A beautiful portrait of tattoo artist Ash Timlin by Toronto-based writer and director Fraser Thomas White (previously featured here). Born out of a series of late-night conversations with cinematographer John Ker and Ash herself, “Name Me One Person” offers both a humble glimpse into an artist at work and a broader rumination on our human connection to the natural world. The experimental short was shot entirely on Kodak 16mm film as a way of further reflecting Ash’s aesthetic sensibilities, as Fraser explains:

“From the beginning, we felt that it was very important that we capture Ash through the lens of her own work. And since her work is primarily rendered in black ink and defined by high contrast and natural lines, shooting with black and white film seemed like the natural choice. After conducting a few tests, we knew that Tri-X was the right look for the project.”

Watch “Name Me One Person” above and see full credits below!

Featuring Ashley Timlin & Andrew Cottingham
Directed by Fraser Thomas White
Cinematographer: John Ker
Editor: Frank Rast
Producer: Meghan Buckley
Composer: Oliver Wickham
Sound Design: TA2 Sound and Music
Additional Cinematography: Rico Moran
Camera Assistant: Tom Wood
Executive Producer: Tom Nesbitt

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A fun video for Ryan Hemsworth’s track with London-based artist SK and Japanese composer Tomggg by photographer and filmmaker Noah Sheldon. Shot in Shanghai, “Special Girl” wonderfully juxtaposes highly choreographed movements with the trappings of everyday life. Watch above and see full credits below!

Starring:
姜⽟玉莉 (Jiang Yu Li)
王明超 (Wang Ming Chao)

Directed by Noah Sheldon
Camera: Noah Sheldon, Daniel Szeto, Nathaniel Brown
Producers: Jean Liu & Rosalind Coleman
Editors: Jia Li & Marc Ressang
Choreographers: Oliver Hornsby-Sayers & Steven James Apicello
Make-up: Virginia Chen
Color Grade: Julia Gao & Noah Sheldon
Lettering: Melissa Thuy Lin

Thanks to
Chen Hao
Milk and Honey Productions Shanghai
Eddie Pak
Vincent Taylor
Vivian Sangsukwirasathien
Maggie Peng
Elsa and Lina Sheldon

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Trippy visuals for Beach House’s track “Drunk in LA” courtesy of Sonic Boom and Nuno Jardim. Filmed in Portugal by Jardim and based on a waking dream by Sonic Boom.

A French Canadian tourist struggles to embrace what might be outside of her hotel room in this fantastic short by Nashville-based director Joe Gomez. Especially love the pacing and subtlety of the storytelling. While filled with lots of lovely details, “Ocean Breeze” is ultimately about all the things left unspoken. As Gomez himself notes:

“There’s a story written for what’d bring our main character to such a place of isolation, but my favorite part of making this short was the variety of feelings and stories that everyone involved recognized in it. For some it’s a story of anxiety, heartbreak for others, for me it all started with a lot of boring hours spent in the similar looking disappointing hotel rooms over the last few years.”

Watch above and see full credits below!

Written and Directed by Joe Gomez
Produced by Beth Mathews, Vanita Joines, Maddie Herreid
Starring Paulina Wisniewski, Daniella Mason, Noelle Liechty
Edited by Lucas Harger
Sound Mix and Design Steve Horne
Director of Photography Jonathan Marzolla
Gaffer Neal Clement
First AC Madison Bishop
Art Director Beth Mathews
Production Assistant Sophie Bruff
Boom Operator Austin Nowack
Music by Vanita Joines
Music Produced by Evan Sieling

Thanks to: The Hallmark Inn, Rentacamera, Quinton Cook,
Ezra Cohen, Gear 7, Southern Lights Electric, and Nicola Harger

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Lots of great moments in this video for Congolese rapper Youssoupha’s track “Polaroid Experience” by Paris-based director James F. Coton (previously featured here).

Directed by James F. Coton
Artist: Youssoupha
Production : Partizan
Producers: Robin Accard / Stan Bertin
DP: Alexandre Jamin
Camera Operator: Jean Baptiste Jay
Art Department: Lucie Libotte
Wardrobe: Julia Quante, Manou
Line Producer: Auguste Bas
Motion Control: Spline
Colorist: Robin Risser
Editing : James F Coton
Art Director: Karim Ansel
Post Production: McMurphy, Benoît Amstrong
First AD: Anne Chapelot

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An experimental video for singer-songwriter Stevie Wolf by director Kevin Lombardo (previously featured here). “Who” explores the idea of solitude and the question of who you are when you’re alone.

Shot & directed by Kevin Lombardo
Music by Stevie Wolf
Produced by William Van Zant
Edited by Luca Repola

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

A nice look inside British musician Sergio Pizzorno’s collaboration with C.P. Company by director Ozzie Pullin of Partizan. Watch “Mind’s Eye” above and see full credits below!

Directed & Edited by Ozzie Pullin
Producer: Jon Mealing
Production Manager: Charlie Scannell
Director of Photography: Adric Watson
1st AC: Kate Eccarius / Jon English
Production Company: Partizan
Colour: Jack McGinity @ Time Based Arts
Sound Design: Small Press
Came for the laugh: Thomas Gale

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A series of stylish vignettes by Amsterdam-based director Michael Middelkoop (previously featured here). Created for Dutch singer-songwriter Anouk’s track, “Het is Klaar” (“It’s Over”), each scene explores the same theme of mariticide or the killing of one’s husband in its own, over-the-top way!

