Fabulous video for Leon Bridges’ track “Bad Bad News” by filmmaker Natalie Rae, originally from Vancouver.

Love the look and mood of this video for Caitlyn Scarlett’s track “Ornaments” by UK-based filmmaker Matthew Sterling (previously featured here). Shot on 16mm, see full credits below.

Director: Matthew Sterling
Producer: Holly Jackson
Label/Commissioner: Ferocious Talent
Director of Photography: Jamie Harding
1st AC: Sam Finney
Clapper Loader: Ollie H-Smith
Editor: Sam Holding
Colourist: Nick Dalby @ UNIT
Stylist: Sereeta Venkanah

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

A mesmerizing experimental short by London-based filmmaker Giada Ghiringhelli. Inspired by the sensorial experiences of life, “Rhythm of Being” took 3 years to complete.

Video + sound: Giada Ghiringhelli
Sound mix and additional sound design: Joshua Younger
Titles: Steve West
Camera: Giada Ghiringhelli and Antoine Birot
Thanks: Nathan Ghiringhelli, Antoine Birot, Simona & René Bachofen

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

Video for Trouble’s track with Drake and Mike WiLL Made-It. Directed by Derek Schklar, “Bring It Back” features scenes from the forthcoming short film, “Edgewood.”

Los Angeles-based filmmaker Joel Jay Blacker and musician Keenan The First explore the tedium of long-term relationships in this video for Keenan’s track “How It Goes.” Playing off the style of 50s era sitcoms and their tendency to favour men’s perspectives, Keenan and Blacker flip convention on its head, depicting instead a selfish figure largely responsible for manifesting his own issues (clones). As Blacker shared with us:

“In a lot of sitcoms there’s a wife that works her ass off around the house to keep the family afloat. Yet we’re supposed to sympathize with the husband, as if his decision to stay with his wife and family is some massive sacrifice on his part. You don’t get to be a hero for realizing what you have is valuable. Frankly, you might not deserve it at all.”

Watch “How It Goes” above. You can also check out some behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot below!

Directed by Joel Jay Blacker
Music Written and Performed by Keenan The First
Produced by Leviathan Filmworks

Starring:
Keenan the First
Marie Oldenbourg

Producer: Nathaniel Dueber
Director of Photography: Tanner Hall
First Assistant Director: Kevin Kinsky
Script Supervisor: Samuel Roots
Editor: Joel Jay Blacker
VFX: Connor Lambert
GFX: Joel Jay Blacker
Color: Tanner Hall
Graphic Design: Sage Lamonica
Set Dressing: Amanda Silvia & Alison Brooks
Double: Choni Francis
Production Assistant: Chelsea Chaput

Joel Jay Blacker’s Website

Joel Jay Blacker on Instagram

Keenan The First’s Website

Keenan The First on Instagram

Love the subtle sci-fi and understated tone of this video by Montréal-based director Martin C. Pariseau for Rejjie Snow’s track “Egyptian Luvr,” produced by Kaytranada and featuring Aminé and Dana Williams.

Some nice shots in this video for Bailey Jeffs aka Luung’s track “Echo.” Co-directed by Jeffs and director Shane Keeffe (previously featured here).

Producer/Director: Bailey Jeffs
Director: Shane Keeffe
Director of Photography: Caleb Ware
1st AC: Samuel Dunstan
Grip: Norman Taia
Edit: Bailey Jeffs
Colour Grade: Caleb Ware/ Bailey Jeffs
Mix: Chris Collins
Master: Simon Lam

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!

Brighton-based animator and illustrator Laurie Rowan unleashes a host of wide-eyed and pastel-hewed critters into the unique architectural space of FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) in Liverpool. Just one of a series of short films from Canvas and It’s Nice That, highlighting three of Britain’s best-loved cultural institutions through the individual talents of three different UK-based artists.

Click here to learn more about the project and check out FACT through Rowan’s eyes above!

Laurie Rowan’s Website

Laurie Rowan on Vimeo

Laurie Rowan on Instagram

A raw portrait of modern love by Barcelona-based filmmaker Marc Lesperut. Told through a series of flashbacks and set to the recording of an intimate voice message, “Just Friends” explores a relationship that might lack definition but nevertheless overflows with its own particular intensity and emotion.

Seeing this project as more of an experimental film rather than a traditional short, the fragmented nature of the narrative offered a challenged both to the actors and Lesperut himself. As he shared with us:

“My goal as a director was to explore the capability of the actors in arbitrary scenes without letting them know the extent of the full story. It has become quite a challenge putting all the pieces together in order to form a touching sequence.”

Check out “Just Friends” above and see full credits below!

Written and Directed by Marc Lesperut
Producer: Anna Casals
Assistant Producer: Ferran Pifarré
Director of photography: Christian Moyés
Camera Assistant: Lali Rubio
Color: Christian Moyés
Editor: Marc Lesperut
Sound Design and Mix: Miquel Mestres
Song: “Staring” by Muted
Graphic Designer: Víctor Riba

She: Katrin Vankova
He: Adrià Triviño
Voice: Molly Malcolm

Marc Lesperut’s Website
Marc Lesperut on Vimeo
Marc Lesperut on Instagram

A trippy animation by Chad VanGaalen for his track “Host Body.” Check out some of his previously featured work here, if you haven’t already!

Video for Jack White’s track “Over and Over and Over” by directing duo Chris Barrett and Luke Taylor Us

Experience BALTIC gallery in Gateshead through the eyes of London-based animator Parallel Teeth (previously featured here).