Great energy to this video for Pa Salieu’s track with BackRoad Gee by London-based director Femi Ladi. Inspired by movies such as La Haine, Ladi replicates the camera movements for every performance in order showcase each rapper’s ‘family’ while keeping it all within a cohesive world. As he explains further: “The song is hard, raw and in your face. I wanted to reflect that in this video… we shot in black and white to get the gritty raw energy to the screen.” Check out “My Family” above and see full credits below!

Director: Femi Ladi
Producers: Freddi Barrass & Mike Heath
Exec Producer: Annie Ayres
DOP: Stefan Yap
Editor: Remi Aaron
Grade : Aubrey Woodwiss
1st AC: Marcus Albersten
1st Ad: Jack Green
Gaffer: Lee Brinkley
Spark: Kieran Brown
Moco: Rammy Anwar
Photography: John Ogunmuyiwa
Art Direction: Brie Ahmed
Styling: Holly Mcdonald & Frankie Noller

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A fun and timely take on VHS horror classics for Lupa J’s track “Supermarket Riots” by Australian director James Chappell (previously featured here). As Chappell states:

“This year the events surrounding the pandemic have shown us that pedestrian spaces like supermarkets can become sites of charged tension and horror. ‘Supermarket Riots’ is my response to the hysteria in the media around panic buying filtered through a 80’s horror aesthetic.”

Director: James Chappell 
DP: Dale Alexander Bremner
Producer: Ryan De Silva
Prod Manager: Michael Cobley
1st AD: Stephanie Stuart
Editor: Brad Hurt
Colorist: Matt Fezz
Choreographer: Alex Miedziński
Asst Choreographer: Joseph Donovan
Dancers: Leilani Bezzina-cork & Jake Edwards
Steadicam: Jono Baker
1st AC: Bonnie Chai
2nd AC: Muhib Faris
Gaffer: Mat Wilson 
Best Boy: Sam Lax
Art Director: Kevin Rickert
Special Effect Artist: Phil Young
Make Up Artist: Nic O’Lodeon Drag
Carpenter: Nathanial Murphy
VFX Company: FRENDER
VFX Producer: Max Colt
VHS Technician: Alexander O.Smith
VHS Cover Design: Dan Berghofer

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A solitary bookseller navigates pandemic isolation as best as he can in this charming love letter to New York, books, and lonely hearts by Brooklyn-based writer-director Naz Riahi.

Starring Erik DuRon & Monika
Writer & Director: Naz Riahi
DP: Alec Cohen
Editor: Kelly Lyon

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Beautiful video for Paul Kalkbrenner’s new single by London-based director Taisia Deeva. Oscillating between hope and despair, “Parachute” offers a slice of surrealist optimism set against the stark backdrop of a brutalist Kiev housing complex. Here characters leap out of 30 story windows, soaring hundreds of feet in the air, all out of a desperate yet shared desire for human connection. Watch above and see full credits below!

Written & Directed by Taisia Deeva
DOP: Daniel Obradovic
Producer/Video Commissioner: Karina Tateosyan
Executive Producer: Sveta Liagina
Producer: Olga Tarasenko
Bidding Producer & Production Assistant: Kate Boyko
Production Assistant: Nastya Zatula
Production Assistant: Nastya Chichina
2nd AD: Belka Gorlanova
Management: Paul Kalkbrenner
Executive Director: Marcus Ruschmeyer
Casting Director: Oksana Masniuk
Stunts Coordinator: Ilia Yurchishin
Choreographers: Anatoliy Sachivko & Gala Peha
Costume Designer: Svetlana Tsylik
Makeup & Hair Stylist: Alisa Fun
Production Designer: Ilia Isupov
SFX Coordinator: Vadim Lysak
Location Manager: Rostislav Skalyga
Production Manager: Anastasia Puptseva
Administrator: Ivan Shigapov
1st AC: Eugeniy Bubley
2nd AC: Dima Nesterenko
Gaffer: Max Ruban
Video Assistant: Alexandr Moroz
Dolly Operator: Denis Korolev
Phantom Operator: Natella Kikava
Drone Operator: Bogdan Kakora
Postproduction Producer: Nastya Kovalchuk
Editor: Yuriy Reznichenko
Color Grading: Marina Starke
VFX Producer: Pavel Semerdzhyan
CG Producer: Elena Mas
VFX Supervisor: Vasiliy Goncharov
Photographer: Kate Stremoukhova
Making of Operator: Artem Yarosh

