Production Company

Riff Raff Films

Riff Raff Films have announced the signing of London-based writer and director Holly Hunter to their Nursery of Evil roster.Hunter is known for creating bold visual worlds&nbsp;in her films, which are fast, playful and obsessively crafted. Her work in music videos includes a spoof Christmas single, starring Holly Hunter herself: the hilarious&nbsp;<a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/12/17/holly-hunter-ho-ho-ho-christmas-number-one-holly-hunter/89464" target="_blank">Ho Ho Ho (Christmas Number One)</a>, shot in her village hall, was released last year.Formerly an art director at&nbsp;Wieden+Kennedy, working on award-winning campaigns for Nike, TK Maxx, Lurpak, Sainsbury’s and Sprite before moving into directing, Hunter's debut short&nbsp;Banana Boat, selected for funding by Yarns Film Festival from thousands of submissions. It then won&nbsp;Best Honorary Film at the Yarns screening at the Prince Charles Cinema. Her&nbsp;follow-up,&nbsp;Crunch, a guerrilla-style short inspired by her misophonia, premiered on It’s Nice That.&nbsp;A multi-disciplinary&nbsp;creator, Hunter has written and performed at the Edinburgh Fringe, made stop-motion animation, sold her own cartoon artwork and even made BBC News for sketching Sir Richard Branson as a pigeon.&nbsp;Her distinctive filmmaking is rooted in the belief that if you treat everyone like a character, the world becomes more magical.On joining the Nursery of Evil - the rising talent roster at Riff Raff -&nbsp;Hunter says: "I love what Riff Raff stands for and I can’t wait to bring the fizz and chaos of a shaken&nbsp;can of pop to the squad. It already feels like home, the kind of place you can wander around in your undies and&nbsp;know you belong."And&nbsp;Ho Ho Ho (Christmas Number One) returns this December, “to keep Mariah on her toes”.• Watch Holly Hunter's showreel at Riff Raff Films <a href="https://mobile.riffrafffilms.tv/uk/holly-hunter" target="_blank">here</a>&nbsp;

Holly Hunter

Riff Raff welcomes Holly Hunter

Following the fierce polemic of <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2025/07/09/kneecap-ft-mozey-recap-finn-keenan/91773" target="_blank">The Recap</a>, Finn Keenan reunites with Kneecap for their collaboration with Orbital's Paul Hartnoll - and presents the brilliant Jamie-Lee O'Donnell as the office drone unable to get raving out of her head.With the usual intensity of Kneecap ramped up even further by&nbsp;Hartnoll's beats, in the Sayōnara video Jamie-Lee is disturbed&nbsp;from&nbsp;her office duties by visions of uninhibited nights in clubland - episodes&nbsp;that are increasingly blurring into reality. She's just about keeping it together - even as she starts seeing&nbsp;her suspicious work colleagues in fetishwear.Until it all kicks off: suddenly Jamie-Lee is driving around Belfast in the Kneecap-pimped&nbsp;Land Rover, and finally streams of light from her eyes and mouth - surely a reference to the iconic Kneecap balaclava.&nbsp;This off-the wall comic narrative really works with the track, Jamie-Lee O'Donnell is great, and as with all things Kneecap, the comedy of the raver's existence&nbsp;comes with some serious intent.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"The intensity and ominous tone of Sayōnara reminded me of both the best nights out and the brutal days that followed - that’s what sparked the idea," says Finn Keenan.&nbsp;"But I wanted to turn a typical dance video on its head and focus on the aftermath and how the chemicals in your body change as the week progresses. I wanted to capture the visceral intensity of paranoia and intrusive thoughts. Somehow, that 'never again'&nbsp;anxiety of Monday slowly shifts by Friday into a 'Weekend is here. Monday will never happen again!'&nbsp;optimism.Keenan adds that he and the band also&nbsp;wanted to nod to Belfast’s rave history. "In the 90s,&nbsp;raves weren’t just parties, they were acts of resistance, dangerous but vital spaces where Catholics and Protestants came to be together and dance," he explains.&nbsp;"That spirit is what fuels the scene of Jamie Lee driving the pimped-up Kneecap Land Rover across the city - a kind of rave pied piper, spreading the idea that art, music, and creativity can break down the metaphorical walls which are often stronger than the physical ones. Pent-up anger and frustration are released through dance instead of turning into hate."Which is what the ludicrous end of the video is about. I wanted this end scene to be feral! Working with Jamie Lee made this possible. She’s one of the most open, vulnerable and fun people i’ve ever met. Working with her was incredible."We didn't have a choreographer so for the end dance we’d have a chat before each take and then she channeled her own stories and emotions into the performances, each one completely different than the last and each one genuinely left the crew speechless. It was an incredible thing to witness. She’s a powerhouse!"Massive thanks to RiffRaff for their support and to all the incredible cast and crew who created such a lovely vibe on set that meant everyone was comfortable doing some of the most bizarre stuff i’ve had to ask people to do on camera. And of course thank you once again to Kneecap for trusting me with this absolute pile of weird!"

