A lovely visual essay documenting the unique landscape created by recent events from Los Angeles-based filmmaker and photographer Horatio Baltz (previously featured here). Set to music by Lord Youth.

“The past few months have been hard. I feel lost and lonely and scared.
But I want to feel hopeful.”

Black Lives Matter Los Angeles

Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles: COVID-19 Crisis Fund

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

Glassworks Creative Studio director Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez creates a dreamy animation for Khruangbin’s latest track. “Pelota” draws on Alvaro Sotomayor’s magical story about a bundle of energy that bounces through the galaxy like a spirited ball. The project was produced in eight weeks with a remote setup due to Coronavirus and a team of pan-national talent. Watch above and see full credits below!

Director: Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez
Production & Post: Glassworks Creative Studio
Writer: Alvaro Sotomayor
Storyboard, Concept & Design: Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez
Editors: Nils Crompton, Leonardo Grassi
Lead Compositor: Nils Crompton
Compositing Arists: Jef Fleurkens, Alexis da Camara, Leonardo Grassi, David Rodríguez Rodríguez
Cel Animation Lead: Hugo Rodríguez Rodríguez
2D Clean-up: Līna Ozoliņa, Patrick Armstrong, Callum Sewell
3D Artists: Callum Austin, Jef Fleurkens, Gustav von Platen, Jacson Mitchell
MCR: Andrew Kidd
COO: Anya Kruzmetra
Executive Producer: Chris Kiser
Head of Production: Belén Palos
Junior Producer: Katie Liston

Special Thanks: Hector Macleod, Duncan Buxton, Sofía Cruz,
Juan Torán, Joshua Robert Nicholson Taylor, Rüdiger Kaltenhäuser

In loving memory of José Fernández Izard, may you always be surrounded by music and light.
And of Nash, forever chasing a bouncing star.

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Lots of beautiful shots in this video for Swedish singer-songwriter Léon. Directed by Bjarke Underbjerg and produced by Cardel, “And it Breaks My Heart” presents a string of tableaus exploring the love between a young couple the minute before it vanishes. Cinematography by Søren Kahr.

Starring Ellaha Lack & Alvin Olid Bursøe
Directed by Bjarke Underbjerg
Producer: Christian Lønhart
Executive Producers: Carla Mooney, Delwyn Mooney
Production: Cardel
Production Company (Denmark): isaac
Director of Photography: Søren Kahr
First AC: Mikkel Hjort-Pedersen
Steadicam: Jonas Torp
Gaffer: David Sizemore
First AD: Pelle Gøtze Johansson
Production Manager: Ida Holmgren
Runner: Kenny Plough-Jørgensen
Stylist: Anna Carli Holmgren
Make-up Artist: Viola Lynge
Colorist: Lasse Marcussen
Grading: Cameo
Editors: Bjarke Underbjerg, Søren Kahr
Representation: OBmanagement / REPROBATES
Label: BMG

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A charming documentary short about the life and career of Jeffrey Gurian by New York City-based filmmaker Derek Brown. Despite being a fixture in the comedy world for the last 40 years, writing for some of the biggest stars in comedy since the 1980s, Jeffrey never became a household name. This is due in part to the fact that his foray into comedy coincided with running his own cosmetic dentistry practice. “Who The F*ck Is Jeffrey Gurian?” explores the unique contradiction of his two professional passions and his continued pursuit of becoming a famous comedian:

“I met Jeffrey Gurian when I first moved to New York. After working in restaurants to make ends meet for a few months, I was itching to do anything involving film. I scoured Craigslist applying to everything I saw that looked somewhat related to video production. A few days later I received an email titled, “RE: Nationally Known Comedy Writer Seeks Intern.” Next thing I knew, I was in Jeffrey’s Upper East Side apartment being interviewed to edit videos for his Youtube channel, Comedy Matters TV. The walls in his apartment were filled from ceiling to floor with pictures of Jeffrey with every celebrity on the planet. While I only ended up working for Jeffrey out of his apartment for a few months, the experience left an impression on me.

