Pulse Films

Executive Producer

Rik Green

James Blake's surprising switch back to his dance music roots&nbsp;heralds the very welcome return to music videos by Oscar Hudson, fully exploiting&nbsp;Blake's new direction with a brilliantly nihilistic, sexy, beautifully made live action cartoon for Big Hammer.Hudson's video follows the exploits of a stylish, devil-may-care criminal gang, as they crash their car into various buildings during an ongoing crime spree - or simply to have a spot of lunch - mainly from the perspective of the dash-cam, which eventually assumes a life of its own.As with quite a few of the standout videos this year, it comes with a vague aura of nostalgia attached. it would certainly have been a great watch on old school MTV. And definitely to be enjoyed, for full explosive and comic effect,&nbsp;on the biggest screen you can find.As becoming a former Best Director winner at the UKMVAs (twice), it's probably one of the videos of the year so far.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;

United Kingdom

Oscar Hudson

Archie Johnston Stewart

Crowns & Owls

Nnena Nwakodo

Davud Karbassioun

James Sorton

Icon Films

Ruben Woodin Dechamps

Maria Vassileva

Philip Penev

Silviya Markova

Fouad Gaber

Trim Editing

Alex Gregory

Jim Allen

No.8

Georgi Dimitrov

750MPH

Jake Ashwell

Dance

James Blake 'Big Hammer' by Oscar Hudson

James Blake - Big Hammer (Official Video)

Kasper Häggström's channels some 20th century greats - Franz Kafka,&nbsp;Samuel Beckett, Tony Hancock -&nbsp;in a masterclass of comic absurdity and stark relatability for Squid, graced by a wonderful performance by Charlotte Ritchie.To explain the storyline of the&nbsp;video for The Blades could be regarded as an unnecessary spoiler. But suffice to say that a&nbsp;credible conceit - when a boy unspools hundreds of tickets from a waiting room ticket dispenser and departs the scene with them in his backpack - is the jumping off point for a brilliant, entirely unspoken performance from Ritchie, caught in the Kafka-eque twisted logic of the institution in which she enters.As well as Häggström's superb direction of the actors - Tamsin Heatley is also marvellous&nbsp;as an indomitable&nbsp;bureaucrat&nbsp;- and deadpan visual comedy, the viewer is also challenged&nbsp;to find something darker lurking underneath. What is it about the entrance/exit&nbsp;to the building that keeps drawing Ritchie's and the camera's eye?&nbsp;And once she leaves her purgatory, is this the same world as before she went in?Kasper Häggström at his brilliant best. Indeed,&nbsp;even with the great work for Kelly Lee Owens, Radiohead and others, this actually may be his very best video.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Chloe Brady

Ilenka Jelowicki

Rebekka Helene Rognoy

Eli Sandal

Kasper Häggström

Hattie Jackson

Carrie Sutton

Epoch Films

Matt Bohun

Megan Campbell

Nahal Ashrafi

Rose Esme Lucas

Mark Gee

Callum Reeves

Louisa Thomas

Anusha Solanki

Patrick Larsgaard

Bacon OSL

Didrik Bråthen

Tmls

Charlotte Ritchie

Warp Records

Tamsin Heatley

James Blann

Alternative

Squid 'The Blades' by Kasper Häggström

Squid-'The-Blades'-by-Kasper-Häggström

A robot vacuum cleaner goes walkabout in search of connection, in Aube Perrie's second video for Harry Styles.&nbsp;The video for Satellite is Perrie's follow-up to <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2022/10/31/harry-styles-music-sushi-restaurant-aube-perrie/79016" target="_blank">Music For A Sushi Restaurant</a>, where Harry played a captured Merman.&nbsp;This time, he hands over the spotlight, even as he is performing to thousands of&nbsp;fans on his current arena tour.&nbsp;Backstage, when a news report of the Mars Curiosity Rover appears on TV,&nbsp;the robot vacuum stops its routine business to take notice, and then takes on a life of its own.Soon we are with the little robot as it makes its determined way, out of the arena (we briefly see Harry out on stage) and into the big city, across dangerous highways, and into the surrounding country - just to get closer to that equally solitary robot on the TV. And he ends up, stargazing with none other than Mr Styles...&nbsp;This is a riveting fantasy of a quite a different type to the Sushi Restaurant video&nbsp;- warm-hearted, poignant, and probably influenced by&nbsp;several Pixar movies, including all the Toy Storys and, of course, the incredible Wall-E. But the fact is, it also looks like it was done mostly in-camera.&nbsp;Perrie gives it a beautiful visual aesthetic - and an irreverent twist -&nbsp;that sets this, and him apart from the crowd.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;[imgtoken data:2]

