Emilie Badenhorst draws us into the wild affair of a couple of fun-loving teenage punks, in her barnstorming video for Dom Dolla.

The video for Strangers sees this pair of disaffected teens discover themselves while struggling in menial jobs clearing trash, and heading on a whirlwind, lust-filled adventure. Turbo-charged with a steamy brew of sex, sensuality and outrageousness, Badenhorst cast a real couple as the protagonists in her modern romance - and it shows. Be warned, this contains sexy scenes. But it manages the balancing act of being the driving force that fires the action without being gratuitous. 

"The stories I want to tell are about people living boldly and chasing a sense of defiance," says Badenhorst. "The ‘those' and the ‘us’ that are often misunderstood or shamed by a system for how viscerally we experience life. I want to continue to champion this generation. I wanted to represent these individuals as truthfully as possible by focussing on the honesty in the characters' reactions as their love unfolded.

"Firstly, the two leads [Caitlyn Summer Gilmore and Jay Gordon-Turner] are not professional actors, but have an intrinsic understanding of character nuances. They are a couple in real life and although I saw a lot of really great actors in the casting process, the chemistry these two had was already on fire, which was so important especially for this story.

"It was such an organic and exhilarating process, partly because of the passion of all the creatives involved but also because of the collaborative effort. Collaboration is something very important to me. I know exactly what I want as a director, I am very clear and know what my end goal is on every project. But, how I get there is up to us as a team and that is why I choose to have certain creatives around me."