A young man named Joel who struggles to move on from a holiday romance in this offbeat short by London-based writer-director James Soldan (previously featured here). “Semi Skimmed” follows Joel as he pursues an unexpected lead, a voicemail left in a language he can’t understand.

Written & Directed by James Soldan
Produced by Rob Jelley
Co-produced by Jame Lawton
Cinematography by Davey Guilder
Production Design by Annemarieke Kloosterhof
Edited by Rory Gordon
Score by Julian Bayliss

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Montréal-based filmmaker Alexandre Richard tells the tale of a self-exiled writer, crumbling under the weight of solitude, in this video for Mada Mada. Starring dancer and choreographer Charles-Alexis Desgagnés, “Autonome” is set in 1954 and captures an artist confronting his inner demons and memories of the loved ones he abandoned in order to pursue his dreams in “the big city” of Montréal. As Richard states further:

“Although isolation, depression and loneliness have become all-too familiar feelings due COVID-19 and the misery left in its wake, “Autonome” was conceived a year prior to our current predicament. The thought that this story of self-doubt, lost love and broken dreams rings so true today is both coincidental and a testament to the universality of its themes.”

Directed by Alexandre Richard
Music Written & Performed by Mada Mada
Dancer & Choreographer: Charles-Alexis Desgagnés
Production Team: Les Orphelins
Cinematographer: Graham GS
Producers: Graham GS, Alexe Laroche, Alexander Bain
Screenwriter: Alexandre Richard
Artistic Director: Veronique Duplain
MUA: Alexe Laroche
1st AC: Jonathan Auger
1st AD: Alexe Laroche
Key Grip: Maxime Latraverse
Sound Recording: Maxime Bélanger
Production Assistant: Laurie-Anne Perreault, Émilie Beaumier,
César Marchena, Antoine Parle, Dylan Bernier,
Valérie Leroy-Pleshoyano, Maxime Bélanger
On set Photographer: David Gogan
Editing: Alexandre Richard
Sound Design & Mix: Kristopher Laflamme
Color Grading Studio: Outpost
Colorist: Martin Gaumond
VFX: AA Studios
VFX Supervisor: Marc Hall
Coordination: Moona Marsolais
VFX Artists: Jonathan Cyr, Vincent Campbell, Jérémy Berger

Thanks to: Cinepool, MTL Grande Camera,
Samuël L. Härtl, Kiril Schimdov, Guillaume Claveau,
Marc-André Lavoie, DJ Matrundola, India Katherine Jones

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Lovely little animation for John Roseboro’s track “Saints of God” directed by Cady Buche and Travis Barron of Portland-based studio Unlimited Time Only.

Lots of great visuals in this video for Slovak singer-songwriter Katarzia by Prague-based director Jay Walker (previously featured here). While set in a dystopian world, “Hoří i voda” offers a timely reflection on the concerns women in Eastern Europe are currently facing:

“As assaults are waged by political and religious institutions to limit female bodily autonomy, women find themselves in a social limbo: constantly displaced, powerless in front of institutions, and at the short end of rage-fuelled rhetoric. A call to arms for women everywhere to hold on to each other, lift each other up and help each other heal our collective, generational pain.”

Cast:
Katarzia Kubošiová
Tereza Hofová 
Anežka Pithartová
Melika Yildiz
Tereza Ondrová
Kristína Martanovićová
Verica Nedeska
Angela Nwagbo
Nhung Dang
Annamária D’Almeida
Šima Mullerová
Radka Fidlérová
Valérie Váchová
Markéta Tanner
Mia Strangmullerová
Tereza Švejdová
Martina Sĺuková
Jan Hájek
Robert Mikluš
Cyril Dobrý
Bob Boudreaux
David Bowles
Brenden Douglas
Josef Vrána

