Love the VFX with 16mm film stock in this trippy satire for Scriptonite’s track “Pohvastatsya” by Moscow-based director Medet Shayakhmetov of PBC.

Starring Valeriya Shutovskaya
Directed by Medet Shayakhmetov
Director of Photographer: Michael Hasaya
Produced by Pavel Gretsky
Producer Assistant: Alyona Umanskaya, Karina Morozova, Elizaveta Zhuravleva, Kirill Komrakov
VFX: Azamat Sayfullaev, Denis Ivanovsky, Artyom Novikov
Editor: Sayat Musa
Colorist: Nikolay Vavilov
Production Designer: Varuzhan Gandzhumyan
Production Designer Assistant: Elizaveta Zhuravleva
Movie car rental: Anton Pavlov
Style: Visible Style Service, Vasilisa Gamaleya-Gusarova, Yuliana Inusheva
Style Assistant: Bairam Abasov, Sveta Ray
MUA: Ksenia Yarmak
MUA Assistant: Maria Kruchina
1st AD: Tasha Deeva
Focus Puller: Alexey Baykov
2nd AC: Andrey Fedin-Kruglyakov, Dmitry Shumilin
Gaffer: Pavel Sсhevchenko
Dolly: Yuri Bakhovets
Dimming Board Operator: Shamil Butaev
Playback: Alexey Kopashov
Production Manager: Dmitriy Zhitnushkin
Production Assistants: Denis Timokhin, Maksim Gavrilov
Casting: Karina Morozova
Fans: Anastasia Kosenko
Casting Assistants on set: Karina Morozova, Alex Kulyasov, Anastasia Kosenko, Denis Ryazanov

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A really unique stop-motion short by Brooklyn-based artist and animator Case Jernigan (previously featured here). Composed from paper cutouts, paint on plastic and cereal box sculptures, “eggshell” is the result of a panic attack that lasted two days and Jernigan’s ongoing effort to get to know himself better:

“My work is about compartmentalization, about being an artist or dreamer amid the rigid formal tenets of churches and schools. I make imagery from anxious childhood moments. Feeling scared at night, covers pulled overhead. Trapped between powerful authority figures and propelled down an accepted path of behavior and belief. I make artwork about bullies, hero worship, religious fervor, and yearning.”

Art, Animation, Music & Sound by Case Jernigan
Voice: Case Jernigan & Cassandra Shaw
Sound Mix: Love Science Music

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A stunning black and white video for French duo Neumodel’s track with Kiddy Smile directed by Paris-based filmmaker and photographer Axel Morin. Featuring a series of dramatic tableaus set in a metaphorical non-space, “Hayah” offers a Freudian-esque interpretation of passion as possession that is as disturbing as it is mesmerizing.

Directed by Axel Morin
Production: Frenzy Paris & Cédric Barus
DOP: Benoit Soler
Editor: Tianes Montasser
1st AD: Manu Marx
Line Producer: Hugo Marcel
Set Designer: Jean Miel
Set Designer 1st Assistant: Delphine Tilliard and her team
Light: Quentin Ameziane and his team
Grip: Jean-François Dubut and his team
Stylist: Benoit Tardif and Marie Mattei
MUA: Lisa Michalik
1st Assistant DOP: Vincent Toubel
2nd Assistant DOP: Emmanuelle Benayoun
Post Production: Guillaume Marien (Mathematic)
Grading: Mathieu Caplanne
VFX Supervisor: Bertrand Avril
PP Director: Mikaella Zarka and Wassila Kailali
Flame Graphist: Hugo Aymerich
Dancer: Strauss Serpent
Models: Tehani Amant and Sofia Fanego
Stuntmen: Mathieu Lardot, Laurent Chevalier,
Olivier Sa Gilles Demurger and Joël Wu Quashie

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Great energy to this video for Danny Brown and Run The Jewels, directed and edited by New York City-based filmmaker Colin Read (previously featured here). “3 Tearz” is a multi-perspective journey of the most intimate underground performance Read could dream up, as he states:

“We handed out over two dozen cameras of various formats to the fans—orchestrating fisheye lens barrel rolls and “shitty Matrix” camera moves along the way—and let their footage and photos help drive the video.”

