A young wanderer searches for love through the streets of Madrid in this offbeat video for Colectivo Da Silva’s track “Bolitas” by writer-director Serjiososo of Kirkpatrick Buffet (previously featured here).

Written, Directed & Edited by Serjiososo
DOP: Jorge Rico
Production Director: Guille Gallego
AD: Guille Gallego
Photo: Alba Guni
Costumes: Alvarickoke
Hair Stylist: Snap Stylist
“Camaron” T-shirt: Miquel C. Bosch
Graphics: Miguel Angel Acosta Quiroga
Color: Jorge Rico

Interpreted by:
Delaschuches
Colectivo Da Silva
Maria Talaverano
Daniel Daniel
Paco Moreno
Alba Guni

Thanks
Hanna
Ana Alborés

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Fun look to this video for Agnes by Stockholm-based collective Swim Club (previously featured here). Inspired by Hilma af Klint, Holy Mountain, and cosmic tarot cards, “Fingers Crossed” explores the eternal struggle between the Sun and the Moon:

“The Sun god rules over the bright and beautiful day. But in the alternative world the Moon god rules over the dark and mysterious night. They compete over the people’s beliefs, to lead and rule over the people. Through their magic, the gods shows the people’s true selves.”

Starring:
Agnes Carlsson
Vincent Pontare
Salem Al Fakir
Winter Hallgren
Fredrik Quiñones
Caroline Ljungström
Ulf Einar

Directed by Swim Club
Director of Photography: Swim Club
Producer: Andrea Gyllenskiöld
Edit: Alexander Peri
Production Manager: Karin Håkansson
Production Assistant: Nico O’konor
Set Design: Simon Wallin
Set Design Assistant: Katja Reimers
Set Design Assistant: Alice Andersson
First AC: Erik Lindqvist
Choreography: Bianca Traum
Choreography: Anna Näsström
Makeup: Johanna Nomiey
Stylist: Malin Jacobsson
Gaffer: Fredrik Nordensjö
Grade & VFX: Swim Club
Manager: Dita Kleman
Project Manager: Henrik Hansson

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A lovely meditation on the riches of living modestly by director Jan Vrhovnik. Written by Ana Kerin and scored by Nico Casal, “Paradiso” introduces us to a small-town Calabrian named Giovanni whose sun-washed world of rolling Italian hills and sharing home-cooked meals with old friends offers a timely reminder of what really matters. “A dream coming true is better than just a dream,” Giovanni declares in this unexpected thought-piece about the ‘good life’:

“Cast in a corner shop, Giovanni was a chance meeting for the team who’d set out to Calabria to seek out the very essence of nostalgia. The team stumbled upon him and were taken by the sense of nostalgia that he embodied and the poetic way in which he uses language to convey a longing for simplicity. It was exactly what they had been looking for in a character for Paradiso. Completely improvised, his philosophical musings — weighing heavy with nostalgia and an unexpected wisdom — are what punctuate the themes of this memory-inducing three-minute short.”

Starring Giovanni Mimmo Mancuso
Directed by Jan Vrhovnik
Written by Ana Kerin
Music Composer: Nico Casal
Producer: Matej Marinko
Production: Bright
Line Producer: Daniel Kemeny
Cinematographer: Jan Vrhovnik
Art Direction: Ana Kerin
Camera Assistant: Denis Artac
Editor Andy: Sowerby & Jan Vrhovnik
Colour Grade: Toby Tomkins @ CHEAT
Sound Design & Mix: Sound of a Bear
Copywriter: Anastasia Mirai

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A perfect homage to mundanity for Shabason, Krgovich & Harris by Vancouver-based director Derek Janzen (previously featured here). “Osouji” follows band member, Nicholas Krgovich, as he undertakes a number of chores like vacuuming, taking out the trash, and other simple tasks in an attempt to find the beauty in the small things in life.

