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Patrycja Cygan

Pip Blom stalks the object of her affection - fairground worker&nbsp;Alex Kapranos, taking a break from&nbsp;Franz Ferdinand frontman duties - in MrMr's charming video for the Dutch indie quartet who share the name of their lead singer.Or is she? Things take a turn when someone else enters the fairground scenario and then a trip to the dodgems leads to a fortuitous collision...[imgtoken data:1]"This video encapsulated all of our favourite things. Rides, unrequited love and the flexibility of gender. If I had a pound for every man I’ve stalked around a fun fair I’d have maybe two, maybe three pounds," says MrMr's Katie Lambert on Instagram."[Pip Blom] really brought it performance wise on this video in less than ideal conditions and so a mega well done to her and also a huge thank you to dreamboat&nbsp;[Alex Kapranos]. Thank you to the small but mighty team on this."

United Kingdom

Len Blanco

MrMr

Olivia Awuor

Adam Barnett

Martha McGuirk

Sunjna Mullick

Joel Rosenberg

Chris Wilson

Homespun

Felipe Szulc

Nomad Editing Company

Digital Orchard

Indie Rock

Indie

Pip Blom ft Alex Kapranos 'Is This Love?' by MrMr 

Pip-Blom-Ft.-Alex-Kapranos-'Is-This-Love?-'-by-Mrmr-

Suede have launched their latest album Autofiction with a short film to feature two of its singles - She Still Leads Me On&nbsp;and 15 Again - written and directed by Katie Lambert.The film is the story of a couple, Hannah and Chris. Hannah is ready to settle down and start a family; Chris far more inclined to retain their independence. Can they reconcile these conflicting impulses?Lambert's short film directing debut is impressive, with engaging performances by&nbsp;by Hannah Higton and Noah Granville, with outstanding cinematography by Adam Barnett.&nbsp;&nbsp;"It's about that moment in a relationship when it’s crunch time," says Lambert. "The moment when you’re at a certain age and forever feels incredibly close. When you’re not sure if you’re with the one, or if you could find another one, or if that’s a crap societal construction anyway."

Elena Muntoni

Lane Casting

Ellie McNaughtan

Holly Adamthwaite Wood

Katie Lambert

Lucy Bradley

Faye Hunter

Ian Stowe

Wayne Bentley

Dave Littlejohns

James Wicks

Emily Engelman

Rain Keene

Work Editorial

Hannah Higton

Noah Granville

Rock

Suede 'Autofiction' by Katie Lambert 

Suede--'Autofiction-'-by-Katie-Lambert-

Samuel Bradley directs a enigmatic promo for The 1975, with creative direction by Patricia Villirillo, taking inspiration from cinema's greats - from Ingmar Bergman to Anton Corbijn.The first release from new album&nbsp;Being Funny In A Foreign Language, the video presents an ambiguous black and white concept,&nbsp;with giant balloons, teenage violinists and a whole host of eccentric characters.&nbsp;Shot on film, the abstract vignettes feel vintage and experimental, and the cinematography acts as the glue that binds the divergent ideas together.&nbsp;The beauty of videos like this is the search for meaning and understanding, and the different interpretations each viewer will make, but one thing's for sure - it's great to have the group back.&nbsp;

Louis Gibson

Liv Lockwood

Patricia Villirillo

Samuel Bradley

Jamie Glydon

Ghandi El-Chamaa

Amelia Studios

Matt Moran

James Beattie

Ellicia Lotherington

Paul Mammonne

George Beattie

Matt Mullhurn

Elaine Lynsky

Toby Heard

Pundersons Gardens

John O'Riordan

Dirty Hit

The 1975 'Part Of The Band' by Samuel Bradley

The-1975-'Part-Of-The-Band'-by-Samuel-Bradley,creative-Director---Patricia-Villirillo

