sappha

PARTHENON took home Best Music Video at the 2026 Cindependent Film Festival Awards

Director/Editor: TETE
Musician/Actor/Producer: sappha 🪽
Producers: Kimberly, Jordan Sedgewick
Assistant Director: Trey Durr
Script Supervisor: Tatiana Wallace
PA: Katherine Bracken

Director of Photography/Colorist: Emma Underwood
1st AC: julez
BTS Photography: Alex Pearks
XR Wall Specialist: Gabe

Gaffer: Chengxi Li
Key Grip: Logan Myers
Best Boy: Troy Spitzmiller
Grip: Noah Andersen
Grip: amanda
Grip: liam

Actors: ×̷̷͜×̷ ❤︎ ❤︎ ×̷̷͜×̷, Chase
Dancer/Choreographer: Ryan Scott Miller
Sh***ri Artist/Rigger: Derek Miller
Costume Designer: Adrien Crowley
HMU: max 🧚🏾‍♀️

the world sees the suit not the business you're in .

PARTHENON film festival debut at Cindependent Film Festival Thursday September 17th at 8 PM in Memorial Hall. very grateful for the passion of this huge crew, taylor's beautiful edit & the ability to make art about darkness so you & i both do not have to pretend it's not there .

Director/Editor: TETE
Musician/Actor/Producer: sappha 🪽
Producers: Kimberly, Jordan Sedgewick
Assistant Director: Trey Durr
Script Supervisor: Tatiana Wallace
PA: Katherine Bracken

Director of Photography/Colorist: Emma Underwood
1st AC: julez
BTS Photography: Alex Pearks
XR Wall Specialist: Gabe

Gaffer: Chengxi Li
Key Grip: Logan Myers
Best Boy: Troy Spitzmiller
Grip: Noah Andersen
Grip: amanda
Grip: liam

Actors: ×̷̷͜×̷ ❤︎ ❤︎ ×̷̷͜×̷, Chase
Dancer/Choreographer: Ryan Miller
Sh***ri Artist/Rigger: Derek Miller
Costume Designer: Adrien Crowley
HMU: max 🧚🏾‍♀️

c://onnect ;; & then you disconnect |○

📸filmed by tykvsh_
+ my edit/graphics

sad bc egirl

filmed by tykvsh_
with my edit and lil sketches

i made a cameo in the new WHY? WHY? music video for their song "Story of My Life". 🪽💕 the 2nd side of their new album "Oh Golly/Yes Lord" is out now, including this track ft. kitty ray my tumblr era queen. so grateful to have worked with this amazing crew & done makeup on some of the younger actors. yoni's storytelling is so simple but so powerful

i left room in my reflection for yours

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[All that is lovely in himself he loves,
and in his witless way he wants himself:--
he who approves is equally approved;
he seeks, is sought, he burns and he is burnt.
And how he kisses the deceitful fount
and how he thrusts his arms to catch the neck
that's pictured in the middle of the stream!
Yet never may he wreathe his arms around
that image of himself.]

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"PARTHENON" by sappha music video out now

Director/Editor: TETE
Musician/Actor/Producer: sappha 🪽
Producers: Kimberly, Jordan Sedgewick
Assistant Director: Trey Durr
Script Supervisor: Tatiana Wallace
PA: Katherine Bracken

Director of Photography/Colorist: Emma Underwood
1st AC: julez
BTS Photography: Alex Pearks
XR Wall Specialist: Gabe

Gaffer: Chengxi Li
Key Grip: Logan Myers
Best Boy: Troy Spitzmiller
Grip: Noah Andersen
Grip: amanda
Grip: liam

Actors: ×̷̷͜×̷ ❤︎ ❤︎ ×̷̷͜×̷, Chase
Dancer/Choreographer: Ryan Miller
Sh***ri Artist/Rigger: Derek Miller
Costume Designer: Adrien Crowley
HMU: max 🧚🏾‍♀️

"Power is everywhere, not because it embraces everything, but because it comes from everywhere." — Michel Foucault

🏛 PARTHENON 🏛 full music video has been out for just a few days, & it took us almost a year to plan & create.

Special thanks to our filming locations:

leapinlizardartgallerycov

UC College-Conservatory of Music

Spring Grove Cemetery

Brian Steege - Photographer + Director

Cincinnati Circus Company who does not typically offer their space for rental but does offer really cool aerial fitness & juggling classes (:

Director/Editor: TETE
Musician/Actor/Producer: sappha 🪽
Producers: Kimberly, Jordan Sedgewick
Assistant Director: Trey Durr
Script Supervisor: Tatiana Wallace
PA: Katherine Bracken

Director of Photography/Colorist: Emma Underwood
1st AC: julez
BTS Photography: Alex Pearks
XR Wall Specialist: Gabe

Gaffer: Chengxi Li
Key Grip: Logan Myers
Best Boy: Troy Spitzmiller
Grip: Noah Andersen
Grip: amanda
Grip: liam

Actors: ×̷̷͜×̷ ❤︎ ❤︎ ×̷̷͜×̷, Chase
Dancer/Choreographer: Ryan Miller
Sh***ri Artist/Rigger: Derek Miller
Costume Designer: Adrien Crowley
HMU: max 🧚🏾‍♀️