Producer

Sonya Sier

Malia James teams with Mimi Webb for a&nbsp;vibrantly colourful, warm and fuzzy&nbsp;take on a teenage break-up, set in a funfair - the appropriately-named Dreamland in Margate - for Halfway.Starting after&nbsp;the end of the relationship - where she thinks she sees her former love everywhere -&nbsp;we discover more about the love affair in flashback. Her heartthrob&nbsp;is there for most of it, but the spotlight is always on Mimi, as&nbsp;Malia James creates a gorgeously-crafted pop confection for the singer, employing the funfair setting to spectacular effect.[imgtoken data:1]&nbsp;The location played an important part in the authenticity of the story, with Webb being a local and having spent her early years on the Kent coastline.But James, herself born and raised in Texas, adds more than a touch of Americana to Margate. Which is becoming of a director who has worked with&nbsp;Halsey, MØ, Troye Sivan, Tove Lo and Rita Ora, among&nbsp;others. Now she has given Mimi Webb a shot&nbsp;at the big time.

United Kingdom

Malia James

Stink Films

Hannah Bellil

Elliott Tagg

Arabella Kemp

Micki Pearlman

Adric Watson

Rupert Hornstein

Alex Bird

James Knight

Sarah Mursal

Sophie Van Der Welle

Jamie O'Donnell

Nomad Editing Company

Dom Mckiernan

Mimi Webb 'Halfway' by Malia James

Mimi Webb - Halfway (Official Music Video)

Colin Solal Cardo rises to the challenge of directing Robyn’s latest visual - a classic, electrifying performance in a sandy ruin.&nbsp;Robyn's&nbsp;visual canon&nbsp;has a mythical prestige. Before she was a name in the UK, her devastating video for With Every Heartbeat&nbsp;was in heavy circulation; Dancing On My Own&nbsp;wouldn’t be the gay anthem it is today without Max Vitali’s video&nbsp;and the singer's glorious power stance in it; and Call Your Girlfriend&nbsp;is one of the most imitated dance sequences on the internet.These iconic pieces feel like the work of the same artist, but the common denominator is difficult to pin down. But at the heart of these videos are Robyn’s exhilarating performances. Her soprano voice can communicate a range and complexity of emotion in one bar, and these qualities bleed into her dancing. She is simultaneously strong and vulnerable, relatable and inaccessible, dorky and composed.And this is completely true of Solal Cardo's video for Ever Again.&nbsp;Most recently, he helmed a genre-bending project for Christine and the Queens. Here, he had the challenge of directing a video for one of Robyn’s quietest songs, and the result is pure&nbsp;theatre. This is not a one shot, but everything suggests that this remarkable performance was captured in one take.[imgtoken data:1]We also have an entire creative team clearly at the top of their game: the Romanesque set by Francesca di Mottola lends the video a classical gravity; Crille Forsberg shoots from every angle on glorious 35mm;&nbsp;Decida Wahlberg’s choreography is incredibly physical, oscillating between the poised and apparently spontaneous.In one ecstatic moment, in a reverie, Robyn actually spins the microphone stand above her head. Dressed in white Louis Vuitton - designed by the creative director, no less - she twists through the room, kicks up sand, then casts herself into it.&nbsp;Robyn has never looked so much like Bowie, and it suits her. If this really&nbsp;is her last heartbreak, it’ll be a great loss.&nbsp;

Sweden

Colin Solal Cardo

FRIEND

Luke Tierney

Amanda Tuckwell

Louis Barron

Crille Forsberg

Eve Carreno

James Malamatinas

Edel Gardner

Francesca Di Mottola

Nicolas Ghesquière For Louis Vuitton

Francisco Ballesteros

Gemma Smith Edhouse

Tianès Montasser

Matthieu Toullet

Amie Kingsnorth

Hannah Turnbull-Walter

Decida Wahlberg

Jana Nouskova

Tamara Rothstein

Robin Crowley

Rachel Hopkins

Fran Jones

Veronica Skoglund

Chrys Antoniou

Charlie Doris

Oli Waters

Ellie Taverner

Rebecca Mason

Dance

Robyn 'Ever Again' by Colin Solal Cardo

Robyn-'Ever-Again'-by-Colin-Solal-Cardo

From alt-J&#39;s striking original idea, Isaiah Seret has crafted an experimental epic for their song Pleader that draws on different artforms&nbsp;and ultimately has nearly spawned a new one. This is a music video that could also described as a short dramatic musical.&nbsp;It&#39;s set in a coal mining community in a South Welsh valley in the early 20th century, and at the heart of it is a young miner and his wife. But their fate is bound up with the decisions made by the whole community, who decide that the woman has to produce a child. In that way, they sew the seeds of their own destruction - but this is just as much about the boy with special powers who is left behind.&nbsp;In the midst there are real scenes of birth and destruction, powerful performances from Sophie Cookson and Morgan Watkins as the couple, and Ewan Hipperson as Llewelyn, their son, and a huge supporting cast.&nbsp;There&#39;s enough surprise and mystery here to keep you coming back looking for answers. And at its core, a breathtaking sequence: the terrible power of a volcanic cloud, destroying everything and everyone in its path.[imgtoken data:1] &nbsp;

