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Cian Llewellyn directs a wistful&nbsp;promo for award-winning jazz artist Ian Shaw's love letter to Soho.Young Welsh director Llewellyn directs Shaw's performance of Greek Street Friday&nbsp;in Gerry's Bar, one of the area's best and original 'dens of iniquity', and in the surrounding streets, to&nbsp;capture the essence of old Soho and all of it's chance encounters.The song is a Shaw's tribute to Soho's basement bars, to love and to loss, and he becomes the unseen presence among the patrons of Gerry's, so that the scenario can be viewed as a nostalgic recollection of times past, or as present-day reality.As the lyrics play on the&nbsp;see-saw nature of this unique area of London, and a poignant celebration of times been and gone, Llewellyn crafts and evocative and affectionate&nbsp;showcase the artist and the song - all the more impressive as it was achieved on a minimal budget.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Phao May

Cian Llewellyn

John Letsinger

Peter Riches

David Stocks

Dean Gordon

Ben Cowan

Jim Bracher

The Post Arm

Jazz

Ian Shaw 'Greek Street Friday' by Cian Llewellyn

Ian-Shaw-'Greek-Street-Friday'-by-Cian-Llewellyn

Sahra Zadat directs an alluring&nbsp;promo for girl group FLO, with an upbeat performance piece among a fleet of gold sports cars.&nbsp;The video for Walk Like This&nbsp;places&nbsp;the group's performance front and centre, boasting a slick concept and plenty of standout visual moments.&nbsp;Confidently crafted, Zadat's eye for movement and performance is elevated by&nbsp;Jacob Erland's cinematography and a beautiful grade from Megan Lee at Electric Theatre Collective.&nbsp;A nostalgic vibe runs throughout the video paying homage to blockbuster promos of the Nineties and Noughties with a contemporary twist to reflect FLO's retro-influenced R&amp;B style.[imgtoken data:1]

Syd Harmony

Yasmin Williams

Sahra Zadat

Nathan M. Legger

Leethal Reppin

FRIEND

Marco Grey

Massimo Filippi

Jacob Erland

Manoela Chiabai

Nicole Hartley

Milo Beyts

Jack Meredith

Marcus Albertsen

Milo Brown

James Burns

Lisa Spencer

Tyron Sweeney

Electric Theatre Collective

The Artistbuilding

Robert Harold

FLO 'Walk Like This' by Sahra Zadat

FLO - Walk Like This

Lea Otovic directs a fun, campy music video for indie singer-songwriter Lonnie Gunn - starring some of the coolest, sexiest queer women and non-binary friends you’ve ever seen.The video for Jessie’s Pitbull includes a montage of character portraits, set against dreamy pastel studio setups with lots of&nbsp;art direction flair.&nbsp;A simple, bold concept executed with complete conviction, and a great performance showcase for Gunn.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

Martha Howe

Jack O'mullane

Mia Lacey

Lea Otovic

Liam Wallace-Cook

Blend Films

Simin Zeng

Hayley Grant

Elsa Cooper-williams

Gav Mukerji

Maxwell Whitaker

Ivana Raicevic

Freya Paxton

Indie

Singer-songwriter

Lonnie Gunn 'Jessie's Pitbull' by Lea Otovic

Lonnie-Gunn-'Jessie's-Pitbull'-by-Lea-Otovic

Future Islands follow the launch of their new album People Who Aren't There Anymore with a marvellous music video for The Thief directed by Ivana Bobic: a celebration of the process of creating a contemporary dance piece.Filmed at Sadlers Wells in London and featuring choreographer/dancer Ted Rogers and dancers&nbsp;Akti-Magdalini Konstantinou,&nbsp;Maren Fidje Bjørneseth and&nbsp;Anna Engerström, the film investigates the painstaking and enchanting journey from first steps of developing the choreography to increasingly intense&nbsp;rehearsal to actual show.&nbsp;It is an utterly inspirational viewing experience, particularly as&nbsp;Ivana Bobic binds the visuals and the track together by completely integrating the different phases of the creative process. Editor Geri Docherty&nbsp;matchcuts from Rogers' and the other dancers' rehearsals to the actual performance and the effect is euphoric.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As she explains, Bobic's creative starting point was the&nbsp;People Who Aren't There Anymore album cover, and she was given inspirational brief notes from the band.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"This was an amazing opportunity to make a dance dance video and lean into my love of movement and performance," she says. "The Thief is my favourite kind of pop track – the minor chord unrequited love song. It sounds epic and celebratory, but the lyrics are about loneliness and desire and that bittersweet tone is an interesting ambiguity to explore.&nbsp;"My idea was about breathing life into the album artwork – imagining it in motion and then making those characters flesh and blood.&nbsp;The band’s references were a total dream: avant-garde choreographer Martha Graham and the modernist sets of Isamu Noguchi. It really elevated the project to have such unashamedly nerdy, chic inspiration."There was also a lot of trust and understanding working with the band, management and everyone at 4AD and I’m really grateful for their support. And of course, as always, a lot of love and patience from Riff Raff. It’s the key to making exciting films.[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;<blockquote>We cast dancers who have experienced life and aren’t afraid to express it on screen.&nbsp;</blockquote>"I worked with choreographer Ted Rogers, my prolific ally and collaborator, to create very specific movements around the breath – the foundation of Graham’s work. For her everything was about contraction and release. So we based the choreography on this contrast."Balletic control and precision look so graceful but are incredibly gruelling on the body. So as the track goes on, we wanted to dismantle the perfection, pushing the dancers to extremes. We watch them unravel and free themselves. It’s as if the music changes them. We’re big believers in casting dancers who have experienced life and aren’t afraid to express it on screen.&nbsp;"I also wanted to convey the dancer’s off-screen moments: sweaty rehearsals, nerves and process. We see the transition from off-stage to performance&nbsp; – like we’re in Birdman or Cassavetes’ Opening Night.&nbsp;"A big part of visualising the album cover was the costumes. I worked with knitwear designer Céline Bouaziz (JW Anderson, Gucci) to create this moment – experimenting with fabric construction to make the loose, connected garment. It was a fun human puzzle to work out!&nbsp;[imgtoken data:3]&nbsp;"I wanted to shoot in Sadlers Wells and wouldn’t take no for an answer – it’s the home of contemporary dance in the UK and felt really significant. It made the whole film feel like a celebration of craft.&nbsp;"On this film I got to work with the amazing cinematographer Nanu Segal again – she is so intuitive with movement and narrative."It really came to life in the edit with Geri Docherty, seamlessly knitting together the on and off screen moments of performance to make something really captivating. Working with dance can be really intricate in the edit, so we put a lot of love into articulating the moves and making it shine."&nbsp;

