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ONE Musicfest 2019 from ONE Musicfest on Vimeo.

OMF2019 was one for the books! Over 60 artists, 35 DJs and almost 50,000 beautiful music lovers and cultural purveyors over the weekend.

Watch and share some of the amazing experiences and behind the scenes at OMF2019.

What was your favorite moment of OMF2019?? And who do you want to see on the OMF2020 stage?!!

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Brandon Semenuk - RAW 100 from Revel Co. on Vimeo.

Brandon Semenuk's 'RAW 100' for 2018.

Athlete: Brandon Semenuk

Directed by: Rupert Walker and Brandon Semenuk (Revel Co.)

Course Build: Evan 'Intern' Young, Dan Fleury, Will Clifford, Brandon Semenuk

DP: Rupert Walker

Producer: Brandon Semenuk

Sound Design: Keith White

Editor/Colourist: Rupert Walker

VFX: Dan Gaud

Photography: Ian Collins

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The Friends from Sam Molleur on Vimeo.

Ep. 1 of the "Lost as Ever" series - "The Friends" Other episodes: Lost as Ever

written, directed and edited by Sam Molleur

featuring: Brendan Clifford Jesse Fleece

music by Jeff J. Findley

sammolleur.com

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INDOCHINE | Station 13 from Bouha Kazmi on Vimeo.

From the transatlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the conquest and subjugation of indigenous people in the 19th century to current race riots in major urban cities, the ideological pattern of intolerance, bigotry and prejudice has been omnipresent throughout history. This film depicts the representation of what initially appears to be ordinary men persecuted by society. Inspired by the paintings of Caravaggio, Peter Paul Rubens, and conflicts during the civil rights movement, “Station 13” follows the blows of extraordinarily public transgressions that shine a light on the cycle of confrontation of civil liberties and systemic racism. It’s about humanity’s ignorance and the fear of the unknown, which in turn acts as a powerful statement against prejudice. The film is set to “Station 13” by Indochine, a French rock and new wave band that has become one of the most popular French groups of the last thirty years.

The video was exhibited in French cinemas before screenings of Steven Soderbergh's new film 'Unsane'.

FEATURES

David Reviews - 5 Stars shot.net - 'Hot Shot' and Interview Little Black Book - Feature and Interview Booooooom - Feature Film Shortage - Daily Short Pick Source Creative - Front Cover Feature Directors Notes - Feature Le Matin (National newspaper) - Feature 20 Minutes (National newspaper) - Feature Promo News - Best of the Month VideoStatic - Best of the Month

CREDITS

Director / Bouha Kazmi Producer / Sarah Tognazzi Production Company / London Alley Executive Producer / Jess Bell Director of Photography / Kaname Onoyama 2nd Unit Director / Sarah Tognazzi 2nd Unit Director of Photography / Fabian Vettiger Production Designer / Laurence Bishop Costume Designer / Moira Meyer SFX Designer / Chad Waller Editor / John Holloway Hair & Makeup / Nikkila Mann Service Company / Triplane Films Service Producer / Sophia Dewberry Quoting Producer / Murray Macdonald Production Manager / Colin Greyvensteyn Production Coordinator / Philip Townsend Production Assistant / Bruno Loureiro Cast Coordinator / Paul Harker 1st Assistant Director / Westley Durand 2nd Assistant Director / Clynton Kleynhans Unit Manager / Justin Bezuidenhout Casting Director / Jaci Cheiman Edit Facility / Portobello Post Colourist / Joseph Bicknell @ Cheat Post Producer / Melissa Trindade Post Production / Gloria FX Sound Design / Jason Peacock

CAST

Geraldo Jacob Jacobus Smith Philip Townsend Zac Coetzee Gerhardus Boonzaaier Alessio Zompanti Jeff Cromhout Oliver Ntumba Jamie Raymer Wylene Grobler John Kasimu Sonwabile Booi Ruan Liebenberg Tre Hadingham Jesus Antonio Steven Pitt Morenike Tokosi Luyanda Dino Krani

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Fire from Saulo Jamariqueli on Vimeo.

The ability to control fire was a dramatic change in the habits of early humans. In this piece we collaborated with fire breathers who can beautifully manipulate fire in their performances. The film was shot in super slow motion with a Phantom camera at 1000 frames per second.

A film by Saulo Jamariqueli and Dirk Rees

Music by Luca Sammuri

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JUICE WRLD - LEAN WIT ME (DIRECTOR'S CUT) from Sherif Alabede on Vimeo.

rollingstone.com/music/music-news/watch-juice-wrld-battle-addiction-in-dark-lean-wit-me-video-706212/

youtube.com/watch?v=5SejM_hBvMM

RIP to too many legends that left us too early. If you or somebody you know is suffering from addiction call 1-800-662-HELP to take the first step.

