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Ryland Burns

Andrew Litten's thought-provoking video for Belle &amp; Sebastian features&nbsp;Olympic figure skater&nbsp;Jonathan Cassar, who uses his time on the ice&nbsp;to&nbsp;escape from the demons of his&nbsp;past.Litten's approach to&nbsp;I Don't Know What You See In Me - a song from the new Belle &amp; Sebastian album Late Developers - is to create a starkly cold aesthetic and faintly disturbing atmosphere at a vintage ice rink, which is deserted apart from the presence of Cassar.&nbsp;This is&nbsp;a real counterpoint to the familiar lightness of B&amp;S frontman Stuart Murchoch's voice, and then the champion skater begins a&nbsp;graceful routine on the ice with plastic bag taped around his&nbsp;head. This powerful symbol of suffocation remains until the final moments of the video. &nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"The band was passionate about this being a character study of a figure skater,&nbsp;and referenced one of my favourite noirs, The Swimmer," Litten explains. "I wanted to juxtapose the sensitivity of the song - which speaks to depression, self image and acceptance -&nbsp;with a narrative that confronts these feelings head on."The bag and the pulses of suffocation serve as a reminder of the baggage we carry throughout our lives, and how we cannot truly see ourselves until we have done the work to do so.&nbsp;I have endless gratitude to Stuart and the band for allowing us to create something so bold and unnerving with a hint of catharsis."It's a touching and powerful exploration of self acceptance, with plenty of engaging visuals to keep viewers hooked.

United States

Evaline Wu Huang

Claudia Guevara

Andrew Litten

Sara Clausen

Hands London

Stink Films

Gabe Spierer

Sam Wilkerson

Trevor Wineman

Drew Weaver

Corey Brown

Erick Aguilar

Ali Arminio

David Arteaga

Randy Gardner

Mike Howell

Color Collective

Jonathan Cassar

Matador Records

Indie

Belle & Sebastian 'I Don't Know What You See In Me' by Andrew Litten

Belle-&-Sebastian-'I-Don't-Know-What-You-See-In-Me'-by-Andrew-Litten

Dan Streit directs the new promo for Joji's Glimpse Of Us, highlighting the absurdity and misery of overly-masculine posturing.&nbsp;The grimy concept is packed full of questionable activities, including property&nbsp;destruction, setting off fireworks, public urination, and causing general chaos.&nbsp;Shot in a loose, DIY manner, the visuals feel characteristic of footage shared on social media, with a distinctively lo-fi feel&nbsp;and air of barely concealed anger.This is a brilliantly grim satire on a nihilistic,&nbsp;Incel-driven mentality -&nbsp; Jackass-style behaviour gone dark and run amok. The contrast between the chilling ballad and these riotous vignettes imbues the concept with a sense of melancholy and isolation. And Streit also has the heart and vision to reveal the self-destructive impact of the bravado.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Dan Streit

Andy Ruse

Grin Machine

Ollie Zhang

88rising

Joji 'Glimpse Of Us' by Dan Streit

Joji-'Glimpse-Of-Us'-by-Dan-Streit

The Weeknd heralds his new album Dawn FM with a spectacular and nightmarish promo from Matilda Finn.&nbsp;The video for Gasoline is dripping in Finn's harrowing, hyperreal aesthetic, and follows an elderly version of the artist, who crashes his car into a stop sign and descends into a Hellish realm.&nbsp;He regains consciousness in a crowded room, where sinful beings are grappling for whatever physical pleasures they can acquire -&nbsp;sex, drugs, violence... it's all on the cards in this place.&nbsp;The crowd begin to show their true colours, as their faces distort into monstrous forms, and The Weeknd has a face-off with a younger version of himself, ending in another death.&nbsp;This is an enigmatic expression of existential despair in Matilda Finn's signature style, and it's&nbsp;outstanding work. The video touches upon life, death and addiction, and does so with sublime style - and lots of creepy crawlies.&nbsp;

Matilda Finn

Cole Santiago

Eli Raskin

Ari Schneiderman

Jon Chema

John Richoux

Armen Harootun

Black Kite Studios

Simone Grattarola

Mayte Avina

Jesse Hays

MrMr

Nomad Art + Design

TJ White

C Prinz

Mike Marino, Prosthetic Renaissance

Malina Stearns

Chelsea Delfino

Esprit Casting

Hugo Saunders

Time Based Arts

Kyle Bryson

Charles Tae

Matthew Henson

Christine Nelli

Marcela Osegueda

Sharif Poston

Ntombi Moyo

Mark Hills

James Teninty

Benjamin Verhulst

Nick Decell

Factory

Alternative

The Weeknd 'Gasoline' by Matilda Finn

The Weeknd - Gasoline (Official Music Video)

Doug Bernardt's video for Masego is a lovely&nbsp;performance piece, featuring the&nbsp;Jamaican-American musician with a companion - the Mystery Lady of the song's title - with the song inspiring her and two other women to reveal their remarkable command of Latin dance styles.Characteristically for the Brazilian director's work, it is beautifully photographed by DoP Andres Arochi, characterised by sweeping moving shots as Masego performs in a courtyard, and the women come from interiors to dance in the sunshine.[imgtoken data:1]And the location is a key part of the chemistry of the video, with Bernardt also making this a celebration of the place where it was filmed - Mexico City."I've always been a big fan of Masego and it’s a pleasure to be releasing this first collaboration with him," says the director.&nbsp;"I'm happy we kept a true and representative Latin atmosphere in the video - our choices of locations and casting were always mindful in order to portray Mexico City with its true character."

