• SUPERCELL

    “It took four years but I finally got it.

    A rotating supercell. And not just a rotating supercell, but one with insane structure and amazing movement.

    I’ve been visiting the Central Plains since 2010. Usually it’s just for a day, or three, or two…but it took until the fourth attempt to actually find what I’d been looking for. And boy did we find it.

    No, there was no tornado. But that’s not really what I was after. I’m from Arizona. We don’t get structure like this. Clouds that rotate and look like alien spacecraft hanging over the Earth.

    We chased this storm from the wrong side (north) and it took us going through hail and torrential rains to burst through on the south side. And when we did…this monster cloud was hanging over Texas and rotating like something out of Close Encounters.

    The timelapse was shot on a Canon 5D Mark II with a Rokinon 14mm 2.8 lens. It’s broken up into four parts. The first section ends because it started pouring on us. We should have been further south when we started filming but you never know how long these things will last, so I started the timelapse as soon as I could.

    One thing to note early on in the first part is the way the rain is coming down on the right and actually being sucked back into the rotation. Amazing.

    A few miles south is where part two picks up. And I didn’t realize how fast it was moving south, so part three is just me panning the camera to the left. During that third part you can see dust along the cornfield being pulled into the storm as well…part of the strong inflow.

    The final part is when the storm had started dying out and we shot lightning as it passed over us.

    Between the third and fourth portions we drove through Booker, Texas where tornado sirens were going off…it was creepy as all heck. And intense.

    I hope you enjoy this. Once thing I’ve learned about timelapsing is that I always wish it would be longer or wouldn’t end. I wish I had been south and been able to record this storm come at me for 45 minutes.

    But I love it the way it is. I wasn’t ever certain I’d see structure like this even though it’s been such a goal of mine. But we did it.

    And by we, I mean myself and my buddy Andy Hoeland, who knows his crap and got us into position so we could chase this storm. Without him along I don’t know if I get this timelapse” – Mike Olbinski

  • A LIFE WELL LIVED

    “Fifty years ago, Jim Whittaker became the first American to summit Mt. Everest.”

    Directed by Eric Becker

  • JELA

    A film by Will Robson-Scott

    “This film follows Jela, brought up in the heart of the East End of London in a Turkish and English family. He talks about his memories of growing up in the 80s and 90s and his time on the streets and on football terraces. Jela grew up fast, being immersed in football violence, skinhead culture, and hard drug use before his life spiraled out of control, now sober he looks to the future.

    The East End he grew up in has changed on the surface but many of the faces he grew up with remain the same. His struggles have made him what he is today and Jela is East London through and through.”

  • MADE BY HAND

    “Made by Hand is a new short film series celebrating the people who make things by hand—sustainably, locally, and with a love for their craft.

    Our fifth film turns to bike maker Ezra Caldwell (Fast Boy Cycles), who was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. When the cancer threatens to shatter his love of bikes, Ezra survives by documenting his illness as thoroughly as his craft.”

  • LONG LIVE THE KINGS

    “Long Live The Kings is a film and photographic project shot exclusively on film. Here is the short documentary shot on super 16mm relating the hopes and desires of those who go for a motorcycle road trip.”

  • BY THE LAKE

    “Phipps lives in a fisherman’s shack in Tasmania that his family’s owned all his life.

    His front garden is a giant lake, brimming with 9lb trout; his neighbours are wedge-tailed eagles and possums and tiger snakes. This is a day in Phipps’ beautiful, quiet world.”

  • THE INNOVATOR

    The Innovator

    “Mike Friton is a freelance shoemaker, weaver, paper sculptor and innovator with over 30 years of experience at Nike. His innovations are responsible for many elements of athletic footwear that people wear today. Each of his crafts informs one another and he is constantly exploring the fringes of his field. Mike’s work is a great example of how non-traditional methods of exploring one’s craft can lead to unique end results.”

    Directed by Tristan Stoch

  • LONG BRANCH

    Back to Long Branch.

    On a cold winter’s night, Lynn’s quest for a one night stand is complicated when the guy she goes home with lives two hours away via public transit.

    Directed by Dane Clark & Linsey Stewart

  • ANIMA

    Directed By Wilding/Augusto

    “This short film seemed to will itself into being – it started as a small project that was plagued at every turn by disaster – but, miraculously, it grew and morphed at each hurdle it faced and became more and more meaningful and personal as a result. It is, broadly speaking, a story of a man letting go and finding himself, much as this video found its own way almost despite our involvement.

    This video is without dialogue and external action. It’s also incredibly personal. It was very important and cathartic for us to make. But we made it earnestly, as a gift for whomever sees it. We hope it strikes a chord and continues to live without us – Wilding/Augusto”