About five years later, I was struggling to get a narrative film off the ground. Raising funds is not my specialty. I thought, “Am I going to be stuck making content for brands that I don’t believe in and just pursuing my original work instead of actually being able to make it?” Jeffrey popped into my head. I identified with his life long pursuit of comedy fame and wanted to tell that story. I called him the next day and we met at a diner to discuss the possibility of me making a film chronicling his life and work in comedy.”

Director/Producer/Cinematographer/Editor: Derek Brown
Associate Producer: Jacob Salzberg
Graphic Design/Illustration/Animation: Rich Schemm
Colorist: Frankie Turiano
Post Sound Mixer: Gaelan Mullins
Music Supervisor: Ethan Converse
Original Music: Alex Collier & Lincoln Lute

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Fantastic video for Moses Boyd’s track “Stranger Than Fiction” by London-based directing duo Jean-Philippe Blunt and Thom Humphreys aka in/out (previously featured here). Really love the look of this — never seen long exposure shots quite like this before!

Warning: this video contains flashing images.

Director/Editor: in/out
Producer: Louisa Plumstead
DOP: Spike Morris
Focus Puller: Rob Hawkin
Loader: Bulman Arshehit
Grip: Alex Kelleher
Gaffer: Helio Riberio
1st AD: Tom Fraser-Ivens
Runner: Anna Argiros
Art Director: Charlotte Stuart-Gumbar
Costume Designer: Amy Thompson
Wardrobe Assistant: Patrick Lee
Hair & Make-Up Artist: Natasha Livesy
Film Developing: Cinelab
Colourist: Thomas Mangham at The Mill
Post Producer: Bruce Langfield at The Mill
Cast: Joshua Craigie, Esop Evard
Commissioner: Michael Lewin
Directors Rep: Joceline Gabriel at Hands
Head Of Music: Kate Brady
Executive Producer: Natalie Arnett
Production Company: Riff Raff Films
Label: The Orchard

Thanks:
Albedo 100
Cinelab
Aarti Mahtani

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

Directors Ivan Cash and Dan Addelson document a one-night, drive-in dance performance in a vacant Los Angeles parking lot at the height of COVID-19. Created and choreographed by Jacob Jonas, the dance piece raises awareness for all the theatres and performers put on hold during this time as well as how societal restrictions can be used as a source of creativity and inspiration.

Directed by Ivan Cash & Dan Addelson
Produced by Cash Studios & Jacob Jonas The Company
Line Producer: Jenna Cedicci
Director of Photography: Michael Pescasio
Editor: Blake Bogosian
Camera Operator 1: Joey Graziano
Camera Operator 2: Dylan Schwartz
Drone Footage: Dylan Schwartz
Sound Mixer: Daniel McCoy
Composer: Anibal Sandoval
Art Department: Eliot Addelson
1st AC: Owen Patry
2nd AC: Bradley Wilder
Audio Mix: Pete Kneser
Color: Beau Leon
Senior Color Producer: Andrew McLintock
Project Manager: Louie Jimena
Special Thanks: Devin Whetstone, Jesse Dana

Performance
Creator & Choreographer: Jacob Jonas
Producers: Jill Wilson
Lighting Design: Will Adashek
Assistant Choreographer: Mike Tyus
Rehearsal Director: Marissa Labog
Content and Research: Joy Brown, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock
Dance Captains: Jerrese Adams, Anthony Bryant
Dancers: Jerrese Adam, Georgia Bryan,
Anthony Bryant, Joy Isabella Brown, James “Jstylz” Blackston, Chandler Davids, Marissa Labog, Miguel Lopez Jorge, Jacob “Kujo” Lyons, Emma Rosenzweig-Bock, Mike Tyus, Angelo “Vo Vera” Sapienza, Santiago Villarreal, Jill Wilson, Diána Worby, Patricia Zhou
Special Thanks: Don Norman, Elizabeth Yochim, Jonathan Pony

Made possible in part by a grant from the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

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A heartfelt meditation on the current state and future of music for Glass Animals’ track “Heat Waves.” Directed remotely by Colin Read (previously featured here), the project was shot with social distancing and involved enlisting an entire block’s worth of quarantined London residents to become part of the camera team! As the bands own Dave Bayley states:

