Another compelling sci-fi offering for MUTO by London-based director Lexi Kiddo. Taking the idea of the way we cling to memories through the images we have of them, “Cloud Party” follows an older woman who is actually able to access vivid moments with her past lover. Yet, how much of the memory is real and the consequences of such indulgence is much less clear. Click here to check out Kiddo’s previous work, if you haven’t already!

Featuring Jo Price and Katrina Anne Ward
Directed & Produced by Lexi Kiddo
DOP: Edward St Paul
1st AC: Muhanned Haraz
Production Assistant: Ben Chapman
Make-up: Gina Dowle
VFX Artist: Louis Du Mont
Colourist: Caroline Morin (CHEAT)
Thanks to: Domenico Raimondi, Stefano Sbarra and Hugo Yanguela

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

Lots of interesting ideas and creativity at work in this surreal montage by Los Angeles-based artist Caitlin Craggs.

A colour-filled collaboration from Australian artist Max Byrne (aka Golden Vessel) and friends Elkkle, E^ST and DUCKWRTH. Directed by Harry Deadman, “BIGBRIGHT” meanders through different storylines, animations and outfits to express the feeling of having a crush on someone and spending all your time in your own head analyzing, fantasizing and daydreaming.

Watch above and see full credits below!

Directed & Produced by Harry Deadman
Cinematographer: Jesse Lane
Animation by Julien Jourdain de Muizon
Stylist: Ntombi Moyo
1st AD: Tig Terera
Production Design: Dave Court
Animation Assistant: Bruna-Rose Wihelm
Production Design Assistant: Henry Jock
Hair & Makeup: Chloe Rose
Gaffer: James Thompson
Best Boy: Jayden de Oliveira
1st AC: Dermot McNamara
2nd AC: Darcy Gooding & Hayden Somerville
On set stills by Dave Court, Liam Blenkinsop, Gina Nero & Max McKay
Extras: Bene Faber & Anna Bandita
Rotscope: Amamda Novak Knight
Compositor: Liam Blenkinsop
Editor: Harry Deadman
Colour Grade: Nicholas Hower

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

More short film than music video, Rian Johnson’s video for LCD Soundsystem tells a beautiful love story with a sci-fi twist.

Nice shots in this video for Haski’s track “Rodina” by Moscow-based director Igor Klepnev and cinematographer Kirill Groshev.

Director: Igor Klepnev
Producer: Mark Nikolaev, Ruslan Khartayev, Maxim Malakhov
Dop: Kirill Groshev
1st AС: Alexander Karasev

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

Topaz Jones channels his upbringing as the son of a funk guitarist through a series of colourful 70s style visuals by New York-based director duo Jason Sondock and Simon Davis aka rubberband. (previously featured here). Watch “Toothache” above and see full credits below!

Directed & Produced by rubberband.
Edited by Simon Davis, Kao Cheng Kai
Cinematography: Sam Cutler-Kreutz
Stylist: Tamara Barkley TAMARA BARKLEY
HMU: Eugene Williams, Tiffany Rodriguez
Gaffer: Jackson Egan
Key Grip: Jonathan Alvarado
1st AC: Mayer Chalom
2nd AC/loader: Ryan Beggs
Production Assistant: Ian L’Ecuyer

Featuring:
Guitar 1 – Zahir Ramos
Bra strap girl – Tamara Barkley
Bass – Jesse Brotter
Dice game player – Austin Brandon
Drums – Jharis Yokley
Herself – Aunt Lisa
Mr. Socko – Simon Davis’ left hand
Guitar 2 – Lila Ramani
Violinist – Myles Gittens

Background Vox:
Synclaire Taylor
Ada Obieshi
Jordelin Lopez
Ashley Germain

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

Fun video for Beck’s track “Colors” by director Edgar Wright. Featuring actress Alison Brie and choreography by Ryan Heffington (previously featured here).

A cinematic homage to Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 for Dolphin’s track “387” by director Lado Kvataniya of Moscow-based Hype Production. Click here for previous posts of Kvataniya’s work. Full credits below.