Director Charles Gall unleashes a little bit of madness for Sports Team's latest promo, where lead singer Alex Rice becomes the hapless contestant in a sadistic game show.&nbsp;Welcome to 'The Game',&nbsp;where life's hard but you can't complain...We see Alex sitting at home, flicking through TV when he comes across a surreal gameshow, and signs up to land a guest spot. Before long, he is shaking hands with the eccentric presenter - played by veteran singer-songwriter John Otway - and enters into an increasingly unappealing set of tasks.Meanwhile, the rest of the band are among the audience, all too willing to subject Alex to demeaning and painful 'games' -&nbsp;including a real-life version of the board game Operation, and a ruck with the entire group dressed as animals, and finally ending up as an angel harrassed by a mob of devils.It's a vibe that perfectly suits the London-based indie-rock group, and Rice manages to amp up the charm even when getting stomped on by giant animal feet...&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Bibi Baker

Ailsa Chaplin

Charles Gall

Liam Wallace-Cook

Blend Films

Jorge Higgins

Oliver Waters

Darius Williams

Ellie Gordon

Isabella Mahmoud

Olivia Cochrane

Ollie Thompson

Electric Theatre Collective

Justin Du Pre

John Otway

Island Records

Jed Darlington-Roberts

Sports Team 'The Game' by Charles Gall

Sports-Team-'The-Game'-by-Charles-Gall

Alexander Brown directs a brilliantly ferocious performance promo for Bloc Party's return to action with Traps.&nbsp;Playing their comeback single, frontman&nbsp;Dele Okereke and his bandmates are effectively trapped themselves, within a seething&nbsp;mass of enthusiastic fans.&nbsp;This is presented in a disorientating fashion, mostly in extreme close-up - this was shot by DoP Pieter Snyman on a probe lens -&nbsp;intercut with the frenetic motion of the crowd, forcing their way ever closer to the group, and at one point dragging a bandmember from a car.&nbsp;The blood-red lighting&nbsp;and indistinct shots of the people surrounding them (they are wearing masks throughout) creates a breathless atmosphere, which matches Bloc Party's unconstrained energy. Overall, it's a brilliantly kinetic and stylish piece of work by Alexander Brown, making one of his irregular returns himself to music videos.[imgtoken data:1]<blockquote>There’s something intrinsically cathartic but also unsettling about being in a crowd.</blockquote>"The basic idea for me, was to make a video which felt like you are in the middle of a mosh pit," says Brown.&nbsp;"After being conditioned by lockdown, there’s something intrinsically cathartic but also slightly unsettling about being in a crowd."I was immediately drawn into the sardonic character Kele created in the lyrics, which is all a bit wild and unhinged and lurid. I wanted to capture that feeling of being in a crowd or a club and not being entirely comfortable with the intimacy. It’s a performance video in all it's&nbsp;glory. I wanted it all to be shot in an unhinged way, as if the band are playing from within the crowd, removing the stage/crowd divide."The camera swings and turns like a headless chicken - and everywhere it turns we unravel a new moment. It feels chaotic but within the chaos we have disorientating, dizzying transitions, and carefully orchestrated setups with surprises and twists and turns along the way. The song is called Traps. So it seemed interesting to have the band feel like they were trapped in this mob and we can’t quite tell if its amazing, or uncomfortable.[imgtoken data:2]<blockquote>I wanted to give the video a touch of&nbsp;The Evil Dead.</blockquote>"It was a conscious decision to give everyone masks. Aside from the safety aspect, I wanted the crowd to be anonymous and menacing - we don’t see anyone’s faces, only their legs, or chest. I want it to feel like a jungle of limbs. They are all wearing dark clothes so there is a homogenous feel to them, threatening."We shot this with a probe lens so we could go right up to the band, and do all sorts of amazing movements. Big thanks to Piet [Snyman] for waving around a metre-long camera completely handheld! We shot this on a Red Komodo, which I think makes it the longest lens, with one of the smallest cameras."Brown adds that the moment when the bandmember is dragged from the on-set car was another touch of madness that the song required.&nbsp;"I wanted to give the video a touch of The Evil Dead, and having the crowd pressed up to the glass, pulling Russel out of the door at the end just seemed to do that. We weren’t sure if we were going to get that on the day as it was the last shot, with twenty&nbsp;minutes to spare we just managed to squeeze it in. It was handy having an incredibly long lens as it means we could poke it right through a car window. "I want to give a big shout out to all the people who came down on the day, the energy we got from the crowd was fantastic!"

