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James Malamatinas

Noah Lee creates a palpably resonant dreamworld, full of quirky visual tricks streaming from the subconscious of&nbsp;his subject, the intriguing Celeste, in the video for Tonight Tonight.Once Lee sets the scene by putting Celeste through the mini-hell of not being able to light her recalcitrant cigarette, the video progresses&nbsp;into the psyche of the character our songstress embodies. The&nbsp;film meanders through dive bars and Alice-in-Wonderland-esque hallways filled with butterflies and complicated individuals.It’s definitely the film’s distortions on common realities that make its dreamworld feel somewhat familiar - an authentic imagining of a subconscious mind. It's also framed in a&nbsp;film aesthetic, and with use of lenses that creates an aura that manages to be glamourous and&nbsp;romantic as well as surreal.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Noah Lee

Suzan Mustafa

Kate Brady

Riff Raff Films

Tom Berendson

Jack Meredith

Harry Wheeler

Philip J Heron

Lee Parfitt

Elena Isolini

Emma Lipop

Vicky Morris

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Mikko Ruostila

Marco Grey

OB Management

Cinelab Film and Digital

Soul

Celeste 'Tonight Tonight' by Noah Lee

CELESTE [TONIGHT TONIGHT]

Zac Ella and Emile Rafael get together to explore a series of&nbsp;Bad Decisions in Bastille's latest video.&nbsp;In a series of violent vignettes, Dan Smith from Bastille kills another version of himself over and over, as his previous incarnation makes bad decision after bad decision. Funny and irreverent, the series of characters Dan plays are over the top, extreme and surprisingly incapable&nbsp;at doing the right thing.&nbsp;Shot with a public access television aesthetic, the main guru character is especially relevant in the current zeitgeist, where anyone can claim they are specialists without any kind of fact-checking. The juxtaposition of the TV persona and the guy we see eating in a run-down dive bar is hilarious and ironic, and each character following seems to get crazier and more absurd.&nbsp;Executed perfectly, Dan's strong performances bolster the project, and help turn a very good concept into a great final video - a one-off collaboration between Agile Films' directors Ella and Rafael.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Zac Ella

Emile Rafael

Ailsa Vanessa Tapping

Agile Films

Hayley Williams

Savvas Stavrou

Chris Malin

Nick Morris

Philip Herron

Bill Rae Smith

Wayne Wolfgram

Taff Williamson

Natasha Lawes

Dan Sherwin

Caroline Morin

Wash

Agile Films (in House)

Theresa Gasco

Freddie Hottinger

James Hackett

Ian Carew

Virgin EMI

Kevin Marien

Bastille 'Bad Decisions' by Zac Ella & Emile Rafael

Bastille-'Bad-Decisions'-by-Zac-Ella-&amp;-Emile-Rafael

Friends at the disco show each other what they’re made of, in Joel Honeywell’s directorial debut for Blue Lab Beats.As he's a rising star of cinemagraphy, Honeywell was never going to shoot something less than great looking. Sure enough,&nbsp;the video for Hi There&nbsp;is a gorgeous harmony of blue and gold, supported by great transitions and some sensational dancing.&nbsp;But you also get the sense that as a director, he&nbsp;has a real warmth and feeling for his stars –&nbsp;and an eye for capturing their personalities on screen.&nbsp;This may be a timeless disco, but it also has the tangible feeling of Blue Lab Beats' homepatch of North London right now - which Honeywell framed delicately in his previous outings as the band's DOP.

