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CREATIVE SHORT

Scott Kooken directs ‘Symbiotic’.

In a mid-21st century world, a revolutionary device lets humans perceive reality through the senses of non-human life forms.

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A film by MODEM and Purple Martin for the European Commission's Future Policy Lab.

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CAMPAIGN

Ian Pons Jewell directs ‘Dogs’ for Intuit QuickBooks.

The absurd and humorous nightmares of a small business owner struggling with outdated bookkeeping.

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Made with Widen + Kennedy London.

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MUSIC VIDEO

Tajana Tokyo directs ‘God Gave Me Feet For Dancing’ for Ezra Collective, featuring Yazmin Lacey.

An ode to the sacred, yet joyous act of dancing.

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Released via Partisan Records.

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Reading Room

For July, we have selected ‘In Dreams Begin Responsibilities: A Jonathan Rosenbaum Reader’ — A culmination of nearly six decades of writing from the mind of iconoclastic film, literary, and music critic Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Each month we spotlight a new book release, and offer our readers a chance to win a copy in a simple draw:

Footnotes

Beastie Boys: The Making of 'Sabotage'
Vevo Footnotes →

2024 Sundance Film Festival: Asia Program Announcement
Sundance Institute →

Kendrick Lamar and Dave Free are helping keep music videos alive
The Fader →

Sandi DuBowski Spent 21 Years Filming ‘Sabbath Queen’
IDA →

Fraenkel Gallery Celebrates 45 Years with a Film Festival
KQED →

How Playwright Annie Baker Made the Movie of the Summer
Talk Easy →

From Criterion to Arrow: the cult of movie collecting
Far Out Magazine →

The Flipsides of Cannes
MUBI Podcast →

The best horror movie of the year so far is a Japanese NFT
Polygon →

Truong Minh Quy on Vietnam’s Ban of His Un Certain Regard Film
Variety →

Rachel Kushner on her favorite films.
Lit Hub →

Karlovy Vary Curators on Hollywood’s “Kafkaesque” Cinema
The Hollywood Reporter →

Spike Jonze Second Photo Series For Girl Skateboards
Transworld Skateboarding →

Cassavetes: 50 years of A Woman Under the Influence
BFI →

It’s Prime Time For The Creator Economy.
Forbes →

Why Tribeca Film Festival embraced AI
Digiday →

Responsibility Over Freedom: How Netflix’s Culture Has Changed
The New York Times →

Michael Mann Has Letterboxd Now
The Playlist →

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