A creative studio specialising in visual effects, design, colour and direction. The studio collaborates on all forms of moving image, from advertising, and music promos through to film &amp; TV. Founded in 2012, Coffee &amp; TV has grown to a team of over 70 full-time artists, producers and staff. It’s a nimble practice that strives to produce the best for every project, collaborators and clients. It’s also verified to have the highest standards of social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability through its B Corporation® certification. The studio continues to do better by its team, clients, communities and the planet by continually evolving its B Corp commitments and by reaching Net Zero by 2028. The award-winning studio recently won an RTS Craft Award, been nominated for BAFTA, it’s also nominated for the upcoming Broadcast Tech Awards for ‘Best VFX Project’ for their work on Peaky Blinders. Coffee &amp; TV is recognised for its outstanding culture and the welfare of its staff, winning Broadcast Best Places to Work in 2022.

Johnny Fairburn

Studio

Coffee & TV

Calum Macdiarmid directs an everyday suburban story of pre-first date nerves - with added iguana - for The Modfather's new release.The video for Paul Weller's Rise Up Singing introduces Joe Freeman as the teenage boy anxiously preparing for that first date, and facing the possiblity that the date is not going to show.Taking place in a house with many original 1960s features helps with the timeless kitchen sink appeal of the scenario - but Macdiarmid throws in a curveball with the addition of&nbsp;a green, ring-tailed iguana (called Flo) adding an exotic touch to the prosaic English suburban setting.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Flo doesn't quite steal the show from the lead. He is the son of Martin Freeman - a big Weller fan himself, who starred in the Pick It Up promo just under a decade ago - and having been cast by Karmel Cochrane on the basis of his casting tape, Joe Freeman&nbsp;demonstrates an easy charm on-screen that suggests he is a chip off the old block.“The video was particularly fun because it felt like a short film with a focus on narrative which made getting the necessary coverage much easier," says Calum Macdiarmid.&nbsp;"The hardest challenge was trying to tell a super minimalist concept - boy gets ready for date - in a way that gave it a little arc, and went with the flow of the music. My ambition was to make it feel almost like the music was a score written for the story, using the rise and fall of the energy to punctuate certain moments.”

United Kingdom

Kharmel Cochrane

Calum Macdiarmid

Tim Francis

Great Guns

Kirstin Cruickshank

Al Rice

Ali King

Ozzie Spoon

Toby Mckay

Jason Beharie

Terri Palmer

Ollie Davis

Tash Hicks

Joe Freeman

Polydor

Rock

Paul Weller 'Rise Up Singing' by Calum Macdiarmid

Paul Weller - Rise Up Singing (Official Video)

Joe Dixon directs an unsettling, AI-manipulated promo for&nbsp;Cordelia Gartide.The video for 16xo&nbsp;draws viewers into a hall of mirrors that represents the internet’s infancy. A place made of distance where almost everything is a disguise, including the teenage Cordelia, who we gradually realise is a faceless simulation.“The process of working with the AI was slow and intuitive, we learned quickly we had to treat it like a collaborator rather than another piece of software," Dixon explains."At the same time, I really wanted to avoid it being ‘an AI’ film, so we used more traditional filmic techniques like split diopter shots to pull the two worlds together."[imgtoken data:1]The innovative, surrealistic promo perfectly encapsulates the emotional themes of the track, and the blend of real world and AI technology feels like a step up from some of the more generative examples floating about in the community. By using it in a collaborative process as opposed to just prompting and cutting it together, it suggests a way to enrich the visual world the filmmaker has envisioned, rather than a shortcut to a style.&nbsp;"I am very happy with the results," says Dixon. "The visuals are beautiful, and they really build on the song's message. However, for me, the true centre of the video is Cordelia’s brilliant and haunting performance, rather than the technology we used to capture it.”