Format: Super 16mm, Super 8mm, VHS & Hi8.

talent: Dasha Leidy, Timohy Patrick O'Neil, LeBon De Vaughn, Steve Gelder, Lara Fox, Kevin Norman, Rhoda Pell, Just Purity & Ahyanna Tolbert.

dir SHERIF ALABEDE ep TARA RAZAVI prod ANDREA SASTOQUE & ARIEL NAVARRETE com EMILY SANDERS dp NIKO WIESNET ad JONAS MORALES 2nd ad DAMON LIMBRICK

pd MIRANDA LORENZ art TAYLOR ALMODOVAR set art JEREMI BALI

1st ac MATT BOREK 2nd/loader CHAD CORHAN steadi COLIN MCDONNELL cam pa MATEO ARTURO

mua ALLY MCGILLICUDDY

color Derek Hansen (The Mill) editorial ARIEL NEVERRETE & SHERIF ALABEDE sound design NICOLAS PACHEO MONROY

INTERSCOPE RECORDS & GRADE A PRODUCTION HAPPYPLACE & PARANOIIA

speacial thanks: Keslow camera, Kodak, Fotokem, CFG rentals, The Mill, Ace Rentals, HappyPlace, Paranoiia Productions and Artistry (Henrich Meyer).

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Plastic Girls from Nils Clauss on Vimeo.

With slow graceful movements and digitally generated messages, Plastic Girls make a conspicuous contribution to the sexualisation of public space in front of their owners premises.

PLASTIC GIRLS is the last film of a Korea related trilogy following BIKINI WORDS and LAST LETTERS:

vimeo.com/151000182 vimeo.com/195284427

* thisiscontented.com nilsclauss.com

* a CONTENTED Production in association with MINORITY

Producer: SANGJU LEE Assistant Producer: DOYEON KIM, SEOKJU KANG, SOOHONG MOON

* Appearing Mannequins: JENY, MOMO, NAMI, MINA, RORA, SAEMI, SUMIN, SUNNY Additional Cast: DOYEON KIM, JIWOONG CHOO, JONGIN NAH

* Director, Cinematographer: NILS CLAUSS Voice-Over Script: NILS CLAUSS, UDO LEE Gimbal Operator: SUNGIL LEE, NILS CLAUSS

* Editor & Colorist: NILS CLAUSS Music: “The Crack-Up” by UDO LEE Sound Mixer: UDO LEE Graphic Design: INAH SHIN

* Special Thanks to: AARON CHOE, BARBAR HAIRSHOP, BAYA KHODJA, BLUE BAR, BONGEE CHICKEN, DAEHO COFFESHOP, DEBORAH PAIK, HYUN CHO, JOO HOON LEE, KUIOCK PARK, MYUNG-SE LEE, NEIL ARDIFF, NGO-DRESS, NONGHYUP GAEPO GRAIN STORE, NEIL DOWLING, SEON BEOM LEE, SEOK JOO KIM, SKY TV, SUGIL LEE, YANGJI BATHHOUSE, YOUNGSOOK KIM

* Dedicated to everyone who fights for gender equality in South Korea and disagrees with the sexualization of public space.

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PARIS IS FOR LOVERS from Modest Department on Vimeo.

MODEST DEPARTMENT presents PARIS IS FOR LOVERS – a personal fashion documentary about the French photographer and artist Viktor Vauthier. During the 16 minutes film, we get an insight into his aesthetic vision and follow him on his everyday life. The documentary also features Virgil Abloh, his big love Ella, Alex Olson and many more.

Production: Modest Department Executive Producer: Johannes Lehmann Director: Philipp Groth D.O.P.: Sebastian Vellrath 1st AC: Timon Jäschke Set Design: Sascha Huth Co-Producer: Vincent Tsouderos Local Producer: Benoit Fredonie Starring: Viktor Vauthier, Lila Cardona, Ella Jazz, Claire Guena, Virgil Abloh, Valentin Merlet, Alex Olson, Kid Lohan, Sophie Strobele Music: Mayer Hawthorne, Victor Brand, Sebastien Casino Sound Design: Marlon Beatt Talents: Lila Cardona, Claire Guena Styling: Louise Follain Color Grading: We Fade To Grey Voice Over: Katrin Kaspar Thanks to: OFF-WHITE, The Art Board, Converse

PARIS IS FOR LOVERS is a non-commercial free project. modestdepartment.com

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The Fourth Industrial Revolution from Marta Chierego on Vimeo.

