Mads Fridolin Vejlby, DFF

“Echo” is part of Cannes Short Film Corner Rendez- Vous Industry 2026!❤️ Shot in Odesa during the full scale invasion of Ukraine -“Echo” is a cinematic essay about a young boy who is trying to understand whether humans will be remembered for destruction or love! Huge thanks to the amazing crew for being a part of it! Special thanks to Nat and Alex and Konon Rocks ❤️🇺🇦 looking forward to sharing it! @konon.rocks

CRIP CLUB ♿️👠 I made a utopian film where disabled people get to live it up in an accessible strip club! I loved getting to imagine the world I desire for disabled people, and bringing together so many disabled creatives for this was an absolute dream. I adore this team and I am so grateful for all the energy and time dedicated to this project. More to come 🎉🩷 Produced by @notdwarflindsay @shan.hafez Directed by @lilll_lionn @shan.hafez Director of Photography @madsfridolin Writen by @sbasedoubt @shan.hafez 1st AD -Mattie Meacham @mattie.am 2nd AC - Destiny Amber Neveres @destinyambernevarez OnSite Producer/Location Manager - B Sharp @b_sharp_dir Associate Producer - Victoria Prescott @vxashara Sound Mixer - Kevin Silva @kevin_silva_owl Key Grip - Isaac Izard Steadicam Op - Nate Cornett @natecornett_ 1st AC - Aditya Gupta @adityagupta_24fps Gaffer - Bruce Wang Grip/Gaf - Antonio Mayer @jamm_0 G&E SWING -Molly Sauter @thedreamoftimee Production Design - Yun Gu @gy.green Wardrobe - Andy Garcia @andy.james.garcia TALENT Danielle Perez @divadelux Coco Atama @blindthrasher Matt “Ore” Pasini @mattpasini_ Lark Detweiler @deafdancerlark Shan Hafez @shan.hafez Tsai-Clops “Cyclops” @cyclops_drag Shaila Sams @xshailaa Viva @vivaadele Casey Shea @caseeeey123 Coco Williams @coco.joelle Lalo Caldera @genderrogue Sound Design- Cenizo Bravo @cenizoooooo Sound Design - Eduardo Bravo Score - Sadie Ibrahim, Troi Henderson @sadieibrahimmm @troialexis Editor - Joe Abriatis @joe_abriatis Credits - Vic Deniken @vicdeni Colorist Udit Nijhawan @nijhawanudit ASL Interpreter 1 - Jack Leylian ASL Interpreter 2 - Kimika Kuromiya-Hsu Art PA - Isabella Marenco @moelives PA - Lalo Caldera @genderrogue PA - Dahlia Ghafoordi @dahliaghafoori PA - Zeinab Oumais @yazeeohh PA - Sophia Marie @sophiamarie.la

This Sunday “Sabr Dolls” will have it’s world premiere at the Hollywood Arab Film Festival! Here are some stills from this very special short film I was lucky to shoot, and some BTS with the sweet cast and crew🫶🏼 Shot on a mix of digital and 16mm (500T)🤗 Writer / Director: Victoria Xashara-Prescott @vxashara Producer Andie Morgenlander @andiee_grace Executive Producer Hector Martinez @producedbyhector Associate Producers: Shan Hafez, Kenz Benmosbah @kenz_benmosbah and Victoria Xashara-Prescott 1st Assistant Director: Rohit Relan @rohitrelan Cast Adult Nour: Shan Hafez @shan.hafez Young Nour: Melissa Koochakan Reporter 1: Bechara Baroudi Reporter 2: Hamoudi Ahmad The Doll: Farrah Hamzeh Daoud @farrahthedoll Teta: Amelia Barela Teta’s voice: Suzanne Salah Cinematographer and colorist: Mads Fridolin Vejlby, DFF @madsfridolin 1st AC: Allysa Lisbon @allysagram Gaffer: Sam David Zhang @samdavidzhang Key Grip: Udit Nijhawan @nijhawanudit Best Electric: Gavriel Dorian @gavrieldorian 2nd AC: Malachi Daubon @malachi_daubon and Cody LeDoux @imcodyledouxfilm Production Designer: Nicole Baroudi @nicolebaroudi Art Director: Yun Gu @gy.green Assistant Art Director: Disha Shah @dishah_design and Xuefei Rong @fxrxrf Editor: Ivan Alvaro @ivanalvaro7 Post Sound: KC Conway, C4 Studios Digital Compositing & VFX: Sajjad Mamun VFX Support: JP Jaramillo Location Sound: Steve Harper Head PA / On-Set Costumer: Billy Wayne Coakley Makeup Artist and Special Makeup Effects: Indi Silva Craft services: Andrea Sepulveda Kitchen: Erick Serrano Music: Dania Produced by @justicefilmcollective

