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Directing duo AB/CD/CD directs a mind-bending slice of pop magic for Mae Muller's I Wrote A Song - the UK entry at this year's Eurovision Song Contest.&nbsp;Taking it's lead from the&nbsp;infectious, bouncy vibe of the track the video by the French directing duo takes these qualities and amps them up to a hundred.&nbsp;Featuring a menagerie of glossy studio sets, the video - which was premiered on BBC ONE last Thursday, when the song was announced as Britain's entry to Eurovision - sees Muller lament her cheating ex, as she haunts him on a whimsical journey through dreamlike sets.&nbsp;Experimenting with perspective and a push-and-pull style narrative, it's exactly the kind of eccentric promo that a UK Eurovision entry needs, and is one of the most enjoyable videos of the year so far.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

United Kingdom

Sigita ŠimkŪnaitĖ

Soki Mak

AB-CD-CD

Craig Dixon

OB Management

Katie Dolan

Darius Zalmonas

Persona.

Sam Holmes

Laura Thomas-Smith

Tom Wynbourne

Aidas Baltutis

Audrius Zelenius

Edgaras Naujalis

Sigita JonaitytĖ

Natalia Palomares

Oskar Pera

Zara Ali

Vincent Fleischmann

Mathieu Caplanne

Johan Luce-antoinette

Mae Muller 'I Wrote A Song' by AB/CD/CD

Mae-Muller-'I-Wrote-A-Song'-by-Ab/cd/cd

Quentin Deronzier directs an extraordinary promo for The Weeknd, to tie-in with his official track for Avatar: The Way of Water.&nbsp;The cinematic visual was completely shot and post-produced between Thailand and LA, using no footage at all from the James Cameron's record-breaking movie&nbsp;- which makes this even more of an impressive feat.&nbsp;The world of Avatar is brought to life through fascinating&nbsp;cinematography, action-packed vignettes and stunning, effervescent lighting, resulting in&nbsp;environments as otherworldly as those in the film.&nbsp;Completely breathtaking and trippy throughout, it's a beautiful complement to the music.&nbsp;

United States

Françoise Hernandez

Katae Boonkhao

Quentin Deronzier

Anna Roudaut

La Pac

Ta Prod (Thailand)

Service Production Los Angeles : Sarah Lee

Lark Creative

Frank Mobilio

Erik Henriksson

Charles Ramaré

Bastien Lienardy

Hugo Beron

Arthur Paux

Malanie Teixeira

Anthony Lestremeau

Jérémy Laidi

Anthony Lestremau

Alternative Pop

The Weeknd 'Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)' by Quentin Deronzier

Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength) (From "Avatar: The Way of Water"/Soundtrack Vers...

Jeremi Durand takes viewers on a&nbsp;transitional journey between life, death and rebirth, in this alluring promo for French singer-songwriter Yodelice.In the video for Trust Fall, we see the artist's body transformed&nbsp;into a shimmering crystalline structure, a million diamonds forming a symbol of eternity,&nbsp;but also representing a form of unattainable richness that blinds us.The video was partly shot on Kinect to create the&nbsp;CGI world -&nbsp;FIRM and FAUBOURG in Paris&nbsp;spent months transforming the thousands of image dots into a multitude of textured diamonds in motion.Durand - who directed the video for Muse's Compliance, nominated at this year's UKMVAs - has created a video for Yodelice that has a haunting undertone, elevated by the cool blue colour palette and contrast of human versus cosmic energy.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Thomas Lelong

Faubourg

FIRM

Jeremie Oiry

Sarah Dambielle

Jeremi Durand

Adrien Chibatte

Artmineur

Savoir Faire Cie

Félix Menard

David Wright

Yannis Cullaz

Julien Manunta

Thomas Porchez

Juliette Mascolo

Loïc Andrieu

Ronan Ledru

Georges Fromont

Doriane Robin

Haïfa Baccour

Thomas Penot

Antonio Lizzio

Philippe Roch

Dearcut

Nicolas Gautier

Benoir Revillod

Maxime Nucci

Animal63

Yodelice 'Trust Fall' by Jeremi Durand

Yodelice-'Trust-Fall'-by-Jeremi-Durand

Marius Gonzalez directs a moving&nbsp;promo for French hip hop artist Josman.&nbsp;The video for Intro is a collection several 'moving-image paintings', that aim&nbsp;to illustrate the emotions described throughout his piece. It's a vivid collaboration between Josman and Gonzalez - who also directed the rapper's&nbsp;video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/12/17/josman-un-zder-un-th%C3%A9-marius-gonzalez/56539" target="_blank">Un Zder, Un Thé</a>&nbsp;in 2018.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Unattached to the lyrics in the traditional sense, the video instead gives&nbsp;free rein to the interpretation and imagination of the viewer.Approached in a minimalistic way, the video echoes the loneliness, isolation and resilience in the track, and visualises these in an abstract way.&nbsp;