United States

Ted Rogers

Akti - Magdalini Konstantinou

Maren Fidje Bjørneseth

Anna Engerström

Ivana Bobic

Ob Reprobates (us)

Ob42

Riff Raff Films

Casper Mills

Edward Heredia

Nanu Segal

Precious Mahaga

Max Burgess

Sam Johnson

Céline Bouaziz

Dasha Taivas

Geri Docherty

Richard Fearon

Black Kite Studios

4AD Records

Rock

Alternative

Future Islands 'The Thief' by Ivana Bobic

Future Islands - The Thief (Official Video)

Harv Frost directs an infectiously fun take on the Bard in this new promo for The Last Dinner Party.The video for&nbsp;Caesar On A TV Screen exudes a whimsical, theatrical energy, as the band stage&nbsp;Shakespeare's Julius Caesar with gusto and no little melodrama - with lead singer Abigail playing the vainglorious Caesar and her bandmates as the Roman politicos who (mini-spoiler)&nbsp;plot to assassinate him. &nbsp;&nbsp;Firmly tongue-in-cheek with a playful, handmade-feel throughout - it's more&nbsp;like a clever school production than a TV adaptation - it&nbsp;indulges the band's evident inclination towards the theatrical. And allows us to speculate on whether the roleplaying reflects how the bandmates really feel about Abigail...It also marks a confident solo directing outing for Harv Frost following her recent standout collaborations with Dora Paphides, with the previous TLDP video for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/10/13/last-dinner-party-my-lady-mercy-harv-frost-dora-paphides/83648" target="_blank">My Lady Of Mercy</a>, and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/11/17/chinchilla-cut-you-dora-paphides-harv-frost/84230" target="_blank">Chinchilla's Cut You Off</a>.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Théïa Maldoom

Rubina Marchiori

Harv Frost

Lily Roberts

Mouthpiece

Kode

Jonny Boomer

Natasha Duursma

Nathan Killham

Anita Okpongete

Eno Enefiok

Jonny Lewis

Ernie Griffith

Murdo Hepburn

Hannah Godley

Grace Ellington

Geri Doherty

Tim Smith

No.8

Kodak

Digital Orchard

The Last Dinner Party 'Caesar On A TV Screen' by Harv Frost

The Last Dinner Party - Caesar on a TV Screen

Architects' co-founder and drummer takes up video directing duties once again for the band, with a riotous promo for Seeing Red.&nbsp;In an abyss-like studio environment, we see the band perform under coruscating strobes, captured in frantic whip-pans and creative slow-shutter camerawork.&nbsp;Keeping the focus purely on performance, the video oozes a feverish&nbsp;energy, that is unrelenting right until the final frame.&nbsp;

Esther Flatters

Dan Searle

Jamie Whymark

Simon Ingram

Ilya Maksymenko

Sam Barnham

Tommy Maccahon

James Smith

Jack Ainsworth

Haelwyn Adams

Jonny Tully

CHEAT

Architects 'Seeing Red' by Dan Searle 

Architects - "Seeing Red"

Actor Tej Obano gets caught in a groove, in Ed Rigg's absorbing&nbsp;promo for Common Goldfish.&nbsp;After watching a video from the early 90's&nbsp;on YouTube, the character runs around the city in an uplifting montage of dance, bouncing around the streets before eventually finding a venue of his own to let loose.&nbsp;Paying homage to late 80's / early 90's rave culture in London, the video is shot in a lo-fi, VHS style by DoP Murren Tullett&nbsp;bringing a sense of dreamy nostalgia to the visual.&nbsp;

