Love the look of this little commissioned piece for Hong Kong-based knit brand Yan Yan Knit, directed, edited, and shot by Ryosuke Tanzawa (previously featured here). In light of the current state of isolation and loneliness caused by COVID-19, YanYan have been relying on the support of friends and collaborators to figure out ways to continue to connect and inspire one another from afar. Enlisting Ryosuke — a Japanese filmmaker based in New York — his partner Deb and their cat Bobo, the short spot offers a snapshot of the simple things we can still enjoy, even in surreal times.

A delightfully over-the-top video for Spxxn P (aka Pere Sala), self-directed by Sala and Barcelona-based director Agueda Sfer. “Complicació” follows the antics of a doll-sized man as he tries to express his love for his human-sized crush.

Starring Lydia Monterde & Pere Sala
Directed by Pere Sala
Co-Directed by Agueda Sfer
Production Company: Vivir Rodando
Executive Producer: Max Roselló
Production Director: Maria Granell
Project Manager: Ana Bear
PAs: Josu Mentxaca, Pol Moratonas, Adria Mateos
Alba Perez, Marc Escalé, Arnau Soria

Executive Production:
Carles Sala
Teresa Bastardes
Kasba Music
Rosa Marzal
Vivir Rodando
Pere Sala

Coach: Lucia Alemany
Director Assistant: Dani Velazquez
Script by Laia Soler & Pere Sala
DOP: Thais Català
Gaffer: Meritxell Mesa
Gaffer Retakes: Jordi Gimeno
Focus Puller: Paula Capdevila
Focus Puller Retakes: Julia Matheu
Camera Assistant: Laura Rodriguez
2nd Unit Focus Puller: Nonna Serra
Steady Cam: Albero Ojeda
Video Assist: Marc Villafranca
Mesa DMX: Marc Arroyo
Color Grading: Marti Somoza
Sparks: Pol Peixt, Albert Bove, Sergi Serra
Antoine Sonnery, Aina Graupera, Ivan Guerrero
Sound Design: Juan Segura
Editor: Pau Luzón
VFX: Eighty4
VFX 1rs shoot: Guillem Ramisa
Production Designer: Julen Biguri
Production Designer Assistant: Violeta Copons
Set Dresser: Patricia Palacios
Head of Construction: Marta Riaño
Construction Assistants: Laura López, Zoé Almellones
Illustrations: Perrine Honoré
Art Assistants: Julieta Amador, Adrià Llivina,
Costume Designer: Carlota Puncernau
MUAH: Paula Barjau
Credits: Jay Darvishian, Mireia QUincoces

Special Thanks
Núria Yamuza, Alber Capó, Gerard Vila,
Albert Bada, Eighty4, Thais Català. And my Family.

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

Lovely animation about an elderly man’s desire to live his past again by Paris-based animator Benjamin Geffroy (previously featured here).

“Jean was there to relive his past. Equipped with a tin can device, he set out on the quest of his life. But what is a life? his loved ones? his memories? his time.”

Director : Benjamin Geffroy
Story / Narration : Jean Geffroy
Music : Uèle Lamore

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

Nice mix of ideas behind this video for Salvatore Vitale by Mexico City-based director Andres Arochi (previously featured here). Starring Mexican LGBT+ icon Loreto Pozos and gay porn director G Del Diablo, “Mejor Mentir” tells the story of emotionally crippled men trapped inside a world of petty fantasies. The style of the video is inspired by Cine de Ficheras — the Mexican sex comedy genre that flourished in the 1970s/80s — as well as the very real violence currently experienced by the trans community in Mexico. As Arochi explains:

“[Cine de Ficheras] were usually shot on a low budget, in low quality and although they have a sexual undertone and double entendres, they weren’t particularly explicit. Keeping close with its inspiration — the cinematography, production design and aesthetics of the film recreate a sexy and shabby Mexico City in the late 1970s. However, the central concept in Mejor Mentir is a femme fatal revenge story of a trans woman singer who rebels against macho oppression.

