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Incredible night screening The Hawker (or how to make money as an artist) at OffBeat Folk Film Festival’s UNDERGROUND LONDON event 🦅💵👨‍🎨 Kid Buckley’s ‘educational film’ explores three very real ways artists make money… and spend it. The Hawker (or how to make money as an artist) 🎬 by @kidbuckley 🎥 Cinematography & Edit by @crusoeweston 🎵 Music by Christopher Dennis OffBeat Folk Film Festival runs across the city until Sunday 16 May — don’t miss it. @offbeatfilm @tradese17_

Happy International Jazz Day 🎻 in the studio with @speakerscornerquartet - direct from The Room Studios in Lewisham, South East London (May 2024) Interview and jam filmed by DRIFT’s Crusoe Weston for Southbank Centre ahead of the band’s Royal Festival Hall performance at Chaka Khan’s Meltdown, where they were joined by @kaetempest , @sampha and Guildhall Session Orchestra ====== First forming in 2006 as the house band for Speakers Corner, the infamously wild hip-hop jam night in Brixton from which they took their name, this group of instrumentalists have been creating open, collaborative spaces like these for the better part of the last 20 years 🪈 Biscuit (Ross Harris) on flute 🥁 Kwake Bass (Giles Kwakeulati King-Ashong) on drums 🎻 Raven Bush on violin 🎻 Peter Bennie on bass 💻 The full jam session is free to watch on Southbank Centre YouTube channel @speakerscornerquartet @kwake.bass @peterbenniebass @allsoundismusic @the_room_studios #InternationalJazzDay #LondonJazz

Happy International Dance Day 💃 A few moments taken from a promotional interview and rehearsal capture produced for Southbank Centre - in the studio with @hollytblakey , shaping ‘Unnatural Harmony: Sounds of Lee Alexander McQueen’ (March 2025) Dancers: @sushisari3 @willowfenner Rehearsal director: @shariajohnson ✂️ Post production and edit: @driftstudiolondon 🎥 Videography: @jonomoore This production - which opens tonight - is a tribute to the life and creative vision of Lee Alexander McQueen and the role that music played in his life - with @lcorchestra performing an eclectic score #InternationalDanceDay #BehindTheScenes #StudioLife #ContemporaryDance #LeeAlexanderMcQueen #McQueen #LivePerformance #CreativeProcess

Reverse applique, embroidery and the world’s most ambitious drug spoon 🪡🧵 The wonderful Alan Gregan shares some of his eclectic homemade jewellery, his journey into handmade clothes and the pieces he won’t allow to fall apart === Created from the Seasonal Shorts Festival 2025 prompt ‘Model’s Own’, this short film — directed by Crusoe Weston and produced by DRIFT Studio London - explores the clothes we keep, borrow, repair, pass down and hold onto. The pieces that quietly accumulate stories over time. Bringing together friends and creative collaborators, the project grew from conversations about the sentimental pieces in our wardrobes - garments collected, protected and sometimes remade. The completed film premiered at the Seasonal Shorts Festival 2025 - which returns again in 2026. Thank you to Martyna Knitter @martynaknitterdp Ethan McClellan @ethanmcclellan Bea Hurst @beahurst Ahmed Ali @dishabouttwn Alan Gregan Liam Patrick Harrison @liampatrickharrison #FashionFilm #SlowFashion #ClothingStories #DIYFashion #Upcycling #CreativeProcess #ShortFilm #SeasonalShorts #LondonCreative

Documenting the Marina Abramović takeover of Southbank Centre… In October 2023, DRIFT had the privilege of cataloguing the 11 artists stationed across the entirety of the Queen Elizabeth Hall – backstage and all – for a set of enthralling (four-day-long) durational performances, curated by conceptual artist Marina Abramović and MAI. Performance Videography: @arushi.chugh Interview Videography: @crusoeweston Interview Videography: @ali_ofg Shoot Producer: @liampatrickharrison Edit: @ethneleaver Photography: @petewoodhead The programme explored endurance, presence, and the evolving language of performance art - placing audiences in direct, unfiltered dialogue with the work. The takeover culminated in an interview with Abramović, reflecting on her life in performance, the origins and evolution of the form, and what lies ahead for the next generation of artists. Artists featured: Collective Absentia, Carla Adra, Cassils, Paula Garcia, Miles Greenberg, Sandra Johnston, Carlos Martiel, Yiannis Pappas, Paul Setúbal, Aleksandar Timotic and Despina Zacharopoulou. #MarinaAbramovic #PerformanceArt #SouthbankCentre #MAI #DurationalArt #ContemporaryArt #ArtDocumentary #LondonArts #BehindTheScenes #ArtFilm #CreativeProduction #ArtistInterview

