Director

Savvas Stavrou

Muse are back with their first release in four years - and immediately at full throttle -&nbsp;with Jared Hogan's sci-fi epic for Won't Stand Down.&nbsp;The video sees an ancient woman masked with vocalist Matt Bellamy's face, drawing power from a faceless army and transcending into an augmented being.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;From the futuristic art direction through to the&nbsp;seamless VFX and dynamic cinematography, the video is a tour de force&nbsp;of creativity which builds to a rip-roaring, intense climax. And the&nbsp;haunting silicone mask the lead character wears jumps right into the uncanny valley, and makes for an uncomfortable viewing experience in the best way.&nbsp;Like every Muse video, there is an important message bubbling under the surface, this time focused on standing up against bullies and oppressors. Filmed in Ukraine - producers MrMr teamed up with Shelter in Kiev for the production of the video - the concept perfectly encapsulates these themes.

United Kingdom

Jared Hogan

MrMr

Vadim Yuzba

Joe Cook

Valeriy Butkov

Danil Dubrovsky

Margarita Shekel

Dasha Taivas

Paul O'Reilly

Trim Editing

Jacob Mckee

Denis Reva

Lark

Maria Webb

Forager

Joey Doyle

Christian Stropko

shelter.film

Albert Zurashvili

Dasha Deriagina

Roman Chukmanenko

Max Matveev

Eugene Bubley

Natalia Zozulia

Rock

Alternative

Muse 'Won't Stand Down' by Jared Hogan

Muse-'Won't-Stand-Down-'-by-Jared-Hogan

Olivia Rose directs a glittering festive promo for Jess Glynne's This Christmas.&nbsp;Following a variety of hapless characters, all experiencing their own mini-Christmas disasters - with burnt food and flaming hair taking the lead - the promo is a charming, fun-filled ride with plenty of seasonal cheer.Jess Glynne plays a number of these characters herself - including&nbsp;a delivery driver and drag queen (or king?) - and the result is some of the best moments in her videography so far, embodying all of the drama, energy and excitement that comes with the holiday period.&nbsp;The editing is also well executed, using match cut transitions and whip pans to make each vignette feel part of the same story.Overall, this is a feelgood and stylish video that marks Glynne's first Christmas track and visual, produced in collaboration with Amazon Originals. &nbsp;

Olivia Rose

Francois Larpin

Voodoo Pictures

Emma Pounds

Olan Collardy

Milo Brown

Kairo Jones

Vini Curtis

Elizabeth El-kadhi

Mekel Bailey

Joe Pickering

Louisa Copperwaite

Lucy Berry

Final Cut

Richard Fearon

Black Kite

Tamara Mennell

Sean Harland

Dan Curwin

Atlantic Records

Jess Glynne 'This Christmas' by Olivia Rose

Jess-Glynne-'This-Christmas-'-by-Olivia-Rose

Luke Monaghan directs a&nbsp;defiant tale of love lived without regret for Sam Smith's Diamonds.Following their collaborations on <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2019/07/26/sam-smith-how-do-you-sleep-grant-singer/59957#:~:text=Sam%20Smith%20astonishes%20in%20this,era%20of%20shiny%20event%20videos.">How Do You Sleep</a>, <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/09/20/sam-smith-too-good-goodbyes-luke-monaghan/49705">Too Good At Goodbyes</a> and <a href="https://www.promonews.tv/videos/2015/10/06/sam-smith-writings-wall-luke-monaghan/37255">Writing's On The Wall</a>, this promo finds Smith&nbsp;in a stripped-out bedroom, dancing their heart out as blinding flashes of light pulsate through the windows.&nbsp;Conceptual and introspective, this is not&nbsp;the first time we've seen Smith take on choreography, but it's definitely a step up in skill and ambition. And the choice to bring in choreographer&nbsp;Holly Blakey is an inspired one, resulting in movements that encapsulate the emotional rollercoaster of the narrative.&nbsp;

Luke Monaghan

Alex Jefferson

Black Dog Films

Martin Roker

Daniel Smith

Rina Yang

Kate Molins

Jonny Lewis

Genki McClure

Arthur De Borman

Ben Reardon

Anne Sophie Costa

Lizzy Graham

White House Post

Ricky Gausis

MPC LA

MPC London

Grace Thorpe

Capitol Records

Holly Blakey

Cinelab Film and Digital

Sam Smith 'Diamonds' by Luke Monaghan

Sam-Smith--'Diamonds'-by-Luke-Monaghan

Savvas Stavrou returns to his native Cyprus for his latest video for Jamie McDermott, aka The Irrepressibles, to visualise the themes of unrequired love and heartache in The Most Beautiful Boy.Evocative imagery capturing the intense&nbsp;friendship of two young boys is counterpointed with the anguish of one of the boys, now an adult soldier. He is mourning the loss of his friend, but this&nbsp;'present-day' scenario is more figurative than the journey into the past: the child's body he carries is a symbol of his loss, his pain is expressed through sharp movement.Stavrou and his DoP Luciana Riso make excellent use of the island location too, spanning lush greens for the nostalgic sections of boyhood adventure, to the arid whites, and rocky beaches of the soldier's world.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]

