In April this year, director Julian Lucas went on holiday to Japan – his camera came with him. The result is the film Bloom. He discovered a peculiar sense of quiet, desolation, and loneliness among the people. In a country so packed with lights and trains and crowds and experiences, from the theatrical to the serene to patently bizarre, Bloom captures this lovely dichotomy between the people and the cities they inhabit. Inside the noise and the chaos, Julian captures people alone, wandering the streets, buried in telephones – a dull, menacing and peaceful nothingness below the surface. What’s most inspiring about the footage is the way that it doesn’t struggle or form its way into any kind of narrative – Julian just lets the film be exactly what it is. But in that loose process, which is unlikely an accident, there’s this dizzying repetition that tells us something quite profound about Japanese culture. The score, too, by Matt Hadley, dances with the vision. At times intense and jarring, edited cleverly to interplay with the captured audio. At times serene and beautiful, with layered synths and string lines that dance softly up and down the keyboard. “I wanted the soundtrack to be it’s own character,” says Julian. “I wanted the viewer to be as audibly stimulated as they are visually. And I wanted sounds from the real world to contribute to the rhythm and pacing of the piece.”

Pre-order Donald Hugh’s Coast EP here: http://bit.ly/2hH9tyh… Donald Hugh is a Melbourne-based producer and musician signed to Spirit Level, an artist-run collective led by Tim Shiel and Wally de Backer. On August 25th, Hugh will release his latest project, the 5-track Coast EP. Coast is composed of various field recordings Hugh sampled while on an excursion to the Cook Islands in the Pacific. It represents the sound of the natural world dissected, recombined and refracted through a new lens with studio instruments. The natural sounds of the Cook Islands – animals calling to their mates, rivers whispering through the night, leaves rustling in the wind – fuse with musical samples and instrumental performance to form delicate and playful sonic meditations of Hugh’s imaginations. http://bit.ly/2fqwnt7

“Room” is taken from Palehound’s new album ‘A Place I’ll Always Go,’ out now! Order/Listen: http://bit.ly/2vg8R7s Directed and animated by Rozalina Burkova http://bit.ly/2wqm6RS http://bit.ly/2vfXnku http://bit.ly/2wqpjRg

15-year-old Courvosier Cox knows he is destined to be a star. Struggling to find his place in the complex landscape of adolescence in the urban South, he undertakes a relentless quest to escape into the spotlight. Update: In 2016, Courvosier Cox, 16, was arrested for over three dozen theft-related charges. In May 2017, he pled guilty to three felony charges and received a term of supervised probation + restitution. Director/Cinematographer/Editor: Kelly Creedon Original Score: Sam Beebe Additional Camera: Gabriela Arp, Carter McCall + Callaghan O’Hare Color + Sound Mix: Gary Kirk Project Advisors: Chad Stevens, Laura Ruel + Ross Taylor Awards: 2nd place, Documentary Journalism, Pictures of the Year International Award of Excellence, Alexia Foundation Festival Screenings: Indie Grits Film Festival 2016 Independent Film Festival Boston 2016 Roxbury International Film Festival 2016 Atlanta Shortsfest 2016 // Best Documentary Short BlackStar Film Festival 2016 Skyline Indie Film Festival 2016 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival 2016 Atlanta DocuFest 2016 // Best Dramatic Documentary Short Baltimore International Black Film Festival 2016 BendFilm Festival 2016 15 Short Film Festival 2016 // Jury Pick for Best of Show and Best Documentary Louisville International Festival of Film 2016 New Orleans Film Festival 2016 Indie Memphis Film Festival 2016 // Special Jury Award for Documentary Short Citizen Jane Film Festival 2016 Fairhope Film Festival 2016 Southern Screen Film Festival 2016 Carrboro Film Festival 2016 Big Sky Documentary Film Festival 2017 Longleaf Film Festival 2017 // Made-in-NC Winner http://bit.ly/2hDd7Jv

An unromantic comedy. Languishing in an unfulfilling quasi-relationship, Sam begins to have a horrifying realization: her romantic discontent is due to her own laziness and not, as she had previously assumed, the fault of every other human being. // Official Selection // NewFest 2016 Lower East Side Film Festival 2017 Short of the Week 2017 Short-of-the-Week: http://bit.ly/2vIzh3f Huffington Post Review: http://bit.ly/2wAV3Cj © Car Ride Home Productions, 2016.

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The first of three chapters of a short film trilogy about love, loss, and life. Starring Luis Dubo and Daniela Ramirez Written, Directed and Edited by Stephen Cole Webley Produced by Preston Lee & Christopher Cho Cinematography by Rasmus Heise Line Produced by Cristobal Sotomayor Production Design by Alejandra Ortiz Costume Design by Marcela Carboni Music by Micah Dahl Anderson Color by Mark Wilenkin A Sanctuary Content Film