Filmed entirely in quarantine during the spring of 2020, Alice in Wonderland is La-De-Da Performing Arts response to the weird, unexpected turns of living in a global pandemic. Based on the novella by Lewis Carroll, the script is a new adaptation by Nick Turner and directed by Heather Ostberg Johnson and Dulcie Willis. Follow Alice down the rabbit hole as she tries to make sense of a new bizarre world full of wacky characters and unexpected events.

Alice in Wonderland

Join Wyn Masters, Cody Kelley, and Florent Poilane as they explore Bhutan by bike.

Madman Trails Of Bhutan

TREELINE is about our oldest living companions on earth: trees. The film brings extraordinary forests in British Columbia, Japan and Nevada "to life" through cinematic exploration of playful, yet powerful experience of gliding through each forest on snow.
We accompany scientists who translate what the oldest trees have to teach us, illuminating the reciprocal bond between humanity and nature — a relationship we can’t survive without

Treeline

A petty ex-boyfriend has to clarify one final question.

VALETTA

Malaria is a short film that depicts the downfall of an ordinary hard-working US citizen, who loses his job, is bitten by a mosquito, and descends into a fever and sickness. While being ignored by those surrounding him and finding himself in the darkest of places, this citizen's journey ultimately leads to him with no other option than to live in the streets - houseless.

Malaria

Sometimes a friendship can crack under the most banal strain. Two burly men deal with such a loss in their own way - with lots of strangely tender violence.
Guided by a mysterious mentor, they finally reunite for one last round.

Bromance

Luke Gomez, steals a quarter from a homeless man at a bar and turns the single coin into a casino winning streak, until he makes the cocky move to return the quarter.

The Devil Knows You're Dead

Tiger is a friendly neighbourhood stoner, happily stuck in a comfortable wake-and-bake routine. After he discovers that he may have unknowingly stepped through the doors of perception, he is forced to detective his way back to reality.

Smokers Delight

Feasting under the corpse of the dead king, a Town Fool and Court Jester argue plague, politics, and the fate of their unexpected visitor: a Doctor in search of the king.

Picnic Under A Gibbet

The idea is simple. A small hut in our home mountains. A room, an oven, three friends. Those self-catering huts are well known for hikers in summertime and can be found all over the alps. In the winter months only few people come up here, even if the big cities Munich and Innsbruck, are almost in sight. This is what we found just a few steps from home.
These days it is more important than ever to embrace the territory on your doorstep instead of dreaming of distant places.

A Few Steps From Home

Efforts to save the Atchafalaya Basin are highlighted with stunning visuals of the largest wetland and swamp in the United States. Located in south central Louisiana, it is a combination of wetlands and river delta area where the Atchafalaya River and the Gulf of Mexico converge.

The Great Atchafalaya Basin

A true Dakar style adventure, Yokohama Sonora Rally is the premier cross-country rally event in North America. This multi-day event provides the ultimate challenge between competitor, machine and terrain, testing navigation and off-road racing skills while being immersed into the beautiful and unique Sonoran landscape and culture.

2020 Yokohama Sonora Rally

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Depuis plus de 10 ans, Richard Permin (skieur freeride), parcours le monde en hiver pour ramener les plus belles images possibles. 10 ans à vivre dans l’ombre et se concentrant seulement sur la performance.
Depuis 2016 il travaille avec Maxime Moulin (réalisateur) et après deux gros projets (Good Morning et Fastwood),
il était temps de faire les choses autrement, il était temps de profiter.
Cette année ils se sont engagé sur un nouveau projet, celui de délivrer des images en direct sur les réseaux sociaux.
De partager beaucoup plus et de montrer l’envers du décor aussi.
Ce film retrace cette expérience et raconte ce qu’est la vie d’un skieur chasseur d’images.
C’est un film fait par des passionnés qui s’adresse aux amoureux du ski et de l’image.
Un témoignage inspirant.
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For more than 10 years, Richard Permin (freeride skier) has traveled the world in winter to bring back the most beautiful images possible. 10 years living in the shadows and focusing only on performance.
Since 2016 he has been working with Maxime Moulin (director) and after two big projects (Good Morning and Fastwood),
it was time to do things differently, it was time to take advantage.
This year they have started a new project, that of delivering live images on social networks.
To share a lot more.
This film is about this experience and tells about the life of a skier hunter of images.
It is a film made by enthusiasts and is aimed at lovers of skiing and image.
An inspiring testimony.

