Yoni has been working professionally as a director, editor, cinematographer, and video installation artist since 2004. His cinematography works have been selected for The Cannes Film Festival, South by Southwest, The Whitney Biennial, Oslo Architecture Triennale, and the Criterion online collection. He is a 2018 Independent Film Projects documentary fellow and has resided at the Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities at Northwestern University, Dok.Incubator, The Institute for Advanced Study at the Central European University, The Wexner Center for the Arts, Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, and the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. In 2018, he was selected as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces” of independent cinema.

Hadley is a writer, director, educator, researcher, audio producer, and professionally trained trapeze artist. She has consulted for the BBC in narrative development and research, and has served as a casting agent. Hadley is an experienced outdoorswoman who has travelled on horseback in Chinese and Mongolian back countries and researched shamanic and Buddhist practices in these regions. She is also a novice dogsledder. Hadley's background is in Political Science, Environmental Policy, Religious Studies, Literature, Creative Writing, Library Science, and Education. She has studied Navajo, Tibetan, and Sanskrit. 

FILM & VIDEO PRODUCTION

FORMIDABLE ENTITIES believes that time, like a good ritual sacrifice, is the production of sacred things.

FORMIDABLE ENTITIES offers over 14 years of experience in moving image making, video installation, visual art, sound, instruction, and performance. We work with filmmakers, cultural workers, activists, professional commissioners, musicians, stage performers, book smugglers, radicals, and roustabouts.

We have extensive experience with all variety of digital cinema cameras and production-related software, which are the preferred tools of our collaborators' revolutions and reveries, as well as our own.

We handle 4K+ acquisition and production, data management, post production, grading, sound design and mixing, and multi-platform delivery - from theatrical to VOD.

RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTARY WRITING

FORMIDABLE ENTITIES offers idea development, narrative-building services, and experienced researchers and interviewers. With backgrounds in library science and field research, we can unearth the perfect archival footage or find the longed-for last witness.

We can, if you wish, work with you from an idea’s conception to its unveiling.

We also offer online content management and have operational knowledge of file-based workflows used in video production, post-production, and distribution.

CREATIVE AND LINE PRODUCING

FORMIDABLE ENTITIES has many years' experience corralling photographers, videographers, production assistants, musicians, animators, and visionaries.       

We specialize in researching, evaluating, reporting, and recommending plans of use for photo, audio, and video systems, as well as emerging technologies.