A depressed clown tries to start a band in this fun video for Honyock’s track “Patron” by director Graham Lovelis of California-based Grimace Collective. Driven by the belief that the Sacramento band deserves to be heard, Lovelis did everything he could (including taking up amateur clowning) to make a video that would be equally worthy of being seen. Describing the project as “a study on how to make music videos on the cheap,” the entire production came together with just a 3-person crew. As for the idea behind the clown, Lovelis delightfully explains:

“The concept for this video was born out of an absurd discussion between me and Spencer from Honyock about casual clowns, ego, addiction, codependency, rebirthing (you have to give birth to yourself in order to psychologically deal with your mother’s physical pain). You know, casual lunch discussions. The rest of the ideas came from just putting some pen to paper and letting it flow. Most of my favorite concepts involve not overthinking. Is it interesting, original, fun? Do it.”

Check out “Patron” above and full credits below!

Cast:
Graham Lovelis
Sutton York
Dustin Lovelis
Beau Trembly
Alyssa Stubbs
Yessenia Morena

Directed by Graham Lovelis
DoP: Paul Kahler
1st AC: Beau Trembly
Titles: Sofia Vargas
Sound Design: Dustin Lovelis
Production Company: Grimace Collective

Song: “Patron” by Honyock
From the album El Castillo
Label: Friendship Fever

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“Darcy” makes a dating profile video in this wonderfully odd piece by London-based animator Sophie Koko Gate (previously featured here). Created for Adult Swim’s Off The Air Series’ episode on Love.

Stockholm-based director Mats Udd perfectly captures the style of 70s era horror in the latest video for First Aid Kit. Having collaborated with the Swedish folk duo since 2008, “Rebel Heart” marks their 9th video together! Click here to check out previous posts of Udd’s work if you haven’t already. And watch above as First Aid Kit and their coven try to stop a red planet from destroying the earth!

Featuring:
Clara Björck
Emelie Wahlman
Hanna Albertsson
Jamsine Attié
Tarika Wahlberg
Tara Keywani
Camilla Walkow

Directed by Mats Udd
Producer: Martin Grimlund, Slutet är Nära
DoP: Viktor Skogqvist
Executive Producer: Alexandros Bakos, Petra Krigström
Editor: Mikael Hallmans
Set Designer. Pia Wallin
Stylist. Mikaela Hållén
MUA. Johanna Nomiey
Hair. Sandra Svensson
Colorist. Martin Steinberg
VFX. Patrik Janson
Gaffer. Samuel Gonzales
Best boy
Felix Samuelsson
Stedicam Operator. Nestor Salazar
Key Grip. Dan Svan
Focus Puller. Jesper Wahlqvist
Second AC. Hugo Nilsson
Production Manager. Felix Lind
Fad. Alina Grön
Sad. Sofie Bällstav
Assistant Set Designer. Julia Branting
SFX. Svenska stundgruppen
Stunt Coordinator. Johan Lindqvist
Stunt Assistant. Nicklas Hansson
Titles. Peder Bergstrand
PA. Julira Strandell & Johan Gustafsson
Catering. Johanna i Köket.

Thanks to:
Falsett Produktion, Ljud & Bildmedia,
Auto Biluthyrning, Light in a room, Villa Adolfsberg,
Lovö Kyrka, Peter Övgård, Jonatan Sköld, Anton Skott

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A delightful dark comedy by Irish director and animator Johnny Kelly. Commissioned by Channel 4 and produced by Nexus Studios, “Fern” charts the love that grows between a newly widowed woman and a potted plant.

Starring
Monica Dolan as the woman
Frank Bourke as the man
Helena Jinx Jones as the old woman

Written & Directed by Johnny Kelly
Producer: Greet Kallikorm
Executive Producers: Isobel Conroy, Christopher O’Reilly, Charlotte Bavasso
Development Producer: Claire Cook
Production Manager: Caroline Milsom
Production Company: Nexus Studios
Director of Photography: Matthew Day
Editor: Charlie Fawcett
Production Design: The Joy of Sets
Art Directors: Jess Linares, Alex Grant Said
1st Assistant Director: George Cassavetti
Gaffer: Max Halstead
Focus Puller: Toby Goodyear
Puppet Maker: Rose Popham
Puppeteer: Kim Scopes
Costume Designer: Nat Turner
Hair and Make Up: Siobhan Harper Ryan
Horticulturist at Worm: Terri Chandler
Title Design: Simon Sweeney
Runner: Iris Abols
Catering: Floyd’s Catering
Lighting and Camera Equipment: Clapham Road Studios
Sound Post Production Services: Factory
Supervising Sound Designer: Jon Clarke
Sound Design Assistant: James Utting
Audio Producer: Lou Allen
Original Music: Antfood
On Set Sound Recordist: Filipe Pinheiro
Colour Grade: Time Based Arts
Colourist: Simone Grattarola
Post Production: Nexus Studios
Digital Compositing Supervisor: Ken Hau
Additional Digital Animation: Bin Liu
Offline Editor: Dave Slade

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