Special Thanks:
Sergey Astakhov
Sergey Golovkin
Olga Guroma
Valentin Vernigor
Renat Gabdrakhmanov

Cast:
Paul Kalkbrenner
Heorhij Leshchenko
Maria Khabenko
Arno-Stin Tsembenhoi
Bahtiyor Ibragimov
Polina Skarga
Oles Dmytrenko
Joana Harsia
Maksim Umpua
Kate Luzan
Aleksey Storozhuk
Anastasiia Sergeeva
Sergey Kharlamov
Dmitry Mozheyko
Andrii Asanov
Bogdan Tarasenko

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Nice portrait of commitment and hard work by Paris-based director duo Loïc Grandin and Kevin Andrade aka Original Kids. Featuring Grandin and Andrade’s childhood friend, “Roger” highlights not only the designer’s talent and dedication, but their shared values when it comes to making one’s dreams a reality:

“This film is the fusion of our two arts, putting in image the intensity with which we live our passions and the self-surrender to our art, pushing us to constantly exceed our limits in order to allow our beings to shine as they should.”

Directors: Original Kids
Production: Quad Stories
Producers: Seydi Barac & Romain Manson
Line Producer: Clemence Lhuilier
Runner: Coline Guenot
DOP: Julien Lascar
First AD: Lucas Genna
Second AD: Paul Desmarchelier
Steadicam: Sacha Naceri
Drone: Benoit Finck
Key Grip: Morgan Dandre
Best Gaffer: Clement Boyeldieu
Post Production Director: Victor Meyer
Grade: Florian Martiny
Music Composer: Andrea Lo
Drums: Manu Dyens
Drums Sound Engineer: Jean Max @ Studio History
Violins: Jonathan Fitas
Sound Design: Hook
Recording Studio: O’Bahamas Studio
Sound Engineer: Marine Pigeon
Makeup: Lena Autusse
Graphics: Sacha Mass
Thanks To: Panavision, Panalux, Silverway, Fluid Motion, Digitage

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An abstract journey through memories and mental health for singer-songwriter Jacob Allen aka Puma Blue by London-based director Harvey Pearson (previously featured here). Paying tribute to Jacob’s sister, “Velvet Leaves” tells a story of family, getting through hard times, and balancing the line between life and death.

Starring Mia Gill
Director: Harvey Pearson
Production Company: My Accomplice
Exec. Producer: Jamie Clark
Exec. Producer: Imogen Harrison
Head of Production: Natalie Wetherell
Producer: Francesca Willcock
Director’s Rep: Alexa Haywood
Director of Photography: Hunter Daly
1st Assistant Camera: Josie Thieme
Junior Assistant Camera: Joshua Morrison
Art Director: Millie Tennant
Grip: Alex Hudson
Gaffer: Kit Wood
Electrician: Huw Garratt
Trainee: Johnathan Boyd
Colourist: Matthieu Toullet @ MPC
Colour Producer: Edwin Elkington
Head Of Colour Grading Production: Ellora Chowdhury
Film Processing / Scan: Kodak London
Runner / COVID Officer: Rosie Owen
Runner / PA: Leon Thompson
Label: Blue Flowers
Special Thanks To:
Kodak UK, Shift 4, Panalux, Moving Picture Company

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Great video for Irish hip-hop artist JyellowL’s track with Chris Kabs by directing duo Luna (aka
Luke Daly and Nathan Fagan). “Mademoiselle” offers a mixed-format, tongue-in-cheek performance featuring a traditional horse-drawn funeral hearse meandering through the streets of inner-city Dublin.