United Kingdom

Noelle Slacked

Jamie McCubbin

Finn Keenan

Olwyn Fagan

Hands 

Padraig Conaty

Eoin Mcgloughlin

Natalie Arnett

Darren Fee

Mark Ferris

Matt Booth

Timmy White

Sharon Watson

Karen Hassan

Ed Jazeera

Black Kite Studios

Ciaran Mcphisto

Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

Heavenly Recordings

Richard Fearon

Hip Hop

Dance

Electronic

Kneecap & Paul Hartnoll 'Sayōnara' by Finn Keenan

Kneecap-Feat.-Paul-Hartnoll-'Sayōnara'-by-Finn-Keenan

It's been a tumultuous period for Irish rappers Kneecap - under intense political pressure and immense media scrutiny, gigs cancelled and their appearance at&nbsp;Glastonbury under threat. And now here is a statement - in both the track and the powerful visual by Finn Keenan - about their defiance and resolve.&nbsp;It all came together very quickly, in the days following that blistering performance at Glastonbury, but Keenan's extraordinary visualisation of The Recap - documentary combined with impish animations, political polemic and celebration of their unshakeable support for Palestine -&nbsp;may be the most significant thing that Kneecap have done. And that includes their amazing movie.&nbsp;This is an intense experience, and certainly one primarily for their fervent supporters. But as with Kneecap, as well as the political message there is humour - and also a shoutout to Helen Wilson, the lady in the crowd at Glastonbury who livestreamed the performance to the world.&nbsp;Finn Keenan has commented: “It took a lot of Incredibly talented and passionate people to come together to make this video in just over a week. I can’t believe the trust and support we got from Kneecap and their team. A once in a lifetime kind of job. So grateful to each and every one of yiz. More Blacks, More Dogs, More Irish, Mo Chara. X” &nbsp;

Ciarán O Rourke

Ed Fay

Jonathan Box

Tamara Mennell

Heavenly

Kneecap ft Mozey 'The Recap' by Finn Keenan

KNEECAP feat MOZEY - THE RECAP (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

A bold, sensual chapter from Amaarae’s Accra-set visual series brought to life by Omar Jones.In the video for the Ghanian-American singer's track S.M.O,&nbsp;Jones crafts a world that celebrates strength and femininity through intimate, slow-burning visuals: a wax buffer on skin, sculpted bodies flexing in the sun, and a lone dancer commanding an open-air gym.Blending high fashion with grounded grit, the director turns S.M.O into a hypnotic portrait of power, pleasure, and control.

