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Katie Lambert directs a delightful romantic fantasy for the return of electro-pop artist Shura.&nbsp;In the video for World's Worst Girlfriend, Shura is at home in her pjs,&nbsp;playing Warhammer and very much in her own world. She's not paying much attention to her long-suffering girlfriend - but she dreams of doing much better.Lambert sends Shura out&nbsp;of her everyday domestic setting, into her dreamscape: a Warhammer-inspired world where&nbsp;she is a somewhat hapless medieval knight,&nbsp;battling through the forest all in the name of saving her fair lady.[imgtoken data:1]It's a great device that works wonderfully&nbsp;well due the production values that makes the blue-tinged knight's world as convincing as the modern world - the budget is clearly all on the screen. And it also works due to Shura's excellent performance of her role as a very imperfect partner-cum-determined heroic figure.&nbsp;Really nice work from an all-female team, led by Lambert who is now really finding her feet as a director. She unapologetically&nbsp;embraces a proper feelgood ending, a Happy Ever After - which&nbsp;makes you want to watch it again.

United Kingdom

Esme Gartside

Taise Kerr

Dan Kreeger

Isabelle Cooke

Katie Lambert

Callum Anderson

MrMr

Charlie Relph

Charlotte Croft

Martha McGuirk

Lou Macnamara

Rebecca Richards

Esther Collins

Anya Mcdevitt

Eden Read

Assembly Rooms

Daniela Rotaru

Time Based Arts

Melina Grace Bryant

Electro-pop

Alt-Pop

Shura 'World's Worst Girlfriend' by Katie Lambert

Shura-'World's-Worst-Girlfriend'-by-Katie-Lambert

Viagra Boys' Sebastian Murphy has a new girlfriend, and she's 3000 years old, in Eoin Glaister's video for Bog Body - a tour de force of comedy horror.&nbsp;Glaister essentially tells the story of the song, and as he happily admits, the subject matter&nbsp;plays to his particularly strengths as a director.In classic VB fashion, the track combines surly rock 'n roll power with a idiosyncratic lyric sung by Murphy - it involves a description&nbsp;of an ancient body being found perfectly preserved under ice in a bog, leading to his immediate adoration - and possessiveness. Eventually he insists that 'You're just jealous of her darkened skin and her dainty nose'.This quirky concept&nbsp;all the motivation that Glaister needs to bring&nbsp;a unique love story to the screen,&nbsp;which starts when the reanimated zombie-like Bog Body walks&nbsp;into a London boozer, and begins her ancient dance ritual - before Seb enters the pub whilst she's doing full splits on the pub carpet.And so their passionate affair begins, with the well-preserved ancient woman acquiring the taste for a rock 'n rolll lifestyle.&nbsp;What could possibly go wrong?“I love bog bodies," says Glaister.&nbsp;"I’m obsessed. Thank GOD someone finally wrote a song about one. Dream gig really, got to spend the day in the pub with my mates watching a Bog Lady dance to one of my favourite bands. Mammoth effort from an extraordinarily talented bunch. Up the Bog!”[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

Sweden

Eoin Glaister

Jens Nielsen

Stink Films

Dom Mckiernan

André Jofré

Danny Rumbelow

Spike Morris

Raul Menendez

Hélio Ribeiro

Syd Harmony

Ellie Walker

Natasha Lawes

Jean-Philippe Blunt

Alex Gregory

Hannah Jarrold

Harbor Picture Company

Shrimptech Enterprises

Rock

Viagra Boys 'Bog Body' by Eoin Glaister

Viagra Boys — The Bog Body (Official Video)