Directed & Edited by Colin Read
Production Company: Mirmade
Producer: Miranda Kahn
Production Designer: Jacob Ireland
Production Manager: Joe Albino
Director of Photography: Kevin Hayden
1st AC: Yuya Kudo
Camera Operators:
Emma Penrose
Daniel Contaldo
… and the fans
Gaffer: Alexa Carroll
Key Grip: Chris Angarone
Swing Grip: Riede Durvay
Grip: Michael Hayden Roy
Key PA: George Beno
PA: Tui Jordan
PA: Rich Gold
PA: Eva Friedberg
PA: Tess McGuiness
PA: Hanna Wellish
PA: Jesse Katz
PA: Myriam Hayden Roy
PA: Nico Tepper
Commissioner: Rik Green
Colorist: Samuel Gursky / Irving Harvey

Special Thanks:
Daniel Frank
Jacob Campbell
Takeshi Nagamatsu
James Trussin
Willem Holzer
Sachi Bahr
Brandon Stepanow
Connor Kammerer
Steve Fletch
Joe Bressler
Lou Sarowski
E-Waste Gowanus

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Albuquerque-based filmmaker Allonzo Armijo observes the daily routine of 92-year old Howard Henry. Despite retiring at the age of 65, Howard chooses to stay busy by going to work every day as a volunteer.

Directed, Shot, & Edited by Allonzo Armijo
Written by Allonzo Armijo & Alanna Armijo
Additional Cinematography by Jonah Quiñones
Color by Brandon Harwell
Sound Design by Michael Cook
Music by Chad Lawson
Art by Brittany Byrne

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Fun video for Willie J Healey’s track “Why You Gotta Do It” by London-based director and photographer Joe Wheatley (previously featured here).

Directed by Joe Wheatley
Director of Photography: Rik Burnell
Producer: Luke Fraser
Focus Puller & Loader: Pete Wade
Editor: Adam Jones
Colourist: Alex Gregory @ The Mill
2D Artist: Rob Antill
BTS: Maddie Thomas
Label: Yala! Records

Special Thanks:
The Willis Family
One Stop Films
Jon O’Neill
Aarti Mahtani @ Cinelab
Alex Nevill
Josh Moore & Charlie Morris @ The Mill
Silence

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A fun visual collage from Moscow-based director Alena Shevchenko. “I’ll say it first” tells the story of a girl who wants to text a boy, but hesitates to make the first move. The dialogue combines excerpts from Shevchenko’s personal diaries as well as improvisations from actress Diana Helzina’s reflections on her own romantic relationships. While capturing the contradictory inner thoughts and fleeting confidence of young love, the short film is also a meditation on technology, particularly as it relates the Russian setting. Shevchenko explains: “I wanted to face modern digital world and old soviet flat as a metaphor that technology changes but dreams stay the same.”

Starring Diana Helzina
Directed by Alena Shevchenko
Screenplay by Alena Shevchenko, Victoria Privalova
Producers: Alena Shevchenko, Timur Ziatov, Konstantin Melinkov
Director of Photography: Daria Balanovskaya
Set Designer: Alena Kulikova
Stylist: Viktoria Goh
Assistant: Ell Shevchenko
Make-Up & Hair: Karolina Traktina, Alexandra Hojieva, Olya Kostenko
Editor: Alena Shevchenko
Collage: Alena Shevchenko, Polina Varpholomeeva
Focus Puller: Alexey Baykov
Gaffer: Vyacheslav Myaster
2nd AC: Alexey Konev
Sound Designer: Stas Paushev
Titles: Denis Bashev, Alena Lavdovskaya
Colorist: Dmitry Litvinov
Location: Alexey Tokin
Ekaterina Bogatyrova
Music: Obe Dve

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Four young women reach out to their heroes in this inspiring Nike spot by New York City-based director Scott Perry (previously featured here). Lovely cinematography by Patrick Golan.

Director: Scott Perry
DP: Patrick Golan
AC: Chevy Anderson
Steadi: Kyle Fasanella
Producer: Ian Kaplan
AD: Willie McGee
EP: Larry McCrudden
Editor: Tyler Horton
Production Designer: Lauren Nikrooz
Stylist: Alpha Vomero
Color: Josh Bohoskey
Score: Gavin Brivik
Sound Design: Nikolay Antonov

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A moving short from Australian filmmaker and composer Emily Dynes. Set in a tiny seaside town, “To The Sea” follows a 10 year-old girl as she struggles to cope with the strange disappearance of her only friend.

