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Lowswimmer 'IRL' by Leo Villares, Victor Nauwynck

Rob Ulitski - 10th Feb 2025

Leo Villares and Victor Nauwynck venture into Rocky Horror territory with their visually inventive romp into the world of mad scientists and their botched creations for English multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Ed Tullett - aka Lowswimmer.

In the video for IRL we enter the depths of a factory-turned-laboratory, to discover the twin creations of the latest cloning experiment by a trio of suspiciously excitable white-coated scientists. And then the girls are introduced to their 'siblings' - the results of the scientists' previous experiments.

With events escalating from the girls' initial wonder at their setting, to cartoonish body horror and beyond, Villares and Nauwynck establish a wild comic tone and sense of the unpredictable in this low budget gem, summed up in a remarkable sequence involving both a regurgitation and a tug of war. It's impossible to tear your eyes away from. 

This is an impressively well-crafted production, with excellent practical effects, SFX make-up and cinematography, helmed by a UK-based Brazilian/Belgian directing partnership with a strong vision drawn from a wealth of cinematic influences. And it was shot in Pope's Yard Brewery in Watford. Excellent work.

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  • Comedy
  • New Directors
  • Narrative
  • Singer-songwriter
  • Alt-Pop
  • Body Horror
  • Grimy
  • Strange
  • Family
  • Aesthetic

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Production/Creative

Director
Victor Nauwynck
Director
Leo Villares
Producer
Kinnie Hu
Production Company
Picloc
1st AD
César Velasco

Camera

Director of Photography
Andy Pml
Focus Puller
Anbo Wu
2nd AC
Connor Sweetman
Film Stock
Film Lab
Digital Orchard

Lighting/Grip

Gaffer
Emanuel Neagu
Sparks
Zijian Cai, Peter Borak, Daniel Schutte

Art

Art Director
Jollibeth Soto
Production designer
Mafer Ramirez
Art Assistant
Chiara Ferramosca

Wardrobe

Wardrobe
Cho Hyun Holly Sim
HMU Designer & SFX Artist
Lydia Ariyo
SFX Designer and HMU Artist
Andrea Cilione:

Choreography

Movement Director
Ken Nakajima

Casting

Lead actor
Georgina Kingston
Lead actor
Mike Kelson
Lead actor
Sven Ironside
Lead actor
Robyn Faye
Lead actor
Charly Faye
Cast
Isabella Mansell, Phoebe Mansell, Tom Chambers, Ruari Chambers, Kelly Diapère, Molly Gudz

Animation

Animator
Florencia Usuki

Editorial

Editor
Ryan Ling

Grading

Colourist
Sharon Chung
Colour grade company

Commission

Label
Group Speed

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