An artist builds 🧱 An artist drinks 🍷 An artist serves 🍫 The Pretty Bricks, a bar by @kidbuckley and @rufie_rufe (serving wine from the tongue and chocolate milk from the bum) was erected especially for Artists Behind Bars at @thehorsehospital (London), curated by @kittyfiner (7/3/2026). A space where hospitality becomes performance: the bar is the artwork, the artist is the bartender, the audience is the punter. Artists Behind Bars a group show, where for one night shift only the bar is the work of art, the artist is the bartender and the spectator is the punter. Artists are invited to build, install, host and run their own bars. This collection of one night only bars - creates a total installation within a chosen space and brings together artists and audiences from the varied scenes in cities, from theatre and performance to visual art and club culture. — Want The Pretty Bricks at your party or event? Get in touch. — #ArtistsBehindBars #TheHorseHospital #PerformanceArt #InstallationArt #LondonArtScene #PopUpBar #ArtEvent #ExperientialArt #NightlifeCulture #ArtAndHospitality

🌿 ANNOUNCEMENT 🌿 ‘Leaward’ Official Selection - Seedlings Film Fest 2026 Filmed in a single day in Spring 2024, Leaward is a short-form documentary profile piece about the people and places surrounding the River Lea, in North East London. Through a series of audio interviews, we discuss the significance of the area with community activists, volunteers, local business owners and local residents. Portraits and atmospheric B-roll footage illustrate the dialogue finding beauty in the everyday and ordinary. 📆 Screening Monday 27 April 🔗 Check out https://www.seedlings.studio/film-fest to book tickets 📍 @closeupfilmcentre Director Crusoe Weston: “Tottenham and the River Lea have been my home in many ways since I first moved to the area in 2015. It is constantly evolving and is full of wonderful people and beautiful places. I set myself the challenge of creating a film in a single day of filming with no pre-production, just following my feet through many of the places that I love. I am really happy with how Leaward has captured this short moment in time” DOP @marcpritcharddop Thank you to: Leyla Amber Dave Paul Leo Mick Terri Matt Mike, Ruth & Liam Waterside Cafe Acropolis Grill The Anchor and Hope @mannions_n15 @livingunderonesun @markfieldbeamengine @lea_rc_hackney #Leaward #ShortDocumentary #OfficialSelection #SeedlingsFilmFest #RiverLea #Tottenham #CommunityVoices #DocumentaryFilmmaking

This is the story of a river ‘monster’... From the depths of the canal emerges onto the towpath our monster sets off to seek their fortune in the big city. Quickly fustigated by bureaucratic systems, angry river patrols and the weary rat race, our monstrous hero continues to swim against the current. But with a sad string of disappointments (misguided lonely hearts ads, multiple DVLA forms mulched by their eternal wetness), our monster considers returning to their watery home. Finally, by chance, they stumble across a late-night beauty parlour… The completed film will premiere at the @seasonalshorts Festival 2026 Thank you to everyone who stepped into the current with us. Director & Story: @liampatrickharrison DOP & Co-Writer: @crusoeweston Costume: @rufie_rufe & @vaughananson Camera Assistant: @savannah_acquah Starring: @vaughananson Extras: @bryony.cameron @richbcooper @xandedwards @oli.green.scenes @hannahbyrne @ilaydaarden @nadiamcvey

Happy World Poetry Day ✍️ A monochrome excerpt from Suited by Hannah Khalil, directed by Caroline Byrne and performed by Emmanuella Cole. The film forms part of The Motherhood Project, conceived by Katherine Kotz during COVID as a platform for creative expression around motherhood. Co-produced by DRIFT, the series brought together a community of artists to create 10+ short films - offering a kaleidoscope of candid reflections on motherhood. An expansive and deeply rewarding project for DRIFT, working with many first-time filmmakers and supporting the creative and technical realisation of their work. #WorldPoetryDay #PoetryFilm #MotherhoodProject #ShortFilm #ArtistCommunity #DRIFTStudio