Director: Jay Walker
Cinematographer: Anna Smoroňová
Producer: Klara Plechsson
Production Designer: Nina Feriancová
Casting: Simon Says Casting
Photographer: Hana Knížová
Production: Creative Embassy
Executive Producers: Petr Oplatka, Vaclav Sládek, Matouš Heger
Production Manager: Jakub Koula
Production Coordinator: Daniela Pechmannová
First Asst. Director: Kristýna Roušková
Third Asst. Director: Tomáš Stehlík
Production Assistant: Poojitha Pillamari, Lukáš Jindra
Steadicam: David Růžička
Focus Puller: Patrik Rams
Second Asst. Camera: Radka Filipská
Data Wrangler: Radim Tomek
VTR: Igor Vodráška
Editor: Jakub Jelinek
Colorist: Marina Starke
Costume Supervisor: Martin Polák
Wardrobe Assistant: Nik Dvořáková
Make-Up Artist: Phil La Noiraude
Make-up Assistant: Nikola Wimmerová
Photograph Assistant: Erik Johannson
Movement Choreographer: Kristina Tukán
Sound Engineer: Jonatán Pastirčák, Pavel Jan
Key Grip: Michal Ráliš 
Gaffer: Jirka Vrana
Best Boy: Tomáš Rudčenko
Electrician: Max Denkr
Electrician Trainee: Jirka Oliva, Jakub Kasala
Prop Master: Farid Beyzai
Prop Assistants: Vojta Loskot, Filip Peroutka
Ester Grohová, Lucie Vraná
Post-Production: PFX
Post-Production Supervisor: Tomáš Brož
Senior Casting: Elpida Pro Seniory
Storyboard Artist: Nona Catusanu
BTS Photographer: Michal Budinský, Lena Knapková
BTS Video: Filip Smil
Title+Poster Design: Oleksandra Derkach
Lyric Translation: Miroslav Rusnák
PR: Zdeněk Neusar, Alexander Čerevka
Shadows: Gala Kebakoska, Karolína Beránová, Lizaveta Hrydziushka

Supporters: Peter Petrič
Ivan Ostrochovský
Adela Banášová
Daniel Rabina
Redbull Music CZ/SK
Sennheiser by Panther s.r.o.
Girls in Film Prague
Andrea Dobošová

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

Nice abstract animation exploring the experience of sleep for Town Portal’s track “Vanitas” by Milan-based motion designer Gabriele Calvi. The video follows the protagonist and his consciousness (represented by a red sphere) as they progress through the five phases of sleep before being brought back to reality.

High culture meets sub culture in this fantastic short by Oslo-based director Emilie Norenberg. Presented by the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, in connection to Beethoven’s 250th jubilee, “Voguing with Beethoven” follows a young dancer searching for a sense of belonging and self-acceptance.

Director: Emilie Norenberg
DoP: Andreas Johannessen
Producer: Lise Schelvan
Prod Manager: Even Standal Vesterhus
Coordinator: Agnes Rinde-Haugen
1st AD: Ben Lucas
Runner: Anniken Haugen
Runner: Noah Neby
Focus Puller: Ola Austad
2nd AC: Robin Ottersen
Steadicam: Stig Indrebø
Gaffer: Levi Gawron
Spark: Lisa Emilie Øverjordet
Movement Director: Emma Damskau
Stylist: Karen Elieson
Stylist Assistant: Hege Ballans
Location Sound: Mattis Lauritzen
Production Design: Ragnhild Sletta
Post Producer: Cyril Boije
Editor: Tormod Berge
Colourist: Julien Alary
Sound Design: Johannes Dekko @ Shortcut
Graphic Design: Nils Eivind Hausken
Lab: Focus Film

Starring:
Karim Mahmoud
Jonas Molvig
Kayd Wacays
Emma Vioma
Georgia May Anta
John Harald Sand
Jørgen Aastad Fredriksen
Jørgen Eide
Sergio Prin-Sand
Hamda Barise
Celina Osnes
Daniel Soheili Elahi
Birgit Nordby and Musicians of the Norwegian Chamber Orchestra

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

Love all the different poses and gestures in this charming video for Carlota Flâneur’s track “Generation of the Young Flesh” by Barcelona-based director Carles Pons Altimira (previously featured here). According to Carles, the visuals are meant to reflect the repetition and automatism encouraged by modern society as we witness Carlota adapting to all sorts of situations and environments with the same attitude:

“Generation of the young flesh represents a generation that has been born into a new world, in which new things are short-lived and cost nothing, and like things, people. With the great help of Ariadna Montfort we have translated these traumas into looped movements that, performed in front of large colored frames, help to stage the absurd theater in which society pushes us to play.”

Produced by Òrbita
Directed by Carles Pons Altimira
Director of Photography: Albert Bada
Art Director: Lluís Campos
Focus Puller: Joan Urango
Lighting Designer: Marc Arroyo
Camera Assistant: Maria Menendez
Art Assistant: Júlia Gaspar
Costume Design: Mar Medinyà
Choreographer: Ariadna Montfort
Credit Design: Coure
Colorist: Martí Somoza
VFX: Furiosa studio
Producer: Max Maltas & Cristina Sánchez

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

Lovely mix of visuals in this poetic video for Julien Baker by Los Angeles-based director Daniel Henry (previously featured here). Set in the ruins of an old church, “Faith Healer” follows a futile struggle between two brothers while the only other occupants similarly cling to what they once knew.