Directors Oscar Pecher and Stefan Pecher mix themes of old and new in this surreal video for Kruder and Dorfmeister. Attempting to capture the sense of turbulence and confusion of our own world, “Johnson” takes us into a hypothetical future where digital has taken over at the same time nature has reclaimed its territory due to people’s neglect of their actual surroundings.

a HØVN films GmbH Production
Directors: Oscar Pecher & Stefan Pecher
Director of Photography: Moritz Uthe
Executive Producer: Manuel Nguyen
1st Assistant Producer: Peter Scherb
2nd Assistant Producer: Alexander Mandl
Choreographer: Lima Pecher
1st Camera Assistant: Florian Noever
Gaffer: Alexander Sprenger
Best Girl Grip: Judith Dornetshuber
Best Girl Grip: Sina Lang
Dolly Grip: Leander Orthofer
H/MU: Camilla Bartha
Production Design: Sarah Heidenreich
Production Design: Alexandra Sascha Latiy
Catering: Alexander Mandl
VFX/Props: Studio Formlos
VFX Supervisor: Jascha Süss
Props Designer: Matthias Timo Finding
Compositing/Animation: Yunus Sezer
3D Surface Design: Leo Miedaner
Music: Peter Kruder x Richard Dorfmeister
Editor: Stefan Pecher
Colorist: Mike Bothe
Titles: Oscar Pecher
Special Thanks: Florian Draxler, Lukas Kronsteiner, Ernst Dangl GmbH,
Mike Lights, ARRI Rental Wien, ARRI Berlin Mitte, Mohanad Suwaed
Supported by Wien Basiskultur – CASH.FOR.CULTURE

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A young man spirals through the volatility of his subconscious in this haunting short by Berlin-based director Luís Júlio da Silva. Aiming to show how physical isolation affects the internal psyche, da Silva uses the water within the character’s domestic space and his imagined world to symbolize the manifestation of intangible anxieties. As da Silva states:

“Without the comfort of social interactions and relationships with others, the character struggles to negotiate his sense of self. He dives into the dark and empty corners of his mind and once there, he is forced to confront his anxieties alone.”

Starring Viktor Nilsson
Director: Luís Júlio da Silva
Cinematography: Peter Garajszki
Light & Grip Assistant: Luca Bisen
Production Designer/Stylist: Joana Romão
Edit: Anselm Koepfner
Color: Mai Lasan
VFX-Artist: Andreas Clemens
Music & Sound Design: Danielle de Virgilio
Music: Odete
Additional Music: Naico Fabris
Graphic Design: Orlando Rodriguez
Special Thanks: Caribuni Studios, Totalli

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Brilliant slow burn to this video for H.C. McEntire’s track “River’s Jaw” by filmmaker Jared Hogan (previously featured here).

Starring Jane McNeill
Directed by Jared Hogan
Produced by Parrish Stikeleather, Jared Hogan, Heather McEntire
Cinematography: Drew Bienemann
Camera Assistant: Anthony Alvarez
Edit: Jared Hogan
Color Grade: Jacob McKee
Sound Design: Christian Stropko
Label: Merge Records

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A beautiful expression of strength and hope for the future by Berlin-based director Dan Braga Ulvestad. Born and raised in Germany by her German mother, Samira Prudentos reflects on what it’s like to be judged by her appearance while having no connection to her Caribbean side.

Director: Dan Braga Ulvestad
Executive Producer: Juri Wiesner
Production Assistant: Kimberley Krump
Director of Photography: Franz Lustig
Production Company: Cobblestone
1 AC: Daniel Erb
Art Director: Christina Mammes
Assistant Art Director: Kiara Mayr
Gaffer: Benedict Aufzug
Color: Richard Fearon
Original Score: Rubin Henkel
Editor: Timo Fritsche
Online: Jonas Bruse
Sound: Basis Berlin
Lab: Cinegrell