🌿 ANNOUNCEMENT 🌿 ‘Marisco Mayhem’ Official Selection - Buzz Film Festival 2026 Marisco Mayhem explores the Galicia’s shellfishing crisis and a community at risk. 📆 Screening 12 April 2026 🔗 Check out to book tickets In Galicia, traditional rural life faces a dual threat: climate change decimates the local shellfishing industry, and youth migration hollows out rural villages, leaving behind an ageing community grappling with poverty and loss of heritage. Marisco Mayhem follows a young man, Olmo Pruneri as he returns to his hometown of Noia on Galicia’s coast to explore the unfolding shellfishing crisis devastating his community. Through a series of conversations with residents, fishers, and scientists, Olmo discusses how climate change, pollution, and demographic decline are eroding both livelihoods and cultural identity in one of Europe’s most affected coastal regions. Blending personal observation with candid dialogue, the film offers an intimate portrait of a region adapting to environmental and social change while quietly confronting questions of belonging, loss, and resilience. Olmo is also on a journey of personal discovery, the process of filming building his confidence, putting his research into a social context. Follows him growing as a person through the filming. COLLABORATORS & CREW Director & Producer | Crusoe Weston (@Crusoeweston ) Cinematographer | Martyna Knitter (@martynaknitterdp ) Presenter | Olmo Pruneri (@olmo.pi ) Editor | Marcos Florez @laboratorio_numax Editor | Crusoe Weston Translator | Cristina R. Lesmes

🚨 NOW LIVE 🚨 Our brand new DRIFT Documentary Highlights reel - now streaming on our new website. DRIFT prides itself on its documentary mindset - agile teams working closely with contributors to tell their stories authentically. From mountain rescuers and advocacy groups to climate-vulnerable communities, we shine at crafting honest, human storytelling. Head over to our website to see some of our recent documentary projects - including: - Called to the Mountains, a portrait of a Mountain Rescue volunteer in Oban - Step into the world of the Hell Riders, one of the last traditional side shows in the UK - (ONE YEAR ON) Our campaign film for Right to Roam, a mass swim at Kinder Reservoir calling for access, freedom and change - (COMING SOON) Marisco Mayhem explores Galicia’s shellfishing crisis and a community at risk, Premier 12th April Shown in the reel: 🐚 Marisco Mayhem 🗣️ Southbank Studios 💃 Fools Gambit 🏝️ A Portrait of the Isle of Kerrera 🎬 What we do… Shoot Production Post Production Videography Editing #DocumentaryFilmmaking #ProductionCompanyLondon #BrandedDocumentary #ImpactFilm #ClimateStorytelling #OutdoorFilm #HumanStories #VideographyLondon #PostProduction #CreativeStudio #IndependentFilm #StorytellingMatters

Looking back at one of DRIFT’s first projects - Portrait of the Isle of Kerrera. Based out of Oban for a week, DRIFT’s original founders Crusoe Weston and Ali White set out to explore some the Isle of Kerrera. Roughly 4.7 square miles with a population of 68 full-time residents (including 18 children). One of the tales collected was that of Olly Vollum and Eachann McGregor-Louw (aged 9) who in December 2019, with encouragement and training from their parents, undertook a fundraising swim across the Sound of Kerrera - raising money towards the restoration of the disused island schoolhouse, which both their mothers, Sheila and Gill, attended. The boys raised more than £5000 and became the youngest known swimmers to cross the Sound of Kerrera. The brave, community-minded feat opened up some wonderful interviews that touched on themes of motherhood, nature, history and the impactful lessons we pass down to the next generation. Thanks again to: The resident’s of Kerrera Isle of Kerrera Development Trust Jane Churchill Martin & Aideen Shields Gill Vollum Fred Baty #Kerrera #Oban #WildSwimmingScotland #IslandStories #CommunitySpirit #ScotlandIsNow #VisitScotland #DocumentaryStorytelling #ColdWaterSwimming #IslandLife #ThisIsOban #wildaboutargyll @loveoban_ @isleofkerrera @theoutdoorswimmingsociety @wildaboutargyll @visitscotland @explore.scotland_ @thisisoban