Fantastic storytelling in this video for TOM And His Computer written and directed by Copenhagen-based filmmaker Martin Garde Abildgaard. Watch “Future Ruins” above and check out Abildgaard’s previously featured short, “Lovebirds,” here if you haven’t already!

Starring Cyron Melville & Sonia Suhl
Writer & Director: Martin Garde Abildgaard
Producer: Rikke Katborg
Executive Producer: Morten Hoffmann Larsen
Production Company: Circus Alphaville
Label: In My Room
DOP: Mattias Troelstrup DFF
Editor: Peter Brandt
Colourist: Lasse Marcussen
Camera Assistant: Lasse Olesen
Production Designer: Emilie Vigh
Wardrobe: Pernille Holm
Editing facility, off-line: Little Machine
Editors Assistant: Victor Mathiesen
Post: Cameo Film
Online & Mastering: Kevin Verner
VFX: Villads Liversage
Post Coordinator: Emma Engberg
Music Produced by Trentemøller
Vocals & Lyrics by Roxy Jules

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

An inspiring portrait of a competitive ski jumper by director Rachel Knoll. Ski Jumping was one of the original Olympic sports. However, it wasn’t until the winter of 2014 that female athletes were allowed to compete. “Danger Daisy” follows a young woman who grew up during the shift and being able to compete herself, to now advocating for the ability to train on the same size hills as her male counterparts.

Director: Rachel Knoll
DP: Jonny Stuckmayer
AC: Elise Joyce & Hannah Sophia Germaine
Sound Recordist: Connor McLevish
Edit: Nick Gumm & Rachel Knoll
Sound Mix/Design: Chase Brandau
Composer: Todd Casper
Colorist: Oscar Oboza
Assistant Colorist: Sam Ommen
PA + Stills Photography: Marcus Andrew Ruiz
Thanks: Cinemechanics, Steve Speers, Mayo Clinic, USA Nordic

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

Great look to this poetic meditation on motherhood by directors Tamara Santos and Meredith Adelaide (previously featured here). “Motherism” works to expand the maternal spectrum to encompass all creation and nourishment beyond biological fertility, childbirth and parenting.

Starring
Meredith Adelaide
J.B. Bauersfeld
Aris Juson
Valerie La Rose
Joe Olney
Sadyr Diourf
Dianna Miranda Buck

Production Company: Black Poppy Productions
Producer: Julie Bersani
Director: Tamara Santos & Meredith Adelaide
Production Design: Britt Keller
1st AC: Carlos Lopez, Eric Ugland
2nd AC: Jeremy Peele
Gaffer: Diego Gilly
BBE: Robert Quinn
KG: Axel Johansson
Camera: Keslow Camera
Film Stock: Kodak
Film Processing: Fotokem
Electric: CAM lighting
Sound: Zachary Cook
HMU: Page Berse
Production Assistant: Dani Reynolds
Wolf Wrangler: Lorin Lindner
Editor: Tamara Santos
Sound Recording: Lucas Bomeny
Composer: Mike Dempsey
Color Grading: Ryan McNeal
VFX: Poll Zakharov

Special Thanks:
Brad Simpson, Mel Mathis, Lauren D’Agostino,
Andre Faria, Murilo Faria, George Nienhuis,
David Cali, Perry Suppa, Naomi Digby

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

A moving documentary short by director Loïc Phil of Paris-based studio Gump. “DJAO: After the Road” follows a young refugee as he tries to escape the shadows of his past while starting a new life in France. The film aims to show the psychological marks that most migrants harbour from their migration and how the weight of these memories, in addition to the precarity of being undocumented, can affect their efforts to make a fresh start.

Featuring Mamadou K
Director: Loïc Phil
DOP: Thierry Le Mer
Producer: Maxime Bonneau
Production Company: Gump
Production Manager: Margot Baudiffier
1st AC: Rémi Delvern
Sound Recordist: Alexandre Bracq
Location Manager: Mathias Avanozian
Editors: Loïc Phil, Simon Philippe
Assistant Editor: Arthur Ducoux
Colorist: Eudes Quitellier
Original Music: Loïc Phil (Ilhoë)
Sound Mixing & Sound Design: Timotée Pédron
Additionnal Music: Meiway – Miss Lolo (J.P.S. Production)
Dioula/French Translator: Djénébou Diabaté

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

A delightfully quirky short by Toronto-based writer and director Max Sherman. Starring Zachary Zamsky, Nina Kiri, Jacqueline Knight, Aaron Serotsky, Joel Hurt Jones, Will Rogers and Margaret Clunie, “Nowadays” offers up a series of vignettes about the awkwardness of modern love and technology.

Written and Directed by Max Sherman
Executive Producers: Harland Weiss, Donovan Boden, Isil Gilderdale, Paul Weston
Producers: Haley Vickers, Jason Aita, Andrew Studholme
Cinematography: Kiel Milligan, Simon Richards
Editors: Ross Birchall, Melanie Hider, Cam Lasovich
Production: OPC
Editoral: Saints Editorial
Post: ETC London
Sound: Vapor Music

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Prague-based director Jakub Jelen and cinematographer Matěj Piňos delve into the deeply-rooted folk tradition of the bride headdress ritual. Though the custom is probably much older, the ritual first appeared in the Czech territory in the 15th century in the Czech territory and still continues to this day in some regions. The ceremony marks the transformation of the individual from a state of virginity (symbolized by the wreath) to the bonnet — which is placed on the bride’s head after the wreath is taken and her braids are unravelled. For the film, Jelen and Piňos wanted to create an audiovisual record of the ritual taking place in an indefinite time/space as a way of emphasizing the intimacy of the atmosphere.

