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Los Angeles

Tanner K Williams’ “Beat Bunny” for Povoa x Madge, made with Magna Studios, took Gold at the Young Director Award 2026 and at the British Arrows. Alex Acy, French-Canadian and based between Montréal and Los Angeles, followed his Chainsmokers video “Helium” to YDA Silver.

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Still from The Chainsmokers “Helium”

Alex Acy

Director · Photographer · Montréal / Los Angeles

French-Canadian director and photographer whose hyperreal “Helium” for The Chainsmokers…

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Still from Beat Bunny by Povoa x Madge, duotone crop

Tanner K Williams

Director · Writer · Photographer · Los Angeles

“Beat Bunny” for Povoa x Madge, made with Magna, took Gold at the British Arrows 2026, …

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Ophelia drifting through sun-softened Los Angeles, framed in blue-green post-rain lightWatch

Li Anne Liew’s glide: a gentle ghost drifting through LA

Li Anne Liew’s glide: a gentle ghost drifting through LA · A short film shot on one roll a day, where a sentimental ghost watches strangers and mourns lives she never lived.
Still from The Chainsmokers “Helium”Watch

The Chainsmokers, Anna Sofia — “Helium”

Alex Acy · Director · Photographer · Montréal / Los Angeles
Still from Beat Bunny by Povoa x Madge, duotone cropWatch

Povoa x Madge — “Beat Bunny”

Tanner K Williams · Director · Writer · Photographer · Los Angeles
Still from The Chainsmokers “Helium”Watch

The Chainsmokers, Anna Sofia · Dir. Alex Acy · Bodey

“Helium”: American fantasy, hyperreal · YDA Silver
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