Proud to share that Borders won the Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Short at Awareness Film Festival @awarenessfest in Los Angeles 🧡 Also happy that Borders screened at Black Harvest Film Festival @filmcenter in Chicago this month! Thank you to all who helped bring this film to life, and thank you to the jury at Awareness Film Festival🙏🏼 Starring Hilary Ward @imhilaryward & Joseph Lopez @josephlloydlopez Co-writer/director: Kira Powell @itskirapowell Producers: Sylvia Sun @_sylviass_ & Shaun Lee @h_woolee_ Editors: Ringo Ma @qiaoranma & Sharon Shen @sharonsycc Production designer: Riya Vaidya @theartsypotato Composer: Gabo Morfín @gabbage.patch_ DP + co-writer/director: Mads Fridolin Vejlby, DFF @madsfridolin Costume designer: Eliza Garcia @sewpunny BTS by Craig Boydston @craig_boydston Shot on Kodak 50D and 500T 4-perf @kodak_shootfilm

Borders has been selected for Tallgrass Film Festival! @tallgrassfilm Happy that Borders will be part of a festival with inclusion and diversity as part of the core values❤️ Borders will screen as part of the Vortex Experimental Shorts: Friday, October 17, 2025 12:00 PM Saturday, October 18, 2025 11:30 AM Here are some stills and BTS with the sweetest cast and crew. Starring Hilary Ward @imhilaryward and Joseph Lopez @josephlloydlopez Written and directed by Kira Powell @itskirapowell and Mads Fridolin Vejlby Produced by Shawn Lee @h_woolee_ and Sylvia Sun @_sylviass_ Production design by Riya Vaidya @theartsypotato Edited by Ringo Ma @qiaoranma and Sharon Shen @sharonsycc Cinematography and color by Mads Fridolin Vejlby, DFF @madsfridolin 
 1st AD Cole Greenfield @greencolefield 2nd AD Katherine Alexandra Gaffer Quinn Thomashow @quinnthomashow Key Grips Craig Boydston @craig_boydston and Zach Morrison @zachmorrison2go Composer and sound design by Gabo Morfín @gabbage.patch_ 1st AC Bruce Wang @bruce_puyu_wang Steadicam Operator Michah Harrison @michah_steadi 2nd AC Diana Dahllund @diana_dahllund and Bao Le Cheok @baooole Loader Yandy Liu @yandy_liu Best Electric Brittani Ingram @brittbellaaa Best Grip Antonio Mayer @jamm_0 Production assistants Gaurav Bedi and Steph Paternot Production coordinators Joshua Gravitt and Katrina Muratorio @katarinamnot Location Manager Carlos Rodriguez @silverstrand_movie_ranch Set Dresser Elizabeth Marfori @ilikapeka123 Scenic Painter Genevieve Beltowski @cherrvieve Costume Designer Eliza Garcia @sewpunny Makeup and Hair artist Noah Burris @vetsandvandals Laser operator Anna Barger-Niemz @lapuslaserli And big thanks to the guidance at @americanfilminstitute @sandravalde @sara.rosssamko @lighthillasc 4-perf 500T and 50D🎥🎞️❤️❤️❤️

