Kanye west cruel summer short film

For his compilation of the same name, see Cruel Summer (GOOD Music album).

2012 film

Cruel Summer is a short film written and directed by American rapper Kanye West that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2012,^[4][5] and was shown out of competition.^[6]

A custom pyramid-shaped screening pavilion was constructed for the film's debut, designed by conceptual firms DONDA, OMA and 2x4.

The theater featured seven screens – three in the front, one on the floor, one on the ceiling and one on both the right and left side of the space. Cruel Summer was shot using a specialized camera rig, which allowed the directors to capture multiple angles simultaneously.

This style of filming and screening a movie has since become known as the "Seven Screen Experience".^[7]

The film is inspired by the album of the same name by West's record label GOOD Music.^[8] It has been described as a "fusion of short film and