What is neorealism?

Just a wonderful video essay created for Sight & Sound magazine

“The only great problem of cinema seems to be more and more, with each film, when and why to start a shot and when and why to end it.” – Jean-Luc Godard

Meet Me Halfway

A short film inspired by The Futureheads and their track ‘Meet Me Halfway’, taken from their fifth album ‘Rant’ and starring Ricci Harnett. Fantastic, beautifully shot, with absolutely wonderful performances. Director: Lewis Arnold

These New Puritans - Fragment Two by Daniel Askill

Wonderful music video by director Daniel Askill. He takes us through various terrains — some not so heavenly — as These New Puritans perform in the foreground.

Mosteiro de Santa Clara

Portugal’s abandoned Monastery of Santa Clara gets a fresh coat of this stunning virtual motion graffiti care of Daniel Silva. Via

Playdate

In this deliciously awkward comedy ”Playdate,” directed by David Shane, Paul and Kate excitedly arrive for dinner at the home of a cool couple from their kids’ school, only to discover an interloping third couple already in attendance, and playground politics soon boil over.
Anybody who has ever faced up to the fact there are will always, always be people out there cooler than you will empathize with this hilarious, true-life short directed David Shane, who co-wrote the film with Scott Organ. Great acting!

JONAH

When two young men photograph a gigantic fish leaping from the sea, their small town becomes a tourist attraction. An exciting and vibrant story about the old and the new. JONAH is an extravagant mix of live action and animation, portraying the human cost of progress. Written by Jack Thorne and starring Daniel Kaluuya, Louis Mahoney and Malachi Kirby, this isn’t one to miss.

Directed by Kibwe Tavares

Back to the Future

I love the project Back to the Future for a long time. See now a beautiful, intimate short film for Chanel 4´s Shooting Gallery season about Argentinean photographer Irina Werning.

Shot & Directed by Jamie Jessett

Elvis is Death

A bloody journey to save rock n’ roll and save us all from bad music. MTV. Long live rock n’ roll.

Director: André Godoi/ Agency: Loducca, Sao Paulo

MAP: Prologue

Wonderful animation by studio roomer, the first animation project of roomer & the rock diamond…very smooth.

Nike MiPista

Nike Football has just launched a cool campaign in Spain called #Mipista. The concept is simple: order your football pitch and Nike will deliver it to you.

Advertising Agency: Doubleyou, Spain

Lune feat. Swedish House Mafia - “Leave the World Behind”

“Leave the World Behind” is not a documentary or another reunion tour from the Swedish DJ trio, but a unique music video featuring a brand new version of their 2009 collaborative EDM hit with Laidback Luke & Deborah Cox. In addition to featuring Lune in the updated version, Volvo Cars will also have a starring role in the music video, as the automobile company uses “Leave the World Behind” as the theme for their upcoming advertising campaign for the new Volvo XC60.

Stunning Pics directed by Adam Berg

Once Upon A Time…

Karl Lagerfeld returns to the director’s chair with his 18-minute short “Once Upon A Time.” The film is to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first Chanel boutique in Deauville, which Lagerfeld allegedly went to great lengths to reproduce. Keira Knightley stars as the late Coco Chanel. As the casting would have it, the short is lovingly realized and a highly personal production. In the film, which is screened at Chanel’s Resort 2014 presentation in Singapore, Chanel is helped along by her aunt Adrienne — played by actress Clotilde Hemse — as she caters to wealthy clients like Jacqueline Forzane (played by Ashleigh Good) and Ida Rubinstein (portrayed by Caroline de Maigret). When Vita Sackville-West — played by Saskia de Brauw — looks through the windows of the store toward the end of the film, she asks, “I wonder what it will be in 100 years from now?”

Top Floor

A beautiful narrative and strong shorts… when Ron, a high powered hedge fund manager, finds out that his biggest investor may be pulling out of the fund, his world begins to collapse on him, as he juggles fatherhood, his ex-wife, and one very big secret.

Directed by Aaron David Defazio

West of the Moon

Magnificent film with great VFX elements, beautifully told. Writer/Director/VFX artist Brent Bonacorso has received many accolades for this film which is a true masterpiece. Filled with mind-blowingly beautiful visuals, and a deep, poetic narrative voice, Bonacorso’s film tells the story of “one man’s lost love and his strange path to redemption”… With a few twists and turns along the way. Take a look!

Winner of Best Short film @ Santa Barbara International Film Festival
Winner of Best Short film @ Aspen Shortsfest
Winner of Best Short film @ Rushes Soho Shorts Festival
Winner of Best Short film @ Carmel International Film Festival
Winner of Best Short film @ Florida International Film Festival.

Through the lens with Rob Machado

Through The Lens is the latest film project from Rob Machado. This cinematic endeavor chronicles art, music, surf and adventures like only Rob sees it. Documenting the talents of amazing people who happen to surf. This episode features Jay Nelson, a San Francisco-based artist who specializes in a unique type of automobile customization. This past winter, Jay drove down to Rob’s house in Cardiff, CA, where the two worked together to build out the inside of Rob’s van and create the ultimate surf mobile.