Video for Hider directed by Nottingham-based filmmaker Simon Dymond, “Listen” depicts a world where music has become a black market business.

Director: Simon Dymond
Producer: Lauren Parker
DoP: Karl Poyzer
Stedycam Operator: Lawrence Gallagher
1st AD: Alex Withers
Focus Puller: Louis Vella
Loader: Bartholemew Bazaz
Make-Up: Emma Grant, Ivana Ivanova,
Costume: Chloe Crabtree
Wardrobe Assistant: Laura Baines

Starring:
Lucy Carless
Dan McGrath
Anthony Burrows

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

Alex Takacs (aka Young Replicant) captures a series of lovely, contemplative moments for Inc. No World’s track “Living.” Click here to check out some of Takacs’ previous work, if you haven’t already!

Director & Producer: Alex Takacs
DP: Dustin Lane
1st AC: James Teninty
Production Designer: Gabbie Bautista
Production Coordinator: Benjamin Janicki
Camera Assistant: Jarg
Styling: Keyla Marquez
Styling Asst: Symrin Chawla
PA: Kelsey Milano
Colorist: David Torcivia
Casting: Samantha Goodman

Featuring:
Alexsa Durrans
Sterling Hedges
Raquel Rivera
Ivan & Martel Chavez

Thanks to:
Eva Sealove
Joe Nankin
Drew Binneman
Gustavo Cordova
Perry Suppa
Todd Gilbert

Fun ident for Cartoon Network’s 25th Anniversary celebration by New York-based animator Benjy Brooke (previously featured here). Additional animation by Harry Teitelman and sound by Kenny Kusiak. Check out the styleframes from the project below!
 

Benjy Brooke’s Website

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Benjy Brooke on Instagram

Mesmerizing visuals by Michael Fragstein (of Büro Achter April) from Stuttgart, Germany. Set to music by Steffen Dix from his upcoming album “endless.”

Video for Max Future’s track with Lo Swing by Paris-based director Akim Laouar Aronsen. “Underwater Flip” follows a troubled extraterrestrial (Robert Maurice Debois) facing his biggest challenge yet … learning to dance.

Directed by Akim Laouar Aronsen
Director of Photography: Théo Gottlieb
Produced by Muscle
Production managers: Annabelle Mai & Annouk Laviolette​
1st assistant: Cam Nina Vinterberg
1st assistant director: Manu Marx
Steadicamer/2nd: Calvin Tournié
Electro: Oscarito Castro & Tom Haffner
Stylisme: Charlotte Pistien
Makeup :Julie Nicolas
Déco: Clémence Janeski Axel Dagnas Oriane Hours
Régisseur: Antoine Roux
Color grading: Nicolas Gautier
Sound Design : Thomas Gabriel (The)

A quirky short by Cuba-born, California-based filmmaker Alex 7 Medina, “Almonds” illustrates every anxious thought of a paranoid chain-smoker. This is just one of the many fun submissions we’ve received in the past week. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

An audiovisual poem about loneliness and the passage of time by French filmmaker Clément Oberto. Set to an original score by Los Angeles-based producer Mr Flash, “Cream” offers an abstract meditation both sensual and ominous.

Directed and produced by Clément Oberto
Original soundtrack by Mr Flash
Starring – Jane Cogger
Director of photography – Ernesto Lomeli
Title design – L’Encreur
Stylist – Laura Brody
Make-up – Melodie Gore
Thanks to – Roxanne & Joe

A portrait of punk culture in Mexico City by Los Angeles-based filmmaker John Merizalde (previously featured here). While the emergence of the British subculture within Latin American countries may seem unusual, to Merizalde the thriving scene makes a lot of sense given the socio-economic struggles faced by many of the people there:

“It’s not just about the music or fashion. I think part of the reason you see punk more prominently here is because Mexicans, in general, are more socially conscious of corruption and work together in more collectivist ways to combat it. To the punks in Mexico, the scene is way more than just aesthetics. It’s a support system for the working class.”

Target practice doesn’t quite go as planned in this fun little animation by Edinburgh-based animator Emilio Yebra, originally from Valencia.

A bittersweet short by filmmaker Adam Neustadter and musician James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins). “Lost in Sound” stars Nora Zehetner (Brick) as a woman who hears a movie soundtrack in her head. The swelling score sends her into a world all her own, preventing her from connecting with people in real life. Neustadter and Iha have collaborated on music videos in the past. However it was Iha’s latest foray into composing for film and television that became the driving force behind the film. As Neustadter shared with us:

“We started talking about making a music-driven short that I could direct and he could score. We developed this project together, and I wrote the script knowing that his music would not just be featured, but would be an essential part of the narrative.”

Watch (and listen) above. Full credits and some behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot below!

Writer & Director: Adam Neustadter
Composer: James Iha
Executive Producers: James Iha, Adam Neustadter
Producer: Chris Gallivan
Consulting Producer: Nara Walker
Cinematographer: Nathan Presley
Sound Designer: Elliot Thompson
Assistant Camera: Dante Skartoni
Makeup Artist: Kaitlin Irish

Cast:
Nora Zehetner
Tate Ellington
Alex Beh

Adam Neustadter’s Website

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James Iha’s Website

James Iha on Instagram

A gorgeous cosmic poem by Paris-based filmmaker and motion designer Thomas Vanz. “Novae” captures the last stages of a star’s life using visuals created from swirls of ink. Check out the short Making-Of videos below!

The Merkin Bros’ subtle parody ad captures America’s fraught relationship with Olive Garden. With backgrounds in the film industry and advertising, perhaps it’s no surprise that the Los Angeles-based collective’s series of faux commercials have managed to fool the companies own employees!