Polica ‘Amongster’ by SaKu

The interconnection of nature, animal instinct and human sexuality gets the full workout in the beautifully crafted, ever absorbing video for Poliça’s Amongster, directed by SaKu. The band hail from Minneapolis – with Channy Leneagh on vocals – and the director is Italian. But the video was shot in the UK, at Imperial College London’s [...]

General Fiasco ‘Don’t You Ever’ by Punx Sthlm (Johan Bring & David Strindberg)

Shot in Stockholm earlier this month (on the day it was hit by a major power cut) Punx Sthlm – aka directors Johan Bring and David Strindberg – take us into their strange smoke-billowing multi-coloured world via their promo for General Fiasco’s Don’t You Ever. “The band wanted to feature the colours from their album [...]

Martin Brooks ‘Golden Tree’ by Ninian Doff

After his wonderful ‘crows with arms’ vid for Fulton Lights, Ninian Doff follows up with another utter corker, for Martin Brooks’ Golden Tree. It’s what Ninian describes as “a professional display of 50 No Handed Bike Moves” – as approved by the Official Federation of No Handed Bikes Skills ™, obviously. “I just wanted pure [...]

Fulton Lights ‘Staring Out Of The Window’ by Ninian Doff

Ninian Doff heads off to the park to film crows going about their everyday business for the promo to Fulton Lights’ Staring Out Of The Window, with awesome results… “I had the idea of how perfect arms would look on crows for a while but couldn’t quite work out where to use it,” Ninian explains. [...]

Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 Church Of Noise Tour Teaser by Francesco Calabrese

Franceso Calabrese has delivered a teaser film for the upcoming tour of Italian electronica merchants Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77. Receiving its premiere at the recent Coachella Festival in California, the teaser was shot in only two hours on the outskirts of Turin in a location that resembled a desert – hot and dusty. Bloody [...]

UK MVAs 10: ‘So you wanna be a music video director?’ by Rich Fulcher and Ninian Doff

Rich Fulcher – mad, magnificent, fish suit-wearing host of the UK Music Video Awards on Tuesday night – tickled the audience mercilessly with his hilarious film, made especially for the show with director Ninian Doff and Claw Films, where he explains in ten easy steps how to become a video director. Fairly accurately. As Rich [...]

Bazooka’s Red Aroma by Maurizio Zappettini

Italian director Maurizio Zappettini’s video for electro-rock outfit Bazooka is an atmospheric affair with a classic Brit-film look, partly filmed (aptly enough) at an old school. Maurizio was inspired by videos from the ‘90s – it’s shot on good old Super 16mm, by Joe Dyer – and it also saves the best till last. This [...]

Claw Films sign Doff and Calabrese

Claw Films have announced the signing of two new directors to their music video roster – Italian director Francesco Calabrese and up-and-coming British award-winning director Ninian Doff. Francesco Calabrese’s work includes the video for The Bloody Beetroots (feat. Steve Aoki)’s Warp, which has been a huge hit on YouTube. Some of his short films have [...]