Starring
Brett Schaberg
Reece Schaberg
Gwen Smillie
Stephen Woo

Director: Daniel Henry
DOP: Dustin Lane
Producer: Nicole Prokes
Remote DP: Cody Duncum
Editor: Ryan Kendrick
Colorist: Ben Joyner
Sound Recordist/Sound Design: Jimmy Sudekum
Beggars: Gabe Spierer
Matador: Rian Fossett
Distance MGMT: Sean Patrick Rhorer
1st AC: Erick Aguilar
Steadicam: Drew Weaver
2nd AC/Swing: Philip Dohery
Set Decorator: Micahel Goff
Set Photographer: Anthony Cabaero
Production Assistant: Nate Pease
A Blond Production

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

A young woman teeters on the edge of epiphany and madness in this lovely project by Brazilian director Lu Villaça. “Ebulição” captures some of the thoughts and feelings Villaça confronted during social distancing measures, including questioning her own existence and how she had been living her life prior to the pandemic. For Villaça, this time should be seen as an opportunity for learning more about ourselves, insights she hopes won’t be forgotten after the virus is controlled:

“May we have the courage to hear our thousands voices when the world is silent.
Was 2020 a call? Are we going to honor it and take responsibility for the life we are living or are we going to ignore it in the rush of hours, money and greed?”

Written & Directed by Lu Villaça
Starring Brunna Iorio
Produced by Guilherme Dip & Lu Villaça
DOP: Daniel Belinky
DOP Assistant: Dariely Belke
Production Design: Debora Pascotto
Assistant Direction: Eduardo Moraes
Editing: Gabriel Lancman
Color Grade: Jesus Mendes
Post-Production & VFX Supervisors: Lucas de Paula & Sergio Cicinelli
Post Coordinator: Marcos Eduardo
Music & Sound Desing: Cabaret Studio
Subtitles: Renata Borges
Acknowledgments: Adriana de Paula, Gabriela Batista,
Hugo Nyerges, Lelou Carvalho, Top 35

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

UK-based filmmaker Dorny Sunday takes the term ‘dance-off’ to the extreme in this last-woman-standing style video for Maelstrom and Louisahhh’s track “Ascender,” choreographed by Caterina Danzico and Kayleigh Price.

Director/Editor: Dorny Sunday
Choreography: Caterina Danzico & Kayleigh Price
Performers: Robert Rhodes, Margaret Carr
DOP: Paul Mortlock GBCT
Steadicam: Robert Beck
1st AD: Tomos
Production Manager: Andrew Perch
Production Design: Sophie Barrott
Gaffer: Harry Cohn
Spark: Charles Gould-Woolley
Focus Puller: Samuel J. James
Loader: Martin Vesselinov
H+MU: Helena Smythe
Production Assistant: Anna Alstromm
Lighting: Drop City

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!

Great energy to this video for DouleurDolor’s new single by Madrid-based writer-director Joaquín Luna. “Sé de un Lugar” was composed during the global pandemic and offers a reflection on the range of emotions experienced throughout quarantine — from the fear of losing loved ones to rethinking relationships and the everyday concerns of life. Building from DouleurDolor’s theme, Luna created a visual narrative based on his personal perspective on time and the marks that different loved ones have left in his life:

“Time passes, the clock hands don’t stop ticking, and don’t turn back. We didn’t either. We still have to close our eyes. Blurred experiences and clear memories join three people in this music video.”

Artist: DouleurDolor
Written & Directed by Joaquín Luna
Produced by DouleurDolor & Joaquín Luna
Starring: Almudena Zamora, Mahok & Gómez Selva
DOP: Joaquín Luna
Assistant Director: Miriam Muñoz
Production Assistant: Germán González
Editor: Lucas Vázquez
Color: Iyan Altube
Art Direction: Miriam Muñoz
Costumes: Susana Marlo
MUA: Merce F. Campoy
Driver: José Ramón Carota

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

An old man’s visions drive him to search for a part of his life that has been lost by time in this atmospheric music film for Bastien Keb’s track “Rabbit Hole” by Philadelphia-based writer-director Sidney Kreitzer.

Starring Jay Pastelak & Hannah Marianetti
Written, Directed, and Produced by Sidney Kreitzer
Director of Photography: Matt Noll
Production Coordinator: Kyle Schmidt
Colorist: Jacob McKee
SFX Makeup: Jade Verrecchia
Set Decorator: Suzanne Kreitzer
Set Dresser: Ilana Napoli
Steadicam: Colin Welch
1st AC: Charley Parker
2nd AC: Adam Kimak
Gaffer: Conor O’Mara
Key Grip: Tom Quigley
Grip: Vinny DiStefano
Swing: Matt Murray
Art PA: Jesse Griffith
Set PA: Max Kreitzer
Production Designer: Sidney Kreitzer
Studio Manager: Emmett Madden Prado
Sets Built and Shot at Standby Stages and Supplies
Film processed by Colorlab

Special Thanks To:
Dana Dorsey
Forager
Standby Stages and Supplies
Film Club of America
Greater Philadelphia Film Office

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