Multi-talented Luc Janin developed his graphic eye as a graffiti artist before focusing on filming - commercials, music videos and we love his short documentary The Luckiest Man In The World - and now the Skunk director has brought his stop frame skills to a fun John Lewis spot

Reeling through Tom Gould's portfolio of films it’s apparent he wins over people no matter what walk of life they come from, usually the more interesting sides of society. We catch up with the New Zealand-born, New York-based director about his six-year project documenting the Lo Lifes, a Brooklyn gang obsessed with all things Ralph Lauren

Thank you all for such a wonderful evening. Thank you Colonel Blimp, Rattling Stick, Knucklehead, 24/7, Watermill, APA and the wonderful Mill for making it all happen. More photos and showcase lists to follow soon

We promised this amazing line-up of commissioning editors and heads of tv, the 1.4 Awards Jury, that they would have between 100 and 150 films to judge. There was so much excellent work in the end that we gave them over 200 films to view. They loved what they saw. They discovered many directors and films that hadn’t been on their radar until now. Some films attracted wildly varying scores, while others were all in accord with each other and generally what we at 1.4 rate… that is simply brilliant short-form filmmaking.

Caviar's Ollie Wolf explores themes running through British society post Brexit vote in his stunning music video-cum-short film for Tom Walker

Motel Music Part II, a short film-cum-music video directed by Johnny Hardstaff for French artist Jimmy Whoo, closes out Whoo's Motel Music chapters (2014-2017) with a twisted tale about men and motors.

Tonight at the midnight hour Random Acts will be showing artist - filmmaker Tom Dale's intriguing film A Cage For Voices. We're thrilled to bring you a sneak preview...

Every now and again a film comes along that you know on every level is magical - the writing, cinematography, casting, editing .... and one such film is Un Creux Dans Mon Coeur. 1.4 caught up with the young Halal Amsterdam director Mees Peijnenburg about the process of making a film where everything is real except the story itself

Japanese director Show Yaganisawa won us over with his crazy humour for Playstation's Gravity Cats and now the former oil painter and graffiti artist brings his film craft to London

Rearrange your linear narrative mindset and absorb this poetic experimental film created by Peter Groom for Random Acts, Channel 4’s late-night, post-pub serving of the world’s craziest and most creative short films. We talk with the actor, dancer and choreographer about his intentions behind the film which will be broadcast on Monday night. Yes, we’re premiering it!

Says it all really. And they all just happen to be by female directors. Put your headphones on and the volume up these promos are SO SO good.

Writer and director Alicia MacDonald learnt her craft from working and observing as a director's assistant before turning her talents to creating her own short-films. 1.4 writer Lauren Gibson catches up with the new director about her satirical storytelling and the art of paper-eating

Beating, sucking, gorging, playing, winning, kissing lots of kissing, snowing, stealing - it's our latest line-up in filmic advertising

Eloquent, elegant, emotional, and edgy, this music video by new director Jessy Moussallem is a powerful ode to the rise of the spirit of Arab women. Watch it and your heart will soar. We talk with the just-signed to Caviar director about life and work in the Lebanon, and the importance of long conversations til sunrise anywhere

Pulse director Matt Houghton captures the grit and sweat of twins Lina and Laviai's five-year desire to race at the World Championships this weekend

Saam Farahmand constantly surprises and this time he rocks up with a gaspingly good, pushing-the-edges film for Jagger: Daniels are back on short-form track with their signature humour, quirks and cleverness; 1.4 award winners Parachutes get even more ambitious; while another 1.4 winner Pablo Maestres shows us again why he’s one of our favourite directors with his distinctive originality; Sean Pecknold ventures into live action with his long-term collaborators Fleet Foxes; and Calum Macdiarmid creates a mystery narrative beautifully shot

Partizan director Sing J Lee draws on his own personal experience to shoot a classic tale of the yin-yang, rural-urban cultural divide

It was a good three years ago when we first met Kibwe following a slew of awards for his wildly ambitious, insanely wonderful film Jonah. With the release of the making of his next just-as-brill, heart rendering short film Robot and Scarecrow we caught up with the Nexus director in his studio complex Factory Fifteen

Axel Byrfors went on a short trip to Buenos Aires, fell in love with the city and stayed to make films. Now home again in Sweden he's making a film about the conversation between sled dogs and Siberian wolves

Hypnotising and gaspingly magical, the films of director Jonathan Alric, who with his cousin Guillaume Alric make up the electro dub band Blaze, are meticulously crafted fusions of music and visuals. The multi-layered narratives emotionally express male sensitivity in intimate but unsentimental ways that hit home deep. We talk with the Parisian directors and musicians about their meticulous creative process

All magnificent in their own brilliant fusion of music and visuals

Now working at Walt Disney Animation, Yonatan Tal talks to Benoit Berthe about the push-pull dilemmas of Gen Y which he explores so eloquently in his award-winning CalArts graduation film, Mr Carefree Butterfly

The master of unbridled creativity and imagination, Michel Gondry’s short film Detour is entirely shot on iPhone 7 Plus for Apple. Inspired by the works of Jaques Tati and Albert Lamorisse, Gondry uses all the iphone’s filmmaking tricks – such as stop frame, slo-mo, night shoots – which are demonstrated in a series of clips.

Pulse Films director Fred Scott talks about his documentary-style portraiture for his film series which celebrates which celebrates Pride in London + the 50 years of progress in LGBT rights.

Shortlisted at the YDA in Cannes, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg graduates director Gabriel Borgetto and creative producer Nathalie Kraft create a fabulous frolic on a minuscule budget in Majorca.

Tor Fitzwilliams, Stink Films' executive producer and juror of the Cannes Lions Film Craft category, chooses the films which really resonated with her

Not shy to explore sensitive narratives, Stink Films new director Salomon Ligthelm can also get gritty with a gangland story on the streets of Paris. Authentic narratives which resonate with cinematic craft

We like Real. We like humour. We really like this new director, Andrea Jade Colomb's work. Just signed to Outsider, she's a breath of fresh air who's going to create a directing storm

We talk with new director Matthew Sterling about his graduation film, True Strength, which conveys a sophisticated insight into inner emotional life.