Pete Burch

Joe Dixon

Kode

Jack Goodwin

Nick Ellis

Simona Cristea

Ed Chambers

Alternative

Cordelia Gartide '16xo' by Joe Dixon

Cordelia-Gartide-'16xo'-by-Joe-Dixon

When Stormzy does videos, he does them big, and the video&nbsp;for Toxic Trait, directed by Femi Ladi,&nbsp;is no different, boasting a&nbsp;tour de force&nbsp;of set builds, visual effects and cameos - delivered with a mesmerizing motion controlled camera&nbsp;move.What's more, there's a dramatised therapy session featuring guest artist Fredo - with his therapist played by TV royalty Alison Hammond.The video fictionally contextualises a plethora of 'toxic' situations that Stormzy refers to in the track, honing in on gambling, violence and the glorification of luxury lifestyles. And as the camera shifts between multiple versions of the grime superstar, Ladi introduces&nbsp;significant, historical cultural moments from over the years, including the iconic&nbsp;1968 Esquire Magazine cover of Muhammed Ali and Kehinde Wiley’s prominent painting, A Ship Of Fools.[imgtoken data:1]When the action breaks for the therapy scene with Fredo and Hammond, it's a welcome development of the theme that also adds a touch of humour. Then it concludes with a group-therapy session which features further cameos from a range of British figureheads including Ivorian Doll, Wretch 32 and Specs Gonzalez.Filmed in London earlier this year, the&nbsp;majority of the visual was shot on a high-speed, cinema robot camera, capable of horizontal&nbsp;and vertical movement speeds of up to 2 metres per second.[imgtoken data:2]“After listening to the lyrics, I wanted to have fun with this video," Femi Ladi has stated.&nbsp;"I liked the idea of bringing a Renaissance-style painting to life, whilst still feeling grounded in the world of Stormzy."We collaborated on all the scenarios together which was great - as well as being able to bring in the likes of Fredo and Alison Hammond for their own toxic therapy sessions!"​

Femi Ladi

Nicola Sheppard

Somesuch

Saskia Whinney

Georgina Fillmore

Chris Watling

Andre Reid-McKinley

Tom Gardner

Ruben Woodin Deschamps

Tuncer Ozdemir

Chris Kelly

Hatty Ellis-Coward

Leo Olesker

Melissa Holdbrook-Akposo

Cabin Edit

Amber Saunders

Max Harrison

G6 Moco

Studio Augmenta

Lewis Crossfield

Luke Todd

Grime

Stormzy ft Fredo 'Toxic Trait' by Femi Ladi 

STORMZY - TOXIC TRAIT ft. FREDO

Jacek Zmarz directs a dreamlike promo for Chartreuse, which&nbsp;sees a handful of characters each wrapped in their own mini narratives, wondering around a mysterious forest. .&nbsp;The video for Switch It On, Switch It Off is built around the central image of a parachutist who hasn't quite stuck his landing,&nbsp; presented as an interwoven montage of surreal dreamscapes, connected by a sense of whimsical wonder.&nbsp;"The video is inspired mainly by some Tarkovsky films and a little cottage that I visited a couple times as a kid," Zmarz mentions. "The image of the parachute diver was always there for me when listening to the song, and him getting carried away became the central point on which we built the rest of the video."I love the song's musical fluctuations and lyrics that sometimes felt like an internal monologue, and I wanted the video to feel like an exploration of these types of private and tender moments, things that can run away in your head until something happens in the real world and snaps you out of it."

Dylan Bolister

Jacek Zmarz

Liza Lewis

Papaya Films

Owain E. Morgan

Pilar Muro

Communion Records

Chartreuse 'Switch It On, Switch It Off' by Jacek Zmarz

Chartreuse-'Switch-It-On,-Switch-It-Off'-by-Jacek-Zmarz

McFly lament the erasure of mainstream guitar music, in Jackson Ducasse's slick promo for their latest track.&nbsp;The video for Where Did All The Guitars Go has&nbsp;a riotous, dynamic concept which takes place in a glossy, retrofuturistic box set -&nbsp;much like many videos at the end of the last century.&nbsp;With plenty of throwback vibes and an infectious energy, it's a brilliant comeback for the boys, with a colourful, effervescent aesthetic.&nbsp;

Joseph Bisat Marshall

Vix Adams

Jackson Ducasse

Karen Tillotson

Las Bandas Be Brave

Week Of Wonders

Faye H Purcell

Sam Crooke

Jed Darlington-Roberts

Stephen Ofori

Sam Papidas

Clare Turner

McFly 'Where Did All The Guitars Go?' by Jackson Ducasse

Mcfly-'Where-Did-All-The-Guitars-Go?-'-by-Jackson-Ducasse

Vic Lentaigne directs an evocative promo for Romy.&nbsp;The video for Enjoy Your Life is a euphoric amalgam of feel-good vignettes, celebrating life from all angles through a mix of live action and still shots.&nbsp;Seamlessly tied together with a summery grade by Tash Hicks, it's a fun-filled visual that will&nbsp;get you in the summer mood, whatever the weather is like outside right now.&nbsp;Described by the artist on Instagram as a 'personal video' that will hopefully 'reflect&nbsp;some of the emotion and the euphoria that (she)&nbsp;wanted to convey with the song,' the video is directed by Romy's wife and creative collaborator&nbsp;Vic Lentaigne.