Joel Honeywell

Nyah Ishanti

Thomas Mangham

Zuzanna Skurtys

Ben Millar

Eve Carreno

Connor Adam

Disco

Electro, Disco

Funk, Jazz

Blue Lab Beats 'Hi There' by Joel Honeywell

Blue-Lab-Beats-'Hi-There'-by-Joel-Honeywell

Colin Solal Cardo rises to the challenge of directing Robyn’s latest visual - a classic, electrifying performance in a sandy ruin.&nbsp;Robyn's&nbsp;visual canon&nbsp;has a mythical prestige. Before she was a name in the UK, her devastating video for With Every Heartbeat&nbsp;was in heavy circulation; Dancing On My Own&nbsp;wouldn’t be the gay anthem it is today without Max Vitali’s video&nbsp;and the singer's glorious power stance in it; and Call Your Girlfriend&nbsp;is one of the most imitated dance sequences on the internet.These iconic pieces feel like the work of the same artist, but the common denominator is difficult to pin down. But at the heart of these videos are Robyn’s exhilarating performances. Her soprano voice can communicate a range and complexity of emotion in one bar, and these qualities bleed into her dancing. She is simultaneously strong and vulnerable, relatable and inaccessible, dorky and composed.And this is completely true of Solal Cardo's video for Ever Again.&nbsp;Most recently, he helmed a genre-bending project for Christine and the Queens. Here, he had the challenge of directing a video for one of Robyn’s quietest songs, and the result is pure&nbsp;theatre. This is not a one shot, but everything suggests that this remarkable performance was captured in one take.[imgtoken data:1]We also have an entire creative team clearly at the top of their game: the Romanesque set by Francesca di Mottola lends the video a classical gravity; Crille Forsberg shoots from every angle on glorious 35mm;&nbsp;Decida Wahlberg’s choreography is incredibly physical, oscillating between the poised and apparently spontaneous.In one ecstatic moment, in a reverie, Robyn actually spins the microphone stand above her head. Dressed in white Louis Vuitton - designed by the creative director, no less - she twists through the room, kicks up sand, then casts herself into it.&nbsp;Robyn has never looked so much like Bowie, and it suits her. If this really&nbsp;is her last heartbreak, it’ll be a great loss.&nbsp;

Sweden

Colin Solal Cardo

Sonya Sier

FRIEND

Luke Tierney

Amanda Tuckwell

Louis Barron

Crille Forsberg

Edel Gardner

Francesca Di Mottola

Nicolas Ghesquière For Louis Vuitton

Francisco Ballesteros

Gemma Smith Edhouse

Tianès Montasser

Matthieu Toullet

Amie Kingsnorth

Hannah Turnbull-Walter

Decida Wahlberg

Jana Nouskova

Tamara Rothstein

Robin Crowley

Rachel Hopkins

Fran Jones

Veronica Skoglund

Chrys Antoniou

Charlie Doris

Oli Waters

Ellie Taverner

Rebecca Mason

Dance

Robyn 'Ever Again' by Colin Solal Cardo

Robyn-'Ever-Again'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

In the third Beabadoobee video by directing duo Bedroom, Bea takes a train ride back in time...In a development in the super-cute lo-fi aesthetic established in the previous clips for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2018/12/24/beabadoobee-dance-me-bedroom/56624" target="_blank">Dance With Me</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/04/24/beabadoobee-if-you-want-bedroom/58395">If You Want To</a>, Bedroom mix classic video styles with loads of charm to show the stumbling youthful romance at the heart of Disappear.A painful parting on a real Tube station, shot on Super 8mm, gives way to Bea&#39;s &#39;train journey&#39; shot in the studio on 16mm. Then she reflects upon life, towering over a train set. And then the relationship rewinds back to the beginning.

Bedroom

Joseph J Goldman

COMPULSORY

Kiran Mandla

Pieter Snyman

Bernin Isaac

Milo Cosemans

Charlotte Buchan

Megan Lee

The Mill

Dirty Hit

Indie

Singer-songwriter

Beabadoobee 'Disappear' by Bedroom

Beabadoobee-'Disappear'-by-Bedroom

Harvey Pearson presents a&nbsp;story of urban isolation, and acceptance of yourself, for Amber Bain&nbsp;aka The Japanese House.In the Maybe You&#39;re The Reason video, Pearson employs a subtle use of VFX in a minimalist setting, to establish existential loneliness, and to&nbsp;create&nbsp;a resonant symbol of improving mental health - an alter ego who watches over Bain, and ultimately, provide crucial support.

Harvey Pearson

Frankie Willcock

My Accomplice

Imogen Harrison

Jess Wylie

Evelin van Rei

Ciro Candia

Simon Ingrem

Alice Howlett

George Neave

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Alternative

Alt-Pop

The Japanese House 'Maybe You're The Reason' by Harvey Pearson

The-Japanese-House-'Maybe-You're-The-Reason'-by-Harvey-Pearson

Benn Veasey gives the performance genre&nbsp;a gravity-bending spin with this&nbsp;excellent video for Merthyr&nbsp;Tydfil rock outfit&nbsp;Pretty Vicious.Veasey gets the band to perform their piledriver Are You Entertained? in a very challenging but apt location: inside a centrifugal drum at an amusement park. With the camera at the centre of the contraption, the fourpiece play the song as the drum starts to spin, and they become pinned to it&#39;s walls.The result is completely satisfying, with the band continuing to play whilst battling against the effects of centrifugal forces - and clearly having a blast in the process. And as they were reportedly still spinning from the night before the shoot, that&#39;s all the more impressive.You may feel dizzy, but you will&nbsp;definitely be entertained.

