Balcony

In a neighbourhood rife with racial tension, a local girl falls for a recent immigrant who is the victim of prejudice and shame.

"Balcony" is this week's Staff Pick Premiere. Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/balcony

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Berlin Film Festival 2016 - Winner, Crystal Bear
British Independent Film Awards 2015 - Best British Short Nominee
Iris Prize Winner 2016 and Best British Short Winner
Tribeca Film Festival 2016, Official Selection
BFI London Film Festival 2015, Official Selection
Melbourne Film Festival 2016, Official Selection
Flickerfest Film Festival 2016 - Winner, Best International Short Film
Calgary Film Festival 2016 - Winner, Best Overall Short Film
Urbanworld Film Festival 2016 - Winner, Best Narrative Short
Bermuda Film Festival 2016 - Winner, People’s Choice Award
Zagreb Film Festival 2016 - Winner, Golden Pram
Palm Springs ShortFest 2016, Official Selection
Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival 2016, Official Selection
Encounters Film Festival 2016, Official Selection
Leeds International Film Festival 2016, Official Selection
Short Shorts Film Festival 2016, Official Selection

100+ festival screenings, winner of 30+ awards.

Written & Directed by: Toby Fell-Holden (tobyfellholden.com)
Produced by: Tom Kimberley (conspirepictures.com) & Ali Mansuri foreignmaterial.com)
Executive Produced by: Vaughan Sivell, Franki Goodwin, Mike Rattenbury, Andrew Thomas
Director of Photography: Brian Fawcett
Starring: Charlotte Beaumont, Genevieve Dunne
A Conspire Pictures / Film London / Western Edge Pictures Production.

Cast: Toby Fell-Holden

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"BALI & BEYOND" OFFICIAL TRAILER

Magic Forest Films presents the official trailer for the “Bali & Beyond” film.
The full-length documentary “Bali & Beyond” is a meditative audio-visual journey to the beautiful and mysterious island of Bali in Indonesia and nearby islands of Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida.

Cast: magicforestfilms

Tags: world culture, Bali, Indonesia, balinese, monkey forest, documentary, sanur, nusa penida, nusa lembongan, batur, agung, abang, tirta empul, uluwatu, balinese dance, island, travel and asia

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Lost in Dhaka

Lost in Dhaka

Cast: Pang 庞太师

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The Duology of Man (Short Film)

"A pair of parables exploring the nature of human choice"

Director - Theo Gee & Ian Bousher
Producer - Will Edwick (Flat 14 Films) & Theo Gee

Starring - Sam Halpenny, Brian Holdom, Leah Cunard, & Mary Benn

DoP/Grade - Will Price
Costume - Anya Magee
Hair & Makeup - Rebecca Hadfield
1st AC - Calvin Day
2nd AC - Walter Finch
Sound Recording - Antonio Muggianu
Editor - Richard Lozberg
Soundmix - Sebastian Dressel
VFX - Will Price & Benjamin Roberts
Practical FX - Ian Bousher

Cast: Theo Gee

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Fortunes. Disc Read Error (Official Music Video)

Production Company - The Folks Upstairs
Director - Jesse Vogelaar
Producer - Timothy Sharp
Cinematographer - Ryan Gasparini
Production Designer - Diane Vu
Wardrobe - Imogen Walsh
Production Manager - Sam Ingles
1st AC - Eric Ditloff
Drone Operator - Jake Moore
Hair & Makeup - Kat Webster
Editor & VFX - Jesse Vogelaar
Colourist - Julien Chichignoud

Performed by Fortunes, Abbey Hansen, Shezaana Sadikool, Evan Loxton, Barry McBride

Song: Disc Read Error
Artist: Fortunes.
Album: Disc Read Error
Label: Future Classic

Stream & download it here: futr.cl/fortunesdre

Follow Fortunes.:
facebook.com/FortunesMelbourne
instagram.com/fortunesband
twitter.com/fortunesband
soundcloud.com/fortunesband

Cast: Jesse Vogelaar and Ryan Gasparini

Tags: fashion, pop and music video

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The Faroe Islands - At The Edge Of The World

What better way to show you those unique landscapes of the Faroe Islands than in a short movie?
Here's an edit of time-lapses and video footage I shot during my 7 days trip.
Hope you all enjoy it!

