Viceværten (A caretaker’s tale in the english version) is a 2012 Danish drama film directed by theatre director Katrine Wiedemann based on a screenplay by Kim Fupz Aakeson. Per (Lars Mikkelsen) is a bitter, misogynist, caretaker. His wife left him, his son is a… Continue Reading
They have just fallen in love, yet know little about each other. During a romantic walk through the forest, they try to connect. Answering her questions about important episodes from his life, he reveals himself to her. But his questions… Continue Reading
Nose Nose Nose Eyes, directed by Jiwon Moon, is yet another great short film from the festival circuit to appear on Alter. The story, as described by the producers is very simple: The terrifying day a ten year old girl… Continue Reading
Looking to create a short that captured the multicultural aspect of Switzerland, Christophe Saber’s Discipline is a dialogue-heavy film brimming with strong social themes. Based around conservations in a grocery store, which quickly get out of hand, Saber’s short is sure to… Continue Reading
Alexander Giannascoli, better known by his stage name Alex G, is a multi-instrumentalist from Philadelphia who started his career as a bedroom singer/songwriter, building up an audience through a series of DIY releases on Bandcamp. He has two older siblings, Matt (David… Continue Reading
The kind of short film where you’ll need a minute to recover after the credits roll, Tom Noakes’ Nursery Rhymes disorientates its audience initially via a surreal, contextless opening. Confusion gives way to a slowly unfolding puzzle however, serving up revelations all the… Continue Reading
Twenty-year-old David lives in the moment. He juggles a variety of different odd jobs and continues to put off, just for a while longer, the time to make more serious decisions. This solitary daydreamer succumbs to the charm of Lena,… Continue Reading
Mark Whalen is an up-and-coming artist from Detroit, Michigan. His first album, “Someone To Be” debuted in the summer of 2017. He started recording ideas and music when his father bought him an audio interface and a mic for his birthday. From… Continue Reading
The Hero is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed and edited by Brett Haley and written by Haley and Marc Basch. Lee Hayden is an aging Western icon with a golden voice, but his best performances are decades behind him. He spends his days reliving old… Continue Reading
Kapgang (Speed walking in the english version) is a 2014 Danish drama film directed by Niels Arden Oplev. It is based on a novel of the same name by Morten Kirkskov. In 1976 in provincial Denmark, 14-year-old Martin (Villads Bøye) is about to be confirmed when his mother dies… Continue Reading
A young woman, tired from her daily routine, falls asleep on the train ride home. What happens next is unfortunately predictable. She awakes to find a man doing something so wildly inappropriate, it will have a lasting and damaging effect… Continue Reading
You may or may not be aware of Her’s (Stephen Fitzpatrick and Audun Laading), but the band are slowly and surely beginning to make themselves known across the UK. The duo, quite differently, consist of a guitar player and singer,… Continue Reading
Laura Pergolizzi is an American singer and songwriter who performs under the stage name LP. Physically a cross between John Cooper Clarke and Patti Smith, vocally a blend of Gwen Stefani and Cyndi Lauper, LP alchemises that patchwork into something not currently available elsewhere. In… Continue Reading
Angelina is a 22 year old community college student, yearning to get out of her small town. However, her online persona, Lolz-ita, is anything but average. With a huge Instagram following, she gets thousands of likes on her feminist, sex-positive,… Continue Reading
Pascal Arbez, better known by his stage name Vitalic, is a French electronic dance music artist. His first singles were released in 1996 and 1997, but were confined to the underground electronic music scene. However, he became good friends with Michel Amato, also known… Continue Reading
La Huida (The runaway in the english version) from director Víctor Carrey, is one of those films that gives the viewer too many details right at the beginning. However, it does neatly tie everything up in the end, from the random passing… Continue Reading
The Karate Kid is a 1984 American martial arts drama film produced by Jerry Weintraub, directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Robert Mark Kamen, in which a martial arts master agrees to teach karate to a bullied teenager. It stars Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita, William Zabka and Elisabeth Shue. It is… Continue Reading
“Swindon – A Portrait of Youth” is a snapshot of opinions about growing up in the UK. Teenagers rarely have a voice and a platform to speak about their aspirations and fears. With far-reaching political decisions being made around them,… Continue Reading
À Nos Amours (To Our Loves in the english version) is a 1983 French drama film directed by Maurice Pialat and written by Arlette Langmann and Pialat, about a 15-year-old girl named Suzanne (Bonnaire) who experiences her sexual awakening and becomes promiscuous, but is unable to… Continue Reading
Passion Gap by writer/director duo Matt Portman and Jason Donald is one of those rare films that make you realize that the human condition is more than a struggle for many and that life across the world isn’t as familiar as… Continue Reading
Tuff Turf is a 1985 American drama film directed by Fritz Kiersch and starring James Spader and Kim Richards. Morgan (Spader) is a troubled teenager from Connecticut who relocates to Los Angeles with his parents after his father’s business goes under. Morgan struggles to make friends, and trouble ensues… Continue Reading
