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HUMAN STORY

Of all the genres of film and documentary, we have always been BIG into human stories. We just love the authenticity; the vulnerability; the quest; the connection. But, it’s not always easy to chase them down.

Back in 2017, we were big into getting ‘off-the-grid’, and attracted our first human story from a couch surfing host living in Taos, New Mexico. The Man Who Paints Monkeys tells the tale of artist and eco-farmer, Jeff Cochran, who lives the quaint city of Taos, New Mexico. Literally a last minute side-hustle short story with no planning and endless obstacles it ended up turning out pretty well in the end 🌈.

So why am I telling you all this, and what was the lesson learned through the making of this film? Well, despite the popularized notions of planning and budgets in filmmaking, many times there are stories just waiting to get made simply through the magical concoction of trust in yourself and trust in the Universe. And this is likely true for anything we take on in life; any dream, goal or challenge we set ourselves.

So even though the path may not be clear so long as you prioritize your heart and mind in doing what you love and loving what you do, you can be sure passion will prevail.

And if you want to know the juicy details of just what it took to make ‘The Man Who Paints Monkeys' happen, check out the blog post below.

THE INFINEIGHTS 

We love so many things about The InfinEights Series. For example, the subject matter that supports children that are different and may struggle, an endless space of creativity during filming and in post, an all-inclusivity of fellow creatives in any country, but most importantly, an ability to give back to kids around the world, that have been born into challenging emotional, mental, social and physical situations.

All this by simply watching and supporting the films themselves 🎥.

As these films take a lot of time and resources, we decided to crowdfund…but as some of you may already know, despite our attempts we came shy of our £5,000 Kickstarter target…TWICE ☹️.

But as they say, in all crisis appears opportunity (is that how it goes?) so our fundraising exhaustion did one great thing…it made us set up a STRIPE account so that we could figure out a way to actually keep future donations…🚀yay…

So if you were one of the most awesome donors in our Kickstarter campaign a couple of months back, please find some time to send us that donation for the last time 💙.

Oh and last but not least, AURIA RIDES TIME has finally found a way to Iran for an edit…double yay 💥💥 

MICRO-BUDGET FILMMAKING

John Brookes writes ✍🏿:

Last winter I watched the documentary film entitled “Descendant” , a story about The Clotilda, the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States. It was produced by National Geographic, I believe, but I saw it on Netflix at a friend's home. I gotta tell you, I wasn't impressed at the quality of filming or the story telling. I can honestly say, as a black American, I think the story was thrown together to take advantage of the “woke” movement in my country. Nowadays, I watch all films with the eye of a filmmaker, so I am always asking myself questions, like: Could I tell such a story? Could I have told a better story? And What have I learned from this piece?

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SOCIAL PROJECTS

Giorgio Pilosio makes pizza for his co-volunteers in a humanitarian social ‘experiment’ like no other; Thabarwa Nature Centre, sharing his experience during covid in our ThabarwaINTERVIEWS production we taught to locals and volunteers in order to tell their stories in a transparent way.

The project took us around three months in between the power outages and flooding, but despite the challenges we learned how teamwork can achieve anything we set our minds to, and honestly encourage a visit to the centre during better days for a truly life-changing experience.💕

More to be shared about Thabarwa in future issues…

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