There is a huge trans culture in Mexico and a booming trans woman prostitution industry with their customers being mostly heterosexual men. It is a world that still takes place in the shadows of society and has led to major violence against trans women in our country. The average lifespan of trans women in Mexico is 35 years old.”

Director: Andres Arochi
DOP: Galo Olivares
Producer: Santiago Tron
Starring: Loreto Pozos & G del Diablo
Production Designer: Moshi Ibarra
EP: Santiago Tron & Gabriel Stavenhagen
Company: Cineburo

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

A lovely short by London-based director Viktorija Vrublevska. Featuring choreography by Renee Nommik and music by Mark Pritchard, “SEPA” offers a poetic exploration of the separation between mother and daughter. Watch above and see full credits below!

Starring Tiina Ollesk & Emilija Berga
Directed by Viktorija Vrublevska
Choreography: Renee Nommik
Director of Photography: Nikita Popkov
Producers: Viktorija Vrublevska, Nikita Popkov, Michael Nadalyak
Hair & Make Up: Luize Stare
Steadicam: Sergey Frolov
1AC: Denis Sorogin
2AC: Indrikis Zunde
Analogue Stuff: Andrew Dree
Music: Mark Pritchard – Come Let Us ©Warp Records
Vocal: Gregory Whitehead

Special Thanks:
Edgar Haritonchenko
Liam Cutler
Daniel Batkin-Smith
Maky Margaridis
Dmitrijs Jermolovs
Ugis Riekstinsh
Arkogints Camera Rental
Cinevera Light Rental

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

Nice raw look and feel to this video for Wiki’s track “The Act.” Shot and edited by Brooklyn-based director Ryosuke Tanzawa (previously featured here).

Singer-songwriter Ocean Pleasant and Los Angeles-based filmmaker Anastasia Antonova explore the emotional back and forth of a “will they/won’t they” style relationship in this lovely DIY video for “Always Been You.” Shot just after the state of California went into lockdown, the pair made do with a backyard set up of six whiskey ice cube trays, 14 flower bouquets, and a garden hose:

“The song touches upon the kind of hot-cold love that thaws out our tenderness and then freezes it back up in protection, inspiring the main visuals of frozen florals. This kind of love feels uncontained and watery. Flowers thawing in first half of the song and freezing back up in the second half is not only, of course, representative of the theme of uncertain love, but also of the time it was made in: a time in which our longings to connect feel strongest during the turbulence of a pandemic, yet our protective forces, structurally imposed and humanly innate, keep us from reaching for that connection.”

Written & Performed by Ocean Pleasant
Director: Anastasia A. Antonova
Editor: Cecily Lo
Colorist: Sarah London
Thanks to: Dylan Calder Stein, Danielle Sims

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

Lots of great elements in this video for Sir Sly by Los Angeles-based director Kevin Clark (previously featured here). “Material Boy” is about seeking a higher purpose told through a visual dichotomy of spirituality and materialism.

EP: Ryland Burns
Producer: Brendan Garret
Director: Kevin Clark
Prod Co: Burning Film + Stink
DP: Adrian Nieto
PD: Rudy Grazziani
Colorist: Kath Raisch
1st AC: Jordan Sakai
2nd / Loader: Jake Wolfert
Gaffer: Pierre Habib
BBE: Justin Sadler
Electric: Giovanni Pakacino
Key Grip: Pablo Ruff Berganza
BBG: Michael Moore
Grip: Larissa Pruett
Set Dresser: Alexander Grazziani
Art PA: Anseis Hoheisel / Alyssa Zaragoza
Fabricator: Oliver Bernsen
1st AD: Nick Johnson
Key PA: Connar Quigley
PA: Graham Bishop / Jesse Hallen
Medic CCO: Rufino Romero
CCO assistant: Rachel Lemos
Commissioner: Shannon Leskowitz

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

A young man confronts the trauma of his past as he attends the funeral of a childhood friend in this moving short directed by Jonathan Salmon and played by Nathan Williams. Set on the Tulalip Reservation and featuring a cast of all members of the Tulalip Tribes, “In Spirit” offers a modern day look at the effects of generational trauma.

