Our friend Nalden teamed up with the creative minds at Dough’Nut to shoot an incredible video of their trip to Panama. Commissioned by National Geographic, they were tasked with showing Panama’s vivid culture and one of its most interesting structures, the Panama Canal. They did an excellent job. The video captures the people, their spirit and the region in a way that compels you to visit. As Dough’Nut describes, “Panama is known for the Panama Canal, which allows the crossing between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But this country has much more to offer than this intercontinental transport hub. It has an abundance of nature, culture and entertainment. And even though we were there for only 6 days, we were able to see a lot.” Click Read More to view this inspiring video.

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Flight of the Frenchies is an incredible video documenting the brave explorations of a few individuals. Tancréde, Julien, Seb and Antoine are pioneering a new sport called Highlining which combines rock climbing, slacklining, tightrope walking and base jumping. Just imagine crossing a massive gorge in the south of France on a tight rope and then leaping off mid-way! If you can’t, this trailer beautifully documents their adventures and places you right in the mix. It feels like you’re jumping with them. The full film will be available for download on November 11, at 11am, but for now, take a look at this excellent trailer. Click Read More to view.

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Sub City Paris is beautiful. It’s the latest video from Sarah Klein and Tom Mason. Together they’ve created a brilliant series exploring the quiet moments that occur just before emerging from a city’s subway. The possibility, the excitement and the general promise for what a city may offer is all captured with stunning imagery. As they describe it, “The Sub City series explores the wonder in the humble experience of exiting the subway through dreamy slow motion and elegant steadicam cinematography.” Click Read More to watch this video.

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Tokyo’s rhythm is hypnotic. The city beats like a metronome. That’s why we love this video by Alex Lee. Armed with his Canon T3i he created a fantastic slow-motion ode to Japan. In the video he highlights everything from architecture and cityscapes, to everyday people and culture. Watch it once and you’ll feel like you visited. It has all the things that make Japan one of our favorite places. And, to top it off, Alex edited these visuals to the beautiful sounds of Flying Lotus and Thom Yorke. It doesn’t get better than that. Click Read More to view the video and a few stills.

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Chicago is kinetic. We love visiting. And if you want a quick overview of why you should check it out – view this brief tilt-shift time-lapse by the city’s local WGN television network. We know there are a lot of these videos floating around the net, but this one is really well done. Click Read More to view.

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With just three videos three guys persuasively capture what it means to live. In their words Move Eat Learn chronicles 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, two cameras and almost a terabyte of footage, turning three ambitious linear concepts based on movement, learning and food into three beautiful and hopefully compelling short films. Click Read More to view the videos and photos.

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Acclaimed artist Ai Weiwei, his assistants and wife were arrested last Sunday while attempting to board a flight to Hong Kong in Beijing. While his assistants and wife have been released, Ai Weiwei is sadly still missing. The Chinese police have not provided any indication of his whereabouts or why he is being detained.

Over the last 30 years Ai has been a powerful force in the art world and has also been an outspoken critic of the Chinese government. While many speculate that he’s received “leeway” for his criticism over the years due to his global popularity and family ties – his father is a famous Chinese poet – it appears that that time has come to an end. We sincerely hope that Ai Weiwei is safely released. Just before reading about the news of his detention, we came across a great Q&A with Alison Klayman, Director of the upcoming documentary film Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. Check it out for more information about this influential artist.

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