A nostalgic ode to the golden age of analog by Barcelona-based filmmaker Guillermo Irriguible Loren. “Speaking in Voltages” features Polish electronic band, Pin Park. Formed by Maciek Polak and Maciek Baczyk, their name comes from the instruments they use — two EMS Synthis built in 1971, and one of the first synthesizers to be made commercially available.

While the film is about Polak and Baczyk’s shared love of such instruments that allow for a degree of unpredictability largely absent from modern methods of composition, the documentary itself was shot entirely on 16mm, Super8 and Hi8 film with similar inherent imperfections and romance. As Guillermo beautifully describes the project:

“During the weeks I was lucky enough to be filming with them in Poland. I discovered a rather unusual hospitality and humility… There are no hidden pretensions here, only two friends who enjoy spending time creating unusual rhythms and melodies; either for an audience at concerts or for themselves, isolated in a hut surrounded by snow-covered forests, to the beat of space sounds.”

Check out Guillermo’s ‘analog homage to analog’ above as well as some Behind-the-Scenes photos from the shoot below!

Guillermo Irriguible Loren’s Website

Guillermo Irriguible Loren on Vimeo

Pin Park’s Website

Pin Park on Facebook

Video for Duney Kush’s track “Life” by California-based director Andy McCallie of creative duo The Five Nine.

A captivating short by Italian musician Daniele Luppi. Featuring Soko and Karen O, “Pretty Prizes” is the first in Luppi’s new MILANO project — a collection of fictionalized stories set in the mid 1980s.

A fun short by director and animator Martinus Klemet from Tallinn, Estonia. “Fatcula” follows the turf war between a mysterious new plastic surgeon and the owner of the town’s fitness centre.

Written, Directed & Animated by Martinus Daane Klemet
Art director & Compositor: Martinus Daane Klemet, Mattias Mälk
Music & Sound Design: Horret Kuus
Actors: Juuli Lill, Mait Malmsten, Raivo E. Tamm
3D modellers: Kristjan Bobkov, Ashleigh Cote,
Martinus Daane Klemet, Mattias Mälk,
Francesco Rosso, Anu Unnuk
Rotoscopers: Sirje Aasrand, Sigrun Alaots,
Mariann Joa, Laura Linna,
Eve Luup, Kristiina Martinson,
Ülle Metsur, Ell Mikk, Maiken Silla,
Tarmo Vaarmets, Katrin Vaher
Producer: Kalev Tamm
Studio: Eesti Joonisfilm

This video was submitted by Klemet and selected by our team. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

Amsterdam-based director Sharif Abdel Mawla stylishly captures the lazy days of adolescence and raging hormones for Darrell Cole’s track “Outta Control.”

Love the simplicity of this video for MIKE’s track God’s With Me” by New York-based director Fons Schiedon. As Schiedon shared with us:

“It’s as if God watches over rapper MIKE and his friends, hanging out, playing music, FaceTiming and simply existing.”

Director – Fons Schiedon
Production Company – United Tricks, inc.
Executive Producer – JJ Medina
Production Assistant – Kirsten Schnittker
Drone – William Chatham, Adriel Ortiz
Editor/VFX – Fons Schiedon
BTS – Roy Baizan

This video was submitted by Schiedon and selected by our team. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

A moving documentary from our friends over at Salazar. “Handsome & Majestic” tells the story of Milan and his struggles as a 15-year-old transgender boy growing up in the small northern community of Prince George, British Columbia. A gofundme campaign has also been launched to see Milan get fitted for a suit by renowned tailors Bindle & Keep. Click here to learn more about how you can help!

An unexpectedly epic short about a man and his dog by Los Angeles-based director Henry Kaplan. Love the ending especially!