Cast: Rodrigue El Hajj

Tags: timelapse, faroe islands, time-lapse, cliffs, sunset, golden hour, mountains, clouds, drone, Europe , waterfall, bluehour, dji, mavic platinum, drone footage, premiumbeat, Travel and Scenic

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The Duology of Man (Short Film)

"A pair of parables exploring the nature of human choice"

Director - Theo Gee & Ian Bousher
Producer - Will Edwick (Flat 14 Films) & Theo Gee

Starring - Sam Halpenny, Brian Holdom, Leah Cunard, & Mary Benn

DoP/Grade - Will Price
Costume - Anya Magee
Hair & Makeup - Rebecca Hadfield
1st AC - Calvin Day
2nd AC - Walter Finch
Sound Recording - Antonio Muggianu
Editor - Richard Lozberg
Soundmix - Sebastian Dressel
VFX - Will Price & Benjamin Roberts
Practical FX - Ian Bousher

Cast: Theo Gee

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Adult

A woman goes to an adult store in search of redemption.

Starring - Victoria Haralabidou
Writer & Director - Jamieson Pearce
Producers - Liam Heyen & Cyna Strachan
Director of Photography - Alex Serafini
Production & Costume Design - Bradley Tennant
Editor - Kathryn Alley
Sound Design - Lana Kristensen

Festival Screenings:

South by Southwest (US)
New Orleans Film Festival (US)
Aesthetica Film Festival (UK)
Iris Prize (UK)
Inside Out, LGBT Film Festival (CA)
Melbourne Queer Film Festival (AUS)
My Queer Career (AUS)
Greek Australian Short Film Festival (AUS)
St. Kilda Film Festival (AUS)
Brisbane Queer Film Festival (AUS)
Bendigo Queer Film Festival (AUS)
North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival (US)
Pride Film Festival (US)
Pink Lobster Film Festival (CA)
Pink Apple Film Festival (SWI)
Lovers Film Festival LGBTQI (ITA)
Roze Filmdagen Amsterdam (NL)
Phnom Penh Pride Fest (CAM)
Hanoi International Queer Film (VIE)

Cast: Jamieson Pearce

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Color Theory: Yellow - NOWNESS

YELLOW, part of the trilogy directed by New York duo rubberband. aka Simon Davis and Jason Sondock, we find ourselves sitting in the backseat of a parked car eavesdropping on the conversation between an agitated couple. New York native Moises Arias, known for his roles in Ender’s Game and The Kings of Summer, is the anxious man expressing his concerns about meeting the parents of his partner, who happens to be half dog half human.

“Yellow deals with the anxiety that comes with sharing your life with another person, no matter how different they are,” the duo explain. “We especially love that a simple story can have wildly interesting results by changing a single rule—like having a world where humans and dogs can have children together.”

The Sunflowers series by pre-eminent Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most unbridled uses of yellow in art. Committing suicide only two years after the completion of this work, Van Gogh painted Sunflowers during an unprecedented period of optimism in his life. However, morbid elements such as wilted stems, dried petals and drooping heads manage to undermine his joyful application of honey gold and canary yellow. rubberband. also thwarts the optimism and happiness we sometimes associate with yellow by using it to color the final film in the trilogy with pessimism and anxiety.

"Color is inescapably personal yet we all recognize the power and effect that it has in our lives,” the cinematic pop directors explain. “The process became about translating that into stories.” rubberband.’s use of colour explores themes of lust, life and love in this trilogy that does what language cannot—it takes colour and gives it feeling, shape and vision. “We wrote the films with the conceit that we wanted to push them each into slightly magical realist territory,” the directors explain.

Davis and Sondock met at Tisch School of the Arts while studying film. A few years after graduating their distinctive creative work garnered the attention of Calvin Klein, Under Armour, LCD Soundsystem and Topaz Jones, and won them awards at international film festivals. Drawing from their experience of directing music videos, commercials and promotional videos, rubberband. has successfully condensed the emotion and narrative of a feature film into this NOWNESS commissioned short.

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: rubberband., Colour and Color

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Color Theory: Red - NOWNESS

RED, part of the NOWNESS commissioned trilogy by New York directors Simon Davis and Jason Sondock aka rubberband.—a young woman tentatively descends into the laundry room of an empty home. Red’s cinematography is evocative of Polish director Krzysztof Kieslowski’s 1994 Academy-nominated picture Three Colours: Red in that both films rely on everyday items painted in the titular colour to drive the narrative. “While our films don’t have clear cut themes as monolithic as Kieslowski’s they are our attempt to translate color into emotion,” the directors say.

