A poetic exploration of belonging by Madrid/Barcelona-based filmmaker Jiajie Yu Yan. Inspired by Charles Bukowski’s “The Aliens,” the short film follows a young woman wandering through a world from which she feels entirely alienated. Yu Yan and his team had to similarly navigate unfamiliar terrain as the project came together, as he shared with us:

“We arrived in Benidorm without a script, no budget, no shooting schedule and none of us having been in that city before. Aliens is the result of this crazy and improvised trip.”

Starring: Lina Gorbaneva
Voice: Karina Matas Piper

Written, Directed and Produced by Jiajie Yu Yan
Director of Photography: Miguel Gayoso
Producer: Mimi Margalef
Production Designer: Mimi Margalef
Editor: Jiajie Yu Yan
Sound Designer: Helena Placencia
Original Soundtrack: Joan Carles Cardell & Sergio Llopis
Text: Nerea Arrojería
Translation: Karina Matas Piper
Colour Grading: Jiajie Yu Yan, Miguel Gayoso
Graphic: Mimi Margalef

Lovely video for Moses Sumney’s “Lonely World” by Brooklyn-based director Allie Avital (previously featured here).

A behind-the-scenes peek into the making of a Leica M10 by director and photographer Richard Seymour. The 4 minute short highlights the pristine lab and skilled team responsible for the 1100  individual pieces and 40-minute assembly time that go into every single camera!

An intense video for producer Louis Carnell (aka Visionist) by London-based artist and photographer Teri Varhol. Taken from Carnell’s upcoming album Value, “No Idols” explores the relationship between idol/idolizer and the crushing consequences of offering oneself up as an emblem for others. While the symbolic imagery leave a lot open to personal interpretation, Varhol sees the project as following a rather clear trajectory: “For me it depicts a raw and intimate journey of self-discovery, travelling from rejection of mere idolatry through false beliefs and illusory egos, to discovery of the true self.”

Depeche Mode perform David Bowie’s “Heroes.” Directed by the incredible Timothy Saccenti. Click here to check out our interview with the New York-based director last year, if you haven’t already!

Director: Timothy Saccenti
Production: Radical Media
Executive producer: Jennifer Heath
Producer: Andrew Krasniak
DOP: Ivan Abel
Gaffer: Michael Yetter
Production Designer: Andrea Huelse
Editor Matt Posey for PS260
Additional VFX:Tachyons+

More impressive work from Gobelins school of animation in Paris (previously featured here)! Directed by Julien Becquer, Elena Dupressoir, Jules Durand, Viviane Guimaraes and Ines Scheiber, “Memo” follows a retired man as he struggles to maintain his independence.

Insane video for ZHU and NERO’s track “Dreams” by Los Angeles-based director Elliott Sellers (previously featured here) and visual effects artist Erik Ferguson. Warning: CG nudity galore.

Directed by: Elliott Sellers and Erik Ferguson
CG artist: Erik Ferguson
Edited and colored by: Elliott Sellers

While it’s hard not to notice (or be concerned about) the lack of Asian voices in a movie set in futuristic Japan, the trailer for Wes Anderson latest teases some pretty irresistible stop-motion.

Never been more convinced robots will take over everything after watching Nigel Stanford’s incredible Automatica project by New York-based filmmaker Shahir Daud (previously featured here). Those robots are real, by the way.

In love with this video Charlotte Gainsbourg directed for “Deadly Valentine,” off her forthcoming album Rest (produced by SebastiAn).

Sydney-born, London-based filmmaker Max Hemmings bids a stylish farewell to the last greyhound track in the city.

Some lovely shots in this video for Cray’s track “Lotus” by director Ariel Fisher (previously featured here).