A moving personal project by Ariel Costa (aka BlinkMyBrain) and Rodrigo Miguel (aka Numecaniq). Started as a concept for the song “Heavy” by Linkin Park, “It’s Not Dead” is now used for The Anxiety and Depression Association of America — a nonprofit organization involved in education, training and research for anxiety, depression and related disorders like obsessive compulsion and post-traumatic stress.

Direction, Design and Animation: Ariel Costa (BlinkMyBrain), Numecaniq.
Concept and Script: Ariel Costa (BlinkMyBrain).
Voice Actor: Jim Laird
Sound: Combustion

Video for Haim’s track “Little of Your Love” by director Paul Thomas Anderson (previously featured here).

Some great moments in this short comedy by Los Angeles-based director Derek Milton. “Vocal” follows a day in the life of an aspiring actor who discovers his voice has been dubbed in real life.

A stunning graduation film from Camille Aigloz, Lucy Vallin, Michiru Baudet, Simon Anding Malandin, Diane Tran Duc and Margo Roquelaure of Gobelins animation school in Paris. “Mehua” tells the story of two women about to be sacrificed to their gods; however one is far less accepting of her fate.

New York-based filmmakers Thomas Gibbons and Michael Scanlon reclaim the traditionally gendered spaces of gym classes, locker rooms and high school dances with what they describe as “a queered reimagining of American nostalgia.”

Blade Runner 2049 director Denis Villeneuve commissioned three short prologues to help fill in the 30 year gap between the original film and his upcoming sequel. In “Black Out 2022,” acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Shinichirō Watanabe (Cowboy Bebop) depicts a world where Replicants are targeted by the masses due to rising human supremacy movements and widespread access to the Replicant Registration database. Soundtrack by Flying Lotus. Check out the two previous films “2048” and “2036” by Luke Scott below, if you haven’t already!

Barcelona-based artist Ferran Capo does a lot with very little in this low budget video for Surf & Fat’s track “3rd Floor.” Pulling off some creative practical effects and fun stop-motion, the amount of love and care that went into the project is obvious. As is the brilliant attitude of its director, who simply hopes that “you find something fresh and enjoyable… even if you can see we had no money”!

Check out Capo’s cinematography work in Clim & Jade de Robles’s short “985 Days” recently posted here, if you haven’t already. Full credits for “3rd Floor” below.

Directed by: Ferran Capo
Assistant Director: Gemma Sellarès
Direction of Photography: Pablo de Pastors
Art Direction: Glendis López
Styling: Paula Ayet
Make up: Cristina Canes
Gaffer: Pol Subirà
Art Assistants:
Lorena Angenault
Mariel Sallaberry
Regina San Martino
Still Photo: Michell Rivas

Special thanks:
Promociones Urbanas 3000
Malditos Produce
Adriana Eskenazi
Cristina Quer
Alvaro Ucha
Anna Albiach
Emili Mas
Carol Ortega

A subtle short by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Matthew Puccini. “The Mess He Made” follows a man anxiously killing time as he awaits the results of a rapid HIV test.

Written & Directed by Matthew Puccini
Producer: Tyler Rabinowitz, Matthew Puccini
Director of Photography: Brandon Roots
Editor: Henry Hayes
Casting Director: Freya Krasnow
Production Designer: Christina O’Neil
Assistant Director: Edgar Nevarez
Unit Production Manager: Chloe Jury-Fogel
Gaffer: Robert Newman
1st Assistant Camera: Renee Mao
2nd Assistant Camera: John Carges
Key Grip: Levi Sherman
Sound Mixer: Brian Blum
Boom Operator: Nick Dalessio, Brian Ryu
Art Assistant: Andrew Harvey
On Set Photographer: Jacqueline Harriet
Sound Design & Mix: Will Mayo, Arjun Sheth
Foley: Joanna Fang
Colour: Brandon Roots
Featuring “Dancer” Written & Performed by Emma Kate

Cast:
Jude: Max Jenkins
April: Maya Piel
Meter Maid: Zenzi Williams
College Kid: Andrew Raia
Nurse: Will Krisanda
Man: Jack Sochet
Male Voice: Sean Higgins

Director Cody Critcheloe aka SSION’s surreal revenge tale for “Losing All Sense” by Grizzly Bear (previously featured here). Starring Busy Philipps aka Kim Kelly for Freaks and Geeks fans.

A charming animation for School of Life’s latest episode about the importance of de-stigmatizing virginity by UK-based illustrator James Carbutt.

Love the Mean Creek vibe in this video for Liars’s track “Staring At Zero” by director Clemens Habicht. Cinematography by Kieran Fowler (previously featured here). Warning: a bit gory toward the end.

A delightfully off-beat short by London-based director Jim Archer. Co-written and co-starring David Earl and Chris Hayward, “Brian and Charles” tells the story of an unlikely friendship forged in isolation.

Directed & Edited by Jim Archer
Written by & Starring David Earl & Chris Hayward
Producer: Rupert Majendie
Cinematographer: Toby Goodger

Camera Assistant: Josh Govett
Sound Mix: James Torrance
Post Production: Rushes
Post Producer: Mireille Antoine
Colourist: Simona Cristea

Music:
“Transcendless Summer”
Composed and Performed by Peter Silberman
Published by Kobalt Music
Courtesy of Transgressive Records/[PIAS] 2017

Thanks To:
One Stop Films
Mr Box
Mindseye
Charlie Morrell
Hughie Phillips
Attilio Gianfrancesco
Peter and Ben