Fun video for The Hazzah’s track “I’m Your Man” directed by Amsterdam-based artist Mateo Vega and produced by a crew of Dutch Film Academy students. See full credits below.

Starring Mathieu Wijdeven
Directed by Mateo Vega
Producer: Yasmin van Dorp
Cinematographer: Jeroen Klokgieters
Production Design: Klaudia Schenkels
Editor: Eva Plompen
First A.D: Yanick Pilgram
Production manager: Marie-Louise Keur
Gaffer: Bo Bolderink
Assistent director: Kotryna Buruckaité

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

A new video for U2 and Beck by Israeli collective broken fingaz crew (previously featured here). While Tant, Deso, Kip and Unga have worked on projects for U2 before, this is perhaps their most ambitious yet. As they shared with us:

“It is the 3rd video we did for U2 this year. Unlike the first two videos, this time we were all working together from the same place and approached it more like a short film. We used two animation techniques we never tried before; the classic animation is made up of 1,200 (!) acrylic paintings and for the stop-motion we teamed up with the amazing ZAZ animation studio to create a world from plasticine.”

Watch “Love is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way” above and a short making-of video by Yona Preminger below!

A captivating short by Sydney-based filmmaking duo Harrison Friend and Samuel Stevenson (aka kidsofbill). “Pighead” follows a 19-year-old vagabond as he struggles to make ends meet.

– A side-note production –
in association with ARTBOXBLACK & kidsofbill

Starring Sam Payne

Produced by Emma Kalfus, Karla Clarke & Ashly Mileski
Directed, Edited & Story by Harrison Friend & Samuel Stevenson
Written by Harrison Friend
Cinematographer: Harrison Friend
Costume Design: Emma Kalfus
Sound Recording: Samuel Stevenson
Colour Grade: Harrison Friend

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

Lovely look to this video for Le luci della centrale elettrica by London-based director Angelo Cerisara. Shot on anamorphic lomo vintage lenses, “Coprifuoco” explores the violence and the sweetness of transition periods.

A nice little ident for Studio Apeiron directed and edited by Milan-based filmmaker Edoardo Pasero, with cinematography by Giovanni Verdicchio. Specializing in custom pieces built from natural materials, the sustainability-minded designers plant a tree for every one they use.

The last of video in Los Angeles-based director Merlin Camozzi’s four-part series for Saro’s EP Boy Afraid (previously featured here). Inspired by the work of the late Chinese photographer, Ren Hang, and images of interlocking bodies, “All Limbs” features a series of bodily designs by choreographer Teddy Forance. Camozzi further explains the concept behind the project:

“Earlier in the video series, Saro fights against his demons, but by the time we get to All Limbs, he learns to embrace those same demons, which is what leads to growth and freedom.”

Watch above and check out some behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot below!

Director: Merlin Camozzi
Artist: Saro
DP: Julia Swain
Choreographer: Teddy Forance
Producer: Linda C. Riedmann

Merlin Camozzi on Vimeo

Merlin Camozzi on Instagram

Video for indie rock band Sundown Jury by Australia-based director Corey Donaldson. “Golden Gates” follows dancer Samantha Todd as a young girl negotiating an abstract and ever-changing dreamworld. As Donaldson further explains, the final cut consists of one slow motion take:

“We shot this at 120fps, so each take in real life was about 50 seconds, slowed down to the full length of the song.”

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

An unexpectedly endearing documentary about heavy metal by director David Freid of Los Angeles-based MEL Films (previously featured here). Even if you’re not a fan of the genre, it’s impossible not to be charmed by the De Jong’s — a loving and supportive family from rural New Zealand who just happen to spend their time hailing a new wave of destruction.

A stunning visual interpretation of Becky and the Birds’ self-titled EP by London-based director and editor Geej Ower of Stink Films. Taking on each track from Swedish musician Thea Gustafsson latest project, the 11-minute short offers a study of emotion and relationships through six moments in six different women’s lives. Watch “Becky and the Birds” above and see full credits below.

Director: Geej Ower
Producer: Molly McGregor
DoP: Nick Morris
Exec Producer: Katie Lambert
Production: Stink Films
Colourist: Oisin O’Driscoll at The Mill
Production Designer: Elena Isolini
1st AD: Elle Lotherington
1st AC: Phil Heron
2nd AC: Josh Dadson
Gaffer: Will Pope
Sylist: Millie Wilkie
Hair/Make up: Billie Mackenzie

Cast:
Emma Holt
Emily Allen
Lucas Jones
Olivia Stott
Amaka Okafor

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!

Los Angeles-based director Daniel Henry explores a world filled with people in search of safety in this timely video for American rock band Welshly Arms. Great work by cinematographer Hayden Mason.

Nice video by Auckland-based director Petra Cibilich for singer-songwriter Helen Corry. “The Power” explores a world of human connection through dance. Lovely cinematography by Maria Ines Manchego.

A stylish portrait of professional surfer, Jonas Bachan, by Berlin-based Dough Studios aka husband-wife duo Felix S. Hoffmann and Isabella Hoffmann (previously featured here).