After finding himself inspired by the music and artistry of Chino Amobi during the making of his short film La Bicicletta, director Nathan De Paz Habib reached out to the artist seeking permission to use one of his songs which quickly saw the pair develop a shared understanding of artistic and creative intentions, the fruition of which being Eroica. The hallucinatory and enigmatic short, adapted from the opening to Chino’s namesake novel, explores complex notions of mythology, the African and Jewish diaspora and our desires to escape our present. With such epic and wide-reaching themes, Eroica visualises an opening to the exploration of worlds beyond our reality with luxurious cinematography, a mind-bending sonic landscape and seamless editing. With Eroica having completed its well-received cinematic screenings, Dn sat down with De Paz Habib and Amobi for the film’s online premiere to delve into how their ongoing collaboration evolved, the...
- 5/21/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Director Nathan De Paz Habib, previously featured on Dn with co-director Debby Friday with their hybrid music video Good Luck, introduces us to another example of his experimental and surreal filmmaking in his narrative short film debut La Bicicletta (The Bicycle). With the central plot derived from una barzelletta (an old Italian joke), De Paz Habib consciously sought to create a project on which he could experiment and further develop his directorial style. La Bicicletta doesn’t follow any strict linear timeline, nor does it adhere to a single style which helps to place us in the emotive memories of a young woman as she dissects the problematic aspects of her friendship with her best friend. Premiering on Directors Notes today, we spoke to De Paz Habib about visually creating scenes which dove into the depth of the characters’ bond, the considered preparation that went into the film’s all...
- 1/29/2024
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
Music videos are a glorious playground for filmmakers and when Toronto based artist Debby Friday was writing her debut album, she wanted to create not just a music video but a narrative short which embodied both her music and her hybrid artistic talents the impressive result of which being titular film Good Luck. After a chance meeting with co-director Nathan De Paz Habib the duo’s creative outlooks paired seamlessly and Nathan’s desire to experiment and play with the music video form matched with the surreal and experimental world Debby had envisioned. Good Luck is a genre blending cacophonous dark melding of two fertile creative minds which immerses us into a world of torrid adolescence and tumultuous love playing out within a coming-of-age narrative wrapped within a fantastical surreal milieu. A multi-layered film which has lingered in our minds, Dn sat down with the co-directors to discuss how they...
- 12/8/2023
- by Sarah Smith
- Directors Notes
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