United States

Patience Harding

Sydney Levy

Aube Perrie

Bryan Younce

Francesco Rizzo

Mathias Pieralta

Christopher Ripley

Josh Montes

Sean Hunt

Nathone Giordano

Matt Planer

Bradley Wilder

Malina Burdette

Jerry Sun

Gwen Ghelid

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Hands 

Harry Styles 'Satellite' by Aube Perrie

Harry-Styles-'Satellite'-by-Aube-Perrie

Aube Perrie directs a bloody, frenetic fever dream for The Hives' comeback - their first release in eleven years.&nbsp;When a lone dogwalker uncovers an old tape cassette - with the title handwritten in blood - it sets off a series of events that are explosive, surreal and very, very gory...&nbsp;Wearing its&nbsp;horror influences on its sleeve, Perrie goes full-throttle with&nbsp;the madness, paying homage to The Evil Dead, zombie flicks and the Swedish horror scene in a riotous four minutes of blood-drenched fun.&nbsp;This is the way to do a comeback, and by&nbsp;having such a rip-roaring concept deftly executed,&nbsp;may well have gifted The Hives with their best music video to date - no mean feat.&nbsp;Viewer discretion is advised.🔞🩸[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]&nbsp;

Sweden

Angelica Nyman

Olivia Ray

My Ek

Josephine Strindberg

Pulse UK

Daniel Svanberg

Joel Hördegård

Fredrik Johansson

Mattias Färnstand

Patrizia Gutensparr

Nicolas Gautier

Pineapple_vfx

Rock

The Hives 'Bogus Operandi' by Aube Perrie

The-Hives-'Bogus-Operandi-'-by-Aube-Perrie

Our lives as humans play out on a massive, interwoven scale, in&nbsp;Yoonha Park's promo for Squid.&nbsp;The video for&nbsp;Swing (In a Dream) opens in an indoor sports court, where two men are playing basketball. A member of staff repaints the lines on the court whilst this happens, and a man walks across the court, seemingly disconnected from each other. This is where things really ramp up.&nbsp;An influx of people doing all kinds of activities - from the expected, e.g. walking around, to the unexpected, e.g. trying to swim - suddenly spills over into the court, and it's as if the controlled chaos of everyday life has been packed into this sports hall.&nbsp;It's truly mesmerising, frantic and slightly nervewracking, and the choreography of the whole thing must have been a huge challenge. It is, however, pulled off magically, with brilliant visual effects and an overwhelming sense of the uncanny, perfectly blending the real world and those in dreams.&nbsp;This is what it is to be a human - messy, fun and very much disorientating.&nbsp;

Yoonha Park

Claes Nordwall

Alex Gallitano

Benny Casey

Jadzia Scott

Robert Stanton

Wolf Wasserman

Cosmin Nestor

Sam Brewster

Callum Duffy

Kayla Dixon

Gabríel Bachmann

Na Thirakomen

Indie

Squid 'Swing (In a Dream)' by Yoonha Park

Squid - Swing (In a Dream) (Official Video)

In a triumph of creativity and prosthetics, Aube Perrie transforms Harry Styles into a Merman - a singing one, of course. But will this prevent Harry from ending up as sushi?In Perrie's richly entertaining video for&nbsp;Music For A Sushi Restaurant, Harry the Fish is the prize catch of an unsalubrious local seafood place, Gill's Lounge. When Harry realises his likely fate and breaks into song -&nbsp;revealing his extraordinary voice - the owner&nbsp;envisages a bright future&nbsp;of fine dining and exotic cabaret. You only have to see how Harry's feather boa works with his fish tail.[imgtoken data:1]And all Harry he needs to do is keep that wonderful voice going..."The richness and magical energy this amazing song comes with was an&nbsp;absolute delight to work around," says Perrie, who shot the video in Brooklyn.&nbsp;"Also our crew, everyone involved…there was such a fabulous energy on set. And maybe it isn’t so surprising. Cause breaking news: Harry is magical to work with. And so is his team. How they will champion and support ideas is something I’m extremely grateful for."