Thabo Xabanisa

Kayo Anifowose

Ed Rigg

Jonty Lovell

Murren Tullett

Tej Obano

Common Goldfish 'Tottenham Ritzy' by Ed Rigg

Common-Goldfish-'Tottenham-Ritzy-'-by-Ed-Rigg

Samuel Douek directs a glossy spectacle for&nbsp;rising pop sensation Talia Mar for her Noughties-inspired banger Bored.&nbsp;With Talia delivering her performance among a team of male dancers,&nbsp;Douek's eye for contemporary, edgy pop visuals is evident across every frame of the video.“Bored has that 2000’s pop feel that I’ve really wanted to bring back for a while," Talia has said.&nbsp;"I grew up listening to the Britney’s and Christina’s and I just fell in love with that era of music. I think we really captured those big synths and crazy beats that were so iconic back then.”&nbsp;That homage to the Noughties is reflected in the Douek-directed video.&nbsp;With flawless choreography, dynamic camerawork and&nbsp;slick art direction, Noughties pop video nostalgia is balanced&nbsp;by a concept that is tight and encapsulated in one studio location.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

Jess Jones

Ollie Ireland

Zack Tate

Samuel Douek

Rosie Ford

Jack Hartley

Alexa Haywood at Free Agent UK

CAMP Productions

Kat Cattaneo

Alex Watson

Benjamin Leggett

Francesca Woods

Alexa Haywood

Fin Mulligan

Shania Yazmin

Billie Hallows

James Wilkinson

Charlie Travers

Claudimar Neto

Emma Tierney

Abigail Turner

Juliette Wileman

Absolute Post

Overclockin Studios

Ivi Guyet

Sony Music

Talia Mar 'Bored' by Samuel Douek

Talia-Mar-'Bored'-by-Samuel-Douek

Following the hyper-stylised promo for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/10/04/rebecca-phillips-teriyaki-rebecca-phillips/83512">Teriyaki,&nbsp;</a>Rebecca Phillips returns with another self-directed promo, this time for Quicksand.&nbsp;The haunting visual is set in a secretive industrial location, a liminal space in which nightmares and reality collide to create an otherworldly fever dream.&nbsp;With trippy effects and an enthralling performance, the video fits perfectly within Phillips' avant garde videography, and brings to life the preternatural soundscapes in the track.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"Quicksand gives voice to the experience of being utterly subsumed in a passionate entanglement, to the point where it almost feels like your skin is being ripped off with the intensity of the attraction, connection and the physical act," Phillips explains."It explores the simultaneous feelings of physical power and energy that can stem from passion while acknowledging the unsettling and intoxicating paradox that what makes you feel more alive is never something you can control and may lead to your downfall."The video exists in an endlessly unfolding liminal space replete with 'white gloved walkers' and a melting outfit that disintegrates, creating the impression that the character is almost drowning in her own desire."&nbsp;

Rebecca Phillips

Melissa Schwarz

Carlos Garcia Buenaventura

Edward St Paul

Floss Jordan

Catherine Hauret

Francis Qureshi

Wild Island Films

Rebecca Phillips 'Quicksand' by Rebecca Phillips

Rebecca Phillips - Quicksand (Official Video)

New KODE signings Harv Frost and Dora Paphides join forces to direct the impressive promo for The Last Dinner Party's My Lady Of Mercy.&nbsp;Opening with heavenly monochromatic scenes that&nbsp;feel almost daydream-esque, the video develops into a high-energy hallucination, full of theatrical performance and high contrast lighting.&nbsp;The vintage aesthetic works perfectly with the idea and the band's distinctive visual style and energy,&nbsp;transcending&nbsp;the studio setting to reach boundless heights, interweaving abstract narrative vignettes and religious iconography into the concept.Definitely TLDP's most stylish and passionate video to date, it's an impressive collab by Frost and Paphides that's designed to get the heart racing.&nbsp;

Agnese Picchio

Francesca Kloof

Dora Paphides

Christopher Broomfield

Amy Coop

Alex Bojic

Callum Reeves

Macy Trieu-Dingle

Natalia Alves

Ruby Yu

Andi Chu

Ikki Dhesi

The Last Dinner Party 'My Lady Of Mercy' by Harv Frost, Dora Paphides

The Last Dinner Party - My Lady of Mercy

Rebecca Phillips self-directs the hyperstylised promo for Teriyaki - a&nbsp;a hypnotic trip through the artist's mind.Showcasing a deliciously surreal aesthetic and eccentric performance vignettes, the video is&nbsp;a bold vision and an absolutely captivating watch. And a&nbsp;great introduction to anyone who might be new to Phillips' art.[imgtoken data:1]"The video utilises intrusive zoom and fisheye-lenses oscillating between an eye watering, almost sickly, primary colour palette and a stark monochrome in a surrealistic white throat," explains Phillips of the concept."Pleasure vies with pain and the woman becomes increasingly frantic as she is fed slabs of raw meat,&nbsp;in a claustrophobic, voyeuristic spectacle."&nbsp;