UK-based director Joe Wheatley takes on another video for Willie J Healey, this time for “True Stereo.” Click here to check out their previous collaboration, “Why You Gotta Do It,” if you haven’t already!

Director: Joe Wheatley
DOP: Rik Burnell
Producer: Luke Fraser
1st AC: Matt Hillier
Editor: Adam Jones
Colourist: Jason Wallis @ ETC
Audio: Chris Banks
BTS: Arnaud Lin
Double: Josh
Label: Yala! Records

Thanks to:
the wills family
Pixi Pixel
Jon O’Neil
Cinelab London
Isaac Eastgate
Joseph Bird
Rob Smalley

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

The debut video for Berlin-based singer Katerinha features monuments and landscapes shot in several locations throughout the former Yugoslavia, including North Macedonia, Serbia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. Bringing these aesthetics into a new context, “Trippin” offers a unique combination of concrete structures and contemporary dance.

Starring Exocé Oob Kasongo & Astan Meyer
Directed & Edited by Milena Viitman
Executive Producer: Katerinha
DOP: Vladimir Dimoski
Colourist: Kimani Schumann
Hairstyle: Cult Sup
Choreography: Exocé Oob Kasongo, Astan Meyer & Katerinha

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

Love the way the lyrics are embedded into the streets of New York in this video for Local Nomad. Directed by NYC-based animator Ynon Lan, who also did all the editing and VFX: “These shots were captured at a time when the streets were still filled with people and good energy (and hopefully they will be again soon).” Check it out above and click here for more of Lan’s previously featured work!

A brilliant reminder not to lose sight of what makes us human when it comes to healthcare, “Instant Doctor” is a timely short that imagines a future world where algorithms provide patients with immediate diagnoses and treatment. Presented by Tribute, “Instant Doctor” was created by The Bloc and Brazil-based collective The Youth for Doctor’s day 2020. Watch above and see full credits below!

Starring Fernando Alves Pinto
Directed by Diogo Gameiro + The Youth
Written by Bianca Troncone, David Stemler,
Bernardo Romero, Diogo Gameiro & The Youth
Production Company: The Youth
Producer: Nani Matias
Director of Photography: Yuri Maranhão
Editor: Diogo Gameiro, João Machado
Original Music: Jamute
Sound Design & Mix: Jamute
Colorist: Spalva – Osmar Junior
Post: Warriors VFX

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An enchanting animation for Jo Goes Hunting’s track “Careful” by Paris-based director and animator Alice Saey (previously featured here):

“On the borderless map of a magical planet, little beings pick, brush, weave, fish and collect elements from their natural environment to sustain their life as a group. This essential balance turns to chaos once they misuse their findings to polish their individual appearance.”

Direction, Concept & Design by Alice Saey
Animation: Nienke Deutz, Daan Faudet, Wiep Teeuwisse, Alice Saey
Editing: Alice Saey, Ruben van Asselt

Music Composed, Recorded & Written by Jimmi Jo Hueting
Saxophone: Nicolò Francesco Ricci
Mix: Simon Akkermans & Jimmi Hueting
Mastered: Jerboa

Produced by Miyu Productions (France) & De Nieuwe Oost (Netherlands)
Distribution & Sales: Miyu Distribution
Made possible by Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
& CNC – Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée
© Miyu & De Nieuwe Oost 2020

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

Lovely video for Heavy Chest by New Zealand-based director Josiah Watson (previously featured here). More of a visual poem than a traditional narrative, Watson describes “Just You” as an elegy to the time we lose trying to escape our thoughts, brought together through bite-sized vignettes of a girl searching for ‘something more’ in the mundane:

“The film jumps between two completely different worlds, one of which presents scenes which should feel all too familiar and the other being altogether more abstract and dreamlike. In the end we wonder whether it was a dream or a brief moment of pure, unadulterated escape”

Watch “Just You” above and check out some behind-the-scenes photos from the shoot below!

Starring
Ella Baigent-Brown
Isaac Sims
Emily Keddell
Greg McColl

Director: Josiah Watson
DOP: Bill Bycroft
Producer: Grace Watson
1st AC: Ethan James
2nd AC: Alice Toomer
Production Assistant: Raphaella Holder-Monk
Production Assistant: Milly Brunel
Gaffer: Andy Ferguson
Art Director: Sharlene Young
Assistant AD: Grace Watson
H&MU: Alana James
Color: Matic Prusnik
Graphic Treatment: Jeremy Hooper

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A Zimbabwean-born animal advocate shares the power of the human-dog connection in this touching documentary short by Brooklyn-based director Charles Frank. You can also click here to learn about one of Diana’s favourite organizations, Pet Savers, and consider making a donation in memory of Diana Roberts (October 8, 1957 – March 18, 2020).

Director: Charles Frank
Cinematographer & Composer: Jeff Melanson
Editor: Nico Bovat
Sound Designer & Mixer: Calvin Pia

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

Lots of fun elements in this video for Feels by Copenhagen-based director Bertil Vorre. As the band shares, they brought on Vorre for the project because they were looking to create something different and unexpected:

“We wanted to have two sides for this video, starting off with a light humorous hairdresser and barber shop and the more dark side of the matter. We didn’t want the video to be self explanatory but more having the audience guessing what the fuck is going on. And hopefully it will make more sense the second time you watch it.”

Check out “Lost” above and see full credits below!