Starring Jazi Hall, Darcy Halliday & Conor Lowe
Writer & Director: Emily Dynes
Producers: Tegan Rodgers & Emily Dynes
Cinematographer: Wilson Huang
Editor: Gennaro Gregory
Sound Designers: Niels Gabriels & Troy Mauri
Composer: Emily Dynes
Colourist: Dan Stonehouse

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Really like the emphasis placed on the non-fighting aspects of a boxer’s life in this short piece by director Guido Ekker. Produced by House of Panic, “Shadowboxers” follows Lyon, Faouzi, and Raoul as they each navigate very different cultural, religious and economic backgrounds while sharing the same relentless drive to be the best they can be.

Directed, Produced & Edited by Guido Ekker
Produced by House of Panic
Cinematography: Jeroen Kiers
Additional Cinematography: Thomas van Krugten
Focus Puller: Boyd Bakema
Sound Design: Rosanne Blokker
Composer: Rene Thie
Colorist: Erik Verhulst
Graphic Design: Federica D’Urzo
Storyboarder: Rocky Schouten
Archive Research: Androniki Nikolaou
Press & PR: Bruce Bigg

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A delightfully deadpan short written and directed by Melbourne-based filmmaker Gabriel Francis. “Perisher” is Gabriel’s graduate film from the Victorian College of the Arts and has screened at the Palm Springs International Short Film Festival as well as the Melbourne International Film Festival. It tells the story of a high school graduate, a geologist, and a retired racehorse who face uncertain futures in a small town. As Gabriel explains, the film is a mediation on times of transition and the changes that come to us unexpectedly:

“It deals with a feeling of paralysis; when all that grounds you seems to be shifting. I was very lucky to work with our lead, Shingo Usami (The Terror: Infamy, 2019). He uses subtle expression in his body language so effectively for this mostly silent role.”

Check out “Perisher” above as well as some behind-the-scenes images from the shoot below!

Starring
Shingo Usami
Anjelica Angwin
Geraldine Hickey
Peter Murphy
Odin B. Fernandez
Mayumi Nobetsu
Mia & Yoto Kajimoto

Written & Directed by Gabriel Francis
Produced by Lachlan Pezet & Odin B. Fernandez
Director of Photography: Thom Neal
Production Designer: Ranima Montes
Composer: Patrick Mooney
Editor: Dylan Harris
1st AC: Alanna Raif, Brendan Cherry
2nd AC: Yannick Jamey
Gaffer: Harrison Kennedy
Best Boy: James Moriarty
Sound: Leanne De Leo
Art Director: Jesse Clarke
Graphic Designer: Carissa Jackson
Makeup: Laura Du Ve
1st AD: Kerri Ann Foweraker
Script Supervisor: Julian Philip Nevill
Safety Supervisor: Reg Roordink
Stunt Assistant: Adam Kanngieser
Horse Wrangler: Adam Kanngieser, Daman Eccles
Catering: Samantha Holmes
Unit Manager: Kristen Ong
Stills: Tommy Hart
Online Editor: Declan Loughran
Sound Mixer: Ramsay De Marco
Edit Consultant: Cindy Clarkson
Supervising Producer: Andrew O’Keefe
VCA Screen Production Coordinator: Donna Hensler
Post Production Supervisor: Gordon Lyon

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The first of two music videos for Driftwood by directors Jan and Raf Roosens of Antwerp-based production company Rococo. Shot back to back, “Avalon” explores the tension between rationality and emotion with each part telling the same story from a different point of view.

Starring
Gloria Catteeuw
Circé Lethem
Cato Catteeuw
Femke Debeule
Pieter Piron
Jasper Coremans
Leon Heylen

Music by Driftwood
Written, Directed & Produced by Jan & Raf Roosens
Director of Photography: Sander Vandenbroucke
Focus Puller: Boris Godfroid
Clapper Loader: Ellen Gubbels
Gaffer: Pieter Jan Donckels
Sound: Gedeon De Pauw
Make-up: Sigrid Volders
Assistant Producer: Olivier Hendrikx
Set Manager: Rhomi Martens & Hasse Steenssens
Editor: Ward Geerts
Colorist: Kene Illegems
Sound Design & Mix: Gedeon De Pauw

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