“This video is a love letter to live music and the culture and togetherness surrounding it. It was filmed at the peak of the lockdown in my neighbourhood in East London by the lovely people who live around me, just using their phones. These are people who are usually out at shows, in galleries, going to cinemas etc. These venues are left empty now, and many of them will not survive. The song is about loss and longing, and ultimately realizing you are unable to save something…and this video is about that but for art, being together, and human contact. …When everyone was leaning out of their windows filming, I felt that same sense of togetherness and spine-tingling energy that happened at live shows. It made the coldness of performing to an empty room with the band stuck on screens feel even more heart-breaking.”

Director: Colin Read
Producer: Erin Sayder
Executive Producer: Rik Green
Production Company: Pulse Films
Director of Photography: Sam Meyer
Production Manager: Rachel Bashford
Production Designer: Bon Walsh
1st AD: Chris Malin
Location Manager: Titus Penate
Edit: Colin Read
Grade: Sam Gursky
Focus Puller: Louis Vella
Camera Assistant: Max Smith
Gaffer: Will Pope
DIT: Ollie Martin
Rep: Hands
Runner: Elliot B Lang
Runner: Silvester Schlebruegge
Post House: Irving Harvey

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UK-based director and photographer Nic Kane (previously featured here) captures Elder Island’s 2019 Omnitone Tour in this lovely ode to the two-way street that is the relationship between audience and musician. Combining cine film and VHS punctuate digital footage, the short documentary offers insight into the band’s hands-on approach to touring — a snapshot that hits a particular sense of poignancy and nostalgia given the current hold on live shows.

Director: Nic Kane
Cinematographer: Nic Kane
Camera Operator (Live): Camilla Hall
S8 Capture: Luke Thornton
Editor: Nic Kane
Colourist: Cam Sander
Audio Mix: Luke Thornton
Tour Manager: Andy Lewis
Front of House: Jake Bateman
Monitors: Louis Urquhart
Monitors: Med Rann
Stage Lighting: Sam Campbell
Stage Outfits: Laura Griffin

This is one of the many wonderful submissions we’ve received in the past week. Click here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

Another ambitious video from Solo Ansamblis (previously featured here), this time by Lithuanian director Titas Sūdžius and produced by Scuare. “Dansingas” took over a year to make and involved contributions from more than 200 people and partners. While the apocalyptic visuals leave a lot open for interpretation, many topical themes emerge as the video branches into narratives of resistance, isolation, and false prophets. As Sūdžius states:

“The lyrics of this song and the way it is written work by awakening the human subconscious. In the creative process, it was an essential hint to me, prompting the answer how the image should work. I wrote the script back in the fall of 2018. The story came about almost automatically, listening to the song and trying to visualize a suspicion of the future.”

