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Kaitlyn Battistelli

Colin Solal Cardo directs a spectacular&nbsp;promo for New Zealand singer-songwriter Kimbra, blending movement and intimate expression to create a powerful performance montage.&nbsp;Moving at a breathless pace, the video for replay! sees the artist explore an empty studio space as she flips, bends and&nbsp;crawls, externalising a sense of primal instinct and self-discovery. It's breathtaking, it's brazen,&nbsp;and it's completely mesmerising.[imgtoken data:1]Centered on physicality and Kimbra's ownership of the space she inhabits - and the emotions that come with her performance - the video is a&nbsp;tour de force&nbsp;of dynamic cinematography and razor sharp editing, and will no doubt create a buzz for a long time to come.&nbsp;Stunning and standout work - and a brilliant return to the medium from the marvellous Colin Solal Cardo.&nbsp;

Maeva Berthelot

Candy Hagedorn

Colin Solal Cardo

Nolwenn Grall Jaubert

FRIEND

La Pac

Théodore Hugonnier

Lola Idounda

Ernest Bouvier

Lucile Bertrand

Jenneke Croubels

Marco Novoa

Cutaway

Ethos Studio

Kimbra 'replay!' by Colin Solal Cardo

Kimbra - replay!

Britt Lower - the rebellious, enigmatic Helly in Apple's TV drama&nbsp;Severance -&nbsp;takes on another challenging role in Allie Avital's video for The Yeah Yeah Yeahs.Lower plays a wife who is constrained by&nbsp;her sterile homelife and&nbsp;monotonous relationship with an uncommunicative husband. But then she sees a blue bird in a tree outside the perfect home - lipsyncing to the song Wolf. And that sparks the ravenous beast inside her.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]She walks out of&nbsp;the house and into the wilderness on her doorstep. She loses her demure facade, and she embraces nature.&nbsp;Lower goes feral in the forest, absorbing all its elements in a visceral way. In doing so, she&nbsp;becomes dishevelled, bloodied - but undeterred.Eventually she stumbles&nbsp;into a local bar - where in a Lynchian backroom, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs beckons her inside, and to the end-point of her journey.&nbsp;Her return to her house follows, and&nbsp;an encounter with her husband which wordlessly resets the parameters of their&nbsp;relationship.[imgtoken data:2]"Wolf&nbsp;has so much narrative built into the lyrics, and it was such a dream to delve into these themes of hunger, connection, and wildness," says Avital. "Britt Lower and I used a movement-based technique to play with the nuances of this character as she seeks various forms of connection and moves from feeling trapped to wild to rediscovering a new form of intimacy with her husband."As a director, it’s rare to find such open minded artists like Karen, Nick, and Brian and I’m so grateful they put so much trust in our creative process."[imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;

United States

Allie Avital

Manny Caston

SMUGGLER

Gummy Films

Elizabeth Doonan

Rachel Walden

Meg Murnane

Sarah Wilson

Robby Morris

Sienna Brown

Sonja Tsypin

Steven Grise

Rafe Scobey-Thal

Nat Tereshchenko

B.art.vfx

Gisela Fulla-Silvestre

Melanie St Clair

Ghitta Larsen

Ryan Forte

David McCabe

Natasha Newman-Thomas

Mike Potter

Seiji

Izzi Galindo

Ashly Tsao

Rock

Alternative

The Yeah Yeah Yeahs 'Wolf' by Allie Avital

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Wolf (Official Video)