Presented at SXSW Eco 2016 - schedule.sxsweco.com/events/event_PP93750 Genre: Documentary Directed by: Marta Chierego Title Sequence: Breeder Cinematography: Javier Gesto, Gus Sacks, Marta Chierego Additional footage shot by: George Lyon, Autumn Eakin Edited by: Fernando Guariniello, Marta Chierego Original Music Composed By: Mira Calix Colour Grading: El Colorado, Madrid Sound Mixing: Silk Studios, London For: The World Economic Forum

Ubiquitous, mobile supercomputing. Artificially-intelligent robots. Self-driving cars. Neuro-technological brain enhancements. Genetic editing. The evidence of dramatic change is all around us and it’s happening at exponential speed.

Previous industrial revolutions liberated humankind from animal power, made mass production possible and brought digital capabilities to billions of people. This Fourth Industrial Revolution is, however, fundamentally different. It is characterised by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be human. Based on the book 'The Fourth Industrial Revolution' by Klaus Schwab, Executive Chairman and Founder of The World Economic Forum.

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I love being horribly straightforward. I love sending reckless text messages (because how reckless can a form of digitized communication be?) and telling people I love them and telling people they are absolutely magical humans and I cannot believe they really exist. I love saying, Kiss me harder, and You’re a good person, and, You brighten my day. I live my life as straight-forward as possible. Because one day, I might get hit by a bus. Maybe it’s weird. Maybe it’s scary. Maybe it seems downright impossible to just be—to just let people know you want them, need them, feel like, in this very moment, you will die if you do not see them, hold them, touch them in some way whether its your feet on their thighs on the couch or your tongue in their mouth or your heart in their hands. But there is nothing more beautiful than being desperate. And there is nothing more risky than pretending not to care. We are young and we are human and we are beautiful and we are not as in control as we think we are. We never know who needs us back. We never know the magic that can arise between ourselves and other humans. We never know when the bus is coming.

Rachel C. Lewis, Tell The People You Love That You Love Them. (via thequotejournals)

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I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is to end up with people who make you feel all alone.

Robin Williams (via fyp-psychology)

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Just Dance: Moonlight x Alvin Ailey - NOWNESS from NOWNESS on Vimeo.

A new film from director Anna Rose Holmer, known for her 2016 drama The Fits, captures a unique collaboration between New York’s Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and Academy Award-nominated composer Nicholas Britell. Choreographed by the theater’s artistic director Robert Battle, dancers Jamar Roberts, Christopher Taylor and Jeremy T. Villas play out a blue-lit movement to a euphoric score by Britell, the mind behind the soundtrack of the Golden Globe award-winning drama of the same name.

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LOOKING GLASS from celia rowlson-hall on Vimeo.

A break up. A woman stands alone in an empty apartment. She dances with abandon and is reborn in the joy of the moment.

Starring Celia Rowlson-Hall and Jason Kittleberger

Directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall Cinematography by Andrew Droz Palermo Editing by Iva Radivojevic Produced by Andrea Roa and Orlee-Rose Strauss Creative Directors: Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman

See the entire short film series here: 10crosbyfilms.dereklam.com/

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Scientists take first-of-kind dopamine readings in humans

Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute scientists have reported measurements of dopamine release with unprecedented temporal precision in the brains of people with Parkinson’s disease. The measurements, collected during brain surgery as the conscious patients played an investment game, demonstrate how rapid dopamine release encodes information crucial for human choice.

The findings may have widespread implications not just for Parkinson’s disease, but for other neurological and psychiatric disorders as well, including depression and addiction.

The researchers detected changes in the levels of dopamine a thousand times faster than had previously been recorded in humans. These rapid measurements, combined with enhanced chemical specificity, led the scientists to discover that dopamine – a crucial neurotransmitter involved in learning and decision-making – has a far more complex role than formerly thought.

The study was be published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“More than 20 years of research in nonhuman model organisms has painted a very specific picture of the suspected role of dopamine in guiding human behavior,” said Read Montague, director of the Human Neuroimaging Laboratory at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute and senior author of the paper. “And now, with these first-of-their-kind measurements, made directly in humans, we’ve discovered that this picture was woefully incomplete.”

Montague and his team worked with a team of neurosurgeons at Wake Forest University Health Sciences – Stephen Tatter, Adrian Laxton, and the late Thomas Ellis – to measure dopamine signals in patients with Parkinson’s disease undergoing surgery to implant deep-brain stimulation electrodes; deep-brain stimulation has been shown to alleviate Parkinson’s disease symptoms. Seventeen patients volunteered to allow Montague’s team to record their dopamine signals during implantation surgery.

“We’re studying a system that’s falling apart in their brains,” said Ken Kishida, first author of the paper and a research scientist at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. “Parkinson’s disease is characterized by the death of dopamine-releasing neurons, and we’re trying to understand the underlying mechanisms of the disease process.”