Chroniques d'hiver

The famous wave, Teahupoo thru the eyes of Matahi Drollet

POISSON CRU

Just before winter ends, an all-American, angry young man continues his ongoing search for the one who left him half-blind ten years earlier.

I Found You on Gloomy Tuesday

Ward works as a private eye, turning over impressive results despite his age. However an old friend re-enters his life, and she brings him a case bigger than he realizes. With Ward's friend Scott constantly in his ear about leaving the private eye life for something more ambitious, Ward goes on to figure out just how dangerous this new case might be.

Gumshoe

Machine Age is a visceral experience of the mechanized world of industrial egg production. Using investigative material, this short film immerses us into the sights and sounds of life behind the walls of a factory farm.

Machine Age

The film tells the story of Sidney, a failed pianist who comes into the possession of a pair of enchanted gloves. Upon wearing them he soon finds himself playing the piano like a maestro and all his dreams are quickly realised! However just when he thinks he has everything he has ever wanted fate deals him a cruel hand...

The Dead Hands of Dublin

Temporal Enforcement Agent Elliott Young (Victoria Smith) breaks protocol and returns to her own past. There she comes face to face with her 8-year-old past self, Ellie (Sophia Waterton), and Justin (Ian Mairs), her seemingly kind father. During their encounter Elliott explosively confronts Justin in an effort to prevent a tragedy that will occur in only a few hours' time.

Can't Go Home Again

During a trip to the seaside amusements, Robbie and Emily imagine their future lives together. However, one conversation leads them to realise that they may not be on the same path after all.

Ice Cream & Doughnuts

Homeless ex-soldier Mark has PTSD and is haunted by tragedy from his time in combat, causing chaos for ex-wife Emma. When Mark goes missing, Emma is desperate to find him and help Mark fight his demons.

Lead Belly

A stop motion exploration of all things sports from A to Z. The short film Alphabetical Athleticalz is currently in production, but plans to be released in 2022.

Alphabetical Athleticalz Teaser

A man will do whatever it takes to escape his next task...

On The Lam

Meet Bill Jennings of Newbury, Vermont. A man of unique thoughts and powers.

The Bill Jennings Mysteries

A mob boss is caught with incriminating evidence. Wacky hijinx ensue.

"Caught!"

Twin sisters prepare for a major event on Y2K.

Gemini Sisters

Where in the world is Tommy G? The Belgian freerider has been a bit aloof lately and wild rumours have been spreading throughout the mountain bike world. Rumours about breaking the sound barrier, riding on water and detonating berms with the sickest of style.

The Legend of Tommy G

In a world where all that matters is basketball, Pete can't play basketball.

Pete Can't Play Basketball

The Compromise

BEARLY STANDING

GO FISH is about second chances. Charlie has been stuck at home with a broken leg for 2 months. To make matters worse, he’s living at home with his older brother, he has no money, and is still in love with an old coworker. To get out of his dead end living situation, Charlie sets out to get a new job. That is, until the girl he loves sends his plans spiraling.

GO FISH

An exploration into Fukushima Japan showing how the 2011 earthquake and nuclear disaster impacted the local ski and snowboard community.

Aizu

Let's cultivate our garden. This is where Julien "Pica" Herry takes us; in his own garden. Born in Chamonix Mont-Blanc, this is where he developed his style and technique. The mountain flows through his veins. A discreet performer, he practices mountaineering and snowboarding as few have done before him. A high mountain guide and a lover of powder snow, his specialty is the steep slope. In this portrait in his image, discover in "win your turn", the story of a simple man who finds his fulfillment in sharing and humility. Across mountains around the world, Pica has dragged his board preaching respect for nature and a love of discovery. At home, his family, friends and clients tell us about his commitment and describe what makes this man an example to follow. In this film produced by Invade Média, dive into the heart of the Mont-Blanc massif and relive the best moments of the career of a guide who deserves to be talked about.

