Lovely mood to this video for Montréal-based singer-songwriter Helena Deland (previously featured here). Directed by Brownwyn Ford, with choreography by Rachel Giles, “Claudion” stars Deland and her cousin Claudia Picard-Deland:

“The song is overall about the constancy of my relying on and trusting in my cousin Claudia. I marvel at how our relationship has remained essentially similar going through the extremes of childhood and adolescence and into the heavier nuances of adulthood. I have no footage of the choreography we’d make up and practice for months before we’d present them to our dads’ side of the family at Christmas, so this is a selfish homage to one of the ways we’d spend endless time around the age of 10.”

A tender little animation for Tom Rosenthal’s track “How Have You Been?” by Bristol-based director Heather Colbert (previously featured here).

A$AP Rocky and FKA twigs make a stunning couple in this video for their track “Fukk Sleep.” Directed by Diana Kunst of Object Animal.

A charmingly random hand-drawn animation for Tōth by Massachusetts-born, Los Angeles-based artist Amanda Bonaiuto (previously featured here). Inspired by the idea of parades and pining for love, “No Reason” works to build up anticipation like the climax of a musical. As Bonaiuto further explains:

“I was drawn to the enticing slowness of the song, and it made me think of the film Dreams by Akira Kurosawa, Cab Calloway’s dancing, and some of the moods in Marcel Dzama’s drawings. I decided on featuring birds as an innocent threat from the beginning, paired with a character who seems suspicious of them and unsure about their desires. I liked that the human to bird interface could become a source of happiness for no reason.”

This is just one of the many wonderful submissions we received in the past week. Click here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

An exploration of loneliness for Supernaive by director and photographer Antoine Bal (previously featured here). Shot on 16mm in one of the most densely populated city in the world, “Be My Friend” meanders between dream and reality through 90’s direct-to-video aesthetics and feelings of estrangement that anyone can relate to.

Starring:
Kentaro Hyodo
Yuki
Akihiko Tani
Remi Boursier
Lucas Malgoire

Directed and Shot by Antoine Bal
Produced by Maintenant Production (Hadrien Penavaire)
Unit Manager : Lucas Malgoire
Edited by Julien Vaugelade
Graded by Arthur Paux
2D animation by Pierre Pinon

Poetry from “Yoru” by Yuan Okada

Thanks to: Hiroshi Inaki, Akihiko Tani,
Kaname Onoyama, Chinatsu Morokoshi, Lucas Vigneu

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

A creative documentary short by director and artist Jessica Bishopp (previously featured here). Funded by Film London and the British Film Institute, “Wargames” delves into the obsession and camaraderie of a Wargames Society while asking the question: what does it take to go into battle?

A seemingly carefree teen undergoes a gradual metamorphosis in this powerful video for Sirop’s track “Flesh” by Paris-based director Thomas Vernay (previously featured here).

Starring Robin Migné
Directed by Thomas Vernay
Production : Cumulus
Producer : Christophe Szegedi
Line Producer : Maxime Fossen
Production Designer : Corentin Harlé
DOP : Kevin Laurent
1st Assistant Director : Vincent de Fontbrune
1st Assistant Camera Operator : Gaëlle Tanguy
Gaffer : Adrien Maillard
Key Electrician : Rogerio Osorio
Make-up Manager : Mégane Brugière
Color Grading : Florian Martiny

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

Love the concept of this video for MK’s track with Jonas Blue and Becky Hill by UK-based director Finn Keenan. A story about love, loss and sandwiches, “Back & Forth” brilliantly pokes fun at the over-the-top editing that plagues most pop music videos.

Starring:
Jerry – Michael Downing
Shirley – Michelle Beamish
Doctor – Shane Lynch
Son – Jude Lynch

Directed & Edited by Finn Keenan
Producer: Kate Brady
Producer: John McKeown
Exec Producer: Natalie Arnett
Production Company: Riff Raff
VFX: MPC
D.O.P: Eoin McLoughlin
Focus Puller: Greg McGuinness
2nd AC: Padraig Conaty
Gaffer: Kevin Fox
Gaffer Asst: Noel Greene
1st Ad: Jeff Doyle
Asst Editor: Shaun Ryan
Choreographer: Darcy Wallace
Make Up: Sophie Knox
Art Director: Noelle Slacke
Production Asst: Daniel Seymour
Production Asst: Aimee O Reilly
Colorist: Phil Hambi
Sound: Jack Hallet @ The Factory
Lighting: Teach Solais
Camera: Vast Valley

This is just one of the many delightful submissions we’ve received in the past week. Click here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

A fantastic portrait of adolescence and small town life by Texas-born, Los Angeles-based writer and director Nolan Wilson Goff. “Nobody Knows” tells the story of a quiet high schooler reckoning with the guilt of his brother’s death. Shot like a series of photographs, the film offers an observational point of view where it becomes less about blame and more about how characters relate to, and have been forged by, their environment. As Goff beautifully explains:

“I had to move all the way to California to discover I wanted to tell stories about home along. It took me a long time to realize this though. So bringing cast & crew to Texas was a literal coming home for me. And telling the story of the place was as important to me as telling the story of Ross and what happens to him.”

Watch “Nobody Knows” above. See full credits and some behind-the-scenes photos by Jace Lumley and Victoria Fayad below!

Starring:
Tommy O’Brien
Bo Mitchell
Abby Wathen
Liana Liberato
Rudy Pankow

Written & Directed by Nolan Wilson Goff
Producer: Victoria Fayad
Cinematography: Sean Conte
Production Designer: Nico Chavez
Editor: Jen Kennedy
Music: Luke Wieting
Colorist: Shane O’Connor
Sound Design: Zak DeVries
Re-Recording Mixer: Luke Deardoff

Nolan Wilson Goff’s Website

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Kohinoorgasm celebrates queer femme abundance in this dreamy video by Los Angeles-based artist and director Jing Niu.

A charming video for Lasuén by director Malcolm McCarthy. “Trying So Hard” tells the story of a young girl mourning the death of her little brother who revisits her in the form of a giant figure made of balloons.

Starring Sierra Kelly
Directed by Malcolm McCarthy
Produced by Griffin Saxon
Cinematographer: Malcolm McCarthy
1st AC: Samsun Keithley
2nd AC: Harley Murray

This is just one of the many creative submissions we’ve received in the past week. Click here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

A lovely video for Young Waters’ track “Don’t Stare at the Sun” by director Bethany Stenning. Cinematography by Rob Ellis. Really like the casting of the young boy in this!