Directed by Bertil Vorre
Edited by Isabella Rulffs & Bertil Vorre
DOP: Victor Knötzel
Producer: Sofie Madsen
Gaffer: Claus Høyner
Light Assistent: Kristian Kjer
Focus Puller: Mads Hauerslev
1ST AD: Keiria Hissabu
Makeup Artist: Asal Mirkhani
Colourist: Jonas Bech
Sound Designer: Emil Vilhelmsen
Stylist: Isabella Rulffs
VJ: George Smart
3D Animator: David Koch G
Additional VFX: Bertil Vorre, Simon Rakhmanin
Production Assistent: Sandra Kjær Ahenkorah, Selina Sinkbæk
Executive Producer: Sara Samsøe
Production Company: New Land

Cast:
David Evers
Sina mousavian
Nicki Pooyandeh
Emma clement
Ephraim Duncan
Adam Naima
Zohair latif
Shpetim Abdullahu
Ivan Martinez
Rosanna Pang
Jesper Aqalo Petersen
Birgit
Ulrikke
Lars

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An engrossing colour-coded narrative for Vancouver artist Old Man Canyon by director Geordie Starr (previously featured here). Shot on 16mm film by cinematographer Bryn McCashin, “For The Taking” incorporates interpretive dance movements, symbolism and cognitive imagery to convey a thematic battle between humanity in the red corner and technology in the blue. As Starr explains:

“Set in a world where human beings have become imprisoned by technology and categorized by colour, four unique colour codes use the power of a sacred dance to resist the powerful trance and fight to regain control of their oppressed minds. As they recite the motions, they are individually transported — through a miniature greenhouse portal — from their recluse warehouse into diverse exterior locations where they can finally be free to express themselves… We return to the warehouse to see them still entrapped by the bright, blinding light of their screens, which compels us to question whether they are truly free or if the escape was an odyssey spent entirely in the prison of their own minds.”

Starring
Cassandra Phillips-Grande
Shion Skye Carter
Owen Unruh
Jackson Wai Chung Tse

Directed by Geordie Starr
Director of Photography: Bryn McCashin
Gaffer: Alex Greba
Key / Dolly Grip: Sam Peterson
Swing: Bradley Ishii
1st AC: Mikael Bidard, Richard Dalgleish
Colour: Sam Gilling
Hair / MUA: Jessica De Palma
Choreography: Shion Skye Carter
Styling: Cassandra Phillips-Grande
Edit: Geordie Starr
Titles: Alex Greba

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

Choas ensues when a group of coworkers discover a dog trapped in a hot car in this delightfully over the top one-take short by Los Angeles-based writer and director Patrick Muhlberger.

Starring
Elisha Yaffe
Marissa Rivera
Gabe Gibbs
Vic Michaelis

Written & Directed by Patrick Muhlberger
Producer: Sarah Haber, Vivian Johnson
Director of Photography: John Veleta
Assistant Director: Andrew Adams
Editor: Joshua Cole
Steadicam: Gio Barot
1st AC: Adam Marquez
Production Audio: Dan McCoy
Music: Mark Hadley
Prop Maker: Bryan Fulk
Post Audio: Joshua Suhy
Visual Effects: Jared Potter
Colorist: Kaitlyn Battistelli
Post Producer: Brittany Carson
Production Assistants: Justin Cordua, Max Look

Cast:
Gregory Wallace
Nathan Ramos
Cecily Breaux
Andrew Crabtree
Greg Gallant
Alex Miyawake
Ashley Arlow
Shelby

Extras:
Vivian Johnson
Kelly Nelson
Tara Parian
Sean Preston
Wyatt Rogowski
Brad Woolf

Special Thanks:
Panavision Woodland Hills
Mike Carter
Greg Gallant
Nathan Ramos
Jordan Moncada
Francesca Lynn
Amanda Widoniak
Joel Ehninger
Adam Shepard
Emilie Flynn
Andrea Sczensy
Jonny Look
Kaitlin Beauchemin
Matthew Gustafson
Mark Evans
Ben Redmond
Kailee McGee

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

A dark and unabashed short by Manchester-based writer-director Dorny Sunday. “Judith!” follows an unhinged bride whose absurd act of violence transforms her big day into a bizarre form of creative self-expression:

“Those with a ‘creative streak’ live so much in their own heads that they don’t even really exist in time, in any classical sense. What I was attempting to explore was how creativity can be taken to the absolute extreme, in the most selfish way, at great costs. The narrative touches on social media but this wasn’t a critique of it –- it’s more a portrait of misplaced creative energy.”

Starring
Gemma-Leah Devereux
Chelsea O’Connor
Elizabeth Yeoman
William Holstead
Margaret Carr

Written & Directed by Dorny Sunday
Director of Photography: Paul Mortlock
1st AD: Tomos Pierce
Producer: Andrew Perch
Production Designer: Sophie Barrott
Sound: Hyper Reel Audio
Costume Designer: Jen Greene
Hair & Make-up: Helena Smythe

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

A waitress takes back control when an unwanted patron orders at her cafe in this video for Quiet Blue’s track, “Jealous,” by Melbourne-based director Thomas Pike (previously featured here).

Starring
Claire Leske
Nic Georgiou
Jacob Pattison

Director & Producer: Thomas Pike
Cinematographer: Anthony Koreny
Choreographer: Darcy Wallace
Hair & Make-up: Josie Hanuska
1st AC: Anthony Taranto
2nd AC: Daniel Mudrinic
Gaffer: Michael Hales
Lighting Assistant: Marcus Finner-Larsen
Steadicam Operator: Jack Murtagh
Production Assistant: Yassen Abdel-Razek
Editor: Thomas Pike
Colourist: Anthony Koreny

Special Thanks:
Mario Sbriglio, Kate Logan, Julian Welgus,
Jordan De Pas, Todd Hunter, Damon Langley,
Laura Lazzara, Louise Gaul, Sun Studios

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