A support group becomes shared catharsis in&nbsp;Piers Dennis' latest entertaining excursion with Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka&nbsp;Self Esteem.&nbsp;The video for 69 opens in a community&nbsp;setting, where Rebecca sits in a circle of women, delivering the song’s verse with characteristic intensity (and yes, it's all about sex)&nbsp;as the group nods along in understanding, and then begin to be visibly moved. Then it transforms into a hypnotic, almost ritualistic display, blurring the line between personal release and shared experience.[imgtoken data:1]Rebecca played Sally Bowles in the acclaimed production of Cabaret&nbsp;in the West End last year and Dennis's latest Self Esteem video - following previous excellent collaborations on the likes of <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/01/09/self-esteem-345-piers-dennis/79875" target="_blank">The 345</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/06/25/self-esteem-ft-moonchild-sanelly-big-man-piers-dennis/87034" target="_blank">Big Man</a> - has tapped into that aesthetic , with a witty, increasingly torrid song-and-dance number that could have been adapted from a grown-up Cabaret-like&nbsp;stage show.&nbsp;Building from naturalistic cinematography to an eruption of vibrant red lighting, the edit builds to a frantic climax where the characters purge all the bad vibes with breathtaking choreography. And its simply a great vehicle for the talents of Rebecca Lucy Taylor: her charisma burns through the screen.&nbsp;

Katie South

Alex Blowers

Jamie McCubbin

Alex Mullins

Piers Dennis

Rowan Macintosh King

Riff Raff Films

Joanna Asia Szyczewska

Kiann Altman

Adam Singodia

Precious Mahaga

Maddy Williams

Joe Mulvihill

Dan Huntley

Ollie Pearson

Jess Averbeck

Stuart Roger

Lauren Bell

Byron London

Andre Rodrigues

Okay Studio

Richard Fearson

Black Kite Studios

Polydor Uk

Alternative

Indie

Self Esteem '69' by Piers Dennis

Self Esteem - 69 (Official Video)

Prepare to be conflicted - and knocked sideways -&nbsp;by Niall Trask's remarkable video for&nbsp;Alabaster Deplume, where&nbsp;surreal black comedy meets realistic heartbreaking drama.The video for the jazz musician, composer, poet and activist's song Invincibility is an&nbsp;audacious blurring of filmmaking conventions, where a powerful narrative about a sombre event involving&nbsp;a seriously injured dog, is subverted by the bizarre, dreamlike&nbsp;device of having the dog's head replaced by&nbsp;Alabaster Deplume's.&nbsp;He performs the song that echoes the sorrow and trauma of a mother and daughter as rush their beloved pet to the vet, and endure the inevitable end. That's sensitively but unflinchingly dramatised by Trask - while there are also flashbacks to happier times, with shots of Alabaster (aka Angus Fairbairn) as the erstwhile carefree dog. Which is both funny and also underlines the heartbreak, the onset of grief.It's audacious storytelling - and so sad it could justify a mental health warning. Particularly for dog lovers.[imgtoken data:1]"Alabaster was one of the first people I met when I moved down to London, a collaboration has been a longtime coming," says Trask. "He gave me total freedom to write on one of three tracks and I returned his trust by choosing to euthanise him to the score of Invincibility."On a personal level, there has been a fair share of tragedy in recent years and finding the absurdity/humour in it all, is always my go-to remedy. The treatment was ambitious and I’m grateful to everyone who helped bring this to life. Or put it to sleep should I say."

Harry Chapman

Ginny Kerr

Jai Durban

Marnie Perkins

Niall Trask

Milo Beyts

Andy Cole

Adric Watson

Natalie Arnett

Rose Lucas

Dimi Vakrilov

Hebe Wallace

The Assembly Rooms

Dan Levy

Rascal Post

Ryan Hancocks

Magic Numbers

Fasa Oyibo

Jazz

Alabaster Deplume 'Invincibility' by Niall Trask

Alabaster-Deplume-'Invincibility'-by-Niall-Trask

Directing&nbsp;duo WAXXWORK direct a promo oozing energy and swagger for Inhaler, in which&nbsp;a young man attempts to buy&nbsp;an engagement ring back from a pawnbroker, with explosive results.&nbsp;The video for A Question Of You is a gritty drama with comedic highlights - think Uncut Gems, an action-packed jewellery heist with a twist - starring&nbsp;James Keating alongside the&nbsp;Dublin four-piece. It's a masterclass in&nbsp;character and conflict despite its short runtime that's&nbsp;absorbing from start to end.Elevated by DoP&nbsp;Natasha Duursma's cinematography - it was shot on 35mm film - this is&nbsp;a cinematic visual for a real earworm of a track, and wonderfully executed across the board.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Aisling Knight

