Art Director

Ruth Crawford

Aneil Karia directs a harrowing narrative set in a dystopian&nbsp;Britain, for Riz Ahmed's The Long Goodbye.&nbsp;Taking place&nbsp;in a nondescript town in Surrey, we are introduced to a British South Asian family in a bustling household- one son is trying to teach his Dad -played by Ahmed- dance moves, whilst the other is cosied up on the sofa with his girlfriend, playing games and chilling out. Several other family members are spotted around the house, with a group of girls getting ready upstairs, and the grandfather&nbsp;trying his best to catch the news on the TV, amongst the flurry of activity.&nbsp;In the midst of the chaos, we see moments that are universally relatable -&nbsp;trying to manage different family members and their short tempers, moving furniture around to accommodate more people for a party. Small snapshots of everyday life to paint a picture of the family dynamic. Having stumbled around with an old chair for several minutes, to the dismay of several family members, Ahmed sets it down in a cramped room, before noticing an alarming scene unfolding across the road.&nbsp;In broad daylight, a group of white men in black uniforms are forceably removing people from their homes. The tone of the video shifts as Ahmed screams for everyone to run for cover, exclaiming "This is it. It's happening now". The uniformed gang catch up to Ahmed and his loved ones, in a truly haunting third-act.This near-future dystopia is conceptualised brilliantly by director&nbsp;Aneil Karia, <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/07/24/kano-trouble-aneil-karia/59936">who won an MVA last year for his collaboration with Kano</a>, and is known for his work on TV series such as Top Boy. Uncomfortable and confrontational, this isn't an overly exaggerated narrative with tonnes of creative license. This is one or two missteps into the future, the potential result of the current political climate and events such as the ongoing Windrush scandal. The surreal&nbsp;transition from happy family&nbsp;to mindless murder on the street is made only more harrowing given its basis in reality.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Stuart Bentley creates an authentic aesthetic through the use of natural daylight and documentary-style camera movement, succinctly&nbsp;matching the tone of the project. This is a concept very much based in the real world, and Bentley ensures the cinematography is as unobtrusive as possible.&nbsp;Karia is an exceptional talent bringing important stories to the forefront, and a perfect match to such a visceral concept and track. A one-take monologue at the end of the video depicts Ahmed rising with a newfound strength, confronting the camera directly with the deplorable reality that is staring us all in the face:&nbsp;“Don’t question us about our loyalty, our blood and sweat’s enough / Born under a sun that you made too hot for us / Kidnapped by Empire and diaspora fostered us.”• Behind The Scenes feature on The Long Goodbye on <a href="https://wepresent.wetransfer.com/story/riz-ahmed-the-long-goodbye/" target="_blank">WePresent</a>

United Kingdom

Aneil Karia

Riz Ahmed

Tom Gardner

Scott O'Donnell

Tim Nash

Sally Campbell

Seth Wilson

Saskia Whinney

Caroline Reason

Maddy Perkins

Hayley Williams

Stuart Bentley

Bill Rae Smith

Amanda James

Shaheen Baig

Roxanne Farahmand

Holly Rebecca

Lisa Mustafa

Chloe Slattery

Amrit Sahotay

Marc Cass

John Street

Nadine Richardson

Final Cut

Time Based Arts

Simone Grattarola

Paul Davies

Andrew Stirk

Somesuch

Alternative, Hip Hop

Riz Ahmed 'The Long Goodbye' by Aneil Karia

Riz Ahmed - The Long Goodbye

Nostalgia takes hold in the video for Liam Gallagher's One Of Us. Written by Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight, and directed by Season 5 director&nbsp;Anthony Byrne, we see Gallagher climb a hill populated by large photographs of his childhood, shot across different time periods of his life.He then comes face-to-face with himself as a young child and as a teenage boy, and the three versions of Gallagher explore the vast landscape&nbsp;in haunting&nbsp;scenes focused on&nbsp;longing and reflection. The idea of time rushing by and lost moments is further explored with some clever in-camera trickery by DoP&nbsp;David Chizallet, with the cast appearing and disappearing from screen via sweeping camera movements, reminding viewers they are transcendent memories of a time gone by.&nbsp;The choice to shoot the video in black and white gives it a gritty aesthetic, whilst also helping tie the different time periods together, giving it a universal and timeless appeal.&nbsp;