Douglas Baiden

Ola Ebiti

Omar Jones

David Wept

Briana Trujillo

Tiffany Suh

Ibrahim Yakubu

Jackson Hunt

Precious Mahaga

Dzifa Gbordzi

Mclord Ice Impraim

Gary McClamrock

Ivy Kotey

Nneoma

Troy Charbonnet

Justin T. West

Mikey Pehanich

Alexandra Lubrano

Interscope Records

Jenna Marsh

Amaarae 'S.M.O' by Omar Jones

Amaarae-'S.m.o'-by-Omar-Jones

Niall Trask teams up once again with indie music's oddest character Jim E. Brown for their most extraordinary collaboration yet - an AI-enhanced reworking of Batman Forever.It's the video for the self-styled Mancunian miserablist's idiosyncratic take on Seal's Kiss From A Rose,&nbsp;which appeared on the 1992 movie's&nbsp;soundtrack. That's the jumping-off point for a striking&nbsp;visual collision of two worlds, as Brown becomes a Dark Knight in his own image, within a distorted version of the original&nbsp;movie.It's weird, funny, and eerily effective - with some quite remarkable images of Brown as the lager-swilling Caped Crusader (and several other characters).&nbsp;Although listening to Brown's pub singer version of the song is a something of an acquired taste. Not sure if Seal will enjoy it so much."The video imagines a Batman universe in which there is less physical movement and more drinking of beer and consuming of fish and chips and pints of beer at pub," says Jim E. Brown.&nbsp;"We filmed the video on the banks of the Thames in London where I saw several nitrous oxide tanks washed ashore. Filming videos is rather laborious and I wanted very much to imbibe nitrous whilst shooting, but the tanks were empty. Once we finished shooting, I did get ahold of some nitrous and beer and got properly pissed and passed out."

Jai Durban

Niall Trask

Jim E Brown

Ali King

Archie Muller

Ben Foat

Dan Levy

Rascal Post

Jim E. Brown 'Kiss From A Rose' by Niall Trask

Jim E. Brown - Kiss From a Rose

Piers Dennis directs a different kind of performance video from the returning rock outfit Biffy Clyro,&nbsp;drawing&nbsp;an unusual level of commitment from the three bandmembers, who&nbsp;push themselves,&nbsp;physically and emotionally, through a series of endurance-based&nbsp; exercises.Continuing on the razor-sharp theatrics of his work with Self-Esteem, Dennis&nbsp;pushes the band to explore ideas of connection and support through boisterous, thrilling and even potentially dangerous physical tasks that a rawly captured in a stark, minimalist space.The difficulty and bravery on show - as the band explore tension, release&nbsp;and reconciliation - embodies the song’s themes of conflict, growth&nbsp;and hard-won love.&nbsp;

Alex Blowers

Robbie Canale

Piers Dennis

Zoe Gunn

Jen Ivory

Francesca Costa

Kian Altmann

Adam Singodia

Joe Mulvihill

Omar Ragab

Jess Averbeck

Tilda Bonham Carter

Fingal Green

Andre Rodrigues

Okay Studio

Parlophone

Lucy Thomas

Rock

Biffy Clyro 'A Little Love' by Piers Dennis

Biffy-Clyro-'A-Little-Love'-by-Piers-Dennis

As her album&nbsp;A Complicated Woman is released, Self Esteem's latest collaboration with Piers Dennis is a showcase for the singer's unique charisma and sense of drama - a powerful curtain call for the new LP.Opening on the iconic frame from the&nbsp;album artwork, featuring the artist in Handmaid's Tale-style costume,&nbsp;the video unfolds in a single, hypnotic take. Bathed in spotlight, Rebecca Lucy Taylor (aka Self Esteem) delivers a raw, full-sync performance, part battle cry, part performance art.[imgtoken data:1]As the camera slowly zooms out, the illusion dissolves and the artifice is revealed: lights, scaffolding, action. And then, finally,&nbsp;there's Rebecca's exit. That's&nbsp;as flawlessly devastating as everything that has preceded it."Rebecca and I have worked together for over 10 years now and The Deep Blue Okay shoot somehow felt like the pinnacle of our collaborations, like all the conversations we’d ever had led there," says Piers Dennis."That sounds cringingly pretentious for a music video, but this feels like a deeply personal piece of work, and making it had the rare feeling of everything clicking into place."

Kitty Wordsworth

Caitlin Ricaud

Phoebe Shakespeare

Alex Mullins

Byron London

Scarlett Carlos Clarke

Joanna Szyczewska

Polydor

Alternative

Self Esteem 'Deep Blue Okay' by Piers Dennis

Self Esteem - The Deep Blue Okay (Official Video)