Short film by Henry Kaplan
Featuring “Skymning” by ishi vu
Starring Rich Lee, Kira Kim and Dodger

Cinematographer / Colourist: Chris Ripley
Producer: Nash Cubero
Co-Producer / 1st AD: Russell Goldman
Production Designer: Eloise Ayala
Camera Operator: Jacob Perry
VFX Artist: Matthew Wauhkonen
Associate Producer: Elizabeth Litvitskiy
Sound Design: Ryan Young
1st AC: Kyle Frank and Mary Brown
Gaffer: Genevieve Evans and David Marmon
Key Grip: Chase DuBose and Nic de Soto-Foley
Makeup: Rocky Calderon and Cindy Zamora
Hair Stylist: Preston Wada
Additional VFX: Chris Reilly
PA: Emily Feher, Oliva FitzGerald-Harewood,
Dan Fuchs, Will McGhee, Mara Woods-Robinson

With:
Don Meeg
Garrick Lee
Dara Jaffe
Kameron Alexander
Christar Wan
Ben Cendejas
Nicolas Frantela
David Jankowski
Conrad Haynes
Maegan Houang
Daniel Obzejta
Iris Hass-Biel

Special Thanks:
Maegan Houang
Jorge Guardado
Lauren Bailey
We Make Movies

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

A lovely profile of artist Sarah Letovsky by director and photographer Fraser Thomas White (previously featured here). Visiting Letovsky in her Toronto studio, White offers a brief-yet-insightful glimpse into the outlook of an artist whose work is concerned with the very idea of being seen.

Watch “A Portrait of the Artist” above! If you happen to be in Ontario, you can also check out Letovsky’s work on display at The Sussex Contemporary in Ottawa until November 30 or Project Gallery in Toronto until January 20.
 

Written & Directed by Fraser Thomas White
Artwork by Sarah Letovsky
Cinematographer: John Ker
Editing: Fraser Thomas White
Music: Watermark High
Producer: Scott Houghton
Production Company: Westside Studio

More stunning visuals from Paris-based filmmaker Thomas Vanz. In “Intra,” Vanz explores The White Hole Theory — the point at which time and space are born — through a series of chemical reactions captured with a macroscopic lens. Working in collaboration with French workshop, Nano Lab, Dutch developer Pim Schreurs, as well as French pianist Julien Marchal for the music, the result is a gorgeous intersection of picture and sound.

Watch above and check out the Making-Of below! You can also click here to see his first cosmic short, “Novae,” if you haven’t already.

Directed by Thomas Vanz
Co-director: Nano Lab
Music: Julien Marchal
Violon/Mix: Jonathan Fitas
Programmer: Pim Schreurs
Additional Music/ Sound Design: Thomas Vanz

Thomas Vanz’s Website

Thomas Vanz on Vimeo

Thomas Vanz on Instagram

Love everything about this new video from our friends, acclaimed choreographers Megan Lawson, Dana Wilson and Jillian Meyers aka The Seaweed Sisters (previously featured here). Of the four videos they’ve made this one’s our favourite.

Created, Choreographed & Performed by The Seaweed Sisters:
Megan Lawson, Jillian Meyers & Dana Wilson

Directed by Angela and Ithyle
Music: Sam Sparro – “Happiness”
Director of Photography: Arian Soheili
Editor: Arian Soheili
First Assistant Camera: Elouise Kerr
Colour: Apache Digital
Visual Effects: Make VFX, Rusty Ippolito
Wardrobe: Alisha Silverstein & Megan Feely
Fabrication and Pyrotechnics: Vice Chief

Labours of Love by:
Daniel Reetz, Vuki Backonja, & Jo’Artis Ratti
(aka The Seaweed Misters)

Thanks To:
Jenn Stafford
Eric at Weeses Pieces

The Seaweed Sisters’ Website

The Seaweed Sisters on Instagram

A fantastic collaboration between London-based musician Max Cooper and Irish filmmaker Kevin McGloughlin. Inspired by high-speed train rides and meditations our often distorted sensory experiences, “Resynthesis” is an exploration of time and space through an abstract collage of photography and realtime footage. Shot in Dublin as well as the county of Sligo in northwestern Ireland where McGloughlin is based, the video experiments with a series of 2- and 3-D manipulations and in-camera techniques. Watch above and click here to check out more of McGloughlin’s work, if you haven’t already!