A whimsical visualization for French79’s track “The Remedy” by London-based animator Daniel Stankler (previously featured here). Produced by Cardel, “The Remedy” incorporates recurring motifs often found in French79 music videos as well as a nostalgic homage to the artist’s childhood growing up in Marseille. As Stankler explains further:

“I wanted a Spielberg-esque sense of youthful, anything-can-happen optimism, so I devised the storyline to achieve these goals — a kid explores an abandoned fairground at night, where the fairground rides comes to life. The song is quite long, so I made challenging use of repeated elements. The film was also a chance to develop my character work, which I’m always keen to further explore in my work.”

Animated & Directed by Daniel Stankler
Production Company: Cardel
Producers: Carla Mooney, Delwyn Mooney
Animation Assistant: Natasza Cetner

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Lovely look and feel to this self-directed video by Vancouver-based musician and artist Riun Garner. Set in the middle of the desert at sundown, “Wrote Myself Off” features a live performance shot in one take as Riun and his friends share a somber moment beside their broken-down car. The track is from his debut EP, All We Know and All We Forget. While Riun had been writing and recording personal songs as voice memos on his phone for years, it wasn’t until last November that he and some close friends recorded four of those songs onto an analog reel to reel tape machine found abandoned in an apartment hallway. The result is a record of pain and hope, of loss and isolation, and the insecurities of being forgotten, as Riun states: “I don’t want to be just another sad folk singer-songwriter with a cabin in the woods. I hope to break the cliche of what a indie folk singer-songwriter can be.”

Check out “Wrote Myself Off” above and see full credits below!

Starring
Riun Garner
Tyler Paterson
Brynn Sweetrain

Director: Riun Garner
Cinematographer: Jan Klompje
Producers: Riun Garner & Stephi Chin-Salvo
1st AD: Adriana Marchand
Sound Engineer & Mixer: Jordaniel Bennett
Colourist: Sam Gilling
Location Manager: Monti Garner
On Set Photographer: Bronson Whytcross
Production Assistant: Kamran Fulleylove
Special Thanks To: Brightside Cinema, Johnny’s Car Fancy “Quick-Style” Shop,
Eddie Johannsen, Stuart Langfield, The Marchands, Oscar Vargas

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Tons of great visuals in this video for Audrey Nuna by New York City-based director Loris Russier. “Damn Right” was shot on 16mm in an old house in Brooklyn by cinematographer Andrea Gavazzi (previously featured here).

Director: Loris Russier
Producer: Serie Yoon
Cinematographer: Andrea Gavazzi
Production Designer: Gui Trang
Editor: Loris Russier
1st AC: Tom Fenaille
2nd AC: Ben Scofield
Key Grip: Rolan Shlain
Gaffer: Jonathan Alvarado
Swing: Leroy Pormpakdee, Vic Roxas
VFX: Sorek
Art PA: Trisha Do, Britanni Arkin, Ane Lee
PA: Yuliya Dunder
Pictures: Khufu Najee
Colorist: Josh Bohoskey
Special thanks: Steph Lee, Ashley Chu, Khufu Najee, Emma Stern

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A painfully bleak tale of cultural alienation from Lima-born, Brooklyn-based filmmaker Alex Fischman Cardenas. Based on Peruvian writer Julio Ramón Ribeyro’s short story, “Alienación” tells the story of a young man who attempts to transform himself into a blonde American after being rejected by the girl of his dreams.

