Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Drop Mind-Bending New Short Film Before 2025 Blockbuster
Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos Reunite for a Surreal New Short Film
Emma Stone teams up once again with her most eccentric director, Yorgos Lanthimos, delivering another surreal mini masterpiece before their big 2025 project hits theaters.
- New short film/music video collaboration between Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos
- “Beth’s Farm” is a music video for composer Jerskin Fendrix’s latest single
- The film features a cryptic, stylized narrative typical of Lanthimos’ unique style
- It serves as a lead-up to their upcoming feature film Bugonia later this year
- Fendrix’s album Once Upon A Time. . . In Shropshire drops October 10
A Quick Look at the Collaboration
If you’re familiar with Yorgos Lanthimos, you know he’s a filmmaker who walks his own weird, post-modern path. Since breaking out with Dogtooth in 2009, Lanthimos has maintained his distinct, unsettling style. His collaborations with Emma Stone have brought him more mainstream attention, yet he never loses that offbeat edge. After working together on films like The Favourite, Poor Things, and the short Bleat, they’re back with a new short film — this time a music video for “Beth’s Farm.”
What’s “Beth’s Farm” About?
“Beth’s Farm” is the latest single from composer Jerskin Fendrix, who also scored Poor Things, Kinds of Kindness, and the upcoming Bugonia. The video stars Fendrix and Stone as farmers facing a strange dilemma: their animals turn into piles of mud. Together, they burn old relics to renew their flocks with new life—or something along those lines. True to Lanthimos’ style, the story is cryptic and full of bold, symbolic imagery, inviting multiple interpretations.
Fendrix describes his album Once Upon A Time. . . In Shropshire as “a love letter to something that once existed — a shining, rose-tinted childhood and the lives that made it.” He adds that the album “posits that grief is complex and memory is intoxicating.” This emotional depth fits perfectly with the melancholy yet cinematic mood of “Beth’s Farm.”
Why You Should Watch It
The video’s haunting falsetto vocals, backed by reverberating strings, create a cinematic indie vibe that fans of artists like Sufjan Stevens will appreciate. It’s a perfect teaser for Bugonia, which is set to release later this year. If you enjoy films and music that blend the surreal with emotional complexity, this short is definitely worth your time.
“Art is often so one-dimensionally geared towards death,” Fendrix said in the press notes. “Death is really, really, really complex. Sometimes it can be funny, and sometimes it’s kind of trivial, or relieving, or infuriating. I needed it to have all of that.”
Watch the video for “Beth’s Farm” below and keep an eye out for Once Upon A Time. . . In Shropshire, dropping October 10 — just weeks before Bugonia hits screens.
