Lots of beautifully haunting visuals in this short piece by directing duo Leonel Dietsche and Ruben Meier aka LEONELRUBEN (previously featured here). “Baby Birds” reimagines a surreal world where children and young people dominate a self-contained underworld with adults only visiting as safari-esque tourists.

“They don’t seem to understand its rules anymore, but they are frightened and fascinated by its roughness. Will this new generation stay there or will they rebel?”

Directed by LEONELRUBEN
DOP: Tony Kopec
Production: Goodhouse Films, Modest Department
Executive Producer: Julian Brinkmann, Johannes Lehmann
Producer: Roland Ziegler
Music: DJ Heroin – Conciliator
Editor: Oliver Stumpf
Sound Design & Mixing: Victor Brand
Colorist: Florian Staerk
Service Producer: Oleksii Zolotarov, Illarion Lentin

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Nice energy to this video by director Dominik Galizia. Shot over the course of two weeks in Berlin, “Eternal Visions” follows Oumi Janta and Behailu Schaller jamskating through Berlin to Klaus Layer’s summery track. As Galizia states:

“We wanted to capture Berlin during this strange Summer of 2020 in an urban and a nature environment…. It seems like a strange dream on a lost summer day. The 16mm film enhances this nostalgic feeling, but there is no nostalgia, there is nothing forgotten and nothing lost. It’s right there, right now.”

Featuring
Oumi Janta
Behailu Schaller
Andrea Rivera
Peat
Christian W.
Anne

Director: Dominik Galizia
Producer: Charly Dreyfuss
Edit: Charly Dreyfuss
Camera: Elias Köhler
1st AC: Julian Hanschke
Grading: Peter Schulz
Title Design: Timo Schlosser

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Toronto-based filmmaker Adrian Vieni (previously featured here) joins forces with photographer Anthony Tuccito, hairstylist Trevor Odho, and visual artists Dina Roudman and Nicole Charles to explore the complex relationship between identity and physical appearance in this intimate mixed media collaboration. Using film, photography, and personal interviews, “The Skin I’m In” aims to further the conversation about self-perception and acceptance.

Director: Adrian Vieni
DP: Evan Ciniello
Edit: Laura Mcmillan
Music & Sound: Jason Couse
Still Photography: Anthony Tuccito
Hair: Trevor Odho
Interviews: Nicole Charles
Producers: Dina Roudman, Adrian Vieni, Nicole Charles
Creative Direction: Nicole Charles, Trevor Odho,
Dina Roudman, Anthony Tuccito, Adrian Vieni

Thank you to FREE, The Creator Class, Dhani Oks,
The Gun Factory, Kodak, Ontario Camera, Colorlab,
and to all those who donated their time to help make this happen.

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A beautiful adaptation of spoken word poet Neil Hilborn’s beloved poem “OCD” by London-based director Jesse Lewis-Reece. “Eyelash” explores themes of mental health and relationships as we follow the story of ‘him’ and ‘her’ through the specific lens of someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Starring Elijah Harris & Ishtar Currie-Wilson
Directed by Jesse Lewis-Reece
Poem by Neil Hilborn
Produced by Ike Newman & Jesse Lewis-Reece
Director of Photography: Evangelos Polychronopolous
1st Assistant Director: Ike Newman
Production Design: Lottie Geliot
Art Director: Julia Morganttii Minchillo
Edit: Jesse Lewis-Reece
VFX: Matt Green
Production Sound Mixer: Oliver Mapp
Sound Designer: Oliver Mapp
Voiceover Technician: Harvey Gunn
Original Score: Oliver Mapp
Camera Assistant: Benjy Kirkman
Camera Assistant: Jacob Gerrard
Gaffer: Owain Emyr Morgan
Runner: Tariq Khawaja
Catering: Lesley Lewis
Catering Assistant: Terry Reece
Kit Hire Promotion Hire and VMI/VMEDIA

Special Thanks:
Armoury London, The Progress Film Company, Josh Cowdry
Jack Laurance, Clare Gibson, Matt Hichens
Lesley Lewis, Terry Reece, Teddy Freeman
Lewis Logan, Will Lambert, Elijah Harris, Ishtar Currie-Wilson

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Nice hybrid documentary/music video by Brooklyn-based filmmaker Nick Freeman. Set to Jessie Reyez’s track, “Love in the Dark” captures three different couples navigating the early stages of their relationship.