EARN YOUR TURN

Introducing Made Back East, a natively New England ski film. A Vagrants original, in partnership with Parlor Skis and presented by Life is Good, that explores the love affair with backcountry skiing in our own backyard.
The ski community refers to our home as “back east”. Assuming that anybody who grew up skiing here would eventually find their way out West. But to us, that assumes too much. The mark of a true New England skier is a deep appreciation for the bad days just as much as the good ones. As they say “if you can ski the northeast, you can ski anywhere”. In this film, we follow six diehard skiers on a trip into the woods seeking that perfect window where everything comes together.

Made Back East

Logann is worn down from the insanity of the current political climate, so she and her white millennial friends work towards the greater good in their own way… by killing white supremacists.

The Snowflakes

Self sufficient teenager, Clammy James struggles with a chaotic home life, as he finds solace in shellfishing the bays of the small seaside tourist village of Greenport Long Island, in hopes to provide food for his family.

The Clam Kid

His girlfriend has left him and he is in quarantine. Locked in his painful loneliness, Mateo, a young painter, seeks an escape on an online dating site. By mistake he meets Lily, a sweet young woman from China with whom he lives a tender friendship, without knowing that she is enduring the drama of a toxic relationship. Between talks and games, love arises in Mateo. He is determined to get on a plane and meet her. However, Lily is not ready for a love story.
Malasia and Peru | 2020 | Made with iPhone 8 and iPhone XS | 15’ | 16:9 | Spanish, English and Chinese

The Portrait Of Loneliness in Quarantine

In this wryly observed piece, the filmmaker and his cranky father finally head to the neglected home where his grandparents once lived. Like the chalet itself, the men’s relationship is long untended. Sorting through the dusty relics proves to be an emotional task.

Lochgoilhead Forever

Highlights from my 2020 storm chasing adventures.

Transient 3

“From the Ash” is a visual metaphor for pushing forward as the world seemingly crumbles around you. For those who’ve lost, please don’t give up.
In May of 2018 the Ute Park wildfire burnt 36,740 acres; a large swath of it was on the Philmont Scout Ranch. Thank you to the Boy Scouts of America for allowing us to film on location at Philmont.
Everything was shot in a controlled setting on private land during the winter in a recently scorched wildfire area. The crew was under the supervision of forestry professionals to ensure everything was executed safely. There wasn’t a single live tree touched throughout our entire production. Knowing that we were going to be using fire and emitting CO2 for this project we did what we could to reduce and offset our impact. This included hand building jumps instead of using machinery, purchasing carbon credits to offset the CO2 that was released, and donating to multiple wildfire relief funds.
Thank you to the men and women who put their lives at risk fighting real wildfires around the world. Please be responsible this wildfire season.

From The Ash

Simon is a trailrunner who just got out of the teenage state of his life. He ran daily the mountains above his house since he was 10. This year, for his 20, Simon challenged himself to go up and down the closest mountain from his place in less than an hour. This film is the story of his connection with his living environment, his relation to the people around him, the things he does daily and the life he'll love always.

Simon Loves

Filmed over the course of two months while traveling across the western United States, Zephyr is an exploration of the incredibly diverse American landscape as captured through the lens of musician/filmmaker Mason Wheatley.

Zephyr

Movements in Mountains is a conceptual exploration of the connections Kyle Richardson finds between his athletic pursuits in Boulder's Flatirons, and his background as a musician. Experienced through three short movements, Kyle performs a live score in a visceral interpretation of his expression in the hills.

Tempo. Movements in Mountains

Colorado has some of the most beautiful scenery in the world and has a rich population of people who love spending time in the backcountry. Getting away from civilization is alluring to many but what happens if you get lost or injured while exploring the vastness of the Colorado outdoors? This is where the Alpine Rescue Team comes into play. The Alpine Rescue Team is a volunteer based non-profit whose mission is to help people who have become lost or injured while exploring the Colorado backcountry. This short documentary showcases what it's like to be part of this amazing group of people and illustrates how valuable they are to anyone who has found themselves in a less than ideal situation while enjoying the beauty of what Colorado has to offer.

