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Mingyu Du, a ceramic artist based just outside Cambridge, partnered with Raft to create a film that introduced her work ahead of her exhibition at Churchill College at Cambridge University.
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Translating grief into visual language without manufactured emotion
Two months of focused production. No client constraints. Every decision driven by artistic intent. Director Arnaldo Iñigo explores the loss of children through his grandmother's story - a grief that disrupts natural order. Required collaborators who could work at the edge of their craft.
Assembling artists at the top of their fields
Matías Penachino for cinematography - precision without compromise. Defacto Sound (HBO's Game of Thrones) crafting emotional landscape through audio. Tania Solomonoff (Mexico's National System of Art Creators) translating grief into choreographed physical expression.
This is where techniques get tested. Where collaborations deepen. Where craft advances beyond client parameters.
Featured on Booooooom.tv, Directors Notes, Retrospective of Jupiter, Daily Short Pick
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