Matt King

Waxxwork

Elliot Zelmanovits

Art Practice

Emily Jeffery

Vini Curtis

Natasha Duursma

Sam Chitty

Bella Meyer

Joshua Jacob

Bodyrig Technician: Seán Wright

Jonny Lewis

Princess Jiboye

Liz Bennett

Band Eva Maguire

Billie Mckenzie

Ruth Wardell

James Keating

Inhaler 'A Question Of You' by WAXXWORK

Inhaler - A Question of You (Official Video)

The latest video from Colin Solal Cardo to introduce Olly Alexander's new album Polari continues a choreography-based narrative that began with the visuals for the title track and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgzLmyVeCUE" target="_blank">Cupid's Bow</a>.In an enclosed space where he's separated from his team of dancers, including his love interest, Olly's heartfelt yearning&nbsp;for a human connection is expressed through a combination of performance and dance.It's captured with great use of constantly moving camerawork, both within&nbsp;and outside the constructed space, in a video where each department has excelled, including Jake Hunter's cinematography and Furmann Ahmed's production design.[imgtoken data:1]

Colin Solal Cardo

Maya Bury

Nycollas Abreu‬‭

Valentina Tarelli

Jake Hunter

Christopher Starkey‬‭

Steve Morgan

Connor Adam

Danny Edwards @ Matter‬SFX

Furmaan Ahmed

Isabella Furness

Meshach Henry

Matthew Josephs

Emilie Bromley

Joe Brooks

Georgia Olive

Kei Takano

Sachin Gogna

Louis Danckwerts

Polydor

Sam Pereira

Yanjun Zhou

Collectiv

Charlie Von Rotberg

Homespun

Hijack

Alex O'Brien

Franky Chadwick

Olly Alexander 'When We Kiss' by Colin Solal Cardo

Olly Alexander - When We Kiss (Official Video)

Hannah Bon reflects upon human masculinity and its canine equivalent&nbsp;with intensity and dry&nbsp;humour in her video for LA-based indie-rock musician Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum, aka Blondshell.&nbsp;&nbsp;From her performance of the song T&amp;A in a&nbsp;motel room, Sabrina radiates a juxtaposition of strength and vulnerability, following on with parallel sequences of man and dog to&nbsp;highlight the hidden softness and overt aggression in both.&nbsp;Bon explores empathy, duality, and deep human&nbsp;connection through this video - beautifully shot by DoP Guido Raimondo - with&nbsp;memorable results.[imgtoken data:1]"When I started thinking about how to approach T&amp;A, I knew I wanted it to feel this fleeting moment and not be something strictly narrative - more like a memory Sabrina was having paired with vulnerable portraits of the men," explains Bon, who drew a powerful performance from Teitelbaum to act as a counterweight to the portrait element.&nbsp;"Sabrina had a commanding, statuesque presence on camera that completely captivated me," she says. "It was a real pleasure collaborating with her. The atmosphere on set was unexpectedly intimate, with the talent giving their all, and the day coming together so smoothly.[imgtoken data:2]"A huge thanks to our producer, Farah Idrees, for working so hard although she was super sick, and to the incredible 1st AD Cami Contreras, for always keeping me sane and assured. Also, massively thankful for our DP, Guido Raimondo, who is a true talent and a master at subtlety. Cheers to our editor Marcelo Vogelaar, who was always so fun to Zoom edit with and brought fresh eyes to the concept and our lovely colorist Kaitlyn Battistelli, for making it look extra stunning."Finally a heartfelt thank you to the wholesome and hardworking crew, the sensational cast and the adorable pups, and my new production company fam Riff Raff Films for making this all come together."