Hold onto your leathers and laces, ladies and gents, Maraschino is heading to the legendary @filmquest and we could not be more jazzed to get weird in style 🍒🐇🎈 Starring @thelaceyclaire @mrdoreck @justinvtla @kdimerc Directed by @alyssacodygarcia Written by @alyssacodygarcia @simonagalant Produced by @simonagalant Cinematography @madsfridolin Editing by @superdeng11 Production Design @dk_maui_64 Music by @nate.maruso Provo, here we come! #filmquest #filmquest2025 #wearefilmquest #prepareforfantastic #bestofthebest

Filming from the back of a truck in Inglewood, working with peacocks, alpacas, dogs and the best crew! Thanks to those amazing people making “ Music For Flying Cars” happen! Special thanks for the story and collab @notetcr 🤍 and to adventurers cinematographer @madsfridolin . And a million love to the whole crew. Link in bio! CREDITS DIRECTOR | @christina.amundsen.film DOP | @madsfridolin 2ND CINEMATOGRAPHER | @christianlaursenfilm PRODUCER | @_sylviass_ EDITOR | @dolorestillaeus COLOR GRADER | @nurali_kushkov SOUND DESIGN | Anne Gry Kristensen VISUAL EFFECTS | Bruno Edelman POST PRODUCER | Rose Aspöck MUSIC | @notetcr ACTOR | Kemal Ward ASSOCIATED PRODUCER | @timziteng 1ST AC | bruce_wang_lee 2ND AC | @frankajuarez GAFFER | @soloziv_film BEST | @joshuamoriconi KEY GRIP | @angel_isarraras255 PRODUCTION DESIGNER | @dk_maui_64 ART DIRECTOR | @mikaelamosleyart SPECIAL THANKS @artofficialagency @fern.film_ @chemistry_film @chemistry_sound

Happy to announce that Borders was selected for Aperture International Student Film Festival in Atlanta! Here are a few stills and thanks to @craig_boydston also some nice bts of the sweet people who worked on it ❤️🙏🏻 Starring Hilary Ward @imhilaryward and Joseph Lopez @josephlloydlopez Written and directed by Kira Powell @itskirapowell and me Produced by Shawn Lee @h_woolee_ and Sylvia Sun @_sylviass_ Production design by Riya Vaidya @theartsypotahto Edited by Ringo Ma @qiaoranma and Sharon Shen @sharonsycc Cinematography and color by me 1st AD Cole Greenfield @greencolefield 2nd AD Katherine Alexandra Gaffer Quinn Thomashow @quinnthomashow Key Grips Craig Boydston @craig_boydston and Zach Morrison @zachmorrison2go Composer and sound design by Gabo Morfín @gabbage.patch_ 1st AC Bruce Wang @bruce_wang_lee Steadicam Operator Michah Harrison @michah_steadi 2nd AC Diana Dahllund @diana_dahllund and Bao Le Cheok @baooole Loader Yandy Liu @yandy_liu Best Electric Brittani Ingram @brittbellaaa Bes Grip Antonio Mayer @jamm_0 Production assistants Gaurav Bedi and Steph Paternot Production coordinators Joshua Gravitt and Katrina Muratorio @katarinamnot Location Manager Carlos Rodriguez @silverstrand_movie_ranch Set Dresser Elizabeth Marfori @ilikapeka123 Scenic Painter Genevieve Beltowski @cherrvieve Costume Designer Eliza Garcia @sewpunny Makeup and Hair artist Noah Burris @vetsandvandals Laser operator Anna Barger-Niemz @lapuslaserli ❤️❤️❤️

Very excited and proud to announce that I’ve been accepted into the Danish Association of Cinematographers DFF (Dansk Filmfotograf Forbund). Looking forward to be part of this community with so many extremely talented cinematographers 🎥🇩🇰

“Sabr Dolls” is a surrealist short film remembering Teta’s lessons about connecting instead of isolating in times of crisis. Written/directed by the incredible @vxashara and shot by an extremely talented LA based crew, I’m excited to share more stills and BTS magic from this beautiful project. ❤️ director @vxashara producer @d_reaa @justicefilmcollective dp @madsfridolin 1st AC @allysagram 2nd AC @imcodyledouxfilm canera pa @malachidaubonphotography 1st AD @rohitrelan gaffer @samdavidzhang grip @nijhawanudit best electric Gavriel Dorian production design @nicolebaroudi art director Yun Gu sound Steve Harper hmu Indi Silva crafty @amelia_e03 Andrea Sepulveda head pa @billywaynecoakley locations Nicole Nelson STARRING @shan.hafez Farrah Hamzeh Daoud and Melissa Koochakan