Alexander Brown

Ellis Fox

Cardel

Carla Mooney

Paolo De Bautista

Pieter Snyman

Sophie Roberts

Delwyn Mooney

Avner Shiloah

Jonny Tully

John Moule

Josh Tue

Brett Hills

Helio Ribeiro 

Bloc Party 'Traps' by Alexander Brown

Bloc Party - Traps (Official Video)

Samuel Douek directs an empowering promo for Little Mix's Love (Sweet Love).This is Douek and the&nbsp;group’s third collaboration, celebrating ten&nbsp;years of Little Mix, and is the title track from their&nbsp;forthcoming album.The concept was inspired by the Pre-Raphaelite art movement and the lesser known Sisterhood that romanticised nature and emboldened women through painting.“I wanted to celebrate Little Mix as the regal queens they are; unimpressed by a cohort of Knights that vie for their attention,” explains Douek.&nbsp;The opulent promo is shot in a spectacular orangery-style space, adorned with a mesmerising selection of plants, whilst the styling and makeup create a fantasy world that really bring the track to life.&nbsp;This is one of the first films to come out of CAMP Productions, recently founded by Douek and executive producer Francesca Woods.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Samuel Douek

Joseph J Goldman

CAMP 

Francesca Woods

Hugo Holford

Yasmin Godo

Carlos Varon

Anil Duru

Steve Cameron

Furmaan Ahmed

Zack Tate

Aaron Carlo

Cassie Lomas

Vanessa Reynolds

Edit Egg

Myles Bevan

Time Based Arts

Sean Ewins

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

Kat Catteneo

Sony Music

Jamie McFarland

Mona Leanne

Hila Karmand

Grant Sandy Phillips

Little Mix 'Love (Sweet Love)' by Samuel Douek

Little-Mix-'Love-(sweet-Love)'-by-Samuel-Douek

Thomas James directs a dark and twisted tale of a serial killer cab driver, in his promo for Lucy Blue’s Taxi Driver.&nbsp;Oozing a sense of nostalgia in the styling and look across the anachronistic set pieces - with definite&nbsp;nods to Scorsese's masterpiece of the same name -&nbsp;the visual doesn't cross the line into true horror, yet manages to create an uncomfortable, overarching sense of dread in every frame.&nbsp;Thomas James brings his customary verve&nbsp;to this story of a disturbed young woman - and Lucy Blue is brilliant in her&nbsp;role as a stalker, and the blurred boundary between infatuation and insanity is masterfully conceptualised.

Thomas James

Oli Falcon

OB Management

Sam Holmes

Luka Glisovic

Chris Nguyen

Benjamin Law

Ash Halliburton

Ellie Walker

Sophie Gouk

Jack Williams

The Assembly Rooms

Duncan Russell

Halo Post

Lea Ogunlami

Alternative

Lucy Blue 'Taxi Driver’ (Director’s Cut) by Thomas James

Lucy Blue 'Taxi Driver’ (Director's Cut) by Thomas James

Directing duo&nbsp;Bedroom unite with Arlo Parks for the first time and stir up something that's both playful and poignant for the artist's new upbeat single Too Good.Arguably&nbsp;taking their cue from a combination of&nbsp;Ready Steady Cook and&nbsp;Bjork's Venus As A Boy, Bedroom's Soren and Amir create a fantasy home for Arlo that serves her passion for all things apple-related. In her apple-themed kitchen she&nbsp;can prepare a yummy apple pie for her lover. But as the course of true love inevitably fails to run smoothly, things do not go entirely to plan... [imgtoken data:1] Bedroom bring their signature inventiveness to bear upon a story of a stuttering relationship&nbsp;- visual vinyl skips that turn the camera upside down, mind states reflected through colour schemes, stopping the events completely.And Arlo Parks looks entirely at home in this playful environment. Looks like she had a lot of fun with this one.