A support group becomes shared catharsis in&nbsp;Piers Dennis' latest entertaining excursion with Rebecca Lucy Taylor, aka&nbsp;Self Esteem.&nbsp;The video for 69 opens in a community&nbsp;setting, where Rebecca sits in a circle of women, delivering the song’s verse with characteristic intensity (and yes, it's all about sex)&nbsp;as the group nods along in understanding, and then begin to be visibly moved. Then it transforms into a hypnotic, almost ritualistic display, blurring the line between personal release and shared experience.[imgtoken data:1]Rebecca played Sally Bowles in the acclaimed production of Cabaret&nbsp;in the West End last year and Dennis's latest Self Esteem video - following previous excellent collaborations on the likes of <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2023/01/09/self-esteem-345-piers-dennis/79875" target="_blank">The 345</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2024/06/25/self-esteem-ft-moonchild-sanelly-big-man-piers-dennis/87034" target="_blank">Big Man</a> - has tapped into that aesthetic , with a witty, increasingly torrid song-and-dance number that could have been adapted from a grown-up Cabaret-like&nbsp;stage show.&nbsp;Building from naturalistic cinematography to an eruption of vibrant red lighting, the edit builds to a frantic climax where the characters purge all the bad vibes with breathtaking choreography. And its simply a great vehicle for the talents of Rebecca Lucy Taylor: her charisma burns through the screen.&nbsp;

Katie South

Rowan Macintosh King

Joanna Asia Szyczewska

Kiann Altman

Maddy Williams

Dan Huntley

Ollie Pearson

Stuart Roger

Lauren Bell

Richard Fearson

Polydor Uk

Indie

Self Esteem '69' by Piers Dennis

Self Esteem - 69 (Official Video)

Prepare to be conflicted - and knocked sideways -&nbsp;by Niall Trask's remarkable video for&nbsp;Alabaster Deplume, where&nbsp;surreal black comedy meets realistic heartbreaking drama.The video for the jazz musician, composer, poet and activist's song Invincibility is an&nbsp;audacious blurring of filmmaking conventions, where a powerful narrative about a sombre event involving&nbsp;a seriously injured dog, is subverted by the bizarre, dreamlike&nbsp;device of having the dog's head replaced by&nbsp;Alabaster Deplume's.&nbsp;He performs the song that echoes the sorrow and trauma of a mother and daughter as rush their beloved pet to the vet, and endure the inevitable end. That's sensitively but unflinchingly dramatised by Trask - while there are also flashbacks to happier times, with shots of Alabaster (aka Angus Fairbairn) as the erstwhile carefree dog. Which is both funny and also underlines the heartbreak, the onset of grief.It's audacious storytelling - and so sad it could justify a mental health warning. Particularly for dog lovers.[imgtoken data:1]"Alabaster was one of the first people I met when I moved down to London, a collaboration has been a longtime coming," says Trask. "He gave me total freedom to write on one of three tracks and I returned his trust by choosing to euthanise him to the score of Invincibility."On a personal level, there has been a fair share of tragedy in recent years and finding the absurdity/humour in it all, is always my go-to remedy. The treatment was ambitious and I’m grateful to everyone who helped bring this to life. Or put it to sleep should I say."

Harry Chapman

Ginny Kerr

Taise Kerr

Marnie Perkins

Milo Beyts

Andy Cole

Adric Watson

Rose Lucas

Dimi Vakrilov

Hebe Wallace

Eden Read

The Assembly Rooms

Ryan Hancocks

Magic Numbers

Fasa Oyibo

Jazz

Alabaster Deplume 'Invincibility' by Niall Trask

Alabaster-Deplume-'Invincibility'-by-Niall-Trask

A press conference kicks off into a riot of self-expression&nbsp;in Fa &amp; Fon's supercharged&nbsp;visual for Greek pop star Marina Satti.&nbsp;Mirroring the artist's unique fusion of tradition and modernity, the sister-directors'&nbsp;video for&nbsp;Epano Sto Trapezi (On The Table)&nbsp;is a visually stunning journey, as Marina shakes things up&nbsp;with an escalating range of confrontational and sexy moves.[imgtoken data:1]Marina climbs onto the table to taunt the media pack with provocative dance moves, and the directors propel the action with a breakneck pace, interweaving lo-fi cutaways and paintings of sheep, highlighting the anti-establishment message.&nbsp;Marina Satti’s magnetic presence shines as she leads dynamic dance sequences, blending storytelling with her vibrant cultural roots. And it builds to a&nbsp;controversial ending of symbolic imagery, Fa &amp; Fon contrasting Marina's pole dance&nbsp;with the press pack's&nbsp;blood-covered faces.Fasten your seatbelts...