Anthony Byrne

Fred Bonham Carter

My Accomplice

Imogen Harrison

Tim Ellis

Jon Midlane

David Chizallet

Rory Moles

Dean Keague

Mark Rickett

Nicky Rybka

Ruchi Ratna

Dominique Noyce

Chris Roebuck

TenThree

Paul Staples

Encore

Richie Oldfield

Nathan James Tettey

Rock

Liam Gallagher 'One Of Us' by Anthony Byrne

Liam Gallagher - One Of Us (Official Video)

Anthony Byrne&#39;s intense video for Hozier draws us into the depths of a bizarre and disfunctional relationship, that takes place at a eery Gothic dinner party.With a very creepy leading man (played by Hozier himself) having psychological control over his female dinner guest, a cycle of obsessive love, control and hysteria plays out - with a gruesome, fiery climax.It&#39;s a mesmerising psychological drama, with elements of dance, in which the tension between the pair is ratcheted up in Chris Roebuck&#39;s masterly edit.

Jess Wylie

Ellie Phipps

Mark McPadden

Si Bell

Leighton Spence

Roland Phillips

Ollie Whickman

Hannah Hopkins

Narad Kutowaroo

Nathalie Eleni

Tenthree Editing

Times Based Arts

Sean Ewins

Anya Taylor-Joy

Rubyworks

Singer-songwriter

Hozier 'Dinner & Diatribes' by Anthony Byrne

Hozier-'Dinner-&-Diatribes'-by-Anthony-Byrne

Actor Lena Headey makes her music video directing debut with this&nbsp;video for Freya Ridings -&nbsp;a story of strained family dynamics and personal resilience, featuring Headey's Game Of Thrones co-star Maisie Williams.&nbsp;We follow Maisie on her emotional journey within a troubled family situation, complimented by Freya Ridings' performance of You Mean The World To Me.“I had such an emotional response to Freya’s voice and the song," says Lena Headey.&nbsp;"We had a few versions of this video, some were considered too dark. I think we achieved a version that allows us to see Freya in a raw, emotional performance. And the family element is what the song is all about.”

Lena Headey

Anthony Fitzgerald

Rankin Creative

Nicola Kenney

Poppy Davies

Elaine Mackenzie

Tim Maurice Jones

Mark Anthony Bradley

Nik Buck

Maisie Williams

John Hassay

Good Soldier

Felix Elisabetta Forma

Rob Jelley

Ugne Ciesiunaite

Claire McGonigal

Duncan Russell

Freefolk

Paul Gill

No.8

Freya Ridings 'You Mean The World To Me' by Lena Headey

Freya-Ridings-'You-Mean-The-World-To-Me'-by-Lena-Headey

Robert Hales delivers a unapologetically old-school,&nbsp;straight-ahead performance video for Pale Waves&#39; Kiss that makes the most of frontgirl Heather Baron-Gracie&#39;s goth-po charisma.It looks great, courtesy of James Rhodes&#39;s photography and Marty McMullen&#39;s crisp grade.&nbsp;

Robert Hales

Douglas Cox

FAMILIA

Jerome Franc

James Rhodes

Gavin Walters

Patricia Villirilo

Becki Bawthra

Phil Currie

Homespun

Marty McMullen

Bubble

Ed Blow

Dirty Hit

OB Management

Pale Waves 'Kiss' by Robert Hales

Pale-Waves--'Kiss'-by-Robert-Hales

Rollo Jackson has written and directed a powerful, thought-provoking short drama to accompany Stormzy&#39;s acclaimed, era-defining debut album Gang Signs &amp; Prayer. It crystallises the themes of the album into a narrative of a young Afro-Caribbean boy in London who is drawn to become a &#39;bad boy&#39;, with terrible consequences. This is punctuated by Stormzy performing a number of tracks from the album.&quot;Young ​youts ​like ​myself, ​that ​grow ​up ​in ​the ​hood, ​we ​often ​don&#39;t ​know ​that ​we ​are ​actually ​the masters ​of ​our ​own ​destiny,&rdquo; ​Stormzy says in the film. ​&ldquo;There ​are ​so ​many ​things ​that ​steer ​us ​in the ​wrong direction ​however, ​we ​decide ​what ​happens ​in ​our ​own ​lives ​and ​like ​my ​album, ​I endeavoured for ​this ​film ​to ​portray ​just ​that. ​Derived ​from ​my ​album ​Gang ​Signs ​&amp; ​Prayer, and ​written ​and directed ​by ​the ​legend ​that ​is ​Rollo, ​I&#39;ll ​let ​the ​visual ​do ​the ​talking.&quot;[imgtoken data:1]