Cast:
Alexey Serebryakov
Mikhail Efremov
Aleksandr Gorchilin
Sofia Aleksandrova
Alena Raszhivina
Andrey Lisikov

Written and Directed by Lado Kvataniya
Director of Photography: Andrey Krauzov
Producer: Olga Mitina
Executive Producer: Ilya Stewart, Murad Osmann
Titles: Igor Klepnev, Insan Gaynanov
Art Department: Dmitriy Onishenko, Denis Nikolaenko
Stylist: Daria Kraeva
Production Manager: Timur Garifullin, Stas Lyu
2nd AD: Katya Laposhina
DOP 2 unit: Alex Mikeladze
Production assistant: Maria Sitar
Post producer: Anna Vinnik
Casting Director: Margo Sayapina
Gaffer: Yurii Metalnikov
1AC: Alexandr Budarin
2AC/Film Loader: Sergey Ivanov, Pavel Rizhkov
Dolly: Vasiliy Chesnokov, Alexey Glebovskiy
Location Manager: Vladimir Kravchenko, Aleksandr Pisarev
Editor: Vlad Yakunin
Color: Artem Leonov
VFX: CARBONE CORE

Special Thanks:
Model Agency Oldushka, Aleksander Lebedev,
Mitin V.U., DK ZIL, Masha Domenech, Tasha Borisova,
Kinofabrika: Aleksandr Federov,
Kinotekhnika: Aleksander Sinelshikov, Aleksandr Federov

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

Weird Al Yankovic stars in this perfectly nostalgic video for Weezer’s “Africa” by directors Jade Ehlers and Brendan Walter. This video was submitted by Jade Ehlers and selected by our team. Click here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

A French road trip doesn’t offer the idyllic provincial lifestyle one might expect in this short film by Sydney/London-based director Kaius Potter (previously featured here). “From North to South” charts a Spring-time trip from the port of Calais south to Nice, through the Alps, Lyon, Biarritz and north to Paris. Having grown up in Australia, Potter had formed a romantic image of France as a place of dewy perfection, the epitome of history and culture. What he encountered instead were ghost towns, leathery-skinned sunbathers and young people out of work:

“Rawness is the best word to describe what we experienced across France, in the people, the towns and the landscape. It was this rawness, this prickly stem, that forced me to take France down off its pedestal and view it in the same way I saw my own country. Sure it has the bits it shows off and projects to the outside world, but it also has its political and economic complexities, a hidden and unrefined beauty and everyday people, who don’t stay up all night discussing politics, history and philosophy but go to bed to wake up for their 9-5-day job so they can pay the rent.”

Words by Sasha Brown
Film by Kaius Potter
Shot on Kodak Vision3 50D
Scan by On8mil
Colour by Fergus Rotherham
Music by Ruby Haunt

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

Nice mixed media visuals in this video for Mike Shinoda by Spanish director Antoni Sendra aka PODENCO (previously featured here). “Make It Up As I Go” features rotoscope, hand-drawn animation and digital collage. Check it out above and see full credits below!

Featuring Mike Shinoda
Boy: Lucas Amador
Girl: Concha Núñez

Directed by Antoni Sendra PODENCO
Animated by Antoni Sendra and Luis LLácer
Cinematographers: Carlos Aparicio (concept) / Ilja Maran (performance)
Performance shoot Director: Aaron Farley
Art: Luis Llácer and Concha Núñez
Director Assistant: Iván Fernández de Córdoba
Stylists: Concha Núñez (concept) / Maxi (performance)
Video Commissioner: Devin Sarno

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

A compelling audio-visual collaboration between Pittsburgh/Los Angeles-based director Samm Hodges and his friend, Danny Bracken aka Low Lumens. Navigating computer generated scenes created from 3D scans of the real world, “Still Trying” explores themes of destruction, preservation, and “looking for hope without hiding from the consequences of our actions.”