Benn Veasey

Heba Elgamal

Common People Films

Ramy Dance

Arthur Loveday

Kate Mollins

Ed Smith

CHEAT

Las Bandas Be Brave

Ailsa Robertson

Doug Walshe

Rock

Pretty Vicious 'Are You Entertained?' by Benn Veasey

Pretty-Vicious-'Are-You-Entertained?'-by-Benn-Veasey

Kara Marni displays her fine voice and chemistry with her drummer&nbsp;in Sophie+Robert&#39;s charming video for Curve, shot on 16mm.Kara also parades a splendidly varied wardrobe, styled by Amy Croysdill.

Sophia + Robert

Peter Lee Scott

Odelay

Tom O'Driscoll

Dan Smith

Franklin Dow

Naomi Hancock

Joel Rainsley

Cassia Dickinson

Amy Croysdill

Craig Marsden

Joanne Reyes

Marisa Garner Associates

Kara Marni 'Curve' by Sophia+Robert

Kara-Marni-'Curve-'-by-Sophia-+-Robert

Samuel Taylor has directed a brilliantly engaging shoestring epic for the raucous swagger of Bloody Knees&#39; Maybe It&#39;s Easy.Essentially it&#39;s a wrestling version of&nbsp;Rocky, chronicling an&nbsp;unlikely road to triumph. But although the beards are fake, the light comedy of the first act makes way for a thrilling&nbsp;finale that looks impressively real. Well, as real as wrestling gets...It was prepped and shot over four days in which the band trained in a bodybuilding gym in full wrestling makeup, took to donning spandex with fake beards to run across London Bridge at 4am, topped off with a 12 hour day of&nbsp;bone-crunching&nbsp;bodyslams and knee drops.Its testament to Taylor&#39;s close relationship with the band, and his ability to tell a story,&nbsp;that this has&nbsp;a heart and energy that well exceeds it&#39;s budget.

Samuel Taylor

Henry Napier-Brown

Hey Honey Films

Honey Cairns

Elle Lotherington

Francesca Zucchini

Ben Skyrme

Rebecca Hallen

Clarissa Livock

Sam Conway

Natalia Rogalska

Gina Parr

Vlad Barin

Daniel Hawkins

Bloody Knees 'Maybe It's Easy' by Samuel Taylor

Bloody Knees - Maybe It's Easy

Taz Tron Delix is back with another tour de force of mindbending visuals, this time for&nbsp;JD Reid and&nbsp;Novelist.Shot on 16mm by Reuben Woodin-Deschamps, the video for Ready takes in a slew of performance set ups intercut with a surreal rollercoaster camera trip around London. And the the prolific, UKMVA-nominated director once again employs his signature techniques, moving between fast-pace edit motivations and a kaleidoscopic whirl of effects, all executed with careful consideration&nbsp;to&nbsp;the ebb, flow and energy&nbsp;of the track. &nbsp;Very cool.

Taz Tron Delix

Carla Steinberg

Chris Toumazou

Ruben Woodin Deschamps

Nai Sukanant

Ana Krkljus

Compulsory.

Rinse

Urban

Hip Hop

Grime

JD Reid ft. Novelist 'Ready' by Taz Tron Delix

Jd-Reid-Ft.-Novelist-''ready''-by-Taz-Tron-Delix

Andrew Thomas Huang takes a bold step into pop video territory, and presents R&amp;B singer Kelela as a mesmerizing figure of many guises for LMK.Huang presents Kelela like a one-person girlband, as she takes on different personas through sections of the song - kind of appropriate for a singer who&#39;s sound harks back to the classic Nineties R&amp;B of bands like TLC and En Vogue. But whoever the character she&#39;s playing, Kelela delivers&nbsp;her message down the lens of the camera through a crowded confined space that&#39;s shimmering with colour and light.Such is Huang&#39;s mastery of his colour palette&nbsp;this venture into a mainstrream genre, and giving it an edgy twist, is a very exciting move.

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