Sorrel Higgins

Chris Chard

Vic Lentaigne

Cree Brown

Milo Van Giap

Jake Schüle Lewis

Sam Hardy

Alice Gilfillan

DOMA

Simon Donnellon

Ellie Grace Cumming

Sky Cripps-Jackson

Daniel Kolaric

Guy Parsonage

Romy 'Enjoy Your Life' by Vic Lentaigne

Romy--'Enjoy-Your-Life'-by-Vic-Lentaigne

Jasper Cable-Alexander directs an atmospheric&nbsp;promo for AMARA ctk100.&nbsp;Lamenting the dramatic deterioration in respect for women’s rights and rise of incel culture, the track is a "request for autonomy and a call to chew up the&nbsp;Andrew Tates, TERFs and politicians that disguise their agendas behind harmless concepts like 'family'&nbsp;and societal traditions," according to AMARA.The video for Chew is a slick, textural trip, blending fierce performance sections with experimental camerawork - including some delightfully weird inner mouth shots and plenty of slow-shutter portraiture, which builds to a hypnotic, mesmerising climax.&nbsp;

Italia Minchella

Jasper Cable-Alexander

Tiziana Niederberger

OB Management

Ballistic

Luke Greenan

Vini Curtis

Jamie Cox

Scarlett Gardner

Joana Caiano

Kiara Scorzelli

Jayde Coxon

Natasha Hicks

Lydia Smith

Alternative Pop

AMARA ctk100 'Chew' by Jasper Cable-Alexander

Amara-Ctk100--'Chew'-by-Jasper-Cable-alexander

Raman Djafari combines live action and animation to brilliant effect in the extraordinary new video for the brilliant Ashnikko - creating&nbsp;a Mad Max-esque dystopian landscape to transform the pop star into a monster truck-wielding hero, fighting off robot overlords as she navigates a strange new world.In an intense bombardment of visual imagination, Djafari fuses his signature aesthetic of texturally rich CGI with the unhinged, transgressive ambitions of Ashnikko, to create a wonderful, weird, high-octane action movie.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]The influences on the video range from painters Bruegel and&nbsp;Carravagio, to Bjork, to&nbsp;90s animes like Neon Genesis Evangelion - but you really have to watch on repeat to catch everything that is going on.Djafari worked closely with Ashnikko and her creative director Vassu Vu in conceptualising the video for Worms - which takes the distinctive style of his&nbsp;previous work -&nbsp;such as his massively successful video for Elton John and Dua Lipa's Cold Heart - into a whole new dimension.[imgtoken data:2]"I wanted to create a vast world that stretches way beyond the bounds of this one music video, like there's an abundance of stories waiting to be told," says Djafari.&nbsp;"I indulged my love for creature design and developed dozens of individual characters, monsters, robots and a huge monster truck. It was important to me to bring the world around this album to life, with a richness that reflects the depth of the music and lyrics.[imgtoken data:3]"Working with Ash and Vasso was a truly precious collaboration between artists - they supported and trusted my personal interpretation of the universe they created together. Looking back, I wish I could have spent more time in this world. I feel like this video barely scratches the surface of what I would love to create together with Ashnikko."Fingers crossed we'll get another chance to collaborate in the future.” &nbsp;

Raman Djafari

Jake River Parker

Blinkink

Josef Byrne

Alex Halley

Molly Turner

Rowan Mackintosh King

Sam Seager

Vasso Vu

Julia Pavliuk

Hunter Daly

Rupert Hornstein

Nicola Braid

Tanmoye Khan

Laurent Arnaud

John Malcolm Moore

Laura Little

Holly Wood

Claire Moore

Mee Kyung Kim Porter

Georgia Olive

Rich Woolway

George Neave

Rich Martin

Will Hooper

Ashnikko 'Worms' by Raman Djafari

Ashnikko_Worms_credits

Coffee &amp; TV have announced the signing of Lewis Crossfield to the London-based&nbsp;creative studio&nbsp;as senior colourist. &nbsp;Crossfield arrives at Coffee &amp; TV from his previous role as Head of Colour Grading at Time Based Arts, where he collaborated with the likes of Seb Edwards for Penny ‘The Rift’ and ‘Creativity: It’s What Makes Us’ for the V&amp;A, directed by Georgia Hudson - both of which have been shortlisted for Best Colourist at this year’s British Arrows Craft Awards.He joins&nbsp;Simona Cristea, George Neave and Tash Hicks in the Colour department at Coffee &amp; TV. His arrival follows the recent promotion of Neave to senior colourist,&nbsp;and of Hicks from assistant&nbsp;to colourist.The team will be based at Coffee &amp; TV’s new Clerkenwell studio, which includes four grading suites and a large Dolby Atmos grading theatre, in addition to a robust remote working setup.“Lewis' work speaks for itself and we’re so thrilled to have him on board," says Leonie Moreton,&nbsp;Coffee &amp; TV's&nbsp;Managing Director. "His style will complement the existing team’s variety of looks. And wow,&nbsp;what a genuinely lovely human being! We’re very excited for the future.”Lewis Crossfield adds: “I'm really happy to have this amazing opportunity to join Coffee &amp; TV, I love its vision and ambition for the future. I’m really looking forward to being a part of the team and getting stuck in.”• Watch Lewis Crossfield reel at Coffee &amp; TV <a href="https://coffeeand.tv/people/lewis-crossfield/" target="_blank">here</a>

