Nice mix of elements in this video for S10 and Jayh’s track “Hoop” by Amsterdam-based director Zara Dwinger.

Concept & Director: Zara Dwinger
Assistant director: Nena van Driel
Producer: Annette Putman
D.O.P.: Douwe Hennink
1st AC: Majid Rezaie
1st AD: Jesse Wismeijer
Gaffer: Maarten Rijnbeek
Best Boy: Marten Jan Folkertsma
Grip: Tim de Heer & Melle Vaarzon Morel
Art Director: Clara Bragdon & Liz Kooij
Productiemanager: Joep Werst
Styling Jayh: Iris Janssen
Styling S10: Ivana Thies & Bart Berghoef
Visagie: Marjolein Stehmann
Editor: Tessel de Vries
Compositing: Daniel van der Kaaden & Justin Baker
Grading: Barry Clarke
Post Production Producer: Marcel Oudendijk
Production Company: Jip Media
Thanks to: Camalot, Lux&Co, Gripwise, Studio l’Equipe, Captcha

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!

Another compelling short from LA/NYC-based filmmaker Yuri Alves (previously featured here). “Blue Floozy” features spoken word artist Mia X reciting her poetry in a single captivating take. Original musical score by composer Boris Ivanov.

Directed by Yuri Alves
Poem Written & Performed by Mia X
Producers: Igor Alves, Yuri Alves
Composer: Boris Ivanov
Cinematographer: Yuri Alves
Sound Editing and Mix: Mert Ozcan
Assistant Camera: Caroline Sincaruk
Colorist: Gabriel Kurzlop
Sound: Victor Buitrago
Post Production Sound Services: The Record House
Post Production Color Services: Dramplay Productions
Production Company: DreamPlay Media
Made with support from Newark Office of Film and Television & the City of Newark

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

Great art direction and flawless cinematography in this video for Aloe by director Hernán Kacew of  Buenos Aires-based Pantera & Company (previously featured here). Starring actress and performance artist, Margarita Molfino, “Cuándo Será” follows a woman moving in the periphery of an unfamiliar setting filled with equally unfamiliar inhabitants. As Kacew explains:

“We wanted to create an environment slightly displaced from reality, where objects as well as characters seem alien yet familiar at the same time. In this setting our main character suffers various transformations, both in a very bodily manner but also through her most modest gestures. Ultimately, there is a primitive key factor in how her surroundings learn and adapt to her movements and expressions.”

Watch above! See full credits as well as some character portraits from the project below.

Starring
Margarita Molfino
Dora Mils
Laila Maltz
Miranda Johansen
Tom Johansen
ALOE

Written & Directed by Hernán Kacew
Production Company: Pantera & Co
Produced by Manu Aguer & Malena Kremenchuzky
DoP: Pablo Bernst
Steadicam OP: Nicolas Mayer
Steadicam Assistant: Laura Molteni
Focus Puller: Rodrigo Sanchez
AD: Anita Leandro
2nd AD: Ian Rafecas
Art Directors: Tomas Cabrera, Ursula Benavidez
Styling & Wardrobe: Damasia Aria, Martina Barreiro
Make Up & Hair Stylist: Juan Manuel, Timmy Villegas
Production Assistant: Nicolas Basílico
Grading: Alejandro Armaleo

Hernán Kacew on Vimeo

Hernán Kacew on Instagram

Pantera & Company on Vimeo

Pantera & Company on Instagram

A lovely adaptation of a poem by Eve L. Ewing from director Daniel Daly (previously featured here). Spoken by and starring Khadija Shari, “I Come From The Fire City” is taken from Ewing’s book, Electric Arches — an exploration of black womanhood based on her time growing up in Chicago.

A deeply moving and beautifully shot portrait by director Greg Hackett of UK-based Spindle. “Outside the Lines” tells the story of a young Italian basketball team whose simple desire to compete raises issues of home and belonging for those denied automatic citizenship in the country in which they were born. Italy does not currently grant the right to citizenship at birth, ‘ius soli’, leaving over a million children of immigrant parents with painfully ambiguous citizenship status.

Director: Greg Hackett
Executive Producers: Stitch Richardson, Lois Newcombe
Producer: Luigi Rossi
Production Manager: Dickon Ireland
Production Company: Spindle
Director of Photography: Todd Martin
Fixer: Giulio Piscitelli
1st Assistant Camera: Jonathan England
Gaffer/Grip: Bjorn-Ante Roe
Sound Recordist: Emiliano Locatelli
Camera Hire: Panalight
Lighting & Grip Hire: Panalight
Film Processing: Augustus Colour
Editor: Tim Swaby
Colour Producer: Chris Anthony, Framestore
Colour Grade: Simon Osbourne, Framestore
Sound Design: Joe Wilkinson, Strings and Tins
Composer: Luke Atencio
VFX/Finishing: Creative Outpost

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!