Beautiful mix of styles in this lovely short by animator and illustrator Jiaqi Wang. The project is based on an initiative by the Wellcome Collection Museum wherein a filmmaker chooses an object from the museum to make a film about. Wang chose ‘Kareau,’ a wooden figure from the Nicobar Islands, which used to be set up outside a sick person’s house to scare away the bad spirits thought to be causing the disease. The script for “2.3×2.6×3.2” is based on Wang’s interviews with her aunt. As Wang explains further:

“This film is for my aunt, she had breast cancer last year. I was depressed and did not know how to help her. When I went to the Welcome Collection Museum, I found this wooden figure in the center of the room, and I was interested in its healing power to the people living on the Nicobar Islands…. I’m trying to discuss the certainty of hope (Kareau) and uncertainty of disease (Cancer) in this film. Without the support of belief, what is the percentage of faith for people? If the survival rate of cancer patients is 99%, then this 1% is a psychological torment for patients. Comparing the tribal people’s firm belief in healing totems, can we use this belief to make up for this 1% gap? If this exists, it will be an unpredictable comfort for the patient — the high 1% comfort.”

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A gorgeous video for Novo Amor by London/Barcelona-based director Charlie Reader. “If We’re Being Honest” tells the story of an astronaut left stranded after returning from space after many years, as Reader states:

“I wanted to create a simple but powerful story that feels entirely timeless yet is also attuned to the strange situation the world finds itself in now with the global pandemic: the emotional complexities of living in isolation and being detached from loved ones…. the crash-landing felt fitting in its requirement for strength and resolve to make it through. I think it’s a universal story for any struggle and I wanted it to ultimately feel optimistic; projecting a message of hope, resilience and reunification.”

Starring Nikol Kollars
Directed by Charlie Reader
Producer: Ignacio Rodó
Production Company: The Production Club
Executive Producers: Jorge Llama, Ben Mealing, Carlos Vidal-Ribas
DOP: Carlos Feher
Production Designer: Nieves Cabanes
Costume Designer: Jo Ryan
Production Manager: Carlos Pequerul
1st Assistant Director: Rubén Bel
Production Assistants: Cris Cuello, Maria Gutiérrez, Ezequiel Gayoncé Rose, Dani Segura
1st Assistant Camera: Alfredo “Pana” Suárez
2nd Assistant Camera: Hiram Rios
Grip: Dani de Juan
Gimbal Technician: Dani Vergara
Gaffer: Ferran Grau
Electrician: Joan Manel Sansó
Electrician: Diego Armando Alcivar
Art Assistant: Juan Gallo
Props Buyer: Enrique Cabanes Moravich
Set Dresser: Ivan Carlos Tikas
Tailor: Renée Jablonski
Wardrobe Assistant: Callecia Brown
Constructors: Santiago P. Seoane, Emiliano González, Adria Teixeira
MUA: Anna Puig
FX Supervisor: Salvador Santana
FX Assistant: Nestor San Fernando
Pickup Driver: Willy Ferrer
Catering: Galanga Atelier de Cocina
Risk Assessment Technician: Sandra Olalde
Colour: The Mill, London
Colourist: Thomas Mangham
Colour Producer: Charlie Morris
VFX: Moonlight
VFX Supervisor: Manel Medina
Credit Illustrations: Ellie Reader

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A moving documentary short about the sacrifices made for family by directors Alex Sworik and Daniel Agre. “Devil’s Gold” follows veteran sulfur miner, Selemat, during his daily climb up and down the Kawah Ijen mountain. Traversing the narrow path back and forth into the crater, miners like Selemat carry up to 100 kilograms of sulfuric rock throughout the night in an effort to earn 4-5 times the wages of alternative work like farming or construction. However, with toxic gas spouting from the ground beneath them as they work, the life expectancy of a miner is cut short.

Featuring Selamat Side
Directed by Alexander Sworik & Daniel Agre
Producer: Ade Darmawan
Local Guide: Eko “Selvi” Kurniawan
Colourist: Sam Zook
Re-recording Mixer: Alastair Sims

Alexander Sworik’s Website

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Daniel Agre’s Website

Daniel Agre on Instagram

Fun video for Brazilian music collective Heavy Baile by Rio de Janeiro-based director and cinematographer Daniel Venosa. Edited by Mah Ferraz (previously featured here), “Noturno 150” follows dancer Ronald Sheick as he makes his way through the classical art of the Metropolitan Museum of NY. Watch above and see full credits below!

