Great short by New Zealand-born, London-based filmmaker Samuel Hunter Galloway. “Past The Second Stage” follows a young man tasked to clean up the apartment of his dead brother, with whom he’d become estranged.
Adelaide, Australia-based motion designer Luke Gibbs animates Mark Kozelek and Sean Yeaton’s count down of “The Reasons I Love You.” Really like the abstract style of the animation and the highly specific reasons like taking good care of hardwood floors.
A moving story about a young boy and his father written and directed by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Chris Bailey. Really enjoy the staged nature of the scenes, almost feels like watching a play.
Writer & Director: Chris Bailey
Producer: Desi Bee Richardson
Cinematographer: Colin Oh
Editor: Pepa Albornoz
Production Design: Astrid Anderson
Sound Design & Mixer: Stefan Mac
Colorist: Loren White
Starring:
Jie Jordan & Garland Scott
This video was submitted by Bailey and selected by our team. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!
Some nice ideas in this brief video for James Tillman’s track “Intrinsic Infinite.” Directed and edited by Kristaps Ločmelis, with cinematography by Jesse Bronstein. Shot in Brooklyn and Peekskill, New York.
A strange series of experimental visuals by Simon Christoph Krenn from Linz, Austria. Sound design by Matthias Urban. Still not completely sure what this is but it’s kind of amazing!
Swedish director Marcus Söderlund’s video for “Red Bottom Sky” by Yung Lean (previously featured here).
A minimalist animation for Adam Ostrar’s track “Warlock” by animator Dave Merson Hess from Houston, Texas. While initially planning to tell a metaphysical ghost story set at night, Hess witnessed the devastation of Hurricane Harvey first hand and emerged only wanting to draw images of rain and flooding. With the help of his producing partner Janine Waranowicz, Hess reworked the video to convey a murkier narrative reflective of his personal experience.
“I wanted it to be meditative rather than horrific — in retrospect, maybe as a way to process the trauma of what had happened.”
This video was submitted by Dave Merson Hess and selected by our team. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!
A beautifully shot and subtly told short by Dublin-based filmmaker Johnny Cullen. “Burden” follows a Celtic warrior as she struggles to carry her wounded father to safety. The self-funded passion project was shot on location in Wicklow, Ireland in early February. The small crew faced their own set of challenges hauling gear up the mountains in the snow but, as Cullen shared with us, “in the end, we all thought it was worth it!”
Check out their labour of love above as well as some photos from the shoot below!
Directed by Johnny Cullen
Director of Photography: Esme McNamee
Ronin Operator: Joeseph Ingersoll
2nd Camera Assistant: Sarah Dunphy
Make-Up FX: Madonna Bambino
Sound Designer: Alex Gregson
Colourist: Michael Higgins
Celtic Girl: Jillian Ryan
Celtic Father: Zeff Lawless
Young Katchin: Emmet Byrne
Old Katchin: Luke Sweetman
Drone Footage: Freefly Systems/Trash Can (Filmsupply)
Music: “In the shadow of Mammoth” Luke Atencio (Music Bed)
Costumes Supplied by Irish Arms
Equipment Supplied by Teach Solais
Love the style of this little ode to skateboarding and NYC by Brooklyn-based animator Aran Quinn. Original score by Tom Morris.
A moving documentary by Toronto-based director Mark Bone. The fifth instalment in the Filmsupply Presents series, “Rescate” follows the heroic efforts of volunteers in the Dominican Republic — a country with the highest traffic-related deaths and no paramedics. Taking it upon themselves to offer assistance to those in need, members of the group share their personal motivations for sacrificing sleep and safety to fill the role so desperately needed.
Warning: this video contains graphic images of injuries sustained from traffic collisions.
Directed by Mark Bone
Cinematography by: Mark Bone, Matti Haapoja
Edited by: Mark Bone
Featuring: Rescate Ambar Paramedic & Emergency Response Team, Puerto Plata.
Executive Producers: Franke Rodriguez, Jennifer Rodriguez, Richard Cureton, Luc Frappier
Co-Producer: Jessica Gray, Jason Gray
Story Editor: Matt Donne
Post Production Supervisor: Brad Neweduk
Post Production: Matrx
Colorist: Clinton Humoth at Alter Ego Post
Colour Producers: Jane Garrah, Cheyenne Bloomfield at Alter Ego Post
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Josh Brown
Dialogue Editor: Matt Hearn
Sound Editor: Nadya Hanlon
Additional Editing: Matt Laughlin
Trailer Editor: Mikaela Bodin
Trailer Post Production Sound: Farm House Studios
Drone Operators: Genesis Raye, Matti Haapoja
Dominican Production Coordinator: Alejandro Gomez, Krissie Sullivan, Genesis Raye
On-set Translators: Alejandro Gomez, Krissie Sullivan
Post Production Translator: Alejandro Gomez. Val Mata, Rafael Estrella
Production Company: Revolver Films Inc
Nations are Fragile: Written & Composed by Tim Mann
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A lovely little short about a boy who cannot sleep by illustrator Islena Neira, currently studying animation in EMCA.
Another great video for Bergfilm by director Joscha Bongard (previously featured here). “Nostalgic Love” explores the disconnect between expressions of love and sexuality for different generations. While sexual freedom is on the rise, Bongard questions why love at an older age only seems to be accepted when depicted as caring and devoted. As he shared with us:
“With Nostalgic Love I wanted to bring teenage needs and feelings back to an older age and show an unconventional love story without restraint. A story about lovers who missed each other at a certain point in life and try to regain what has passed by.”
In addition to allowing his stars wildness and passion, the film also offers a subtle critique of what the younger generations do (or fail to do) with their relative abundance of time and freedom.