Color, as Swiss linguist Ferdinand Saussure opines, is just a “system of signifiers,” with red generally associated with danger, passion, marriage, or luck. rubberband. plays with this ambiguity in the film as a crimson filter makes it unclear if the central character’s journey to the basement is motivated by fear, hope or lust. Red’s sequence eventually reaches a climax as the young woman lies prostrate on the floor, submerged by clothes that devour her whole—the camera now soaked in a sea of erotic scarlet.

“Color is inescapably personal yet we all recognize the power and effect that it has in our lives,” the cinematic pop directors explain. “The process became about translating that into stories.” rubberband.’s use of colour explores themes of lust, life and love in this trilogy that does what language cannot—it takes colour and gives it feeling, shape and vision. “We wrote the films with the conceit that we wanted to push them each into slightly magical realist territory,” the directors explain.

Davis and Sondock met at Tisch School of the Arts while studying film. A few years after graduating their distinctive creative work garnered the attention of Calvin Klein, Under Armour, LCD Soundsystem and Topaz Jones, and won them awards at international film festivals. Drawing from their experience of directing music videos, commercials and promotional videos, rubberband. has successfully condensed the emotion and narrative of a feature film into this NOWNESS commissioned short.

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: color, colours and rubberband.

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Color Theory: Blue

BLUE, part of the NOWNESS commissioned trilogy directed by New York duo rubberband. aka Simon Davis and Jason Sondock, the opening voiceover references the great French artist Yves Klein who said “blue is beyond the dimensions of which other colours partake.” Blue is set in an alternative reality where the life force of a dead wealthy woman is harvested for the medicinal consumption of an underprivileged little girl. Martin Rev, who is one half of the legendary electro-synth band Suicide, plays the shadowy figure standing at the foot of an apparent murder scene collecting a phosphorescent topaz liquid that bleeds across the floor.

"The film deals with why we devote our lives to certain tasks and to what end; and also to a certain extent the direness of our socio-economic and situation,” rubberband. comments. The directors fortify the sense of disquiet and destitution by drawing on the film noir aesthetic of heavy shadows, imbalanced frame composition, and by leaving us with more questions than answers.

“Color is inescapably personal yet we all recognize the power and effect that it has in our lives,” the cinematic pop directors explain. “The process became about translating that into stories.” rubberband.’s use of colour explores themes of lust, life and love in this trilogy that does what language cannot—it takes colour and gives it feeling, shape and vision. “We wrote the films with the conceit that we wanted to push them each into slightly magical realist territory,” the directors explain.

Davis and Sondock met at Tisch School of the Arts while studying film. A few years after graduating their distinctive creative work garnered the attention of Calvin Klein, Under Armour, LCD Soundsystem and Topaz Jones, and won them awards at international film festivals. Drawing from their experience of directing music videos, commercials and promotional videos, rubberband. has successfully condensed the emotion and narrative of a feature film into this NOWNESS commissioned short.

Cast: NOWNESS

Tags: Colour, Color and rubberband.

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BALLARÒ

In the heart of Palermo, a fire rages.

A visual by Bryn McCashin

Music: "Stronger Than Me" by 1000 Petal Lotus
Colour: Sam Gilling

Special thanks to Cole Graham.

Cast: Bryn McCashin

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No Vegans Allowed

This Motel decided to ban vegans and their mighty libido.
A mockumentary commisioned by Peta.

Director: Rodrigo Valdes
Producer: Theo Brooks
Exec Producer: Eric Bonniot
Director of Photography: Arnau Valls
Written by Ricky Vior, Cora Pérez, Rodrigo Gonzalez - The Community
Gloria Content

Cast: Rodrigo Valdes

Tags: the community, Vegan hotel, Peta, Valdes, Rodrigo Valdes, la comunidad, Vegan motel, vegan, humor, funny, no vegans allowed, mocnmockumentarykumentary, sex drive, sexual stamina, The Maestros and libido

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Suicide Salmon - Leaving For Good

A wealthy family lives in perfect harmony. Their daily life consists of smiling happily, housekeeping and praying together. An accident trivially breaks the shine and reveals a deeply kept secret.

