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The Bothersome Man / Dir. Jens Lien, 2006

‘The Bothersome Man’ goes far beyond the appearances. It is not an “artsy” movie you will sigh in front of. The writer Per Schreiner was awarded with the prestigious Ibsen Award in 2004 for his first radio theatre play, that just after became this movie. He wanted to “write a horror film for radio” - though it’s not a horror movie at all. He met along the way Jens Lien (who came back in Oslo after graduating from the London International Film School), and in the end they won 19 awards ! In the movie we follow Andreas, that appears alone on a desert, completely empty like wiped-out, and goes to a norwegian Ikea -type cliché city where he is offered a job, a flat, and goes on with life. Everything in the movie is a perfect balance of entertainment, contemplation, tact, humour, aesthetics ... the build up is as remarkable as the ending, where you realise you’ve been taken by the hand and find yourself feeling long gone emotions.

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The Bothersome Man / Dir. Jens Lien, 2006

Well it’s not exactly a promo - but it is in the sense that we have a visual concept over a track. Here is ‘Cancer Slam’ by David Wilson on ‘Connection’ by famous Elastica.The car represents cancer, and the bubblegum pink girls are here to take it down !

A campaign very fun to watch, simply and humbly executed. The references to ‘Drive’, ‘Grease’ or ‘Breaking Bad’ aren’t to be hidden, and the directing is just great. Grading and set efficient, playful acting and clever casting. Nothing is there to convince, and what could it be when we have cute girls in skirts smashing a car with golf clubs -

You already know David Wilson from several music videos (Metronomy - ‘The Bay’ for example) and commercials. He won Best New Director at the British Arrows Craft Awards 2013. Go David !!

Cancer Research -‘Cancer Slam’/ Dir. David Wilson 2013

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POS1T1VE wetplate photography / Mike Simpson & Daniel Ali . East London

With this run for new technologies, how fascinating it is to see what we’re so used to call digital art, properly done as it was back on it’s origins ? ‘Sensitising’, ‘silver bath’, ‘UV spectrum’, ‘collodion’ ... this is Mike and Dan’s everyday vocabulary with the wetplate photography studio they established in Bethnal Green, East London. Check their website (clicking on the logo) to see plates and contact details !

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‘Google Street View’, in theatres now !

After seeing a lot of the odd and peculiar things captured by the Google cars making pics of the streets, a genius tumblr took it to a new level - and it says it all on the title : “Google Street Scene,

Moments from cinema captured by Google Street View cameras.” Brilliant.

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LAYZELL Brothers

Heiðrik Á HEYGUM

Gil SCOTT-HERON

Dee SHIN

Layzell Brothers : crazy animators

A delightful piece of nonsense for this animation, teaming up with the mayhem of the ADHD show. You’ll be able to watch more on a regular basis starting this Summer on FOX !

Gil SCOTT-HERON : voice

Spoken word, modern poetry on an electronic heart beat. Gil has one of those incredible voice that pierce right into you, passing all the possible emotions on each word he speaks.

Dee Shin : director / producer

Dee Shin is a Seoul based driven director. Her work for ‘Blackwind’ (below) is quite stunning and original. She founded her own production company two years ago “GDW” with already a solid portfolio.

Heiðrik á Heygum:

director and musician

Here we have a self made man, making great music and great videos to go with it, with a nice soft photographic look. Heiðrik comes from the Faroe Islands !

NEWnew names

‘The Maybe’ at MOMA / Tilda Swinton‘Discover the full story’ campaign / Saatchi & Saatchi

researcher FINDS

‘Rubiks Cube for blinds’ / Konstantin Datz‘Landscape’ / Asakura Kouhei

‘The Girlfriend Jean’ April Fools / Bonobos menswear online shop‘Likijsje’ / Marlous Van Der Sloot