Rollo Jackson

Sarah Pearson

Peter Arboine

Bobby Shore

Eira Wyn Jones

Jomar O'Meally

Colin Thwaites, Diego Moyano

Verity May Lane

Natasha Lawes

James Forbes-robertson

The Whitehouse

Houmam Abdallah

Lydia Evitt

The Fader

Youtube

Laurent Polain

John Scarabough

Stormzy 'Gang Signs & Prayer (The Film)' by Rollo Jackson

Stormzy-'Gang-Signs-&-Prayer'-by-Rollo-Jackson

We&#39;ve all been there - concentrating and investing so hard in something only to have it ripped out from under us by a cruel twist of fate. Ewan Jones Morris and Casey Raymond&#39;s video for Lemaitre&#39;s&nbsp;Closer - their first together since their MVA-winning video for <a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/08/11/leftfield-sleaford-mods-head-and-shoulders-ewan-casey" target="_blank">Leftfield &amp; Sleaford Mods&#39; Head &amp; Shoulders</a>&nbsp;last year &ndash; displays the hilarious catharsis of acting on those impulses.Even when you know exactly what&#39;s coming, this setup and punchline-style video is still be a fun and rewarding watch. Frankly, any video that manages to mix beautiful visuals with the cartoonish scenario of a strongman throwing a hapless, trumpet-playing schoolboy across a room is a huge, hilarious win.

Ewan Jones Morris

Katie Lambert

Natalie Arnett

Riff Raff Films

Kerry Green

Charlotte Miller

Romain Richard

Ben Pengilly

Anna Lumsden

Marc Gómez del Moral

Ben Plant

Clara Pozas

Korsshan Schlauer

Richard Burnell

Sophie Ansell

Helen Sirdall

James Soldan

Holly McDonald

Jessica Summer

James Rose

Cut+Run

Casey Raymond

Richard Fearon

John Moule

Casey & Ewan

Dance

Lemaitre 'Closer' by Ewan Jones Morris & Casey Raymond

Lemaitre "Closer"

Tottenham-based MC&nbsp;Skepta&nbsp;has teamed up yet again with D Double E and A$AP Nast for another transatlantic collaboration for the track&nbsp;Ladies Hit Squad, released with this sultry video by&nbsp;Grace LaDoja.LaDoja -&nbsp;who also helmed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQOG5BkY2Bc" target="_blank">the video for Skepta&rsquo;s Shutdown</a> -&nbsp;has created a&nbsp;clip that is&nbsp;all about&nbsp;the swag, and sees the performers surrounded by women with bedroom eyes in a steamy VIP club. The lighting design provides an&nbsp;extra&nbsp;boost, with seductive, saturated&nbsp;blues and pinks casting a very sexy look onto&nbsp;the whole affair...

Grace LaDoja

Denna Cartamkhoob

Elly Camisa

Elodie Tahtane

Gary Long

Michael Mcduffie Finay

Terry Lewis

Savannah Baker

Carri Munden

Gina Blondell

Fouad Gaber

Trim

Jason Wallis

Electric Theatre Collective

Olivia Jessop

Emir Hasham

A$ap Nast

D Double E

Hip Hop

Skepta 'Ladies Hit Squad' by Grace LaDoja

Skepta-'Ladies-Hit-Squad'-by-Grace-Ladoja

Rollo Jackson&#39;s promo for Hot Chip&#39;s Started Right&nbsp;sees a girl in an empty bar singing the tune on a little karaoke set-up, with&nbsp;some characteristically random karaoke-style videos playing alongside the lyrics,&nbsp;featuring old cartoons, footage of sea-life,&nbsp;surfers and beach babes.As&nbsp;bits of her audition tape&nbsp;start to creep in to the mix, the boundaries between genres, and the relationship between interacting and viewing blur and fall away.&nbsp;&nbsp;A karaoke/lyric video that becomes something else altogether.&nbsp;

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