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Artist: suicidesalmon.com/
Single: Leaving For Good
Album: Loss of Dignity
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Starring: Antoinette Ullrich, Mindaugas Matulis, Werner Biermeier, Susanne Katrin Vogel

Directed by Lasse Linder
Written by Lasse Linder & Nicolas Büttiker
Director of Photography: Robin Angst
Assistant Director: Saro Vallejo
Production Manager: Philipp Ritler
Production Design: Jeanne-Vera Bourguignon
Set Design: Tringa Vladaj
Costumes: Giuna Nichele
Gaffer: Flavio Luca Marano
Best Boys: Leon Schwitter, Robin Füglistaller
Hair & Makeup: Martina Brunner
Assistant Hair & Makeup: Lilo Meyer
Grip: Bradley Graham, Nino Burkart
1. Assistant Camera: Daniel Bleuer
2. Assistant Camera: Dejan Barac
Catering: Raphael Dentler
Production Assistants: Christian Büttiker, Daniel Wäspe
Editor: Jonas Ulrich
VFX: Claudio Sipka
Grading: Aleksander Verholak
Title Design: Lasse Linder
Mixing: Alain Meyer
Mastering: Adi Flück
Film Production Company: dynamic-frame.ch/
Executive Producer: Luzius Fischer
Special Thanks: Megarent, Blend - Academy of Makeup Artistry, TPC Fundus, Familie Linder, Marlen Amberg, Exit Filmkollektiv
Supported by: Rheintaler Kulturstiftung, GGG Kulturkick, Kulturpauschale Basel

Cast: Lasse Linder and Robin Angst

Tags: musicvideo, switzerland, electronica, salmon, suicide salmon, pastell, narrative, short film, lasse linder, music and Lucerne

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17 Small Ideas

Sketchbook ambience

Cast: Andrew B. Myers

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Divine Children

Divine Children follows a gang of kids who are adapting to life in a contemporary, post-war America. Lead by Buzz, an aspiring dancer who wishes to join the group, the film is a reminder that despite circumstance, there is always reason to persevere and hope for a better future.

Buzz: Jance Enslin
Tank: Jacob Loeb
Clock: Sophie Dalah
Dash: Marquan Jones

Written and Directed by: Nina Ljeti
Produced by: Brandon Somerhalder, Kathleen Tenefrancia
Director of Photography: David Bolen
Production Design: Karleigh Engelbrecht
Costume Design: Jill Paz
Edited by: Takashi Uchida
1st Assistant Director: Austin Kolodney
Stedicam Operator: Parker Brooks
1st AC: Arturo Ochoa
Gaffer: Hiram Borges
Key Grip: Sebastian Nuta
Sound: Richard Carlos
Key HMU: Alex French
Set Decorator: Devin Cheney
Set Dresser: Mollie Wartelle
Original Score: Sam Stewart
Music Supervisor: Carly Van Skaik
Sound Design: Elle Callahan
Sound Editor: Paul Vitolins
Sound Mixer: Gintas Norvila
Audio Post Services: BANG Audio Post
Colour Services: Stephen Derluguian

Executive Producers:
Fielder Thomas
Jennifer Howell
Rain Phoenix
Nate Obermann

Cast: Nina Ljeti

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SAND WANDERER

As the world starts moving around him, the young desert dweller decides to follow the footprints of his fellow tribesmen to the origin of natural forces, time!

Website:
EricGiessmann.com & Lavamachine.com
Making of:
ericgiessmann.com/2017/04/23/sand-wanderer/
Producer:
seriousFilm.nl
Distribution:
ursula@klikamsterdam.nl
Sales:
sydney@sndfilms.com

Cast: Eric Giessmann and Michel Banabila

Tags: desert, child, sand, adventure, time, cgi, animation, environment, sauna, reincarnation, golem, sandstorm, hourglas, god, religion and drama

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Londoners

There is no place that has the same energy and vibe you feel in #London. I spent two years immersing myself across all the inner boroughs of London through its famous streets to the well kept secret locations with the only intent to grab a tiny part of the soul of this city and pack it in a video for you.
Not an easy task as its soul is being constantly reshaped as new cultures, arts and trends are emerging everyday.

This is one of the most demanding and challenging projects of my career as I put together more than 6000 video clips captured with several type of cameras and devices in over 2 years. I have squeezed them all into this short film that shows more than 70 London locations.

By Oliver Astrologo | fb.com/oliver.astrologo

Music "Chain Reaction" performed by Luke Atencio licensed on MusicBed | Get a 30-day free trial subscription on MusicBed using my affiliate link — share.mscbd.fm/oliverhl

See more photos on my Instagram account: instagram.com/oliverhl

Watch my other films:
Japan: vimeo.com/316255289
Finland: vimeo.com/294651511
Myanmar: vimeo.com/274430991
Catalunya: vimeo.com/253200434
Cuba: vimeo.com/224883799
Venezia: vimeo.com/181612110
Lanzarote: vimeo.com/192406523
Reverie of Vietnam: vimeo.com/126747807
Roma: vimeo.com/137925379
Moments of Puglia: vimeo.com/165102515
Mexico: vimeo.com/198551099
Malta: vimeo.com/202709486

Special thanks
Lisa Ramazzotto, Fabio Ferrain, Yuri Argentiero, Federico Chericoni, Leticia Piacentini, Francesca Fontanella, Francesco Manco, James Bentley, Enrico Sciumbata - And to all the Londoners who helped in the making of this video.