France

Gaston Portejoie

Charlotte Newels

Marius Gonzalez

SOLAB

Julien Ramirez Hernan

Sully Ledermann + Matias Sahnoune

Antonin Bronès

Vincent Amor

Sidline

Hip Hop

Josman 'Intro' by Marius Gonzalez

Josman-'Intro'-by-Marius-Gonzalez

Steven Briand, Julien Jourdain De Muizon and&nbsp;Jao M'changama co-direct a no-holds-barred promo for 20syl.&nbsp;Bagarre is the&nbsp;French word for fight: the struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent. In this video,&nbsp;it represents&nbsp;violence -&nbsp;&nbsp;No surrender. No mercy. Just violence.Drawing from inspirations which include iconic action film The Raid and several Call Of Duty-esque videogames -&nbsp;and featuring Aurélia Agel as the unstoppable agent - the ultraviolent promo boasts spectacular fights scenes, buckets of VFX blood and enough slow-motion to make Zack Snyder jealous.&nbsp;

Steven Briand

Nolwen Jaubert

Luc Finalteri

Johan Leclaire Bottarelli

Sepehr Azadi

Victoire Joliff

Aurélien Moutte

Charles Lavielle

Alma Bialas

Jon Echeveste

Icecream Paris

Mikros Paris

On Records

Julien Jourdain De Muizon

Jao M'Changama

Aurélia Agel

Alternative

Experimental

20syl 'Bagarre' by Steven Briand, Julien Jourdain De Muizon & Jao M'changama

20syl-'Bagarre'-by-Steven-Briand,-Julien-Jourdain-De-Muizon,-Jao-M'changama

French electronic artist Katuchat is taken on a surreal journey in a stretch limousine, by a driver whose face is cracked with light, in directing collective JTM's video for Memento.Following their minimalist one-shot video for Katuchat's video for <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sede57oCc-g" target="_blank">Home Is Not A Place</a> - also shot in the stretch limo - the directing trio of Théo Jollet, Thomas Trichet and Martin Maire employ a range of discplines to build this visually striking narrative, where the artist&nbsp;is travelling into an eery retrospective of his past, including extensive VFX and 3D animation.In the video Katuchat encounters&nbsp;characters and symbols that remind him of the most important elements of his life: his grandparents, the crowd, the large hospital complexes and the omnipresence of fire.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Nicolas Tiry

Cecilia Kotula

Leo Bourdon

Julien Ramirez

Octave Paute

Manon Delville

Thomas Coulomb

Louis Mekylla Bachir

Ruby Mazuel

Théo Jollet

Firm Studio Paris

Caïque De Souza Santos

Katuchat

Paulina Zielinska

Roche Musique

Electronica

Katuchat 'Memento' by JTM

Katuchat-'Memento'-by-Jtm

A girl is trapped in a traumatic spiral, in David Bertram's fascinating promo for Bicep.&nbsp;Exploring themes of family relationships, adolescence and guilt, the innovative video for Saku depicts a girl running away from her home to meet friends, before becoming stuck in a perpetual loop.&nbsp;The striking performances are matched by the mind-boggling structure of the video - a single take, marshalled by DoP&nbsp;Pat Aldinger, repeated in motion control, which transforms the apartment block staircase&nbsp;into an awkwardly undefined space with no discernable way out.&nbsp;This is a true gem, endlessly engaging and a perfect fit to the otherworldly soundscapes in the track.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

David Bertram

Pierre-Edouard Sigwalt

Diplomats

Christian Alzieu

Pat Aldinger

Romain Malavoy

Sophie Delorme

Matthieu Henriot

Diane Gagnant

Megumi Itano

Sophie Fourdrinoy

Emiliano Serantoni

Hands 

John Moule

Ninja Tune

Electronic

Bicep ft Clara La San 'Saku' by David Bertram

Bicep-'Saku'-by-David-Bertram

Romain Chassaing's long-awaited return to music videos has come for the French-Moroccan rapper Kekra - and in Chassaing's trademark style this is a fast-moving,&nbsp;action-packed tale, with a sense of humour as dark as it's dystopian setting.&nbsp;Kekra always appears with his face obscured, and in the video for Putain De Salaire&nbsp;he becomes a post-apocalyptic superhero, transformed by the radioactive waste that collects in murky corners of a&nbsp;brutal city run on slave labour. The plot of the video centres around the accidental effect of the toxic substance upon him and his newly found powers that&nbsp;spark a rebellion among the downtrodden underclass.&nbsp;Chassaing was inspired by his love of graphic novels and working closely with DoP Rik Zang, he has created a richly atmospheric dystopia, mixing references&nbsp;from Blade Runner to Alan Moore's graphic novels, with a nod to Wong Kar-wai.The video was shot in Thailand over&nbsp;two gruelling 18-hour days - thanks to some superhuman efforts from crew and service company Eastness. The extensive post production - involving&nbsp;CGI characters, digital effects and matte painting to add an epic scale - by FIRM in Paris was also turned around in time to have the video finished within a four-week schedule from treatment to delivery.It is Romain Chassaing's first video since his two for Dizzee Rascal, Bop And Keep It Dippin'&nbsp;and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/10/19/dizzee-rascal-x-skepta-money-right-romain-chassaing/55603" target="_blank">Money Right</a>. He's been focussing more on building his profile in commercials since then. It is very good to have him back.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Romain Chassaing