Director: Jakub Jelen
Choreographer: David Mikula
Director of Photography: Matěj Piňos
Editor: Jakub Jelínek
Sound Mixer: Jan Balcar
Production Manager: Zuzana Pelcová

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

A beautiful piece about freedom by Portuguese filmmaker Diana Antunes. While inviting us to indulge in our memories, “Desabitar” questions whether we can ever be truly free if part of ourselves is still trapped in the past.

Starring
Ana Moreno
Gil

A film by Diana Antunes
Director of Photography: Duarte Domingos
Editor: Diana Antunes
Colorist: Paulo Inês
Original Soundtrack by Noiserv
Art Director: Diana Antunes
Art Assistant: Bárbara Dias
Art Assistant: Mihai Cotoman
Virtual Art Adviser: David Tutti dos Reis
Focus Puller: Selma
Gimbal Assistant: Miguel Malheiros
Production Director: Diana Antunes
Production Coordinator: Bárbara Dias

Special Thanks:
Fábrica 30
Showreel Audiovisuais
Lightfilm
STP
Jacqueline Ferreira

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

A young woman starts to see some strange forms outside while quarantining in this ambitious short by Paris-based director James F Coton (previously featured here). One of the most impressive films made during lockdown we’ve seen yet! Check it out above and see full credits below.

Cast:
Aggy k. Adams
Crystal Shepherd-Cross
Anna Wylder
Alex Cordrey
Rhys Clarke
Zac Andria
Clemence Lassalas
Avant Strangel
Ben Jacobson
Shaniaz Hama Ali

Directed: James F Coton
Written: James F Coton & Aurelia F Coton
First AD: Anne Chapelot
DP: Joe Cook
Producer: Aurelia F Coton & James F Coton
VFX: Theo Gottlieb
Editor: James F coton
Composer: Jack Bartman
Music Production: Benzene Paris
Sound Design & Mix: James F Coton
Styling: Jean Charline Tomlinson

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

A trippy tale of self-discovery for Waze & Odyssey, George Michael, Mary J. Blige and Tommy Theo’s track “Always” by Los Angeles-based director Nelson de Castro. This is Nelson’s first solo directed video in a while. Check out some of his previously featured, co-directed projects here if you haven’t already!

Starring Allison & Veronica Huber
Directed by Nelson de Castro
Production Company: Little Ugly
Executive Producers: Jesse McClung & Kimberly Stuckwisch
Producer: Briana Goldberg
Commissioner: Kat Cattaneo
Director of Photography: Jeff Leeds Cohn
Choreographer: Monika Felice Smith
Assistant Choreographer: Jen Apter
1st AD: Michael Coursey
Production Designer: Eddie Inda
Editor: Taylor Brusky
VFX Supervisor: Bryan Fugal
Costume Designer: Meredith Peebles
Hair & Makeup Artist: Kimtsy Sanchez
Motion Control Programmer: Simon Wakley
Colorist: Jacob McKee

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

Ontario-based director and editor Brian Chambers documents the emotional journey of the Chappell family and how their daughter’s struggles with Cystic Fibrosis have helped them to live in the moment. Cystic Fibrosis is the most common fatal genetic disease affecting Canadian children and young adults. At present, there is no cure.

Director & Editor: Brian Chambers
Producer: Derek Lamoureux
DP: Nik Pilecki
Sound Mix: Siegfried Meier

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

A poetic meditation on loneliness by Madrid-based director Sendoa Cardoso. “Solo” follows a young man’s private introspection as he questions why being alone is something we always insist on avoiding.

Starring Eneko Sagardoy
Directed by Sendoa Cardoso
Executive Producers: Sendoa Cardoso, Eugenio Cardoso
Line Producer: Ivan Sokolov
Cinematographer: Adri del Val
Editor: Ale García
Art Director: Andrea Gandarillas
Sound Designer: Dani Bravo
Music: Ivan Lopez
Hair & Makeup Artist: Beatriz López
Colourist: Ruben Galamba @ Metropolitana
Production Manager: Tomás Ramos
Production Assistant: Ana Mª Fernandez
Production Assistant: Aida Caneda
Production Assistant: Sofía Usachenko
1st AD: Ivan Sokolov
Art Crew: Siggy Martinez, Paula Kosoy,
Helena Gallego, Marina Vibot, Álvaro Lianes
Voice-over Recordist: Jose Luis Toral
1st AC: Michel Rey
2nd AC: Pablo Romero
Gaffer: David Gomez
Best Boy Electric: Nacho Carratalá
Key Grip: Jon Azkorra
Best Boy Grip: Iker Criado
Action Car: Daniel Ramiro
Designer: Julen García
Still Photography: Maria Tertre

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

Destroyer’s tour got cancelled while directors David Galloway and David Ehrenreich were in the middle of shooting a film. This video for “foolssong” is what’s left of that project for now — a lullaby to those enchanted alien landscapes and the people who brought them to life. Really like this approach and hopefully will see more if/when they can tour again. In the meantime, you can check out a bunch of Dave’s previously featured work, including more content for Destroyer, here!

Directors: David Galloway & David Ehrenreich
Photography: David Ehrenreich & Dane Collison
Colour: David Tomiak
Production Company: Border Patrol Films
Supported by Creative BC and the Province of British Columbia.

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