Director of Photography

Khalid Mohtaseb

The video for James Massiah's Natural Born Killers (Ride For Me) won Best Music Video at Energa Camerimage 2019, the film festival celebrating the art of cinematography, while Jon Hopkins' Singularity won Best Cinematography In A Music Video.The winners of the two awards in the Music Videos Competition were announced at the closing ceremony on the final night of the festival, last Saturday (November 16th), at the festival's new venue at the Jordanki Cultural Centre in Toruń, Poland.Directed by&nbsp;Ian Pons Jewell, with cinematography by&nbsp;Mauro Chiarello,&nbsp;the James Massiah video - shot in Buenos Aires, depicting an intense heatwave&nbsp;that has a remarkable effect on the city's inhabitants - won the Best Music Video award, picked&nbsp;from a&nbsp;shortlist of 18 music videos&nbsp;by a jury chaired by veteran cinematographer Pascal Lebègue. The Best Cinematography In A Video award went to Khalid Mohtaseb for his work on the Seb Edwards-directed video for&nbsp;Jon Hopkins' Singularity.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Other winners at the 27th official Camerimage were Lawrence Sher, who won the festival's Golden Frog award for his cinematography on Joker,&nbsp;directed by Todd Phillips, and also the Audience Award;&nbsp;Vladimír Smutný, DoP of The Painted Bird, directed by&nbsp;Václav Marhoul, which won the international critic's prize, the Fipresci Award; and DoP Jake Gabbay, who won the Golden Frog - Grand Prix for Best Documentary Short for his work on the Sasha Rainbow-directed Kamali.MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITIONBest Music Video:&nbsp; James Massiah - Natural Born Killers (Ride for Me) DoP: Mauro Chiarello Director: Ian Pons JewellBest Cinematography In A Music Video:&nbsp; Jon Hopkins - Singularity DoP:&nbsp;Khalid Mohtaseb Director:&nbsp;Seb Edwards* Promonews&nbsp;is media partner of the Music Videos Competition at Energa Camerimage 2019&nbsp;

Ian Pons Jewell

Seb Edwards

Mauro Chiarello

Energa Camerimage 2019: James Massiah's Natural Born Killers and Jon Hopkins' Singularity win Music Videos Competition

James Massiah 'Natural Born Killers (Ride For Me)' by Ian Pons Jewell

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Jon Hopkins 'Singularity' by Seb Edwards

Big-hitting commercials director Seb Edwards makes a spectacular splash into the world of music videos with this epic visual blockbuster for Jon Hopkins.A man returning from the shops into his dimly-lit housing estate encounters a woman like no other. For a start, she floats from the sky and then lures him into bliss with warm eyes, alluring movement and sheer physical magnetism. But then she starts to reveal another side to her nature - and her superhuman strength.Part dance piece, part-superhero film, part psychological drama, Edwards takes us into a self-contained world in which everything is at the service to the music - the characteristically pulsating electronica of Hopkins&#39; Singularity - and its achieved brilliantly. It&nbsp;has clearly been a labour of love for the director, and its a sheer joy to watch.

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