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The latest projects seeking backing and the newest voices joining the platform.
New ProjectDesign Project / In Progress
Kinetic Type: Open Library
New ProjectFilm Slate / Development
Harmattan: First Feature Slate
New ProjectDocumentary / In Progress
Ice Cabin
New ProjectLimited Series / Development
Understory
New ProjectPhoto Book / In Progress
House Notes
New ProjectFeature Film / Pre-Production
Salt Rooms
New ProjectVisual Art / In Progress
Ochre: A Painted Year
New ProjectAlbum / In Progress
Coda for a Dying Star
New ProjectShort Film / Pre-Production
The Neon Shepherd
New CreatorMotion Designer / São Paulo, BR
Rafa Mendes
New CreatorProducer / Accra, GH
Amara Osei
New CreatorSound Designer / Kraków, PL
Tomasz Lange
New CreatorScreenwriter / Los Angeles, US
Elena Park
New CreatorDocumentary Photographer / Amman, JO
Noor Al-Haddad
New CreatorDirector / Lisbon, PT
Inês Carvalho
New CreatorEditor & Colorist / Tokyo, JP
Hana Ito
New CreatorVisual Artist / New York, US
Julian Vossen
New CreatorComposer / London, UK
Marcus Aris
New CreatorCinematographer / Berlin, DE
Sasha Kovac
Short Film / Pre-Production
The Neon
Shepherd
Directed by Sasha Kovac. A visual meditation on light pollution and the vanishing night in high-altitude landscapes.
Collaborators near you
Sasha Kovac
Cinematographer / Berlin, DE
Shared Taste
In the Mood for Love, Paris, Texas, Kid A.
Marcus Aris
Composer / London, UK
Shared Taste
Arrival, Under the Skin, Sleep by Max Richter.
Julian Vossen
Visual Artist / New York, US
Shared Taste
Dune (2021), Eraserhead, Dark Side of the Moon.
Hana Ito
Editor & Colorist / Tokyo, JP
Shared Taste
Tampopo, Tokyo Story, Music for Airports.
Inês Carvalho
Director / Lisbon, PT
Shared Taste
Vitalina Varela, Tabu, Music for 18 Musicians.
Noor Al-Haddad
Documentary Photographer / Amman, JO
Shared Taste
The Time That Remains, Wadjda, Fairuz.
Elena Park
Screenwriter / Los Angeles, US
Shared Taste
The Vanishing (1988), Zodiac, Vespertine by Björk.
Tomasz Lange
Sound Designer / Kraków, PL
Shared Taste
The Revenant, Leviathan (2012), El Tren Fantasma by Chris Watson.
Amara Osei
Producer / Accra, GH
Shared Taste
Atlantics, Timbuktu, Fela Kuti.
Rafa Mendes
Motion Designer / São Paulo, BR
Shared Taste
Enter the Void, Se7en, Arca.
Active funding
All projectsAlbum / In Progress
Coda for a Dying Star
by Marcus Aris
Raised
63%
Visual Art / In Progress
Ochre: A Painted Year
by Julian Vossen
Raised
34%
Feature Film / Pre-Production
Salt Rooms
by Inês Carvalho
Raised
37%
Photo Book / In Progress
House Notes
by Noor Al-Haddad
Raised
78%
Limited Series / Development
Understory
by Elena Park
Raised
25%
Documentary / In Progress
Ice Cabin
by Tomasz Lange
Raised
41%
Film Slate / Development
Harmattan: First Feature Slate
by Amara Osei
Raised
42%
Design Project / In Progress
Kinetic Type: Open Library
by Rafa Mendes
Raised
46%
Taste Graph
Sensibilities in rotation
A look at what our creators are watching, reading, and listening to right now. The references shaping the work in progress.
Sasha Kovac
Cinematographer / Berlin, DE
Films
- In the Mood for Love
- Paris, Texas
- Stalker (1979)
Music
- Kid A
- Disintegration
Reading
- The Rings of Saturn
- Bluets
Marcus Aris
Composer / London, UK
Films
- Arrival
- Under the Skin
Music
- Sleep by Max Richter
- Disintegration
- Selected Ambient Works II
Reading
- Silence by John Cage
Julian Vossen
Visual Artist / New York, US
Films
- Dune (2021)
- Eraserhead
Music
- Dark Side of the Moon
- Loveless
Reading
- The Mezzanine
Hana Ito
Editor & Colorist / Tokyo, JP
Films
- Tampopo
- Tokyo Story
Music
- Music for Airports
- Hiroshi Yoshimura
Reading
- Snow Country
Inês Carvalho
Director / Lisbon, PT
Films
- Vitalina Varela
- Tabu
- News from Home
Music
- Music for 18 Musicians
- Amália Rodrigues
Reading
- The Book of Disquiet
Noor Al-Haddad
Documentary Photographer / Amman, JO
Films
- The Time That Remains
- Wadjda
Music
- Fairuz
- Rabih Abou-Khalil
Reading
- Men in the Sun
- Minor Detail
Elena Park
Screenwriter / Los Angeles, US
Films
- The Vanishing (1988)
- Zodiac
- Personal Shopper
Music
- Vespertine by Björk
- Grouper
Reading
- The Argonauts
- The Empathy Exams
Tomasz Lange
Sound Designer / Kraków, PL
Films
- The Revenant
- Leviathan (2012)
Music
- El Tren Fantasma by Chris Watson
- Coil
Reading
- The Soundscape by Schafer
Amara Osei
Producer / Accra, GH
Films
- Atlantics
- Timbuktu
- Touki Bouki
Music
- Fela Kuti
- Sampa the Great
Reading
- Homegoing
- Season of Migration to the North
Rafa Mendes
Motion Designer / São Paulo, BR
Films
- Enter the Void
- Se7en
Music
- Arca
- Caetano Veloso
Reading
- Thinking with Type
In the ether
Trending films
- 01Chungking Express
- 02Stalker (1979)
- 03Blade Runner 2049
- 04Suspiria
- 05The Holy Mountain
- 06Beau Travail
Trending directors
- 01Wong Kar-wai
- 02Andrei Tarkovsky
- 03Claire Denis
- 04Denis Villeneuve
- 05Lucrecia Martel
- 06Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Trending music
- 01Disintegration
- 02Kid A
- 03Untrue
- 04Music for Airports
- 05Selected Ambient Works II
Trending artists
- 01Hilma af Klint
- 02Agnes Martin
- 03James Turrell
- 04Wolfgang Tillmans
- 05Hiroshi Sugimoto
- 06Louise Bourgeois
Trending books
- 01The Overstory
- 02Bluets
- 03The Rings of Saturn
- 04Snow Country
- 05Silence
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