Kishida and Montague both noted the generosity of the patients who volunteered for the study.

“This type of access to measure dopamine signals is invaluable,” Kishida said. “And we’ve made these measurements in 17 people – that’s 17 more than ever before.”

In order to capture the dopamine signals, especially in people with lower dopamine activity, the researchers had to develop extremely sensitive methods.

They modified a carbon fiber electrode previously used to measure dopamine fluctuations in rodents. The research team adapted the electrode to interface with the surgical needs of the clinical procedure in humans, to reduce the risks and surgical time for the patients. Surgeons placed the electrode in each patient’s striatum, near the center of the brain.

The researchers took readings of the ultra-quick dopamine pulses as conscious patients played an investment game. They expected to see dopamine responses in direct relation to expected rewards and actual outcomes. They didn’t.

“We analyzed the dataset of about a thousand pulses of dopamine, and it was flat,” said Montague, who is also a professor of physics in Virginia Tech’s College of Science and director of the Computational Psychiatry Unit of the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute. “The signals did not distinguish between a positive reaction and a negative one.”

The scientists used fast-scan cyclic voltammetry to measure the pulses of dopamine in the patients’ brains. This electrochemical technique allows for near-continuous measurements of chemical activity in the brain. In this case, it was used to measure the dopamine signaling 10 times each second, for several minutes, while patients made financially risky decisions.

“It was technically very challenging,” Kishida said. “But, as a result, we’ve been able to measure changes in neurochemicals that are important for learning while people make decisions.”

Once the researchers had the measurements, they started to analyze what the dopamine was actually signaling. They used new machine-learning methods, which employ several computational tools that help scientists dive deeper into data and emerge with more nuanced information.

“We found that dopamine tracks two factors – what happened and what could have happened,” Montague said. “Our dopamine neurons appear to track whether something could have been better or worse, and this information is encoded by the rapid changes in dopamine release. These findings may start to reveal, in computational terms, what’s missing in the dopamine system of Parkinson’s patients.”

The findings have been more than 20 years in the making, since Montague’s first computational studies examining the mechanisms of dopamine signaling.

“Dopamine encodes what are called reward-prediction errors – the ongoing difference between reward expectations and the actual rewards experienced,” Montague said. “From just dopamine signals, we can see when a person expects a reward and whether the person receives the reward. But in our most recent study, we found this earlier model of reward-prediction error to be incomplete. Rather, dopamine pulses appear to combine information about what might have happened with information about what actually happened. This is an entirely new way of viewing the role of dopamine signaling in the human brain.”

The idea that “what could have been” is part of how people evaluate actual outcomes is not new. But no one expected that dopamine would be doing the job of combining this information in the human brain.

“We married two known computational models into something new,” Montague said. “In doing so, we found dopamine tracking and combining two streams of information into one chemical pulse.”

Now that researchers have measured multiple contributions to the individual dopamine signals, they have even more pathways to explore the human brain’s learning systems in health and disease.

“The authors of this study combine the rare opportunity to collect data directly from the depths of the brain in awake humans with sophisticated methods for extracting the neurochemical signal,” said Michael Frank, an associate professor of cognitive, linguistic, and psychological sciences in the Brown Institute for Brain Science at Brown University. Frank was not involved in this study.

The research findings also have implications for understanding other disorders of the dopamine system, according to Frank.

“The findings alter the way we think about reward-guided decision-making because it allows for the learning signal to be more informed by what could have been,” Frank said. “That understanding could potentially lead to more efficiently improving future choices.”

Montague and his colleagues are working to understand whether their discovery applies to people who don’t have Parkinson’s. The scientists’ prior research, using functional magnetic resonance imaging, suggested that the new model should hold true in healthy individuals as well. Yet the previous work lacked the precision of the team’s new measurements.

“The ability to make this kind of measurement is a breakthrough,” said Montague, who noted he does not use that word lightly. “These precise, real-time measurements of dopamine-encoded events in the living human brain will help us understand the mechanisms of decision-making in health and disease.”

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Self-pity is a sin. It is a form of living suicide.

Charles J. Shields, Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee (via wordsnquotes)

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Repression is Self-Mutilation.

Artwork by FarieDesign

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Gateway to the Ganges from Brandon Li on Vimeo.

Daily life in the Indian holy cities of Rishikesh, Haridwar, and Devprayag. This region lies in the foothills of the Himalayas where the Ganges River descends from the mountains. I visited not knowing what to expect, and I was both awed and saddened by the experience. The beauty of nature and the Hindu ceremonies contrasted with the poverty and suffering on the streets. The people I met had a high-spirited resilience that seemed to stem from surviving and maintaining their devotion through a challenging life.

Music: Anamóg "We Wish It Was Never Light"

Filmed on Sony A7s