Douglas Bernardt

Tess Anastasia

Andres Arochi

Flor Hart

Matt Schaff

Cabin Edit

Oscmar Junior

Robert Bruzadin

Marcela Murer

Nash

Dalia Xiuhcoatll

Tia Swing

CineBuró

Masego 'Mystery Lady (Sego's Remix)' by Douglas Bernardt

Masego-'Mystery-Lady'-by-Douglas-Bernardt

Nick Roney's first video since the UKMVA-winning video for Cayucas' Girl&nbsp;tells the story of Chipper, a mechanical squirrel pop star, years after his novelty has worn off,&nbsp;who has one remaining adoring fan.In his video for Real Estate's Paper Cup, the innocent, bright-eyed lad turns up into the sleazy games emporium, to see his beloved Chipper perform - who turns out to be a grinning Disney-esque robot, with the essence of something human deep within.&nbsp;But he has become&nbsp;like&nbsp;a monster in a carnival sideshow, badly in disrepair, on the point of collapse&nbsp;- and the lad is about to be stripped of his innocence.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In this director's cut, Roney's black comedy on the&nbsp;life after pop stardom is particularly&nbsp;unsettling, with elements of classic&nbsp;grand guignol&nbsp;horror. It's a departure from the videos for <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/02/14/lemon-twigs-i-wanna-prove-you-nick-roney/46130" target="_blank">The Lemon Twigs</a> and Cayucas where Roney and members of his family have played important roles - sometimes for laughs, and sometimes not. But like in all good horror, there is also a sense of something rooted in the personal going on here. And once seen, it stays with you.

Nick Roney

Elisha Gustafson

Katie Lambert

Tyson Whitney

Chris Ripley

Jordan Utley

Spencer Goff

Brenna Empey

Chris Hammock

Jared Jaynes

Brent Rowland

Cortni Wimberley

Subrina Mohr

Lianna Hartley

Martha McGuirk

Dusten Zimmerman

Exile Edit

Alex Budlan

John Bashyam @ Warm’n’fuzzy

Geoff Stephenson

Rock

Real Estate 'Paper Cup' by Nick Roney

Real-Estate-'Paper-Cup-'-by-Nick-Roney

A young man shifts in scale as he traverses the city in&nbsp;Douglas Bernardt's video for Gregory Porter's Revival.&nbsp;The visual opens with a shot of the man -&nbsp;played by Jemoni Powe -&nbsp;watching footage of the LA riots from 1994. He shrinks to the size of a mouse,&nbsp;and slides from the sofa, feeling deflated and isolated from society. There is an overarching theme of the battle between oppression and living your truth as an individual, and this sets the scene for what's to come.&nbsp;A contemporary spin on the "eat me" and "drink me"&nbsp;treats in Alice in Wonderland, Powe's journey involves him growing and shrinking dependent on his situation and emotions. One thing&nbsp;that lights his fire&nbsp;is dance, so when he bursts into a club where Porter is playing live on stage, he immediately becomes his usual form, performing knee-breaking choreography on the dancefloor. Ending with a shot of him both as a giant&nbsp;towering over his house, and as a small man at his door, there are clear metaphors about chasing your dreams and finding something that fills you with joy.The VFX from&nbsp;Nash are impeccable, handling the shifting scale and various elements with ease and quality, really helping to sell the concept and ground the story in reality.&nbsp;

Christopher Ripley

Angus Bernsen 

Danilo Abraham

Osmar Junior

Flavia Gannam

Universal

Jeff Kopchia

Jazz

Gregory Porter 'Revival' by Douglas Bernardt

Gregory-Porter-'Revival'-by-Douglas-Bernardt

We've been here before, most memorably with Beastie Boys' Intergalactic. But Eoin Glaister puts a whole new spin on a classic Japanese monster&nbsp;movie trope for Joji and Jackson Wang.So&nbsp;Giant Lobster (or Crayfish?) - played by Joji -&nbsp;is causing terror by smashing through&nbsp;the city. It&nbsp;must be saved by Jackson,&nbsp;stoically operating his Giant Robot. Battle ensues amid the cardboard skyscrapers, to the unseemly delight of Jackson's girlfriend.But just when we think that Giant Lobster is vanquished, having been summarily poleaxed by Robot, there's a twist in the tale. It's very sweet - a kind of 'snowflake' revisionism that will enrage&nbsp;neo-conservative lovers of Godzilla films. So that makes it great.What's more, there's also room for an enjoyable epilogue of Joji and Jackson having great fun, mock-fighting on set - until Joji's magnificent lobster/crayfish outfit starts falling apart...

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