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Four hopeful actors audition for the role of a lifetime, in&nbsp;Slane's touching promo for Rhys Lewis.&nbsp;Showing the lead up to - and the eventual fallout from - an awkward casting session, we follow the journeys of four very different characters, with Lewis taking on one of the roles.&nbsp;A flurry of chaotic poses, faux-fight scenes and strange facial expressions ensues, with none of the character getting the role. In the end, they all head out to the city as a group, and live out their superhero fantasies together.&nbsp;Comedic and heartfelt, it's a great little video that ends on an optimistic note.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;"Creating the world for&nbsp;this video&nbsp;was a lot of fun," says Slane.&nbsp;"A cast of superheroes was the key part of the brief. So I came up with four superhero characters and developed their backstories, superpowers and costumes, paying homage to Kick-Ass."Taking inspiration from 80's TV shows, Rhys and I came up with [superhero team]&nbsp;The Midnight&nbsp;and worked backwards to create this fun video of four failed audition tapes. Concept to delivery happened in record time, so big shout to Pilar at Papaya and the amazing cast and crew."

United Kingdom

Slane

Pilar Muro

Olivia Jessop

Caitlin Batchelor

Papaya Films

Chloe Anderson

Conrad Russell

Rhys Warren

Hugo Holford

Craigh Boath

Morenike Besan

Oliver Pearson

Laura Aguilera

Milly Grange-bennett

Weini Hale

Simon Lane

Megan Lee

Electric Theatre Collective

Rhys Lewis

Charlotte Bloomsbury As The Casting Director Assistant

Adam Rojko Vega As The Casting Director

Amelia Sammons As Ekow

Thulani Storm As Nova

Elizabeth Mcnally As Selene

Rhys Lewis 'Midnight' by Slane

Rhys-Lewis-'Midnigth'-by-Slane

Simon Lane directs an ethereal dance-based promo for singer-songwriter&nbsp;Sandrayati Fay.The video is simple in concept - expressing a New Dawn, delicately expressed through movement - yet the tender cinematography by Jake Gabbay, shooting on 16mm, and Lane's considered direction ensure this is an absorbing piece of work.&nbsp;Everything from the art direction to the choreography is inspired by Sandrayati's connection to home, which creates an intimate connection and another layer to the emotional compexity of the project.&nbsp;

Ryan Morris

Worldwide Production Agency

Visions Collective

Keiran Brown

Jake Gabbay

Orlando O'Mahoney Morris

Aida García Vega

Ieva Petrav

Andrean Sigurgeirsson

Darren Rae

Cinelab Film and Digital

Singer-songwriter

Sandrayati 'New Dawn' by Simon Lane

Sandrayati--'New-Dawn-'-by-Simon-Lane

Beki Mari directs a sensual promo for&nbsp;Melody Gardot and Philippe Powell, produced by 247 Productions.&nbsp;The video for&nbsp;This Foolish Heart Could Love You is&nbsp;curated in partnership with the Musée Rodin in Paris, and features two dancers in place of the artists themselves -&nbsp;Marie-Agnès Gillot, who also choreographed the piece, along with her male counterpart from L’Opera Garnier,&nbsp;Germain Louvet.Dressed in&nbsp;archive pieces by Japanese Designer Issey Miyake, the video externalises the romantic themes of the track, and the dancers take inspiration from the breathtaking art that surrounds them, bringing to life the sculptor August Rodin's work, as if to ‘flip the switch’ on who is the muse and who is the artist.&nbsp;"Some of our most powerful memories are re-lived through music which is why it is so vital to film-making," says Beki Mari.&nbsp;"Music inspires movement both externally and internally and in this piece, surrounded by some of the worlds greatest sculptures, we project ourselves through this combination of movement and song in order to dream through the romance, ending in the slow stillness of silence."For me, the fascination of creating films is this ability to conceive or birth a kind of visual language which is understood uniquely, each time it is played."&nbsp;