The Art of Rescue

The white continent had been a dream of mine for as long as I can remember, reading the adventures of Shackleton as a kid and wondering what being at the end of the world would feel like.
In March 2020 I got the opportunity to join my good friend and photographer Matt Horspool on a trip to Antarctica.
I went there to capture and document the whole journey for an expedition company through film and although the trip ended up quite different than what we originally set out to, we had an amazing week down there.
I feel so lucky that I got to experience this so young and made my dream come true.
I will never forget the stunning landscapes, the misty mountains and the impressive icebergs.
Despite the whole ordeal surrounding our journey back from Antarctica I wanted to create a video showcasing only the breathtaking and pristine scenery we got to see as well as the incredible wildlife we encountered.
This is the footage that I managed to capture in-between my main assignment.
2020 has been a very strange year but for me being able to visit such a place made it quite special.
I hope to be back one day and set my eyes again on the white continent.

Portrait of Antarctica

R O A M, an adventure film spanning the United States during the first four months of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In January of 2020 I set out on a 6 month long cross country road trip in my Toyota 4Runner. I wanted to camp and photograph as much of the United States as I could in that time. My trip inadvertently coincided with the Covid-19 pandemic which created a few issues and obstacles for my trip.
After the California leg with a good group of friends I ended up being cut off from my family and friends primarily living on the East Coast. People didn't want or couldn't travel due to work restrictions and I was left solo traveling and camping.
It was not the exactly what I set out to do, but I would not trade the experience. I realize I barely scratched the surface of what can be done in this incredibly diverse country and I am looking forward to the next big trip soon.

ROAM

A historical adventure documentary about friendship...and the origins of rock climbing in Southern Arizona.

Desert Uprising

When a spirit visited the bedroom of eight-year-old boy Jack McKey and carried him to a mountaintop at the end of the world, the young man’s life veered toward primitivism. He later discovered hidden skills inside himself for making birch bark canoes and sheep horn bows. Ultimately, it would drive him to a life in the wilderness and the most devastating decision of his life – to leave his young son behind.
 “Blood, Bone and Stone” tells the story of McKey’s journey from his adoption into a privileged family in South Georgia to his life as a mountain man in Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. His friends call him a man born out of time. He has hunted bison with a hand-made sheep horn bow – and he is one only a handful of people who can make such a weapon. But he also crafts incredible horse lances, stone knives and war clubs in the styles of ancient North America natives.
<pre><code>The film follows McKey as he eventually reunites with his son, nearly 40 years after leaving him behind. And it follows the two as they travel to Chief Mountain, the site in Montana where the spirit carried McKey as a child and prophesied that the world would end if he set foot there again.
</code></pre> Director Thomas Grant is a professor at Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in South Georgia. This film was made over the course of nearly three years by Dr. Grant and his broadcasting students.

Blood, Bone & Stone

The SKYS
Music video: COMMUNICATION
This music video tells the story of universal human need for communication. Communication itself has various forms. It transforms people. Lack of communication can cause problems, even depression. Communication can start wars and make peace. It can be both good and bad. It builds human relationships as well as destroys them. Communication helps people and spreads viruses. This music video reveals all kinds of communication while main heroes turn into communicative automatic minds and viruses.
Director: Jonas Ciurlionis
Assistant director: Indre Juskute
Producer: Bozena Buinicka
Cast: Dovile Kundrotaite, Adomas Jasiukenas, Kamile Petrauskaite, Justinas Tamasevicius, Ilja Molodcov
Additional crew: camera: Mykolas Alekna, make-up: Simona Pusinskaite, SFX: Ilja Molodcov
USA crew: Anna Maybury, Suzane LaChasse, Shaniece Cole, Roni Weissman, Rebecca Tsao, Christopher Guara.
Music video was shot in USA, Lithuania, Israel and Japan

The Skys - Communication

ILOVEITWHENTHEWRLDSPINS - Yung Aanti

It's the end of August, the varsity soccer pre-season is almost over.

JNKYRD "Varsity (feat. Ohhyuk)" MV

Four retired mountaineers reminisce and boast about the crippling injuries they sustained attempting to conquer a mythical mountain in their youth. Their nostalgic ramblings turn to horrors as their wounds seek to consume them.

Mountain

Change is something that comes whether you search for it or not. When a nymph loses her ability to fly, the change that was forced upon her requires a complete transformation: she must let go of her yearning for the past and become something new, a being unconstrained by the limitations of her past.