Greece

Stavros Liokalos

Amanda Jenkins

Alex Carswell

Georgia Tal

Fa & Fon

Billy King

Giannis Nelson Eskioglou

Ailsa Aikoa

Constastinos Koukoulis

Maya Tsamprou

Vassils Chraratzoglou

Vaggelis Kasapakis

Eleni Lola

Liliana Aslanidou

Erini Damiandiou

Chrysanthos Smirneos

Christos Mazourek

Pawel Achtelik

Avenues

Andi Chu

Electric Theatre Collective

Cameron Mccormick

Minos Emi

Nomad Productions

Marina Satti 'Epano Sto Trapezi (On The Table)' by Fa & Fon

Marina-Satti-'Epano-Sto-Trapezi-(on-The-Table)'-by-Fa-&-Fon

Hannah Bon reflects upon human masculinity and its canine equivalent&nbsp;with intensity and dry&nbsp;humour in her video for LA-based indie-rock musician Sabrina Mae Teitelbaum, aka Blondshell.&nbsp;&nbsp;From her performance of the song T&amp;A in a&nbsp;motel room, Sabrina radiates a juxtaposition of strength and vulnerability, following on with parallel sequences of man and dog to&nbsp;highlight the hidden softness and overt aggression in both.&nbsp;Bon explores empathy, duality, and deep human&nbsp;connection through this video - beautifully shot by DoP Guido Raimondo - with&nbsp;memorable results.[imgtoken data:1]"When I started thinking about how to approach T&amp;A, I knew I wanted it to feel this fleeting moment and not be something strictly narrative - more like a memory Sabrina was having paired with vulnerable portraits of the men," explains Bon, who drew a powerful performance from Teitelbaum to act as a counterweight to the portrait element.&nbsp;"Sabrina had a commanding, statuesque presence on camera that completely captivated me," she says. "It was a real pleasure collaborating with her. The atmosphere on set was unexpectedly intimate, with the talent giving their all, and the day coming together so smoothly.[imgtoken data:2]"A huge thanks to our producer, Farah Idrees, for working so hard although she was super sick, and to the incredible 1st AD Cami Contreras, for always keeping me sane and assured. Also, massively thankful for our DP, Guido Raimondo, who is a true talent and a master at subtlety. Cheers to our editor Marcelo Vogelaar, who was always so fun to Zoom edit with and brought fresh eyes to the concept and our lovely colorist Kaitlyn Battistelli, for making it look extra stunning."Finally a heartfelt thank you to the wholesome and hardworking crew, the sensational cast and the adorable pups, and my new production company fam Riff Raff Films for making this all come together."

United States

Hannah Bon

Farah Idrees

Romy Jo Waller

Matthew Clyde

Samira Escobar

Camilha Contreras

Guido Raimondo

Sai Aung Tun

Jasper Harris

Zach Domingo

Miraida Gutierrez-Colon

Dora Jean Palmer

Marcelo Vogelaar

Kaitlyn Battistelli

Annie Lavie

Alex Romanenko

Vicky Garcia

Blondshell 'T&A' by Hannah Bon

Blondshell - T&A (Official Music Video)

Ed Morris directs a haunting promo for&nbsp;Everything Is Recorded, featuring&nbsp;Mary In The Junkyard's Clari Freeman-Taylor.The video for Swamp Dream #3 transports viewers to a desolate, otherworldly landscape where the line between music and emotion blurs. The video follows a stoic figure - vocalist Clari Freeman-Taylor - trudging through a muddy dirt track in the middle of a vast, barren field, carrying a small 1980s television.On the TV screen, a vibrant, expressive version of Clari’s face sings, juxtaposing her impassive expression as she presses forward. Connected to a long extension cable, the TV mirrors the tension in the track as the cord stretches to its breaking point.The textural, abstract aesthetic has hints of expressionism and experimental cinema, which creates an anachronistic, pensive atmosphere. Freeman-Taylor's performance is suitably stoic, and the inclusion of two versions of her - the TV and 'real life' ones - adds an intriguing visual hook.&nbsp;Lovely work.&nbsp;