Featuring
Michelle Locke & Dorian Mills
Miguel Smith & Justice Carlone
Beth Million & Sam Augustin

Production Company: 1824
Client: Island Records
Director: Nick Freeman
Cinematographer: Gabriel Connelly
Sound Design/Mix: Zach Tabori
Gaffer/AC: Shaia Erlbaum
Casting: Olivia McDowell
Producers: Bre Kelly, Matt Kaufman
Color: Joseph Bicknell

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A lighthearted critique of the manufactured worlds of social media platforms for Jimkata’s track “Wanna Go,” directed and produced by ROVE (previously featured here). Despite being filmed pre-pandemic, the team notes how the video also acts as a somewhat eerie foreshadowing of life under quarantine.

Produced & Directed by ROVE
VFX: Cory Anderson
Colorist: Evan Kultangwatana
Grip & Electric: Phil Cormier
AC: Theron Powell
PA: Tristan Anderson

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Writer-director Tom Oxenham offers up a clever twist on a classic superhero narrative. Starring Harry Michell and Liz Kingsman (previously featured here), “Man-Spider” sheds light on the other, far more mundane half of the Spiderman equation:

“Everyone knows the Spiderman story: man gets bitten by spider, gets spider powers, becomes hero. But radioactive metamorphosis is a two-way street. So what about the spider who bit Peter Parker? What ever became of him?”

Directed by Tom Oxenham
Performed by Harry Michell & Liz Kingsman
Written & Produced by Simon Alcock & Tom Oxenham
Executive Producer: Hugo Nicholson
Cinematographer: Fabio Mota
Edit: Charlie Bird
Sound Edit: Peter Doggart

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KICCC becomes a phoenix rising from the ashes in this dreamy video by director Brock Newman (previously featured here). “Wine” is the final visualization in a trilogy that includes “Here” and “Control,” scenes from which KICCC revisits as part of the theme of a perpetual loop of death and rebirth.

Director: Brock Newman
Production Company: Timelapse Film
Producer: Mack Stannard
1st AD: Maxime Beauchamp
Production Coordinator: Josh Havelka
Director of Photography: Trevor Lang
1st AC: Joel Barrow
2nd AC: Jan Schädle-Ubeda
Gaffer: Phoenix Simon
Lamp Op: Tyler Romans
Key Grip: Brent Gwilt
Grip: Skylar Kehr
Steadicam Op: Peter Park
DIT/Unit Stills: Duy N. Bui
Production Designer: Aaron Van Dyke
Art Assistant: Andrea Cooney
Costume Designer: Jessica Clark
Wardrobe Assistant: Jordan Campbell
Makeup: Miel Enage
Makeup Assistant: Courtney Yellow-Quill
Makeup Assistant: Alyssa Doucet
Hair: Linda Refosco
Hair Assistant: Jillian McBride
Locations Manager: Lazar Adamovic
Wolf Wrangler: Aylah Therrien
SFX: Kyle Newell
Safety Diver: Connor Lucas
Underwater Tech: Josh Marr
Production Assistant: Nathan Alder
Post Production Coordinator & Editor: Coline DeBray
Editor: Brock Newman
Colorist: Sam Gilling
VFX Supervisor: Dane Armour
Post Production Supervisor: Brayden Wiebe

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A friendly reunion takes an ugly turn in this touching short about the difficulty of moving forward. Written and directed by London-based filmmaker Louis Chan, “Stationary” follows a former drug dealer as he struggles to confront his childhood friend about the dangerous road her younger brother is going down.