Arthur Parratte

Rik Zang

Prawit Supo

‘lynn’ Preeyanan Suwannathada

Manuel Coutant

Muriel Archambeau

Éloïse Rey

Edouard Chassaing

Eastness Productions

BOLD

Jonathan Lagache

Benoit Revilliod

Jeab ‘piyaporn Indageha’

Kekra 'Putain De Salaire' by Romain Chassaing

Kekra-'Putain-De-Salaire'-by-Romain-Chassaing

Pongo celebrates contemporary&nbsp;African culture in director Lou Escobar's vibrant vision&nbsp;for Uwa.Already an in-demand photographer and filmmaker, this is Escobar's debut music video project, which sees Pongo return&nbsp;to the continent for the first time since she fled Angola with her parents during the civil war.&nbsp;The video charges full-speed ahead, switching from frenetic choreography on the street to calm and deliberate&nbsp;movement&nbsp;in the&nbsp;river, radiating an almost meditative energy. This is a celebration of overcoming adversity and living life to the fullest, with sweeping steadicam shots and beautiful portraits of individual characters.&nbsp;Jon Echeveste's quickfire edit oscillates between street and club scenes, building to a crescendo of high-energy dance and perpetual partying. A very well-made video that matches a great concept with an authentic and emotional experience.&nbsp;

Portugal

Lou Escobar

Charlotte Neuwels

Julie Perrono

Capucine Barron

Pongo 'Uwa' by Lou Escobar 

Pongo-'Uwa'-by-Lou-Escobar-

Marius Gonzalez brings a furiously sensory and hallucinatory vision to his video for French rapper Sean, where reality and fantasy&nbsp;merge together.Is Sean a thrill-seeker, driving with his mates through the deserted city in the dead of night, speeding headlong into a motorbike rider? The party boy, smoking? The gang torture victim, tied to a chair? Each scene tied together by the mysterious girl who comes to Sean, as if in a dream.With its kinetic editing, and lush and lurid&nbsp;colours, Gonzalez grabs the viewer and mesmerizes, and demonstrates he's a real one to watch.&nbsp;

Alexandre Jamin

Mathieu Plessis

Soumaya Assabi

Sean 'Fougue' by Marius Gonzalez

Sean-'Fougue'-by-Marius-Gonzalez

Elly Jackson, aka La Roux, makes her way through an imaginary game of video game golf, in&nbsp;Valentin Guiod's video for Automatic Driver.&nbsp;Swapping out the futuristic sets and styling for a slice of video game nostalgia, Jackson&nbsp;plays a golfer in a surreal virtual world full of fluorescent rocks and terrain. As she adventures deeper into this environment, her surroundings melt and glitch into a rainbow of neon colours, creating an effect that is as striking as it is unusual.&nbsp;La Roux's sound has matured greatly since bursting onto the scene with Going In For The Kill back in the Noughties,&nbsp;and there is a certain confidence and self-assuredness this time around. Not one to conform to pop industry conventions, Jackson has always been a unique artist on the fringe of mainstream, and this is a very promising return for the artist.&nbsp;

Valentin Guiod

Maëva Demurger

Birth Productions

Hugo Legrand-Nathan

Morgan Mirza

Coralie Duarte

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Believe Uk

La Roux 'Automatic Driver' by Valentin Guiod

La-Roux-'Automatic-Driver'-by-Valentin-Guiod

Akim Laouar Aronsen directs this stylish,&nbsp;tragic neo-noir for Parisian rappers Lefa and Vald - set in a parallel world where the rush of celebrity is pursued at any cost.Aronsen’s video revolves around a fascinating concept. In his brave new world, celebrity is not merely social recognition, but a sensation. And this sensation can be provided by a hallucinogenic drug, extracted from peacock feathers.Lefa and his partner manufacture this drug, and are holed up in a rural home playing happy families - unaware that someone is coming for them. This is Vald, who plays a volatile junkie with all the verve of an upcoming actor. The inevitable violent climax rests on a superb twist - so keep watching until the bitter end.Between photography by UKMVA nominee Adolpho Veloso and dashing wardrobe by Jana Zaharijevic, this video is a real cinematic treat. With bold lighting and compositions that border on the baroque, the video has shades of&nbsp;Ryan Gosling’s&nbsp;film&nbsp;Lost River, shot by the inimitable Benoît Debie.

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