These New Puritans
Elvis (Angular/Domino)
Prod co: Partizan
Director: Saam Farahmand
Producer: Bonnie Anthony
DP: Daniel Trapp
Telecine: Mark Gethin at MPC
Editor: Tom Lindsay at Trim
Commissioner: Fiona Ghobrial at Domino
Watch online: Quicktime movie

2007 was quite a year for Saam. Firstly there was the fabulous work, then there was the small matter of him winning best director at the CADS on a riotous night in June (or was it July?). Then his buddies the Klaxons grabbed the Mercury Prize, and to top it all off, his video for Golden Skans was voted best video in MTV2’s end of year review. Oh, and he made his first commercial .

Of course that ad for French mobile company Sagem rather got in the way of him making more videos following his CADS win, but recently he’s come roaring back with two more – one for Lightspeed Champion, and this one for These New Puritans: it’s sweaty, claustrophobic, visceral, hypnotic, sweaty, and quite superb. And sweaty.

What’s more, Saam has something rather exciting on the horizon: he’s just finished a video for Janet Jackson. The clip for Feedback – with post production by Partizan Lab – will be unwrapped in the next week or so. As I said, quite a year – and 2008 will probably be another one…