Excited to share that MUSIC FOR FLYING CARS is nominated and will premiere at America’s largest documentary festival DOC NYC @docnycfest next month! It will be a part of the program "SHORT PROFILES" and it will be screened on the 17th and 20th of November at Village East by Angelika.  This was such a fun project to shoot with the sweetest crew on a mix of digital and film, all directed beautifully by @christina.amundsen.film and with some beautiful additional photography by @christianlaursenfilm Director | @christina.amundsen.film Director of Photography | @madsfridolin 2nd Unit cinematographer | @christianlaursenfilm Producer | @_sylviass_ Editor | @dolorestillaeus 
Production Designer | @dk_maui_64 Art Director | @mikaelamosleyart Colorgrader | @nurali_kushkov Sound Design | Anne Gry Kristensen Visual Effects | Bruno Edelman Post Producer | Rose Aspöck Music | @notetcr Actor | Kemal Ward Associate Producer | @timziteng 1st AC | bruce_wang_lee 2nd AC | @frankajuarez Gaffer | @soloziv_film Best | @joshuamoriconi Key Grip | @angel_isarraras255 Special Thanks @artofficialagency @fern.film_ @chemistry_film @chemistry_sound Timothy Shin Stephen Steelman TG Boxing Gym Rio Market Mama Maria Tysa @kodak_shootfilm #docnyc 
#docnyc2024

Stills from “Borders”, my second year visual essay at @americanfilminstitute , shot on 500T & 50D 35mm, generously donated by @kodak_shootfilm and processed by @fotokem_la . Forever grateful for the incredible team that helped me bring this piece to life, both in front and behind camera, and people supporting with donations and all my classmates and teachers giving invaluable feedback through the post🙏🏻❤️ Starring Hilary Ward @imhilaryward and Joseph Lopez @josephlloydlopez Written and directed by Kira Powell @itskirapowell and me Produced by Shawn Lee @h_woolee_ and Sylvia Sun @_sylviass_ Production design by Riya Vaidya @theartsypotahto Edited by Ringo Ma @qiaoranma and Sharon Shen @sharonsycc Cinematography and color by me 1st AD Cole Greenfield @greencolefield 2nd AD Katherine Alexandra Gaffer Quinn Thomashow @quinnthomashow Key Grips Craig Boydston @craig_boydston and Zach Morrison @zachmorrison2go Composer and sound design by Gabo Morfín @gabbage.patch_ 1st AC Bruce Wang @bruce_wang_lee Steadicam Operator Michah Harrison @michah_steadi 2nd AC Diana Dahllund @diana_dahllund and Bao Le Cheok @baooole Loader Yandy Liu @yandy_liu Best Electric Brittani Ingram @brittbellaaa Bes Grip Antonio Mayer @jamm_0 Production assistants Gaurav Bedi and Steph Paternot Production coordinators Joshua Gravitt and Katrina Muratorio @katarinamnot Location Manager Carlos Rodriguez @silverstrand_movie_ranch Set Dresser Elizabeth Marfori @ilikapeka123 Scenic Painter Genevieve Beltowski @cherrvieve Costume Designer Eliza Garcia @sewpunny Makeup and Hair artist Noah Burris @vetsandvandals Laser operator Anna Barger-Niemz @lapuslaserli Special thanks Adam Ankarfeldt, Anna Schram Vejlby Gitte Vejlby Hans Schram Viemose, Jesper Duelund, Leo Snel, Sandra Valde-Hansen, ASC, LPS, Sara Ross Samko, Stephen Lighthill, ASC, Søren Rasmussen, Søren Schauser, Theo & Simao’s mindefond, Precision Lasers, Anita, Evelyn, Esther. BTS by Craig Boydston On August 11th you can watch this and all my classmates beautiful pieces at AFI at the visual essay showcase.