Melancolia

The two lovers in this stirring new film are separated not only by distance but also by circumstances: Russia’s anti-gay laws and mainstream homophobia mean that their relationship is threatened by violence, and now even the constitution.

SANSARA

Tuned to the haunting music of legendary underground rock band Philm, Spanish Flowers follows a surreal, animated narrative involving a ritual of life and death carried out by two monks and a mourning priestess, who is now forced to let go of her mummified son...

Spanish Flowers

The music video for the song "Snow" by the Berlin based techno group FJAAK tells the story of a character following an inner calling. He meets his companion and she takes him on a spiritual journey of partnership, love, pain, destruction, growth and rebirth. Through this journey we experience a fragmented narrative shaped by surreal sceneries and anthropomorphic transformations.

FJAAK - Snow

The boy is swept up and gets lost in the parade pouring into the room.

Seoulsori

A young man brews himself some psychedelic mushroom tea, sending him on a trip of grief, love, and acceptance portrayed through dance.

Meditations

Music video by Fort Collins band Plasma Canvas. Filmed on a tight schedule and tight budget during a pandemic where nobody could see each other without taking risks.

Ally Westover pays homage to the beautiful state of Colorado, as it showed her through its beauty and grandeur that she deserves to show up as nature does- in vivid colors and free.
Chiara Garland and Eric Forbes created the music video.

Oh, Colorado

High Maintenance

"Irene" is from Ro Myra's album "Nowhere, Nebraska" and dares to take a hard look at an intense and often overlooked social issue. Practically a short film in its visual narrative structure, "Irene" stars artist Ro Myra as she desperately tries to help her friend Irene, played by Matison Card, through struggles with domestic violence. The resulting lessons learned both lyrically and visually tap into the idea that you have to truly love and respect yourself before you are able to escape the darkest parts of life.

RO MYRA "Irene" (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO)

Music Video for Hannah Glavor's single "Get It, Let It Go"

Hannah Glavor: Get It, Let It Go

Walk into the Water responds to our turbulent world with a message about longing, courage, and hope. Song by electronic music pioneer BT, featuring lyrics and vocals by Nation of One. Shot entirely during the pandemic lockdown, and being continually chased away from locations by the worst wildfires in Colorado history, first-time director Aric Johnson overcomes impossible odds to deliver a haunting and beautiful music art piece.

Walk Into the Water

A boy explores an abandoned fairground one magical night in Marseille. Official music video for French79 - The Remedy.

French79 - The Remedy

Animated Music Video for the song "Dali" by the French singer Claire Gimatt. A woman escapes from a stone prison and begins a journey through different impossible scenarios to end up in the same place from where she started but now freed from her bonds.

Dali

A story that portrays Russian Orthodox Christians custom dipping into cross-shaped subzero temperature water pools turns into an epic thriller showing the Russian president getting immortal.

You're born

Concept/Story;
"A whimsical journey through childhood memories and future dreams"
Being locked inside during this pandemic, our main character reflects on cherished memories of childhood. Times of freedom filled with running outside, enjoying the vast horizons and discovering the beauty of nature. He/she remembers past and future goals (represented by an ever-changing circle) to finally realise the goal was closer than he/she thought.
Music:
The music of Jesper Ryom has, for many years now, helped me get into a 'flow state'. The positive drive of his music inspires me to move forward, discover, create and have fun. I hope I've been able to transfer this feeling through the music video.
Director - Mathijs Luijten
Story/concept - Mathijs Luijten & Sofie Lee
Designer - Sofie Lee
Animation - Mathijs Luijten
Additional Animation - Will Pietsch
Musician - Jesper Ryom
Label - Gautier De Bosredon (delicieuse-musique)

Jesper Ryom - Nights

Holdfast - Walls

Music Video for Trade Wind's songs "Bishop" and "Walk Me In/Plant Me In Your Garden"

Bishop/Walk Me In

A small girl is hopelessly lost between worlds, in an empty apocalyptic future... the only thing she can cling onto is her memories, until she figures out a way to bring them back to life.

Them Things - The Only One

Introducing a fresh perspective, built around clever visual effects and subtle tricks, we see a father and daughter (played by real father and daughter actors, Alberto and Ana) looking to escape the streets, desperately searching for a way out.

Mild Minds 'Walls' Ft. Boats

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