Lewis Crossfield joins Coffee & TV

Slane keeps things simple and strong for Shaun&nbsp;Farrugia’s first music video, which sees the singer-songwriter at an upright piano in an idyllic woodland location.While at the piano, and surrounded by nature, Farrugia performs Dear God, framed within a suitably heavenly light.

Sam Thompson

Slane

DEEGEE

Skye Goulding

Max Hodgkinson

Jack Maddison

Josh Tue

Reiss Alexander

Simon Lane

Shaun Farrugia 'Dear God' by Slane

Shaun-Farrugia--'Dear-God'-by-Slane

Following his directing debut with (pls) set me on fire, Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds directs aits sequel - another&nbsp;strongly conceptual performance video - for It Hurts.From the claustrophobic locked-off shot in his previous outing, Reynolds employs another largely one-take approach, but allows the camera to roam across a large space in which a number of random dramatic vignettes are playing out - all of which have big consequences for the participants.“In typical Shikari fashion, I threw myself in at the deep end with directing, and decided to shoot two videos in one day," explains Reynolds of the making of this and the previous video. “It was an incredibly intense experience, but we had a super-talented, passionate, focused team, and were able to get a great result.“Personally, I found it rewarding to see my ideas brought to life and create a narrative connecting the two videos. I love the attention to detail that directing allowed, and the ability to bring some of the song’s themes to life in more depth.”

Murdo Hepburn

Kitty Cowell

Rou Reynolds

Lily Roberts

Ryan Delahunty

Thomas English

Nathan Killham

Liz Adeleye

Ty Hack

Rob Hawkins

Joe Salkey

Lauren Jeffery

Nathan Greenwood

Ikki Dhesi

Enter Shikari 'It Hurts' by Rou Reynolds

Enter Shikari - It Hurts - (Official Video)

Enter Shikari frontman Rou Reynolds makes his video directing debut with this powerful one-take&nbsp;promo for the band's new single, (pls) set me on fire.&nbsp;The video sees the band perform&nbsp;in an effervescent setup towards the back of an industrial location, whilst a vintage TV displays retro graphics and animated lyrics from the track on screen in the foreground.&nbsp;It's a simple yet strikingly effective&nbsp;idea, that showcases the band at their best, and uses clever composition and lighting to keep eyes darting between the two positions on-screen, in a captivating ping-pong match for viewers'&nbsp;attention.[imgtoken data:1]So a lyric video for the track may not be required. But with Reynolds breaking out of the performance near the end, to write in a notebook and then wander distractedly off-screen, suggests there is still more to come. Indeed, that is confirmed by Reynolds himself."I wanted this video - my first foray into directing! - to feel minimal and uncomplicated, but at the same time full of dynamism, and therefore the polar opposite of the next video, which is a&nbsp;bewildering romp through surrealism," he says."So there’s a simplicity here, a willingness to let the raw energy of the performance be the focus, untainted by effects or complex editing. But it&nbsp;should also be mentioned that the main function of this video is really just to set up the next one…"&nbsp;

Katie Dymmock

Enter Shikari '(pls) set me on fire' by Rou Reynolds

Enter Shikari - (pls) set me on fire - (Official Video)

Alex Southam directs a touching comeback promo for Robbie Williams, set in a TV studio where Robbie is being interviewed by none other than himself.&nbsp;Southam's video for Lost - and this is the Director's Cut -&nbsp;begins with the artist backstage of a talk show, ready to be interviewed by his suited-and-booted TV interrogator. Who turns out to be his&nbsp;döppelgänger.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]As Real Robbie is grilled by his alter-ego, it's a chance to recount some of the singer's most iconic moments on a&nbsp;TV screen on set. That adds to the air nostalgia, with a sense of him attempting to overcome regret, and trying to map out a way forward for the future.&nbsp;It's strong work by Alex Southam - and a fitting comeback showcase for the irrepressible Robbie.&nbsp;