Constantinos Nikiforou

Forever

Sasha Nixon

Peter Stephanou

Luciana Riso

Manos Hadjikonstantinou

Marios Neocleous

Christy Polydorou

Ioanna Nika

Maria Michael

Samuel Marr

The Quarry

Jonny Thorpe

Glassworks VFX

Dimitris Chimonas

Daniel Harding

Ivan Knezevic

The Irrepressibles 'The Most Beautiful Boy' by Savvas Stavrou

The-Irrepressibles-'The-Most-Beautiful-Boy'-by-Savvas-Stavrou

An underground club and a mysterious stranger spur a sexual&nbsp;awakening in Savvas Stavrou's video for The Irrepressibles.&nbsp;As packed nightclub crowds move in waves of robotic movement, the lead actor - played by&nbsp;Alistair Wroe - starts to dance without inhibition, embracing his sexuality and gender, and rejecting the fear-based limitations that society has imposed on him.&nbsp;DoP&nbsp;Matthew Emvin Taylor masterfully creates an intimate space between the vibrant red and blue strobes, with the lighting getting brighter and more abundant&nbsp;as the narrative unfolds, representing the character coming out of his shell and allowing himself to be seen properly for the first time.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Germany

Ailsa Vanessa Tapping

Edvin Dubrovskiy

Matthew Emvin Taylor

Thomas Nicholson

Aaron Szogi

Daniel Draper

Marianthi Hatzidiki

Elle Mcmahon

Gary Coogan

Glassworks

Alistair Wroe

Paaliba Abugre

Lane Casting

Celine Poplawska

Femi Anderson

Davo McConville

Alternative Rock

The Irrepressibles 'Let Go' by Savvas Stavrou

The-Irrepressibles-'Let-Go'-by-Savvas-Stavrou

Zac Ella and Emile Rafael get together to explore a series of&nbsp;Bad Decisions in Bastille's latest video.&nbsp;In a series of violent vignettes, Dan Smith from Bastille kills another version of himself over and over, as his previous incarnation makes bad decision after bad decision. Funny and irreverent, the series of characters Dan plays are over the top, extreme and surprisingly incapable&nbsp;at doing the right thing.&nbsp;Shot with a public access television aesthetic, the main guru character is especially relevant in the current zeitgeist, where anyone can claim they are specialists without any kind of fact-checking. The juxtaposition of the TV persona and the guy we see eating in a run-down dive bar is hilarious and ironic, and each character following seems to get crazier and more absurd.&nbsp;Executed perfectly, Dan's strong performances bolster the project, and help turn a very good concept into a great final video - a one-off collaboration between Agile Films' directors Ella and Rafael.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Zac Ella

Emile Rafael

Agile Films

Hayley Williams

Chris Malin

Nick Morris

Philip Herron

James Malamatinas

Bill Rae Smith

Wayne Wolfgram

Taff Williamson

Natasha Lawes

Dan Sherwin

Caroline Morin

Wash

Agile Films (in House)

Theresa Gasco

Freddie Hottinger

James Hackett

Ian Carew

Virgin EMI

OB Management

Kevin Marien

Bastille 'Bad Decisions' by Zac Ella & Emile Rafael

Bastille-'Bad-Decisions'-by-Zac-Ella-&amp;-Emile-Rafael

Jax Jones and Years &amp; Years&#39; Olly Alexander have a candy-coloured party in miniature on a supermarket belt, in Oliver Jennings&#39; knockout video for Play.With Jax on the tills - which allows for a unmissable bit of product placement - there&#39;s Olly coming down the rubber belt with fruit, sweets and boxes of cereal - and dancers as a fruit or vegetable.&nbsp;Jax and Olly then get together on the treadmill to excel in their own synchonised dance routine, and then Jax on the tills scanning through a Mario-style go-cart through the checkout. Relentlessly and ridiculously fun visuals for this dance-pop smash.

Oliver Jennings

Audrey Davenport

Partizan Darkroom

Claire Stubbs

Nick Goulden

Tony C. Miller

Nick Crew

Ben Worthington

Danny Hayward

Oliver Hogan

Nick Royal

Rom Sartipi

Olly - Elaine Lynskey, Jax - Sophie Russell

Claudia Wass

Ruth Wardell

Electric Theatre Collective

Sarah Juniper + Asad Naveed

Izzy Stewart

Claire Stubbs @ Mouthpiece

Lisa Foo

Polydor

Carri Munden

Dance

Jax Jones ft Years & Years 'Play' by Oliver Jennings

Jamie-James Medina says the idea&nbsp;behind his video for Rudimental was that &quot;the video is the video&quot;. And&nbsp;indeed, this really is a deconstruction of the whole process of making a video for Scared Of Love.We get the trials and tribulations of pre-production, the email trails (featuring producer Stavvas Stavrou and commissioner Dan Curwin), and Stefflon Don not making the shoot and phoning in her performance...In the meantime, Ray BLK&nbsp;provides the backbone of the performance video, while Medina also investigates our addiction to screens.&nbsp;

Jamie-James Medina

Anna Saffery

Ato Yankey

Anthony Mchugh

Vini Jones

Xander Mitchell

Natalie Michaelides

Shanice Cooke

Esther Apageyi

Spencer Campbell

Alex Gregory

The Mill

Fons Schiedon

Rudimental ft Ray BLK and Stefflon Don 'Scared Of Love' by Jamie-James Medina

Rudimental-'Scared-Of-Love'-by-Jamie-james-Medina

Savvas Stavrou&nbsp;captures the sense of being young and in love, and untrammelled by conventional gender roles, in his video for Adam French.

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