Bedroom

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Kiran Mandla

George Thompson

Chris Malin

James Duffy

Daley Patterson

Hal Gillian

Calvin How

Stevie Squire

Lee Fairweather

Arlo Parks 'Too Good' by Bedroom

Arlo Parks - Too Good (Official Video)

Mathilde Homer arrives at a café to deliver a heartfelt mea culpa in Reuben Bastienne-Lewis's clever one-shot video for I'm Sorry.Demonstrating the subjectivity of time - and in particular the idea that hours can fly by when you're having 'make or break'&nbsp;conversations with loved ones - Bastienne-Lewis achieves a seamless transition from day to night and then back again, from the moment Mathilde takes her seat to address the important person in her life, represented by the camera.&nbsp;The singer-songwriter's&nbsp;affecting performance reflects the track - which speaks on the stages of wanting to open up and resolve but only being able to muster up an apology (or several) - and keeps the audience riveted.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Reuben Bastienne-Lewis

Katie Cooper

Black Eye Films

Ed Fairweather

Spencer Young

Joey Barlow

Alfred Thirolle

Ollie Pearson Pajtra

Kristof Szentgyorgyvary

Lara Jensen

Chloe Griffin

Takuya Uchiyama

Lucy Pearson

Dan Levy

Rascal Post

Michael Lewin

Mathilda Homer 'I'm Sorry' by Reuben Bastienne-Lewis

Mathilda-Homer-'I'm-Sorry-'-by-Reuben-Bastienne-lewis

British singer and producer&nbsp;Wesley Joseph self-directs the mesmerising video for his track Patience, with featured artist Jorja Smith as his co-star - in his first outing since signing to the directing roster at Stink Rising.As with his excellent self-directed videos for&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/03/24/wesley-joseph-thrilla-wesley-joseph/70135" target="_blank">Thrilla</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2021/05/21/wesley-joseph-ultramarine-wesley-joseph/71001" target="_blank">Ultramarine</a>,&nbsp;Joseph creates a visually striking world with a dreamlike quality, comprising of&nbsp;apparently disconnected&nbsp;scenes - teenagers united in grief, two young boys happy on their bikes, an outburst of violence, and so on - which gain meaning when taken as a whole.&nbsp;Wesley and Jorja witness these hyperreal, humanist&nbsp;scenes as they drive&nbsp;through their hometown in a white vintage Mercedes. And while distracted by the visions they see, they are involved in a&nbsp;head-on collision.[imgtoken data:1]In the aftermath of the wreck, both artists perform in the carnage of the accident, and then into a metaphorical 'heaven-like' space. The dramatic subnarratives that they saw earlier outside the car come to an emotive conclusion at the end.Joseph performs from within an expanse of flowers as if he is visiting his own graveside, while Jorja Smith arrives as a presence in the video as the mortally injured victim, hurled away from the flaming car.[imgtoken data:2]The video,&nbsp;shot over two days in&nbsp;Surrey, is redolent of Kendrick Lamar's videos, particularly the video for Element, and the work of David Lynch. It's&nbsp;the latest and most substantial work yet from the Birmingham-born musician, producer and filmmaker, who originally came to London&nbsp;in 2016 to study film, and then began making music, and is now proving to be successful in both fields.Joseph now joins the Stink Rising roster, and will be globally represented by the new talent division of Stink Films, the production company with offices around the world.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:3]“I’m really excited to be joining forces with the visionaries at Stink Films," he says. "This first collaboration with them was a game changer in terms of facilitation and pushing boundaries. I’m really appreciative to be in the company of like minded, eccentric creatives, and for having the opportunity to work on more progressive and ambitious projects together.”&nbsp;Hannah Bellil, Global Head, Stink Rising &amp; Music Video&nbsp;adds:&nbsp;“We’re so happy to have partnered&nbsp; with&nbsp;Wesley&nbsp;on his latest single and video&nbsp;for Patience. I’m delighted to welcome him into the fold and join the Rising family. Major talent and a really bright future ahead.”&nbsp;

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