United States

Hannah Bon

Farah Idrees

Romy Jo Waller

Matthew Clyde

Samira Escobar

Camilha Contreras

Guido Raimondo

Sai Aung Tun

Jasper Harris

Zach Domingo

Miraida Gutierrez-Colon

Dora Jean Palmer

Marcelo Vogelaar

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Annie Lavie

Alex Romanenko

Vicky Garcia

Blondshell 'T&A' by Hannah Bon

Blondshell - T&A (Official Music Video)

Dan French recreates the early 70s pop promo for Elton John's Step Into Christmas, and then imagines the almighty&nbsp;chaos that occured behind the scenes on the shoot&nbsp;- with the 1973 Elton played by actress and model Cara Delevingne.The hugely entertaining&nbsp;video&nbsp;reproduces shots from Elton's studio performance in the original visual - featuring&nbsp; Delevingne&nbsp;as an uncanny facsmile of glam-era Elton, plus doppelgangers of his band - while adding the story of the production team frantically attempting to add some festive flavour to proceedings.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]Despite the addition of a festive feather boa, balloons and confetti, chaos reigns as they wrangle an escaped turkey, fail to book a real reindeer (and find a donkey instead) and tackle a deranged fan who storms the set, all whilst Delevingne mirrors Elton’s choicest dance moves and iconic facial expressions from the original promo.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;On it's release over 50 years ago, Step Into Christmas failed to trouble the UK Top 20, but it's stepped up in seasonal stature in recent years. The song has charted&nbsp;each December since 2011, and last year it was certified Triple Platinum, 50 years after its release. And Dan French's evocative and consistently funny video&nbsp;is a marvellous way to celebrate it's long journey to becoming a Christmas pop standard.[imgtoken data:2]It also coincides with the release of a new documentary,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQGf_nJ1E9w" target="_blank">Elton John: Never Too Late</a>, where the singer looks back on his life and the astonishing early days of his 50-year career, which premiered on Disney+ last week.&nbsp;"I saw Cara at Glastonbury last summer, and we talked about how much we’d love to work together if the right idea came up," comments Elton.&nbsp;"She’s hilarious to spend time with, we both have quite a self deprecating sense of humour. When someone suggested the idea of her playing me in a riff on the 1973 Step In to Christmas video, I just thought it was the perfect opportunity. Thank God Cara thought the same, because it came out great."[imgtoken data:3]Cara&nbsp;Delevingne adds: "Elton has always been an idol of mine, to say his music has had a deeply profound effect on me is an understatement. To be asked by him to PLAY him in this recreation was a dream that I didn’t know I had until it happened."Honestly I wish I could pretend to be Elton every day. I hope that Elton may one day return the favour and agree to play me in my not yet developed, written, pitched or funded biopic. Fingers crossed."&nbsp;

Dan French

Jake River Parker

Oscar Ryan

Freddie Wright

EMI Records

Ben Cotgrove

Mike Linforth

Chris Broomfield

Lyndon Ogbourne

Alex Kelleher

Chris Dumont

Angel Mcqueen

Roy Haywood

Zahra Asmail

Jack Singer

Cara Delevingne

Kodak

Elton John 'Step Into Christmas' (2024) by Dan French

Elton John - Step Into Christmas (2024 Music Video)

LOOSE directs an impassioned performance promo for Pa Salieu's collab with Disclosure.&nbsp;Opening with lingering shots of Salieu getting dressed and ready, we follow him out onto the streets where he explodes into a playful, fervent performance - annoying some old fuddy-duddies whilst delighting the kids.&nbsp;Shot on film, it's a beautiful looking visual, with late winter sun and foggy skies setting the enigmatic mood.&nbsp;The cinematography elevates the concept, bursting from vignette to vignette with spinning transitions and loose, experimental flair.&nbsp;Fabulous.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]