Following her music videos for All The Good Times and title track Big Time,&nbsp;Kimberly Stuckwisch's short film to accompany Angel Olsen's new album tells the whole story - and features a dynamic performance from the singer-songwriter.The storyline for the short film - also called Big Time -&nbsp;was inspired by a dream Olsen had about time travel shortly after her mother's death. The videos for All The Good Times and Big Time are accommodated within its structure, with their contrasting styles brought together&nbsp;into a coherent whole.[imgtoken data:1]As Olsen's attempt at escape a failing relationship via a road trip hits the buffers, she descends to the dreamworld of a bar where time travel is possible, and time itself is fluid. The linking device is a lightbox she carries around with her. It&nbsp;then becomes the focal point in the third part of the film, for the song Through The Fire.The piece is punctuated throughout by phone conversations and recordings - including a real answerphone message from Olsen's late mother. It's a device through which the director and artist articulate the weight of&nbsp;life's most important relationships. And not for the first time, Angel Olsen carries these emotional issues with a compelling screen performance. She is not only an excellent&nbsp;singer-songwriter - and these three songs are powerful -&nbsp;but also a proper actor.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]"When I approached Kimberly Stuckwisch about making these videos, I thought it would be cool to include the storyline of one of the dreams I’d had, and really use it as a way to tell the story of the songs," Olsen explains.&nbsp;"Kimberly&nbsp;added dialogue and events to create a story arc around my dream, to give it a thicker plot, using the music videos within and creating a larger film."The themes of love, loss and processing one's past are aspects that really appealed to Stuckwisch in the preparation and making of the film.[imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;"It's a story that targets deep-rooted complexities," says&nbsp;Stuckwisch.&nbsp;"Such as how our unconscious deals with repressed sexual identity, the hardships of letting go of our past selves in order to step into self-actualization, and the guilt we hold when dealing with loss."For one reason or another, we all have parts of ourselves that we struggle to forgive as well as a part of ourselves we are afraid of exploring or that we think society won’t like—so we push those parts down into our unconscious psyches, into the shadows. This is the story of drowning in those fears before releasing your light."

Abel Ryan

Kimberly Stuckwisch

Brianna Goldberg

Ian Blair

Invisible Inc

Joel Gill

Justin Hamilton

Christian Stavros

Alec Schiff

Jose Espinoza

Tyler Osika

Norrie Palmer

Monika Felice Smith

Leticia Llesmin

Ellis Bahl

Matt Mitchener

Good Boy Wally

Johnny Chew

Rogue Films

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Indie

Singer-songwriter

Angel Olsen 'Big Time' (short film) by Kimberly Stuckwisch

Angel Olsen - Big Time Film

Niall O’Brien directs an absorbing, ultimately tender video for Talos's returning single Dance Against The Calm.&nbsp;Shot in Cork, the hometown of the Irish indie/electronic musician&nbsp;otherwise known as Eoin French,&nbsp;the promo sees the lead character (played by&nbsp;Sam Keeley) hang out at a local pub, drinking away his demons and grappling with a storm of emotions.&nbsp;Enigmatic flashbacks offer a small glimpse into a narrative, but not enough for it to become a key part of the story. Not quite yet, at least. Instead, after a quick break outdoors, Keeley returns to the bar, and is immediately comforted by every one of the patrons, who wrap their arms around him in a giant hug, allowing him to express his emotions freely.&nbsp;“It’s a song about lost futures, and a nostalgia that we sometimes carry for things that could have been,” says Eoin French - aka Talos. And the video is the&nbsp;first chapter in a three-part short directed by O'Brien.