Director: Daniel Venosa
DP: Daniel Venosa
Editor: Mah Ferraz
AD: Maria Gentil
Production Company: Cosmo Cine
Production Director: Bernardo Portella
PA: Lucas Beaubernard
1AC: André Andrade
2AC: Fernando Dom
Key Grip: Thales de Deus
Assistant Key Grip: Bolinha
Art Director: Paola Garcia
Wardrobe: Paola Garcia
Makeup: Fernanda Costa
Research & Curation: Gabriela Davies
Dancer: Sheick
Post Coordinator & Assistant Editor: João Sucupira
Color: Carlos Flores
VFX: Pedro The Zakman
Typography: Daniel da Rocha
Thanks to: MET Museum

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London-based animator Richard Noble tells the story of a fictional animation tycoon in this stylish mixed media digital projected created as his fist year film at the Royal College of Art.

Director, Animator & Writer: Richard Noble
Sound Design: Ruanth Chrisley Thyssen
Narrator” Mike DelGaudio

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Lovely video for Sam Lynch by director Lester Lyons-Hookham (previously featured here). Exploring the fleeting yet monotonous nature of time, “Good Year” uses a looping structure to transform a series of seemingly benign chores and minutely altered details into surreal moments that suggest everything is not as it seems. As Lester states:

“Our aim with the Good Year video was to convey a year’s worth of changing personal circumstances, in real-time over the course of 4 minutes. Changing a warm domestic interior into the cold empty shell of a house – all whilst Sam was taking out the trash. A nod to life’s natural loops, and incremental or drastic changes.”

Director: Lester Lyons-Hookham
DP: Bryn McCashin
AC: Ryan Ermacora
Gaffer: Tyler Romans
PAs: Lindsay Sjoberg & Chris Vanderkooy
Artist: Sam Lynch

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A delightful lockdown-themed short by Vancouver-based writer and director Athena Han. Equal parts relatable and absurd, “Hey Yú” follows a man named Kent who attempts to juggle a phone call from his parents with a deadline for a Zoom call, all while noticing something strange going on with his goldfish.

“This film was done during the pandemic, and it was shot with team of 8 people (cast and crew). It is part of an anthology charity film that will be released later this year. The film is inspired by my personal experiences of working from home alone away from majority of my friends and family.”

Starring Jian Ping Su
Writer-Director: Athena Han
Producers: Athena Han, Christian Lai
Associate Producer: Transmute Pictures
Cinematographer: Christian Lai
Assistant Camera: Titouan Fournier
Gaffer: Slatie Chu
Production Designer: Yuezhang Qin
Art Director: Shengyuan Meng
Sound Recordist: Alex Shamku
Hair and Make-up Artist: Kaeko Fujiyama
Visual Effects Supervisor: Camil Adell
Music Composer: Jacob Tardien
Final Sound Mix: Emmy Sainz

Voice Actors:
David Shen
Michelle Chen
Katie Ryder
Julia Farry
Clément Llobet
Michelle Kee
Patrick Shaw

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Great portrait featuring our talented friend, Los Angeles-based artist Andy Dixon, by Australian director and cinematographer David Bourke. The film was shot at Andy’s studio in downtown LA and offers an insightful glimpse into the serious yet satirical nature of Andy’s work and the art world in general. Hyper-aware of the relationship between art and luxury, Andy discusses the paradox of vanity, ego, and materialism as he prepares for his upcoming show, We Open on Andy Dixon, Vain, Egotistical, Materialistic, Unoriginal, Sitting in a Hollywood Restaurant, in San Francisco later this year. Watch above and check out some behind-the-scenes images from the shoot below!

Director: David Bourke
Artist: Andy Dixon
Producer: Heron Bourke
DOP: David Bourke
Editor: Chase Roselli
Gaffer: Forrest Penny-Brown
1st AC: Ben Slavens
Colorist: Ayumi
Sound: Emett Casey
Score: Marmoset

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Andy Dixon’s Website

Andy Dixon on Instagram