Poet and street artist Angry Dan presents his second rhyming monologue. Directed by London-based filmmaker Thomas Rosser, “Let’s Play Scrabble” is a delightfully sinister 5-minute piece, masterfully delivered in a single take by Sam Rix, founding member of storytelling troupe Embers Collective. Enjoy above and see full credits below!

Starring Sam Rix
Written by Angry Dan
Directed by Thomas Rosser
Production Design: Andrew Griffiths
DOP: Jack Hamilton
Colour: John Rogers
Thanks to:
The Rainbow Residence
Joe Jowers
Pixipixel

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

Writer-director Parker Davis captures the plight of the modern independent filmmaker in this cathartic short about dealing with rejection. As he wrote to us:

“We are constantly submitting our films to contests, films festivals, and film sites (not unlike this one). The film explores the self-loathing, dependency, and anger we feel as we impatiently wait for a ‘yes’ that rarely comes. We often tell ourselves ‘that was the last time’ only to giddily submit our next film.”

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

An intimate expression of unrequited love through dance. Directed by Jenna Borisevich of Horizons Collective, “For a While” follows a young woman and her lover as they briefly share the illusion of being together. But only for a moment.

Starring Taiylor Wiebes & Cade Greer
Director: Jenna Borisevich
Choreographer: Jenna Borisevich & Caitlin McCurdy
Production Company: Horizons Collective
Cinematographer: Robert Mentov
1st AC: Jeff Kenneth Lee
Hair & Makeup: Aleksandra Holownia

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

An intolerable woman finally meets her match in this fun short by Danish writer-director Martin Garde Abildgaard. Watch above and see full credits below!

Starring
Mady & Monette Malroux
Philippe Rigot

Written & Directed by Martin Garde Abildgaard
Producer: Rikke Katborg
Executive Producer: Francois Chilot /Les Producers
Executive Producer: Jerome Blesson / La Belle Affair Production
Director of Photography: Guillaume Le Grontec
Editor: Marco Perez
Editing Facility: Union Editorial New York
Music & Sound Design: Dennis Lee
Production Designer: Nastazia Celestine
Costume Design: Noemie River
Hair & Makeup: Marie Koleda
Casting Director: Philippe El Koubi
Line Producer: Virginie Lancetti
1st Assistant Director: Alexandra Breznay
1st Camera Assistant: Maxime Gerigny
2nd Camera Assistant: Clarence Malaper
Key Grip: Manu Assenat
Gaffer: Lucas Schwartz
Electrician: Pauline Raimbault
Sound Man: Gael Eleon
Translater: Rebecca Graversen
Location Scout: Christian Diaz
Title Art Work: Simone Fabricius
Online & VFX: Bacon X
Colourist: Hannibal Lang

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

Great energy to this video for Spanish rapper Elio Toffana’s track “Genesis” by Madrid-based director Miguel Angulo (previously featured here).

Directed by Miguel Angulo
1AD: Arantxa Clerencia
Cinematography: Octavio Arias & Sergio Monjas
1st UNIT
1AC: Mario Pérez
2AC: Flora Navarro
2nd UNIT
1AC: Sergio Andrés
2AC: Pablo Pascual
Costume design: Penny Century
Best boy: Edu Díez
Spark: Pepe Azuaga
Steadycam: Raúl Manchado
Editing: Nerea Mugüerza
Color: David Castañón
Light House: Aluzine Rentals
Camara Rental: EPC
Artwork: Rubs Ziontifik
Management: Mecent
Media Partner: PlayGround

Thanks to:
Fuk, Sastre, Gonza, Álex,
Signo, Joka, Sabas, AGZ,
Abelo Valis, World Art Family,
1st Pick Beatz, Sergio Tacchini, Nike

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

A powerful short by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Vishnu Vallabhaneni. Exploring themes of love and addiction, “Sunshine and Rain” tells the story of a young woman forced to choose between her own future and that of her family.

A beautiful piece by Amsterdam-based director Madja Amin. Created in support of AIDSFUND and World Aids Day 2018, check out “Love” above and see credits below!

Director: Madja Amin
Creatives: Gabriela & Leon @ N=5
Producer: Anne van Kuijk @ Cake Film
Cinematography: Noël Schoolderman
Styling: Anna Claassen
Casting: Ami Keita
Art: Paulien van Esbroeck
Editor: Emiel Nuninga
Grading: Matt Hare @ Ambassadors
Sound: Joep Meijburg @ Ambassadors
Voice: Ray Fuego
Music: Raven Artsen

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