Davis Sillis, director: "We think of cocoons as a source of comfort and protection. Where we can isolate ourselves from the dangers of the outside world. But I wanted to explore another side of what can happen when we isolate ourselves so much, we become capable of doing the unimaginable. Using classic fairytale tropes, the idea was to create a video that felt like a visual antithesis to the music, densely packed with metaphor."
All is Good Together, especially when you're naked together.
Joao Retorta, dirctor: " What it truly feels like to fall in love: The entire world feeling reduced to a moment and place. Right Here. Right Now. The two of you. A notion of love in its purest form. We present the couples fully vulnerable throughout the film as a metaphor for becoming ‘emotionally naked' when you truly trust someone. Warm in each other’s naked arms. ‘Without a care’. However, my aim was to let the feeling ride the viewer, as opposed to the nudity factor, turning it secondary and almost unnoticeable."
A tender, loving and sensitive video, that it's a shame to affix it with that NSFW stamp.
A tongue-in-cheek video for the new Bear's Den single, 'Dew on the Vine' set around a high stakes, closed doors ping pong tournament. Each cast member is played by one of the band, crew or their friends, and hopefully showing a light-hearted side of the band the viewer may not have seen before.
P.s. No roadies were harmed in the making of this video.
A tribute to the underground musical scene of the the NYC subway system that's so magical, it will make your heart grow like a giant inflatable parade balloon,
London Alley's Courtney Phillips directs the new Zac Samuel, Moon Willis collaboration, 'Never Letting Go' ft. Taya. Tyre burns and wheelies fill the screen from a young biker gang speeding across London, as our lead struggles between young love and biker life.
Romano Pizzicihini’s video for ‘Beyond the Wizards Sleeve’ by Black Crows explores the eery tension between two tennis students. Romano describes this tension as, “constantly teetering between innocence and brutality, but shot in a matter of fact way.”
SKUNK's Jonathan 'JJ' Augustavo directs 'Bag Girls', one of four beautiful crafted videos to be released for SOULS. JJ creates an authentic culture biopic of America from his unique perspective, "A postcard of this country that is not based on stereotype but actually something real and spiritual."
JJ Augustavo, director: “Not since my work on the Same Love (Macklemore) film have I felt a deeper and more powerful connection. Selfishly this was an experience I needed as a director, artist and person… it was the hardest, most stressful and trying process for all of us but in the end what we made is beautiful and authentic. And in a way I fell in love with filmmaking again because of it. You could have given this project to a million different directors and had so many different and amazing projects, however what I made is my perspective of my country. Of what America is. To a mixed Filipino-American from Seattle collaborating with a white guy from Ohio, a chino-Latino from the Bay and a producer from London. A postcard of this country that is not based on stereotype but actually something real and spiritual. We bled to make this and I could not be more proud…there are hundreds of wild stories of how this was made, the stress, the doubt, the lack of sleep - but ultimately it’s a set of films I love and hold dear to my heart."
Rob Brandon's new video for Sundara Karma's 'She Said' is a 16mm montage of teens preparing for a night out in classic fashion: drink, drugs, facebook, pubs and sexual tension. Intercut with Sundara's performance in a series of close-ups, the video sways between the awkwardness and joy of youth in a nostalgic aesthetic.
