Here are a few recommendations! The idea is to show you something you probably haven't seen before, right? The only "problem" is that many of my recommended are in Spanish! Anyway, I'm working on that for you. Soon I'll be bringing you more material — maybe even some unpublished gems. 😄
It is the year 1969 and a young man cannot sleep. He thinks some pills will fix everything, but in reality, it will only be the beginning of a long nightmare.
His first "serious" short film. Filmed in 1999, at his young age of 16, together with his friends in the city of Concepción, Chile. Shot on a Video-8 camera.
Winner of the Pudú Award "Best Regional Fiction Video"
Valdivia International Film Festival 2000.
The Life of a Water Droplet (水滴の一生) was a short animated segment featured on the Japanese children's television program Ponkikki during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Following the journey of a small water droplet named Shizuku, it presented the water cycle through a charming visual narrative, accompanied musically by P's March by Focus.
Though only a brief interlude, the segment left a lasting impression on Japanese television culture and was later accompanied by an illustrated storybook, 💧The Adventure of Shizuku (しずくのぼうけん). Today, it remains a nostalgic favorite among those who remember Ponkikki's unique blend of education, music, and imagination.
The song is performed by M.I.A., with Diplo handling the production. The video consists of clips from the film Slumdog Millionaire (2008).
I think it's in good taste to leave you with a sample of the 'dolly zoom' (or vertigo effect), a camera technique that combines physical movement forward or backward with a zoom in the opposite direction. The main subject stays the same size on screen, but the background stretches or compresses in a strange way
Thundercat is a bassist and composer who blends jazz fusion, neo soul, alternative rhythm and blues, and ’70s funk with a rare sense of ease. His music combines technical virtuosity, sophisticated harmonies, and an absurd sense of humor influenced by pop culture and the internet, creating a sonic universe that is as eccentric as it is emotionally resonant.
This song and its video give me chills!! hahaha. And honestly, I think the translation is spot on.
An avant-garde short film directed by Francis Thompson.
This 15-minute short film took eight years to complete, and its director kept it as a mockup for three decades.
Experience New York through fractured lenses that distort skyscrapers, fold taxis, and turn everyday moments into geometric poetry. No narration, just pure visual jazz synced to Gene Forrell’s vibrant soundtrack. A psychedelic (yet family-friendly!) journey through the retro magic of a metropolis. ✨🗽
Emociones Clandestinas is a Chilean rock and pop band formed in Concepción in 1985. They achieved nationwide fame driven by the sharp, charismatic observations of urban life in Chile within their music, and their hit single "El nuevo baile" became one of the defining classics of Chilean rock. As the first band from southern Chile to break through nationally, their success paved the way for later Concepción acts like Los Tres and Los Bunkers, who frequently cite them as a major influence.
For me, they hold a special meaning. I wasn't born in that era, but their music still brings back memories of my childhood—plus, they're from Concepción, my home turf.
I was wandering around YouTube on a rainy night and stumbled upon this video. I don't know anything about the author, only the title, but I really liked it—for reasons I can't quite explain.
"This animation expresses individual emotions in a personal way. It expresses the inability to escape the status quo and the desire to break through it." These are the author's own words, shared in the video's description. That said, we're free to interpret it however we like—and perhaps that's part of what makes it so beautiful.
The song is from 2021, and the video consists of clips from an old animated film called La Planète Sauvage (1973). If you haven't seen it yet, I highly recommend it!