Director & Scriptwriter: Titas Sūdžius
Producers: Laurynas Mataitis, Matas Vainauskas
Production Manager: Domantas Kancleris
Producer Assistant: Jonas Juškaitis
Production Manager Assistant: Jonas Žaliūnas
1st AD: Simonas Šaineris
2nd AD: Evelina Vercinskaja
Key PA: Kornelijus Stučkus
PA’s: Kasparas Pilinkus, Benediktas Radzevičius, Darius Juknevičius, Kasparas Mataitis, Gabriele Bastytė, Gustas Čiuoderis, Rolandas Banaitis, Benas Šarka
Script Continuity: Birutė Vaičiūnaitė
Location Manager: Julius Karvelis
Casting Director: Eglė Strackaitė
Casting Managers: Jonas Juškaitis, Aušra Vinickaitė
Casting Managers Assistant: Benediktas Radzevičius
DOP: Julius Sičiūnas LAC
1st AC: Martynas Šiaučiūnas, Linas Žiūra
2nd AC: Ričardas Rutkauskas, Laura Aliukonytė, Mindaugas Docaitis
Drone Pilot: Domantas Kancleris
DIT: Laura Pašilytė, Erdvilas Petras Abukevičius
Gaffer: Linas Ramanauskas
Best Boys: Tadas Mikalauskas, Michailas Podgajeckis, Vaidotas Kalibatas
Key Grip: Augustas Gricius
Remote Head Operator: Jonas Burnickis
Grip: Šarūnas Klabys, Jokūbas Kiauleikis, Linas Muncelevičius
Art Director: Greta Vileikytė
Art Director Assistants: Aldona Majakovaitė, Vytautas Jakubauskas, Mantas Čiurlys, Gytis Uogintas, Nora Ieva Babravičiūtė, Edvard Gotovski, Francesco Pierantozzi, Emilija Einikytė, Lynn Hofmann, Kamilla Kase, Artūras But, Kęstas Juršėnas, Ieva Rojūtė, Kasparas Mataitis, Domas Butkus
Costume Designer: Emilija Knyzelytė – Jočionė
Costume Designer Assistants: Simona Banelytė, Roberta Čyžiūtė, Agnė Trušaitė
Head of Make-up Department: Jurgita Globytė
Make-up Assistants Viktorija Navickaitė – Grubliauskė, Karolina Rukšnaitytė, Karolina Gackaitė, Eglė Ulevičiūtė, Rokas Aidukonis
Stunt Actor Supervisor: Saulius Janavičius
Stunt Actor: Slava Samuchov
Special Effects Supervisor: Artiom Grigorian
Special Effects Engineers: Paulius Drilinga, Artūras Kizelis
Location Services: Donatas Bakanas
Edit: Karolis Labutis, Titas Sūdžius
Supervisor & lead VFX Artist: Lukas Zapereckas
Post-Production/VFX Artists: Vytautas Kazlauskas, Ged Jurga, Jonas Žaliūnas
Color: Jonas Sunklodas
Graphic Designers: Art Belikov, Karolina Peciu, Pijus Burakas
Sound Designer: Kristupas Jasiulionis

Actors:
Saulius Janavičius, Ingrida Toleikytė, Indrė Vaičiukaitė, Paulina Smirnovaitė, Karolina Kalinauskaitė, Vilius Daumantas, Vladas Kondrasevičius, Tomas Paskovski, Laura Jaraminaitė, Gabija Rostovskytė, Nikodemas Valiušaitis, Saulius Ambrozaitis, Andrius Mockus, Alvydė Pikturnaitė, Aistė Klimčiauskaitė Tomas Terekas, Erdvilas Petras Abukevičius, Rafal Mikelionis, Slava Samuchov, Dovydas Stončius, Viktorija Vaičiulytė, Žygimantas Jakimovas, Algirdas Juškys, Linas Ginaitis, Karolina Kusaitė, Edvina Raudoniūtė, Gediminas Gaučas, Karolis Zajauskas, Upė Pilitauskaitė, Karolina Česokaitė

Extras:
Valerijus Krasnopiorovas, Danielius Ratkevičius, Aidas Jurgaitis, Vytautas Leistrumas, Karolis Labutis, Vaiva Guogaitė, Paulius Kibilda, Diana Gružauskaitė, Aleksandra Garšvaitė, Augustė Ežerskytė, Ernestas Stančius, Akvilė Čepurnaitė, Ieva Morkūnaitė, Mantas Želys, Saugirdas Smailys, Gytis Vidžiūnas, Mantas Bartaševičius, Gabrielė Žemaitytė, Greta Stankūnaitė, Kasparas Mataitis, Sofija Gedgaudaitė, Justina Savickytė, Aušrė Savickaitė, Vilius Aukštuolis, Kęstutis Dringelis, Aistė Misevičiūtė, Mantas Barvičius, Andrius Laurinavičius, Leonardas Borotinskas, Giedrius Kiela, Oktavija Stefanovičiūtė, Adelina Martinkėnaitė, Lina Jankevičiūtė, Daiva Šatkutė, Karolina Jadzevičiūtė, Justė Anušauskaitė, Martynas Gasiūnas, Laurynas Žarkauskas, Ieva Raudel, Audrius Bardzilauskas, Artur Kozlovskij, Mantas Repečka, Rytis Kričenas, Kristupas Sakalius, Dominyka Kerbytė, Beatričė Burakovaitė, Evelina Šeškauskytė, Ina Dzengienė, Gabija Bertašiūtė, Kornelija Vaišvilaitė, Julija Pronckutė, Virginija Jasulevičiūtė

This is just one of the many creative submissions we’ve received in the past week. Consider participating here if you have a project you’d like us to check out!

