4 minutes of pure skateboarding soul that'll make you feel things you didn't expect.
Ollie, a passionate young skater, practices alone in an abandoned shopping mall, where she faces her own failures and self doubts. She begins to hone her tricks, transforming her universe into a unique visual and spiritual experience.
Cinematography
Fisheye lens turns a dead mall into a cosmic skate cathedral.
Direction
Four student directors, one seamless vision—how?
Sound
The music doesn't accompany; it possesses.
Director
Alan Lopez-Raulin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Grip' doubles as skateboard tape and emotional tenacity—no accidents in 4 minutes.
Part of a wave of student films reclaiming dead retail spaces as Gen Z's cathedrals of longing.
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