought flamenco to Berlin in the 1970s. Inspired by Federico García Lorca’s poem “El paso de la Siguiriya” and featuring German choreographer Ana Menjibar, “SE / MI” offers a vibrant look at an unusual subculture.

Written, Directed & Edited by Daniel Eceolaza
Produced by Daniel Eceolaza & Frank Hoffmann
Cinematographer: Jonathan Beneteau
Art Director: Maia Frazier

Choreographer: Ana Menjibar
Dancers:
Ana Menjibar
Miguelete
Ana María Amahi
Celia Rojas “La India”
Pilar Azuaga

Make-up: Lisa Walzl
Camera Assist: Daniel Grendel
Steadycam: Axel Zschernitz
Light:
Sampo Lüttge
Cyprien Leduc
Line Producer:
Dominik Galizia
Malvine Stecher
Colorist: Maren Henke

A delightfully unexpected short about self discovery written, directed and edited by London/Paris-based filmmaker Rory Bentley. Shot in his own house on a crowd-funded budget of just over £1000, “Varken” follows a young woman struggling with unemployment as well as a creeping suspicion that deep down she is actually a pig.

In order to create the subtly surreal atmosphere, Bentley enlisted cinematographer Adam Singodia, a stylishly unsettling score from Giuseppe Alfano and disconcerting sound design honed by Morgan Williams. As Bentley charmingly described the project to us:

“I think our society likes to think of itself as being quite late on in history when really we don’t know anything about our emotional inheritance and we shy away from the fact that we are still very much ruled by our animalistic drives. But, despite those grand pretentious notions, it was also just a really fun wacky piece to make!”

See full credits and some behind-the-scenes shots from the shoot below!

Written, Directed & Edited by Rory Bentley
Producer: Sophie Peacock
Cinematographer: Adam Singodia
Camera Assistants: Will Nash, Tobias Rothwell
Gaffer: Luca Piercey
Sound Recordist: Louis Tompkins
Sound Design: Morgan Williams
Hair & Makeup: Abigail Mills
VFX: Matthew Thomas
Art: Lily Morris

Starring:
Susannah Scott
Laurie Coldwell
Daryl Green
Andy Peppiette

Music Composed and Performed by Giuseppe Alfano
First Violin: Susannah Scott

Executive Producer: Roshan Vohra
Associate Producers:
Charles Marfleet
Hugo Marfleet
David Scott
Penelope Cooper
Neil Cooper
Bill Dhariwal

Thanks to:
Daniella Gellner
Freddie Waters
Jack Peppiette
Wendy Peacock
Dominic Di Rollo
Ellie Bentley
Jacobine Scott
Matthew Davies
Richard Cullen
And all our wonderful Indiegogo Donors

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