Ireland

Niall O’Brien

Peadar O’goill

Albert Hooi

Jp Quill

Irene Belle

Matt Berardi

Sam Keeley

Gracie Collier

Talos 'Dance Against The Calm' by Niall O’Brien

Talos-'Dance-Against-The-Calm'-by-Niall-O’brien

Noah Lee reunites with&nbsp;Danielle Balbuena - aka&nbsp;070 Shake - to make his second mesmerizing&nbsp;and dreamlike video&nbsp;for the New Jersey-born rapper, following their marvellous collaboration on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/08/01/070-shake-nice-have-noah-lee/60087" target="_blank">Nice To Have</a>.In the video Skin &amp; Bones, Lee deconstucts the process of making the video for Skin &amp; Bones, with meta-fictional layering of 070 Shake's own part of the process, and those of the extras that populate the set.After the initial photographic studio set-up - inspired by The Master?&nbsp;-&nbsp;Shake engages in the big video set-piece, symbolically assuming weighty NFL-style shoulder-pad gear, and becoming drenched in studio rain. The extras of all shapes, sizes and ages take up their positions in different scenes as couples.[imgtoken data:1]And then Lee brilliantly defies expectations again, in unexpected ways - both heartwarming and chilling.This is his first video since signing with FRIEND in London for UK representation for music videos and commercials. The video, shot around Los Angeles is a co-production between FRIEND and HPLA.&nbsp;

Tyler Evans

Harper Slate

Juliana Bassi

Juliann McCandles

Noah Lee

Ryan Hahn

Hpla

Patrick Golan

Danny Herman

Janelle J Lee

Tomislav Culina

Karim Belkasami

Mackenzie Myers

Angus Bernsen

Holly Sillius

Def Jam Records

070 Shake 'Skin & Bones' by Noah Lee

070-Shake-'Skin-&-Bones'-by-Noah-Lee

David M. Helman directs a superb study of interconnected lives&nbsp;for American Football's cover of Mazzy Star's classic Fade Into You.&nbsp;Focused on a series of captivating vignettes, the video for Fade Into You captures transitionary moments in seemingly random characters'&nbsp;lives. But then the scenes reveal themselves to be like beads on a chain: a&nbsp;background character in a scene moves centre stage into the next one, then passing the baton onto the next character.[imgtoken data:1]Helman's method - each scene is a beautifully-shot portrait, with a slow zoom moving closer to the characters - is a wonderful device to create a sense of a narrative, but also hint at something rather more profound. Reality and a touch of surreality sit side-by-side, mirroring the serendipitous nature of life and who we meet on our journeys.&nbsp;This is terrific work, that&nbsp;lingers long after watching - the sign of a very good video indeed.

Jen Dunlap

David M. Helman

Cristian Quintero

Mouthpiece

Noco

Ben Joyner

Hayden Mason

Jean Mougin

Ryan Deng

Benjamin Steen

Stacy Gonzalez

Zaldy Lopez

American Football ft Miya Folick 'Fade Into You' by David M. Helman

American-Football--'Fade-Into-You-'-by-David-M.-Helman

Angel Olsen bids farewell to her lover in&nbsp;Kimberly Stuckwisch's emotional promo for All The Good Times.&nbsp;In the video, we see Olsen pack up and go on the road, travelling to an unknown destination&nbsp;whilst reliving all of the good and bad memories&nbsp;of her relationship.&nbsp;Interweaving several enigmatic visuals - including a mysterious box that lights up, microscopic closeups of cellular patterns and an abstract shot of the artist chasing herself in a car - the video is a multilayered, introspective experience, where above all, Stuckwisch coaxes a remarkable dramatic performance&nbsp;from Olsen. The mood, atmosphere and her on-screen charisma perfectly matches the yearning soundtrack.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Briana Goldberg

Remy Dixon

Silken Weinberg

Maya Marin

Leticia Liesmin

Jagjaguwar

Angel Olsen 'All The Good Times' by Kimberly Stuckwisch

Angel-Olsen-'All-The-Good-Times'-by-Kimberly-Stuckwisch

R&amp;B superstar Khalid delivers his choreographic debut and&nbsp;old world tableaux in Present,&nbsp;directed by Scheme E.&nbsp;The artistic influences in the visual range from ancient architecture to futuristic minimalism, and this sense of anachronism gives the visual a timeless, ethereal aesthetic.&nbsp;The&nbsp;interaction between Khalid and the other performers - both in the dance scenes and abstract setups - creates a sense of community, and the themes of being present and connected to the current moment shine through in the celebratory vignettes.&nbsp;

