Youness Benali Tag Archive

Art & Fashion, Live Action

Youness Benali Makes an Impassioned Plea to Look Beyond Stereotypes in Powerful Polemic ‘The Composer’

Youness Benali makes a welcome return to DN with his blistering monologue about the debilitating experience of being a minority defined by stereotypes.

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Art & Fashion

Don’t Call it a Dance Film! Youness Benali Finds Expression Through Movement in ‘Without A Word’

A director who has always showcased image and movement at the forefront of his work, Youness Benali returns to DN with his new expressive short ’Without A

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Music

Putting the Power of Negative Space to Work in Youness Benali’s ‘No Substitute’ Music Video

Youness Benali joins us again to discuss how his natural affinity for minimalism led him to use negative space as a character in his latest music video.

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Music

Youness Benali Strikes Impressive Poses in the Dark for the Blacksmif ‘My Own Blood’ Music Video

Subtly combining light with composition director Youness Benali crafts a minimalistic music video full of feeling for Blacksmif track 'My Own Blood'. Youness

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Music

Cloud Boat: Youthern

Applying the clean simplicity of framing and environment that we’ve seen across the Man + series of experimental shorts, You Ness invites us to

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Art & Fashion

Man + You Ness = ???

Combining words and simple visual motifs to belie audience expectations and perhaps challenge the assumptions many of us harbour, UK filmmaker You Ness created

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Art & Fashion

Man + Clothes

Clothes may make the man, but as You Ness quickly demonstrate in Man + Clothes they can also make the man bad.

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