Sam starts working at Spoetnik, a clandestine chips stand named after its specialty. Right across the street is a brothel with an alluring girl who evidently needs Sam’s help. A slightly surreal tale of love at first sight, Noël Loozen’s Spoetnik doesn’t do… Continue Reading
Good Time is a 2017 American crime film directed by Ben and Josh Safdie. After a botched bank robbery lands his younger brother in prison, Constantine Nikas (Robert Pattinson) embarks on a twisted odyssey through New York City’s underworld in an increasingly desperate-and dangerous-attempt to… Continue Reading
Friends is a band from Brooklyn, New York formed in September 2010 and disbanded sometime in 2013. The group released the singles “Friend Crush” and “I’m His Girl” in 2011. On 2012, BBC Radio 1 DJ Huw Stephens selected the band’s third single, “Mind Control”, as his Hottest Record in the… Continue Reading
Seth Haley (known by his stage name Com Truise) is an American electronic musician from Oneida, New York. His Com Truise stage name is a spoonerism of the name of American actor Tom Cruise. Originally an art director, he turned in his resignation prior to his first release as Com Truise. Prior… Continue Reading
Neon Indian is an American electronic music band from Denton, Texas. The music is composed by Mexican-born Alan Palomo, who is also known for his work with the band Ghosthustler, and as the solo artist VEGA. The project has been characterized as defining the 2000s… Continue Reading
ALEX is a new retro wave producer and musician based in the UK, who makes music under the label NewRetroWave. If the success of Stranger Things and the upcoming Spielberg adaptation of Ready Player One tell us anything, it’s that nostalgia for the 1980s is… Continue Reading
Fazerdaze is the project of Amelia Murray. She released her debut self-titled EP in October 2014, recording it entirely in her bedroom studio in Auckland. With the help of multi-instrumentalist, Jonathan Pearce, who mastered the release, she created a dream-pop sound, using… Continue Reading
Le Couleur is a French-Canadian electro-pop band from Montreal, Quebec, which currently consists of Laurence Giroux-Do, Patrick Gosselin, Steeven Chouinard. In 2010, the band released their debut album, Origami, which had widespead success in Europe, as well as back home in Quebec, propelling them to the… Continue Reading
Just One of the Guys is a 1985 comedy film, directed by Lisa Gottlieb. Terri Griffith (Joyce Hyser) is an aspiring teenage journalist living in Phoenix, Arizona who feels that her teachers don’t take her school newspaper articles seriously because of her good looks. After failing to get… Continue Reading
Forever’s gonna start tonight is a short film by Eliza Hittman in which Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad and his ever-growing menagerie of cats. When the Landlady threatens to kick them… Continue Reading
Michael Volpe, professionally known as Clams Casino is an Italian-American record producer and songwriter from Nutley, New Jersey. His music has been described as a mix of conventional hip-hop drums, a sensitive ear for off-to-the-side melodies, and an overdose of oddly moving atmosphere. Associated… Continue Reading
Melody’s Echo Chamber is the main project of French musician Melody Prochet. When Prochet’s previous project My Bee’s Garden supported Tame Impala on their European tour in 2010, Prochet collaborated with Kevin Parker to produce her new solo material as Melody’s Echo Chamber. The material was recorded… Continue Reading
After releasing only a handful of singles this year, L.A.’s very own Kid Bloom finally dropped their A Different State of Mind EP, and it is the epitome of ‘70s psychedelia-dipped pop. The quintet is comprised of singer-guitarist Lennon Kloser, singer/guitarist/keyboardist Jesse… Continue Reading
Yes, God, Yes is a short film directed by Karen Maine and starring Stranger Things’ Natalia Dyer as a 15-year old good Catholic girl who thanks to a racy AOL chat, discovers the act of self-pleasure and all the confusion and emotional… Continue Reading
DIIV is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 2011. Initially called Dive, the band started as Smith’s solo recording project. After releasing three singles – “Sometime”, “Human” and “Geist” – on Captured Tracks, DIIV released its debut full-length album, Oshin, on 2012. In 2016,… Continue Reading
Infinity Ink is a London-based vocal/music production/DJ duo made up of Italian Luca C and Briton Ali Love. They have released music through Hot Creations, Crosstown Rebels and, most recently, Different Recordings. Originally they formed the duo The Benedictions, playing 1960s and 1970s folk rock-inspired music… Continue Reading
Michael Volpe, professionally known as Clams Casino is an Italian-American record producer and songwriter from Nutley, New Jersey. His music has been described as a mix of conventional hip-hop drums, a sensitive ear for off-to-the-side melodies, and an overdose of oddly moving atmosphere. Associated… Continue Reading
Henry is in an awkward predicament. His attempts to teach his attractive student how to drive interfere with him trying to seduce her. Black comedy about love, colliding expectations and the importance of the handbrake. A short film directed by… Continue Reading
Melon Rainbow is a young girl who yearns to be seen. By day she has a cleaning job in a housing association for blind people. At night she stages herself in front of her computer bathed in neon lights. Everyday… Continue Reading