The fourth episode in the Legacy docu-series explores Bob Marley’s love of soccer and longstanding connection between the game and his music. Directed by Marcus McDougald and produced by Marc Kharrat, “Rhythm of the Game” delves into archive footage to share never-before-told anecdotes about Bob’s life as well as the beauty of a game that continues to unite the world.

A UMe production in association with Tuff Gong, Island Records, Crossbar
Director: Marcus McDougald
Producer: Marc Kharrat
Editor: Christian O’Keefe
Cinematographer: David Okolo
Colorist: Carlos Flores
Executive Producers: Cedella Marley, Ziggy Marley, Michael Johansen, Dezi Catarino
Co-Executive Producers: Bruce Resnikoff, Jane Gowen, Andrew Daw, Matt Solodky
Production Sound: Akash Singh
Sound Design: Christian O’Keefe
Sound Mix: Dylan Agajanian
Camera Operators: Christian O’Keefe, Marcus McDougald, Hakim Tatah, Dezi Catarino, Mark Odgers, William E. Rouse
Assistant Camera: Jamie Margolin
Production Manager: Jonathan Mouton
Production Coordinators: Shamal Thomas, Lisa E. Smith
Art Director/Still & Archive Animations: Mark Hill
Animations: Case Jernigan / Off-Foot
Artwork/Print: David Diehl, Alexander Winch
Titles: Alex Cervantes
Photography: Adrian Boot, Imad Bolotok, Rich Gordon
Post Producers: Marc Kharrat, Carlos Jovel
Researcher: Zach Weinberg
Business Affairs: Davetta Selma
Associate Producer: Ava Breman

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

CANADA director Rogelio González uses his time off during quarantine to embark on an introspective trip into his own psyche. A unique celebration of the opportunities lockdown can bring, “Now You Know” captures the relationship between Rogelio and his roommate, Javier Dichas, to suggest that the limitations a 50 day lockdown imposes only exist in the mind. Or, in Rogelio words, what could’ve happened “in any Spanish home when you lockdown a couple of immature adults.”
 

Starring
Javier Dichas
Rebeca Luna
Felipe Bartolomé
Leila Rodriguez
Didi Domenech
Anna Crosland

Directed by ROGELIO
Script: ROGELIO
Cinematography: ROGELIO
Edit: ROGELIO
Voice Over: Luis Aspe
Music: Pedro Saiz (Synths), Mariadolores Revilla (Piano)
Sound Design: Alfredo Diaz
Colorist: Marc Morató @ metropolitana
Video FX: Alvaro Posadas @ CANADA
Graphic Design: Realmente Bravo

Special Thanks
Xavi Vara
Marina M. Campomanes
Oscar Romagosa
Palomo Spain
Paty Abrahamson
Tomas Peña
Santos Bacana
Mela Garracongana
Rebeca Luna
666

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Director and cinematographer Jonathan May offers a beautifully poignant look at the desert opal mining town of Andamooka, one of the most remote places in South Australia. In its glory days Andamooka had over 3000 residents; now the population sits at 316. The story of the place is told through the eyes of Ingo Hansen, a man who grew up in the area and has returned, struggling with his health. While reminiscing on the impact of the harsh landscapes and the once thriving outback town, Hansen draws parallels to the journey of his own life:

“It takes a certain type of person to love a place like this, with the isolation and the desolation. Walking through the cemetery Ingo reflects on the grim truths of his reality, and how strange it is to know every body that lies beneath him in the dust. As in life, both the once beautiful landscape and the once promising future he faced are slowly fading away and the story is unforgiving.”

Director & DP: Jonathan May
Second Camera: Travis Hague
Producer: Liza Boston
Score: Tilman Robinson
Editor: Christopher Baron
Colour: Tim Wreyford
Sound Design: James Martell

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