Directed by Luna
DoP: Kevin Minogue
Editor: Vincent McEntee
Colourist: Leandro Arouca / Element Post Production
Grip: Martin Osbourne / Progressive Productions

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Love the cinematography in this offbeat documentary short about true believers by New York City-based filmmaker Scott Lazer. Following the “Storm Area 51” Facebook event that went viral in the summer of 2019, Lazer and cinematographer Taylow McIntosh flew to Las Vegas to document the unique convergence of people gathering in the town of Rachel, twenty-seven miles north of Area 51. As Lazer reflects, while the whole ordeal as it played out seems silly, it reveals something about our intrinsic desire to know with whom we share the universe:

“I went into production fully willing to give everyone I would speak to the benefit of the doubt – no matter how outlandish they seemed. I didn’t want to judge anyone or appear like I was judging them, but of course I internalized some skepticism with some of the folks we spoke with. There was a particular moment that definitely gave us serious pause, but I’ll let you discover that as you watch the film. I suppose it would be natural to wonder “Do I believe that alien life exists?” and my answer would be: absolutely. I think the likelihood that we are not alone in the universe greatly outweighs the alternative.”

Check out “Visitors” above and see full credits below!

Director: Scott Lazer
Director of Photography: Taylor McIntosh
Editor: Nico Bovat
Colorist: Derek Hansen
Title Designer: Aaron Vinton
Composer: Jeff Melanson
Sound Designer/Mixer: Dean White
Copywriter: Jesse Boykin Kimmel

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Lovely mix of empty suburban vistas and sense of quiet reflection in this video for Shabason, Krgovich & Harris by Vancouver-based director Derek Janzen (previously featured here). Shot at the Tsawwassen Mills shopping mall and surrounding Delta, BC farmland, “I Don’t See The Moon” follows band member Nicholas Krgovich as he performs the track with a woodblock in the fading light.

Featuring Nicholas Krgovich
Directed & Edited by Derek Janzen
Dolly Grip: Matt Kingcroft
Hair & Makeup: Riley Johnson
Colour: Sam Gilling

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A delightful collection of animations about plants made during lockdown by Moscow-based illustrator and animator Dasha Chukhrova (previously featured here).

Paris-based director Nathalie De Lopez shares the resilient story of dancer and choreographer Kevin Bago who lost sight in his left eye after an accident. Combining movement, music and poetry, “Dance or Die” is divided into four acts, each corresponding with the four verses of William Henley’s 1875 poem “Invictus.” The film was shot in Paris overnight and conceived by De Lopez as a collaboration that would allow Bago to freely express himself:

“Through Kevin’s story, I wanted to address a universal subject: resilience. How, when life throws obstacles at us, humans will draw from the depths of their resources to surpass themselves, and become a better version of themselves. This film is a message of hope.”

Featuring Kevin Bago
Directed by Nathalie de Lopez
Music: Polérik Rouvière
Director of Photography: Julien Teissier
Steadycam Operator: Sacha Naceri
First Assistant: Pierre Valentin Ferdani
Second Assistant: Manon Delville
Artistic Direction: GANGSTER PROJECTxHart
Colorist: Arthur Paux
Editor: Zoé Sassier
Line Director: Siham Gouy Menaa
Post Producer: Axel Kpatinde
Production: Shadow Lab

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A perfectly offbeat short from Los Angeles-based director Jonny Look (previously featured here). Produced by SUPERDOOM for artist collective Brain Dead’s collaboration with Reebok, the film follows a writer named Solomon Wright (played by John Ennis) as he embarks on a low-budget book tour. Attempting to sling his latest publication, Pathways, Wright descends into the ancient mysteries of two mystic artifacts: Pump CT and the Beatnik.

Starring
John Ennis
Ann Maddox

Directed by Jonny Look
Production Company: SUPERDOOM
EP: Terry Rayment, Ron Moon
Creative Director: Kyle Ng
DP: Chris Westlund
AC: Esther Woodworth
Gaffer: Cole Pisano
Grip: Paul Rodroguez
Sound Design: Kevin Chung Lee Cheng
Fabrication: Adam Lawrence
PA: Jordan Konow
GFX: Ricardo Bojorquez
Poster & Historical Art: Jason Look
Color:  Nick Sanders
Sound Design: Austin Krier
Special Thanks: Steve Smith, Lauren Malizia

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