Selected films
- 01Salt FlatsFeature film · Ines Varga
- 02The ChairCommercial · Theo Marsh
- 03Night SwimShort film · Ama Boateng
- 04Red RoomMusic video · Kai Moreno
- 05ProjectionistDocumentary · Ines Varga
- 06Last ShowShort film · Theo Marsh
Now previewing2026Two sisters drive across the desert to scatter their father's ashes and find the thing he never told them.A Longtake picture
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Ama Boateng · Director — ShortsNight Swim was filmed on a lake at night with a single LED panel. Here is the plan that made it work.
One light, one idea
We chose the lake before we chose the light.
Testing the dark
Three test nights told us exactly how little light we needed.
What we would do again
Fewer setups, more takes.
How we shot a whole film with one light
Ama Boateng · Director — ShortsNight Swim was filmed on a lake at night with a single LED panel. Here is the plan that made it work.
One light, one idea
We chose the lake before we chose the light.
Testing the dark
Three test nights told us exactly how little light we needed.
What we would do again
Fewer setups, more takes.
How we shot a whole film with one light
Ama Boateng · Director — ShortsNight Swim was filmed on a lake at night with a single LED panel. Here is the plan that made it work.
One light, one idea
We chose the lake before we chose the light.
Testing the dark
Three test nights told us exactly how little light we needed.
What we would do again
Fewer setups, more takes.
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