Some of the locations featured in this video
41 Cloth Fair, Baker Street, Bankside, BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Battersea, Bermondsey (The Angel Pub), Billingsgate Market, Bishop Gate, Borough Market, Brick Lane, Buckingham Palace, Canada Water, Canary Wharf, Carnaby Street, Chinatown Gate, Columbia Flower Market, Covent Garden, Crystal Park, Cutty Sark, Emirates Air Line cable car, Granary Square, Greenwich Observatory, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrods, Highgate Cemetery, Hyde Park, Imperial War Museum, Kew Gardens, Kings Cross, Leake Street Graffiti Tunnel, Little Venice, Liverpool Street, London Art Fair Business Design Centre - Angel, London Bridge, London City, London Eye, Lovebox (Victoria Park), Mayfair, Millenium Bridge, Natural History Museum, Notting Hill (Carnival), O2, Old Church, Old Spitalfields Market, Oxford Circus, Paternoster Square, Piccadilly Circus, Richmond Park, Shoreditch, Soho, Somerset House, South Kensington, Soutwark Fireworks Eve, St James's Park, St. Paul, Stockwell, Stratford, Tate Modern, The Albert Memorial, The Churchill Army, The London Peace Pagoda, Tower Bridge, Trafalgar Square, Traffic Light Tree - Canary Wharf, Underground Tunnels, Underwater tunnel, Victoria Bridge, Westminster, Winter Lights - Canary Wharf, Winter Wonderland.

Important Note
All the aerial footage shown in this video has been officially purchased from third parties suppliers.

Geek Stuff
I have received so many messages asking for details on how I produce my videos.
I put down this short piece: oliverastrologo.com/videotips this explains few techniques I have been using and includes a list of equipment. Don't hesitate to write to me if you need further details or have any recommendation.

Gear (Find a comprensive list of my equipment here: oliverastrologo.com/gear)

Editing & Color Correction using
DaVinci Resolve with custom made LUTs

** Important **
All footage, music and sounds effects are rights reserved.
Please only use and share this embed code of the original video.
Third party downloads and distribution is not permitted.
If you are interested in buying footage or any inquiry please contact: info@unfilteredltd.com

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Cast: Oliver Astrologo

Tags: london, urban, united kingdom, brexit, short film and sony alpha

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Police

NFTS graduation film. Working as director and lead animator I worked with a large team to create this 2D/live action hybrid film, based on accounts of my own Dad's life in the Police.

Synopsis-
An ageing Policeman is haunted by his past trauma

Credits-
Dir.- Ed Smith
Prod.- Ed Fairweather
DoP- Matt Gillan
Prod. Des.- David Tinto
Editor- Emil Joseph
Music- Thibault Chavanis
Sound- Luke Elliot
Col. Grade- Eryk Hildebrand
Animation- Patrick Selby, Richard Smithson, Ed Smith

Cast-
PC Connolly- Paul Albertson
PS O'Donnall- David Holt
Sharon Connolly- Dee Meaden
Jamie Connolly- Caspian Broche-Due-Pele
PC Jenkins- Ed Smith
Shoplifter- Emil Joseph
Girl- Tahlia Cross

copyright National Film and Television School 2018

Cast: Ed Smith

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HIKE BACK HOME through Madeira

Kommt mit auf eine Reise quer über Madeira. Zu Fuß von Porto Moniz aus, vorbei an bizarren Felsformationen, durch tropischer Wälder, finstere Höhlen, an den atlantischen Küsten entlang bis nach Santa Cruz. Diese ruhige Insel bietet alles für Naturliebhaber, vom Urwald bis hin zu vulkanischen Plateaus.

Video: CUT'N'TAINMENT Video Productions
cutntainment.de
facebook.de/cutntainment

Musik: Michael Shynes - Through the Fire

Cast: CUT'N'TAINMENT Video Productions

Tags: madeira, Portugal, hike, hiking, Travel, Wandern, Abenteuer, GoPro and Mavic

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