Video for Mise en Scene’s track “Closer” by director Lloyd Lee Choi, for Vancouver-based studio The Herd Films. Terrific work by cinematographer Devin Karringten. Love the characters in this surprisingly sweet story (especially considering it involves shooting porn in a van). Nothing too explicit but probably not safe for work.
The Museum of Modern Art of Buenos Aires (MAMBA) recreates Marta Minujín’s elaborate sensory-based installation “La Menesunda” 50 years later! Check out directors Diego Berakha and Rocio Crudo’s short portrait of all the work that went into making this happen.
Fuzzy analogue music and geometric digital animation collide in this trippy audiovisual collaboration between Hong Kong-based artist Max Hattler and composer Lux Prima.
A beautifully heartfelt short by writer and director Alex Bohs. Created using a combination of left over footage from a scrapped music video and a voice memo he recorded after ending a brief Summer romance.
A mesmerizing audiovisual installation about striving for perfection by Moscow-based studio Radugadesign. Made in collaboration with composer Nikola Melnikov for Asko.
Los Angeles-based animator Louis Morton’s charming spot for Airbnb tells the serendipitous story of how a woman’s first houseguest helped her overcome a fear of flying.
Exhilarating video for Clark’s track “Peak Magnetic” by Berlin-based director Sander Houtkruijer. Choreography by Melanie Lane and Kiani Del Valle.
1. Game of Thrones
The anticipation surrounding this show is so great a trailer probably isn’t even necessary. Nevertheless, take a peek at Season 7 (premiering July 16) above and check out the rest of our Best Trailer picks below!
2. Robot & Scarecrow
A futuristic fairytale by London-based director Kibwe Tavares. Shot during the independent arts and music festival, Secret Garden Party, the short film will be released via Nowness and Vero May 31.
3. Borg/McEnroe
A biopic centred around the intense rivalry between Björn Borg and John McEnroe at the Wimbledon Championships in 1980.
4. Bad Rap
Director Salima Koroma documents the struggles faced by Asian-American rappers. In her words, Bad Rap is about “what it means to love something so much, but be told you can’t be part of it.”
5. Ozark
A new Netflix series about a financial advisor (Jason Bateman) forced to relocate his family to the Missouri Ozarks. So excited to see Laura Linney pop up in this!
A documentary by director Maceo Frost, “Raised By Krump” explores the LA-born dance movement and the pivotal role it plays in dancers’ lives.
More great work from Brooklyn-based director Kyle Thrash, this time for Every Time I Die’s track “Map Change.” Shot over ten days in western New York on a combination of 16mm, Alexa and S-VHS.
The full-length film version of the Zenga Bros 6-part series for Red Bull perfectly showcases the infectious energy, relentless creativity and positivity that has come to define the Vancouver-based crew. Offering a great introduction to tall bike culture, “Tall Bikes Will Save The World” is all about making the most of what you have and not being afraid to look a little foolish! You can also click here to check out some fantastic portraits, shot during filming by our friend Gordon Nicholas.
Los Angeles-based animator Sean Buckelew takes us back to the early days of online romance in this poignant animated short. As Buckelew describes in his detailed Making Of:
“I wanted to roll the clock back a little bit further to 2002 and explore a period where technology was advanced enough that people all over the world could connect, but also primitive enough that the connections were primarily textual, and filled in largely with fantasy and imagination… I didn’t want the movie to necessarily engage in a romantic longing for an impossible return to these early Internet values, but more as a challenge to the the ‘progress’ of the Internet itself”