Starring
Rebekah Murrell
Aaron Thomas Ward
Xavien Russell
Jacob Avery
Martina Angel Ayuk

A film by Louis Chan
Writer & Director: Louis Chan
Producer: Jonathan Caicedo-Galindo
Co-Producer/Executive Producer: Alexei Slater
DOP: Samira Oberberg
Editor: Christopher Chow
Sound Designer: Michael F. Bates
Composer: Gianluca Cardinal
Set Designer: Kenzie Yeo Donaldson
Costume Designer: Umps Machaka

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Two young men share a moment of intimacy in this lovely debut video for singer-songwriter Joshual by Brazilian director Fernando Nogari (previously featured here). Produced by Iconoclast, “Devil Gaze” was shot in São Paulo by cinematographer Maurício Padilha and features choreography and performances by Weslley Baiano and Marcos Oliveira. As Nogari shares further:

“When I heard Joshual’s track, the first thing that caught my imagination, was the atmospheric aspect of it. It narrates the story of a young boy struggling with his first-love emotions. Joshual himself is only 19 years old and our conversations reminded me of my own teenage years, when I used to spend the afternoons at my parent’s home, brawling with my feelings. Those years had a significant impact on my personality. I struggled with accepting my sexuality and spent time deconstructing patterns of masculinity that were expected of me. I wanted this film to capture a small snippet of one of those days —- days where we allow ourselves to break the box we are shaped into and, in turn, share a sensitive and intimate moment with someone we have a connection with, beyond any prejudice or stereotype. Moments of love and freedom.”

Starring Weslley Baiano & Marcos Oliveira
Directed by Nogari
Produced by Iconoclast Brazil
Executive Producer: Francesco Civita
DoP: Mauricio Padilha
Art Director: Magdalena Arrieta
Stylist: Marina Vieira
Editing: Fernando Nogari
Choreography: Wesley Baiano, Marcos Oliveira
Special thanks to Ian Ruschel, Alonso Sperb, Murilo Hauser

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A delightfully absurd short by London-based directing duo Gideon Beresford and Behnam Taheri aka Rosco 5 (previously featured here). “Seeds of Love” tells the strange tale of a man who stumbles upon a second chance at love while mourning the loss of his girlfriend mid-lockdown. The film also stars the directors themselves or, rather, half plus one hand!

Written, Directed & Produced by Rosco 5
Starring 54% of Rosco 5
EP: Miles Nathan
Production Company: Spindle
DOP: Anthony Lucas
Composer: Sam Thompson
Colourist: Kai Van Beers @ nineteentwenty
Editor: Rosco 5
Post Production: No8
Post Producer: Barny Wright
Sound Mix: James Lyme @ No8
Score Mix: Adam Miller
Paintings: Liz Cowley

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Great look to this video for Jeannel by Berlin-based director Felix Aaron (previously featured here). Shot on 16mm by cinematographer Julian Jonas Schmitt, “I Can Make It Better” traces the emotional journey of the artist through an abstract narrative based on classic tarot card symbolism. The Spiritual Guidance Spread helps to illuminate the artist’s possible path from the present to a desired future based on eight cards. Each card is presented as a painting-like vignette styled to harken back to the traditional design of the original cards.
 

Featuring
Jeanne Kaiser as “The Empress”
Lisa Mardjohansson as “Two of Swords”
Valentin Hansen as “The Fool”
Camille Pailler as “Strength”
Ingrid K. Bigirimana as “Death”
Cajus Kesler as “Knight of Cups”
Selen Ericok and Peer Lie ning as “The Lovers”

Written & Directed by Felix Aaron
Director of Photography: Julian Jonas Schmitt
Styling: Camille Pailler
Hair & Make-Up: Lisa Mardjohansson
Production Support Ricarda Haehn, Jan Zuehlke and Adriano Theill

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