Germain Louvet

Marie Agnes Gillot

Fiona Omnes

Beki Mari

Ruth Parrish

247 Productions

Murray Rose

Cheyne Tillier Daley

John Pryer

Helene Orjebin

Abbi Yardley

Max Mitochine

Alexandre Bloch

Lea Sassine

Camille Arnaud

Sylvain Canaux

Melody Gardot & Philippe Powell 'This Foolish Heart Could Love You' by Beki Mari

Melody Gardot, Philippe Powell - This Foolish Heart Could Love You

Joao Retorta explores the connection between people and possessions in his quietly devastating visual for the American composer/performer Stephan Moccio.The video for Moccio's solo piano composition Halston&nbsp;is set&nbsp;in a&nbsp;Lost Property Office, where a solitary officer on the nightshift diligently records newly arrived belongings -&nbsp;photos, books, wallets, spectacles, passports, toys, and more - archiving and photographing each item.&nbsp;The viewer is invited to reflect upon&nbsp;the people who have lost these treasured possessions - who are represented in the film as anxious voices enquiring after lost items on the office answering machine.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>I was interested in the question of what the objects we leave behind say about ourselves.</blockquote>Retorta and his director of photography Fraser Rigg create a cinematic atmosphere in this setting with subdued and subtle lighting, complimenting the art direction by Louis Simonon, and allowing&nbsp;the plaintive&nbsp;refrain of Moccio's Halston&nbsp;to flourish&nbsp;as an emotional soundtrack to the human stories that accompany each object.&nbsp;And the understated performance by Linda Edmonds as the lost property officer provides a&nbsp;focus for the sense of loss and loneliness evoked by the music."I was interested in exploring the question of ‘what do the objects we leave behind tell us about ourselves?’," says Joao Retorta.&nbsp;"This setting works as a vehicle for us to look at these items and question their previous lives and owners,&nbsp;and how they&nbsp;came to be lost. I wanted them to work as small windows for something bigger. Something that is down to the viewer to fabricate."[imgtoken data:2]This is a&nbsp;real&nbsp;departure from much of Retorta's&nbsp;previous work in music videos. But the contained nature of the idea and the setting&nbsp;allows some magic to take place once the viewer is drawn in. Most importantly, it allows the cinematic emotion of Moccio's music to flourish."At its core, the video is about human experience," Retorta&nbsp;continues. "I wanted to create something that subtly explores life in the city by looking at the objects that its people left behind. Hopefully I achieved it to some degree.

Joao Retorta

Theo Hue Williams

Bullion Productions

Joel Spencer

Fraser Rigg

Riaz Ahmed

Louis Simonon

Liam Bachler

Tenthree Editing

Alex Gregory

No.8

Charlie Morris

Klong

OB Management

David Knight

Modern Composition

Stephan Moccio 'Halston' by Joao Retorta

Stephan Moccio - Halston

To mark the release of her new album The Gods We Can Touch, artist Aurora and director Alexandra Green present an ethereal, experimental live experience.&nbsp;This is a trailer for the performance&nbsp;- which streamed digitally worldwide on the 25th January - and offers a rousing glimpse at the conceptual visuals, promising energetic dance breaks, otherworldly set design and breathtaking soundscapes.&nbsp;&nbsp;The livestream has already happened, but replays of the show can be purchased at&nbsp; https://www.momenthouse.com/aurora.&nbsp;

Alexandra Green

Nailah Clair Blissett

Kia Fern Little

Sarah Asmail

Fin Melluish

Jim Bracher

Experimental

Aurora 'A Touch Of The Divine' by Alexandra Green

Aurora-'A-Touch-Of-The-Divine-'-by-Alexandra-Green

Matt Harris-Freeth directs a quirky cinematic ocean voyage for British Folk group The Longest Johns.The video is set to the band's&nbsp;own&nbsp;version of Wellerman, which went viral on TikTok in 2020 and kicked off a global interest in sea shanties.Shot on location along the Jurassic Coast, the video sees the band deliver a wry performance, living in comfort on the deck of a sailing vessel and passing their time in various ways. They await&nbsp;the arrival of the Wellerman, a ship that will bring much-needed provisions.DoP&nbsp;Sarah Smither creates a cinematic and vibrant aesthetic through the use of anamorphic lenses and sweeping drone shots,&nbsp;capturing the atmosphere and textures of the nautical setting, whilst&nbsp;elevating the surreal, anachonistic vibes of the concept.

Matt Harris-Freeth

Oliver Kendall

Mintcake

Sarah Smither

Adam Pickford

Nagea Rose

Ros Marshall

Lisa Leighton

Isabel While

Matt Harris Freeth

Robot Dinosaur

Alex Berry

Quality Control

Steve Millington

Sea Shanty

Folk

The Longest Johns 'Wellerman' by Matt Harris-Freeth

The-Longest-Johns-'Wellerman'-by-Matt-Harris-freeth

Things gets steamy in Luke Losey's video for Imelda May...Three sets of couples find each other increasingly irresistible - each with their own interesting takes on the build-up to unbridled&nbsp;passion, with Imelda herself one of the couples with real-life beau Niall.&nbsp;And then comes the merest hint of partner-swapping. It's a tastefully&nbsp;raunchy&nbsp;celebration of lovemaking&nbsp;for&nbsp;Just One Kiss, Imelda's&nbsp;collaboration with Noel Gallagher.&nbsp;

Luke Losey

Phil Tidy

Squire

Gabi Norland

Ravi King

Rob Shears

Hayden Jones

Jay Creagh

Robert Haynes

Dani Farrington

Polly Banks

Niall McNamee

Ami Cadillac

Ben Unwin

Sim Tennant

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

Imelda May ft Noel Gallagher 'Just One Kiss' by Luke Losey

Imelda May, Noel Gallagher - Just One Kiss ft. Ronnie Wood

Agostina Gálvez directs a minimalist, black and white concept for Chad Lawson's Prelude In D Major, bringing together the worlds of classical music and the New York ballroom.&nbsp;Featuring dancers&nbsp;Jason Rodriquez and José Lapaz-Rodríguez, the video is a fly-on-the-wall perspective of a choreographed dance piece, backdropped by the New York cityscape.&nbsp;Slow and deliberate, the restricted number of setups allow&nbsp;the choreography to breathe, whilst unfolding in a natural and organic way.&nbsp;