Lindsey Hartman

Josh Sondock

Omar Nasr

Abbey Hansen

Donna Imbarrato

Kyle Fasanella

Keve Huggins

Dwane Harris

Mithin Thomas

Nick Wiesner

Justin Mulroy

Zuleika Acosta

Ashley Di Sarro

Toby Aldridge

Tom Mangham

Jade Denne

Black Kite Studios

Molly Hawkins

Harry Lambert

Dotti

Matt Mullhall

Chelsea Delfino

Harry Styles 'Music For A Sushi Restaurant' by Aube Perrie

Harry-Styles-'Music-For-A-Sushi-Restaurant'-by-Aube-Perrie

KLVDR's 11 minute epic for Stormzy's big return with Mel Made Me Do It is remarkable in a number of ways, and not least of course due to the star quality and sheer number of the cameo&nbsp;appearances. And yes, that does include the Special One...More to the point is the ambition of the piece. Fom the chatshow hosted by Jonathan Ross and ZeZe Mills, with Stormz sharing the sofa with Louis Theroux and Dina Asher-Smith - watched by Usain Bolt, at his home in Jamaica -&nbsp;to performance elements in the studio and the meeting with Jose Mourihno, to the momentous final chapter bringing a couple of generations of Black British talent together that includes a tribute to the late Jamal Edwards.At that point, Stormzy hands over duties to provide the spoken-word piece called Greatness - written by Wretch 32 and read by Michaela Cole. It's a&nbsp;quietly powerful climax of an impressive and entertaining production - this was a five day shoot,&nbsp;plus shooting Bolt in Kingston - that amounts to a big statement of intent by&nbsp;Stormzy - and reminds us of his unmistakeable charisma.&nbsp;&nbsp;And of course, the eponymous Mel, stylist Melissa Holdbrook-Akpose, namechecked by Stormzy in the songtitle, is there too, both behind and in front of camera - with her lint roller.

KLVDR

Joseph J Goldman

Jacqueline Eyewe

Nicola Sheppard

Melissa Holdbrook-Akpose

Leah Abbott

Jeremy Valender

Hunter Daly

Pieter Snyman

Louis Simonon

Ollie Hogan

Jamie Hodgson

Lola Cookman

Work Editorial

Ellie Johnson and Blaine Pearson

TenThree

Olivia Jessop

James Soldan

Grime

Spoken Word

Stormzy 'Mel Made Me Do It' by KLVDR

STORMZY - MEL MADE ME DO IT

THE REST direct an eerie, metaphorical&nbsp;tale for Bodmin Moor - SBTRKT’s first single in six years.With the unmistakeable atmosphere of an English horror movie, two young men enter the modern home of an assured older woman, unravelling the artwork that they have brought with them to show her. The pair are then split up. Never a good sign...THE&nbsp;REST - Alex Motlhabane and Lewis Levi - ratchet up the tension throughout this enigmatic narrative, alluding to&nbsp;the legendary tale of the Creature of Bodmin Moor and a cult that feverishly worships it.SBTRKT came up with the concept, with Nila - who created the artwork that is central to the narrative. "There's a whole lot of story layers in the video which i’ll leave you to figure out!"&nbsp;SBTRKT writes under the video on YouTube. "Check the trailer which is the prequel to it!&nbsp;"The main plot for the video represents my journey through the music business - and my prior records being owned in perpetuity by someone else. A big part of my reason for taking so long to return is navigating the industry and figuring out how to own my art."&nbsp;

Anthony Hensman 

Jakob Thorhallsson

Andrew Patrick

Suzie Walsh

The Rest

Ellis Fox

Bianca Bhagat

Steve Cameron

Peter Wilson

Oliver Walters

Austin Philips

Josh Tue

Tom Orr

SBTRKT

Nila

Georgia Hope

Charlie Von Rotberg

Homespun

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks

Chaneil Kular

SBTRKT 'Bodmin Moor' by THE REST 

Sbtrkt-'Bodmin-Moor'-by-The-Rest-

Jocelyn Anquetil directs a sizzling showcase for the return of Sudan Archives - aka US singer/violinist Brittney Denise Parks - with Home Maker,&nbsp;in an unlikely setting.&nbsp;Sudan Archives struts into an indoor&nbsp;second-hand flea market to check out the furniture - dressed to kill and ready for action - with a few mesmerized males meekly in tow.&nbsp;The guys are prompted join her provocative,&nbsp;high-energy performance, and when the lights go down low, a pillow fight ensues under strobing UV lights.A diverse range of recording equipment - including&nbsp;CCTV footage and camcorders - captures the action,&nbsp;to create a world that feels anachronistic and playful, and heighten a saucy sense of voyeurism and tongue-in-cheek sexiness.With the&nbsp;inspired styling and atypical choice of location, and a terrific edit by Charlie Von Rotberg, it's a brilliantly orchestrated work by Anquetil. And as it&nbsp;marks the release of Sudan Archives' first original release since 2019, it represents&nbsp;a wonderful&nbsp;comeback.[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2][imgtoken data:3]

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