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A compelling quarantine project by director duo Pedro and James of London-based production company Autobahn. “Pandemic” is a compilation of some of the hard truths going through the minds of friends and loved ones around the world. While death, purpose, and responsibility are the kind of difficult things we usually try to avoid thinking about, in these unusual times that is precisely what we are forced to face. As Pedro and James state:

“During April we recorded these conversations, and while being on opposite sides of the world, we created this film using unused shots and personal footage. We confronted many of our own fears and although there isn’t a definitive answer, there were some thoughts that stayed with us. This film won’t reveal anything new, but it might bring some comfort and ideas, perhaps uniting us in what it means to be human during these uncertain times.”

An Autobahn Film
Directed & Edited by Pedro and James
Score: Russ Chimes
Colourist: Alex Gregory // The Mill
Sound Design/Mix: Thiacio Palanca // Lucha Libre

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

Love the bittersweet tone of this video for The Neighbourhood by Los Angeles-based director Ramez Silyan. Shot on 35mm by cinematographer Marz Miller, “Pretty Boy” follows band singer, Jesse Rutherford’s alter ego, Chip Chrome, through the streets of Hollywood. The video also features Jesse’s real-life girlfriend, Devon Lee Carlson, as Chip’s love interest.

Starring
Jesse Rutherford aka Chip Chrome
Devon Lee Carlson aka Cherry Chrome

Director: Ramez Silyan
Producer: Mike Lev
Coordinator: Alex Baligad
Cinematographer: Marz Miller
1st Assistant Camera: Seth Lawerence
2nd Assistant Camera: Bobby Pavlovsky
Key Grip: Daniel Mayugba
Stylist & HMU: Sydney Szramowski
Editor: Ramez Silyan
Colorist: Kaitlyn Battistelli | Ethos Studio
Prod. Co: BLK MTN

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A delightful lockdown lullaby from musician Hak Baker and London-based filmmaker Jon E Price (previously featured here). Shot ‘live from the cobbles,’ the song and film capture the transient feel of this strange year.

Directed by Jon E Price
Produced by Riff Raff Films
DOP: Harry Wheeler
Sound Recordist: Stephen Hodge
Editor: Brendan Jenkins
Colourist: Simon Bourne
Sound Design & Mix: James Lyme
Film Lab: Cinelablondon

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British DJ and production duo CamelPhat team up with French director Max Vatblé and production company Mynd to create the perfect end of Summer moment. Featuring singer Yannis from the group Foals, “Hypercolour” was shot and edited in time-lapse to capture the fleeting Summer days of a young man and his friends through a supersaturated journey, both poetic and hypnotic.

Director: Max Vatblé
Production Company: MYND
Executive Producer: Paul Le Baron, Olivier Dubocage
Director Of Photography: Robin Asselmeyer
Video Commissioner: Dan Millar
Director’s Rep: Claire Stubbs
Service Production: Shotinmars
Executive Producer: Julien Manunta, Matthieu Berenguer
Line Producer: Cristobal Mathéron
Production Coordinator: Laurène Furlan
1st AD: Robin Chabas
Casting manager: Oussama Abbassa
Cast : Nathan Faus, Nour Beau, Eden Long, Emmanuel Raynaud, Stephane Rakoto, Laura Falcone, Selma Goueygou, Constance Perucca, Justine Dubost, Pablo Aroni, Jeremy Culla
1st Ac: Anne Aylies
2nd Ac: Patrick Pourcier
Ronin Operator: Frederic Moura
Gaffer: Michael Niodo
Electrician: Olivier Maurin
Grip: Nicolas Turchet
2nd Grip: Sébastien Michelon
Location Manager: Carla Brisco, Simon Viala, Bastien Bonilla
Stylist: Louise Mast
Post Production Company: Wanda, Jungler
Post Producer: Olivier Glandais
Editor: Erin Bowser
Color Grader: Muriel Archambaud
VFX: Lezly Prager
Flame Artist: Alexis Baillia

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