Saam Farahmand ventures into short film territory with this elliptical narrative that has been “inspired by the music and magic of Daughn Gibson”. Daughn is a singer-songwriter from Pennsylvania (he was previously the drummer of stoner metal outfit Pearls And Brass) who released his acclaimed debut album All Hell last year. His brooding, silent A-male [...]

This musical short film – a personal project and major labour of love from director Paris Zarcilla – is an epic fantasy, in which a neo-tribal hunter journeys to the Oracles to seek help to keep his desperately sick wife from the cold clutches of Death – before it’s too late. It’s so impressive it [...]

The Ellingon Kid, Dan Sully’s sharp short film is set in a kebab shop, and built around a neat, almost Tarantino-esque device – and its been a big hit. After premiering at the 56th BFI London Film Festival in October last year it was picked up by Channel 4 and played after Shameless on Halloween [...]

Kristoffer Borgli’s music video for Todd Terje’s Inspector Norse won the best dance video (budget) category at the UK Music Video Awards last November. But that was actually the music video edit of Kristoffer’s short film Whateverest, which tells the story of a guy from provincial Norway who goes by the internet alias of ‘Inspector [...]

Ahead of his new video for Robbie Williams, WIZ travels to Malta to investigate the fleshly pleasures to be enjoyed down the streets of Valetta, with the guidance of local performer Ira Melkonyan, and some evocative vintage footage. WIZ was there with Dark Horses, who were invited to perform in Malta, and record in a [...]

‘Demon Days’ is a fabulous short focusing on the work of inventive super-chef Alvin Leung for culture mega-blog NOWNESS. It’s a astounding array of incredible short shots and the effect is terrific. The film features top DoP David Procter putting Ryan’s alien, culinary visuals into reality. Ryan says: “The ‘Demon Chef’ project was always going [...]

Every January, in the village of San Bartholme De Pinares in Spain, the locals participate in a 500 year old Christo-Pagan ritual of purification by fire and smoke. This involves “cleansing” horses and their riders (of all ages) as they pass through burning pine brush. This has evolved from a purification ceremony around the time [...]

Ed Lilly has produced the first promo for Dubstep duo Dukebox, shooting on a micro-budget in the borough of Sutton. Using a council estate as a backdrop, Ed fuses performance, dance and narrative to bring club sounds in to the wider world. It looks great and dancer Jack Saunders is particularly impressive, showing some moves [...]

AB/CD/CD’s short film-cum-video for Factory Floor’s On Hold (actually commissioned by Nowness) toys with the type of repetitive imagery made familar by animated gifs, using them to represent elements of the song. So a sort of up-to-date take on the Gondry’s classic Chemical Brothers’ Star Guitar video. With additional attractive women… Factory Floor On Hold [...]

A comedy-drama about a couple of zebras, some lions and a unicorn… Director Jonathan Entwhistle shows why he’s been named a UK Star of Tomorrow by Screen International with his superb short film set around a animal-themed fancy dress party in a large country house, and its strange, gripping aftermath. Shot in West Yorkshire on [...]