Salomon Ligthelm, a self-taught filmmaker signed to Stink, conjures a dreamlike escape punctuated by glitches of chaos for Icelandic electro three-piece aYia with the ominous VFX and post handled by Artjail in NYC.
Watch the behind-the-scenes video below:
Label: Bedroom Community
Artist: aYia
Producer: All Expanded, Section80
Executive Producer: Artjail, Section80, Film Supply, Stink, Cabin, Division, Soft Citizen
Director: Salomon Ligthelm
Cinematographer: Shabier Kirchner
Executive Producer: Emi Stewart, Katie Lambert, Marco Orlando, Chris Dodds
Production Manager: Jon Melton
Producer: Luigi Rossi
Production Designer: Madison Hatch
Art Director: Steven Killian
Set Dresser: Kit Sheridan, Tommy Mitchell
Choreographer: Amy Gardner
Actor: Anders Gran
Actress: Yueyao Li
Dancer: Dale Ratcliff, Yiannis Logothetis, Jesse Kovarsky, Paul Zivkovich, Quaba Ernest, Leo Hishikawa
VFX/Post: Artjail
ECD/Owner: Steve Mottershead
EP: John Skeffington
2D Lead: Christoph Schroeer
2D Artists: Dayung Jo, Kyle Andal, Gerard Andal, Emily Bloom, Andres Kirejew, Alex Shahviri, Andrew Thiessen, Molly Intersimone, David Tate, Mark Yfantidis, Daniel Beleski, Chris Turner, Marcus Wood, Fred Kim
3D Lead: Ross Denner
3D Artists: Ben Elliot, Christina Ku, Sandor Toledo
3D FX: Georgios Cherouvim
Senior Producer: Perry Tate
VFX Supervisor: Ross Denner
Colorist: Clinton Homuth
Additional Post: Veli
Edit: Cabin
Editor: Sam Ostrove
Editorial Producer: Carr Schilling
Sound Design: Salomon Ligthelm
Sound Mix/Additional Sound Design: Defacto Sound