Scheme E

Cali Burns

Scheme Engine

Jannie McInnes

Sarrah Carkeet

Sonja Tyspin

Elizabeth Puksto

Eric Barr

RCA Records

Khalid 'Present' by Scheme E

Khalid-'Present'-by-Scheme-E

Sean Pecknold's latest creative tour de force for his brother Robin's band Fleet Foxes is a fully animated video for Featherweight that tells the story of a bird on a final extraordinary adventure.The video has been created in a style that echoes Pecknold's video for the band's <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/news/2011/11/22/fleet-foxes-shrine-argument-sean-pecknold/10926" target="_blank">The Shrine/An Argument</a>&nbsp;- one of the real&nbsp;masterpieces among his many wonderful videos for Fleet Foxes.&nbsp;From the art and design by Sean Lewis, Pecknold has created flat-artwork puppets that are stop-frame animated through gorgeous hand-painted scenes.

Sean Pecknold

Sean Lewis

Eileen Kohlhepp

Cody O'Neill

Aja Pecknold

Sing Sing

Fleet Foxes 'Featherweight' by Sean Pecknold

Fleet Foxes - "Featherweight" (Official Video)

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

Suzan Mustafa

Kate Brady

Riff Raff Films

Tom Berendson

Jack Meredith

Harry Wheeler

Philip J Heron

James Malamatinas

Lee Parfitt

Elena Isolini

Emma Lipop

Vicky Morris

Mikko Ruostila

Marco Grey

OB Management

Cinelab Film and Digital

Soul

Celeste 'Tonight Tonight' by Noah Lee

CELESTE [TONIGHT TONIGHT]

In the video for Like I Used To, Kimberly Stuckwisch brings us into the separate worlds of Sharon Van Etten and Angel Olsen, two of the most influential singer songwriters in American music, then draws them together&nbsp;via split screen.The video is nearly entirely&nbsp;composed of portraits of each artist which emphasises their distinctive character. We are brought into their homes - one in the city, the other in the&nbsp;country. Van Etten rarely looks into the camera, Olsen invariably is looking straight down the lens.&nbsp;The song is all about getting back to where you started. But ultimately the pair do stand together in one space, with a sense of shared experience and solidarity.&nbsp;Stuckwisch has done a great job in delivering the message that&nbsp;the individual greatness of these intriguing women is enhanced by their collaboration.&nbsp;

Jon-Michael Burgess

Hayden Rusk

Josh Kirkwood

Julien Janigo

Phoenix Mellow

Mara Roszak

Rebecca Abram

Ethos Studios

Ryan Ross

Darrin Stuckwisch

Sharon Van Etten & Angel Olsen 'Like I Used To' by Kimberly Stuckwisch

Sharon-Van-Etten-&-Angel-Olsen-'Like-I-Used-To'-by-Kimberly-Stuckwisch

Singer-songwriter MAGUIRE's normal day takes an extraordinary turn in this stirring video for her track Come Down.Taken from her second EP Fantaisies, Come Down asks&nbsp;if it is possible to find balance and stability amidst the constant cycle of substance-fuelled escapism. “In a time when it is so easy to turn to altered states of consciousness to enhance the banal, this song questions whether it is in fact in the apparently ordinary everyday that we can access the beyond," MAGUIRE has explained.In the video, directed by her sister Anna Maguire, the artist takes a trip to the coast. At this point a measured portrait of MAGUIRE in the everyday turns into something transcendent, and literally uplifting, when she advances to the edge of a cliff. It's a splendid moment, handling with deftness by Anna Maguire and her team, which makes this video stand out as a notable work from both artist and director.[imgtoken data:1]ANNA MAGUIRE:“The video for Come Down&nbsp;tries to echo the question that MAGUIRE asks in the song: ‘will you catch me…?’ This question is one we should be asking of each other, of our surroundings and of ourselves. However this feels harder and harder to do as we grow older."Trusting that we will be caught is vital for jumping, transcending and going further than we think we can. How do we find the courage to trust? To jump?”

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