Director

James F Coton

Two protagonists face a huge challenge under the desert sun:&nbsp;a free and courageous horse and a young gold prospector, consumed by his quest, in James F. Coton&#39;s video for Kery James.The video mesmierises with its stunning shots of the&nbsp;lone pair travelling through the desert, beautifully silhouetted against the natural landscapes&nbsp;of rocks and sky. But&nbsp;the hypnotic &#39;frame within frame&#39; edits throughout cage&nbsp;the prospector,&nbsp;symbolizing the consequences of the sole&nbsp;obsession&nbsp;of finding&nbsp;gold.This is a first collaboration with the director&nbsp;Coton and Berlinian cinematographer Maximilian Pittner, and they have made a video for the song Sans Moi&nbsp;to match the intensity of music and text.

France

Auguste Bas

Partizan Darkroom

Videorama

Nazha Dahmani

Maximilien Pittner

Marie Raffy

Royal Post

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Bruni Makaya

Partizan Midi Minuit

Suther Kane

94 Side P

Valentin Clark

Kery James 'Sans Moi' by James F. Coton

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Congolese rapper&nbsp;Youssoupha returns after more than three years with the first single from his next album Polaroid Experience, and compelling, technically impressive video directed by James F Coton.The French-speaking track has been described as a declaration of love &ndash; for family, friends and is audience. A&nbsp;phrase he repeats throughout the piece is: &quot;All the people of my audience are also of my family.&quot;&nbsp;Coton brings Youssoupha&#39;s family -&nbsp;aunts, cousins, nieces and son Malik &ndash; into the video, while playing with some of the conventions of the medium. Youssoupha appears several times in the opening tracking shot, and then Coton shows us the motion control rig. A very assured piece of direction that puts across the passion and charisma of the artist in an interesting way.

Stan Bertin - Robin Accard

Alexandre Jamin

Anne Chapelot

Karim Ansel

Robin Risser

Bomayé Publishing, Némésis Ed.

Youssoupha 'Polaroid Experience' by James F Coton 

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James F Coton and Masato&nbsp;Riesser have juxtaposed the documentary and music video genres in their fascinating film about the lives of members of Japanese biker crew The Specter Gang.To a soundtrack of the blasting rock music of one-man Portuguese blues explosion The Legendary Tigerman, the short film captures the essence of a group of true outsiders, living life on the edge, in a society ruled by custom and convention.

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