United States

Agostina Gálvez

Jennifer Heath

Radical Media

Jason A. Rodriguez, José Rodriguez

Liz Hart

Verve

José Rodriguez

Classical

Chad Lawson 'Prelude In D Major' by Agostina Gálvez

Chad-Lawson-'Prelude-In-D-Major'-by-Agostina-Gálvez

Henry Dean has directed a fascinating music documentary for MJ Cole's first album in 17 years - and his first classical/ambient album -&nbsp;MJ Cole Presents&nbsp;Madrugada.Shot in Ukraine, in Kiev and Odessa, Dean's doc follows the lives of several unconnected individuals - the surfer, the mother, the lovers, the shepherd and the clubber. As it turns out, they are all linked by time: the fact that they are up and awake at the time of day when everyone else is asleep - just before dawn.The project has also become the basis for a number of&nbsp;music videos for tracks from the new MJ Cole album - still scenes which change from darkness tolight as dawn breaks, and a shorter, alternate version of the documentary for the track <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZGvEe12So4" target="_blank">Cathedral</a>.&nbsp;

Henry Dean

Ersan Beskardes

FAMILIA

Ryan Morgan

Charles Mori

Scarlett Bovingdon

Final Cut

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

George Neave

Coffee & TV

Rafesthetic

Leah Burton

MJ Cole 'MJ Cole Presents Madrugada' by Henry Dean

Mj-Cole--'Mj-Cole-Presents-Madrugada'-by-Henry-Dean

The emotional pain of a break-up&nbsp;is studied through a series of&nbsp;long takes in&nbsp;Mike Baldwin's video for Rhys Lewis.&nbsp;The video for When Was The Last Time starts by introducing the main characters in closeup shots, each in different settings&nbsp;but all connected by the tumultuous emotions that come with ending a relationship. Through slow, revealing zooms, each vignette unfolds to reveal their partner, and we realise we are witnessing the crucial moment of a break-up in each case.Intimate and heartwrenching performances capture the mood of the track without revealing too much information. We never find out any backstory to these scenarios&nbsp;- we don't have to. DoP&nbsp;Benedict Spence utilises simple composition and camera movement to keep the focus on the heart of the concept, and the leisurely pace of the edit allows viewers to linger on each moment.In each case its clear that the person we initially focus on is digesting the news that they are no longer loved. But in Rhys Lewis's own situation, Baldwin adds another twist. This is an emotional and very satisfying video for a sad song.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Mike Baldwin

Jamie Whymark

Blindeye Films

Jack Lightfoot

Emily Vincent

Ty Hack

Benedict Spence

Dan Villanueva

Adam Farquharson

Sonny Horweol

Jess Morgan

Abena Ofei

Elaine Lynskey

Naomi Lake

Stefan Perry

Framestore 

Mia Tomlinson, Felicity Hobson, Marianne Tambini, Emmanuel Berthelot, Lana Maciver, Max Muir, Otilia De Royer Dupre

Lock It In

Emily Tedrake

Rhys Lewis 'When Was The Last Time' by Mike Baldwin

Rhys-Lewis-'When-Was-The-Last-Time'-by-Mike-Baldwin

This stunning new video from&nbsp;Nick Walters for Aurora explores the&nbsp;suppression of emotion and its ultimate futility.Using natural imagery and motifs, Walters&nbsp;reinforces&nbsp;the wild and uncontrollable nature of feeling and through several sequences of interpretative dance from Aurora, enhanced by the addition of delicate animation of plants growing around her face, they&nbsp;create&nbsp;a truly cinematic experience for his viewer.&nbsp;

Nick Walters

Jamie Silk

Siren Productions

Jonathan Sidwell

Howard Mills

Hélio Ribeiro

Phoebe Darling

Viktoria Aksnes

Miranda Aksnes

Ross Baker

Halo Post

Oblong Productions

Zoe Wheeler @ Eureka

Sophie Hilton/olivia Hobbs

Aurora 'The River' by Nick Walters

Aurora-'The-River'-by-Nick-Walters

He&#39;s a director renowned for his VFX and motion graphics work, but Tim Fox returns to music videos with a pure pop performance video for British country duo The Shires, shot in Los Angeles.In Fox&#39;s vibrantly colourful,&nbsp;irrepressibly feelgood clip, The Shires are guilty of having fun in the most ordinary places - including the laundromat and the diner - which is enough to get them carted off by the law. But by the end, it&#39;s good times for all.

Tim Fox

The Shires 'Guilty' by Tim Fox

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