“In Spirit is the mirror that reflects the emotional trauma and turmoil that young Indigenous
folks endure on reservations across the United States. In the 8 minutes, we watch a young
man grapple with accepting the death of his childhood friend. As he struggles to come to
terms with the passing, it’s the normalization of constant death in his community that has
taken its toll on his ability to cope without noticing.”

Starring
Nathan Williams
Marina Benally
Deborah Guerrero
Bobby Jeter
Ron Iukes
Chelsea Craig

Producers: Jonathan Salmon & Nathan Williams
Director: Jonathan Salmon
Writers: Jonathan Salmon & Nathan Williams
1st Assistant Director: Justin Jeffers
Director of Photography: Philips Shum
1st Assistant Camera: Tavo Estrada
Gaffer: Lucas Chapel
Key Grip: Matthew Rush
Production Sound Mixer: Cody Campbell
Production Assistant: Keegan Ellington
Editorial / Post:
Editor: Federico Conforti
Music performance by Deborah Guerrero
Sound Designer: Sean Higgins
Re-Recording at Synergy NW
Colorist: Stephen Derluguian

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

Asian rapper G YAMAZAWA moves through the various stages of his life and career in this fun video by director Dan Giraldo.

Directed by Dan Giraldo
Edited by Alvaro Del Val
Color grade by Maria Carretero
Camera: Justin Gartman
Camera: Tyler Mai
Camera: Skye McLeod

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

A fantastically odd and slightly surreal exploration of the fine line between self-loathing and self-loving by London-based filmmaking duo Josefin Malmén & David Strindberg aka BABYBABY (previously featured here).

“He may be god enough, but is he… good enough?”

Featuring Calle Bolund
Written & Directed by Josefin Malmén & David Strindberg (BABYBABY)
Director of Photography: Viktor Skogqvist
Assistant Camera: Jonas Ernhill
Gaffer: Magnus Karlsson
Colourist: Nicke Cantarelli
Composer: Hanna Stenson, Lisa Gagerman
Edit, VFX, Set Design & Baby Oil Specialist: BABYBABY
Film Lab: Focus Film
Special Thanks: Dagsljus

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

Wonderful pace to this poignant short written and directed by Meredith Hama-Brown (previously featured here). “Cosmic” follows a couple in their early sixties on a second date. However, when the man eagerly convinces the apprehensive woman to sneak into a closed bowling alley, the discord in their personalities becomes apparent.

Starring Teresa Laverty & Rod Conway
Writer & Director: Meredith Hama-Brown
Producer: Sara Blake
Director of Photography: Norm Li, csc
Production Designer: Sophie Jarvis
Editor: Daniel Jeffery
First Assistant Director: Natasha Wehn
Assistant Set Decorator: Janessa St. Pierre
First Assistant Camera: Ryan Ermacora
Second Assistant Camera/Film Loader: Suzanne Friesen
Sound Mixer: Paul Howarth
Gaffer/Key Grip: Jordan Findlay
Grip/Electric: Alberto Alvarez
Grip/Electric: Emma Osmond
Supporting Cast: Eva Bourne, Arghavan Jenati, Riun Garner,
Mika Bantog, Dawson Broadhead, Anna Mohadjer
Hair/Makeup: Meaghan Zwick
Sound Designer: Xavier Prat and Oscar Vargas
Craft Service: Marnie Mains
Catering: Marina Blake
Production Assistants: Cimran Jassal and Declan Adams
Equipment Provided by: William F. Whites, Matrix Production Services, Q Films
Film Processing: Mels Studios
Film Scanning: Film House

My Eyes Adored You
Written by Kenny Nolan and Robert Crewe
Performed by Gordon Maxwell and Anthony Anderson
Arranged by Peter Allen
Courtesy of Sony/ATV Music Publishing

“Basic Implosion”
Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under creative commons: by attribution 3.0

“On My Way”
Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under creative commons: by attribution 3.0

Supported by the British Columbia Arts Council

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