Isaiah Seret

Biscuit Filmworks

Rupert Reynolds-MacLean

John Lynch

Marie Lanna

Mr Gammon

Kharmel Cochrane

Stewart Reeves

Work Editorial

Time Based Arts

Simone Grattarola

Sheldon Gardner

Lock It In

Andrew Law

alt-J 'Pleader' by Isaiah Seret

alt-J - Pleader (Official Video)

If you could go on a date with anyone living or dead, who would it be? Alt-J made their picks and that became the basis of Young Replicant&#39;s science fiction dance film.Acting on behalf of the band, a machine in a subterranean bunker chooses Sylvia Plath, Lee Miller and Anne Boleyn, or at least it chooses their memories. Projected through small glass discs we intercut between these haunting, animated dance scenes (choreographed by Darcy Wallace) that are given a personality based on a computer&#39;s understanding of history.There&#39;s a detached, uncanny valley element to the clip - Alex Takacs aka Young Replicant&#39;s second for the band&#39;s current album, after the brilliant&nbsp;<a href="http://www.promonews.tv/videos/2017/04/18/alt-j-3ww-young-replicant" target="_blank">3WW</a> earlier this year &ndash; as these renditions of historical figures live again for a fleeting moment before fading with the light of the projector.

Young Replicant

Pulse Films

Rik Green

Elena Argiros

George Nelson

Ben Keswick

Martijn Van Broekhuizen

Jeremy Fusco

Jerry Pradon

Neil Blakesley

Matt Alsopp

Chris Belcher

Tom Grove Carter

Trim Editing

Oisín O’Driscoll

Imogen Pai

The Mill

Darcy Wallace

Nathan Parker

Lisa Zipper

Natalie Wilkins

Alternative

Alt-J 'Deadcrush' by Young Replicant

alt-J - Deadcrush (Official Video)

&nbsp;Jamie-James Medina delivers two beautifully simple pieces of video for Sampha.Using delicate choreography, a simple studio setting, and subtly mesmerising VFX, the clip shows Sampha sitting at his piano whilst the room around him swirls with the dust of his co-star&#39;s dwindling physical form.The long form version of this video relies on the interplay between the two characters to underline the delicate beauty of the visuals and the track itself, whereas the shorter version is an immersive VR piece that allows you to take Sampha&#39;s place at the piano and see that beauty from a first-person perspective. Using VR as a companion piece to a larger, more traditional video format makes for a compelling interplay between the two and is one of the more immersive and rewarding VR experiences in music videos&nbsp;of late.

Jamie-James Medina

Spencer LaVallee

Forever

m ss ng p eces

Sasha Nixon

Ari Kuschnir

Dave Saltzman

Grace Wales Bonner

Tim Sidell

Phil Penfold

Ariyon Bakare

Arthur De Borman

Nadia Altinbas

Des Hamilton Casting

Spencer Campbell

PostPanic

Ania Markham

Jules Tervoort

Mischa Rozema

Sampha '(No One Knows Me) Like the Piano' by Jamie-James Medina

Sampha - (No One Knows Me) Like The Piano (Official Music Video)

Fresh from chart-topping with Sia on Cheap Thrills, reggae stalwart Sean Paul teams with the super-hot&nbsp;Dua Lipa on No Lie, and turns to Tim Nackashi to direct the video that features a creative use of mirrors in several West London high rises.Sometimes its hard to tell what&#39;s real and what&#39;s reflected, but don&#39;t let that spoil your enjoyment of this soon-to-be-huge party banger.

Tim Nackashi

Black Dog Films

Katie Dolan

Chris Hayden

Sam Alberg Samalberg

Zoe Koperski

Neesha Sharma

Sam Bould

Big Chop

Mark Meadows

Lorenzo Posocco

Smoke & Mirrors

Andrew Salem

Rory Whittle

Tim Davies

Martin Roker

Island

Undercranked

Sean Paul ft Dua Lipa 'No Lie' by Tim Nackashi

Sean-Paul-Ft-Dua-Lipa-'No-Lie'-by-Tim-Nackashi

London Grammar and Bison brought a showstopper to the table over the seasonal break with Rooting For You.Shot on 35mm and lit from above entirely with helium lights, this gorgeous live video is an exercise in minimal one-take perfection. The first half of the track sees singer Hannah Reid stand alone in a wash of darkness as the camera floats around her acapella performance, before light fills the room and reveals a full orchestral backing.A nuanced set of camera movements and understated lighting design help to accentuate the scale and the intimacy of various parts of this haunting performance.

Dave Bullivant

Ed Bellamy

Adam Scarth

Eira Wyn Jones

Matt Farrant

Alastair Bury

Jess Elcock

Alice Burnfield

Cathy Ennis

Adam Clarke

Absolute Post

Nic Sanchez

Elizabeth Doonan, Mike O'keefe

Sony

Alt Pop

London Grammar 'Rooting For You' by Bison

London-Grammar-'Rooting-For-You'-by-Bison

Bonobo soundtracks The Rapture in this head-spinning, hyper-detailed video by Dave Bullivant, aka BISON.With erratic, repetitive cuts showing a panicked woman, played by Gemma Arterton, running through London during what appears to be The Ascension, you could be forgiven for thinking that the video starts and ends with this clever editing concept. You would, however, be very wrong.Buried within the frames of this video are tons of visual curiosities, Easter eggs and elements of supernatural foreshadowing that show both an incredible attention to detail, and Bison&#39;s smart willingness to exploit the average viewer&#39;s inability to notice subtle changes on a first viewing.&nbsp;

Ben Fordesman

Mike Linforth

Saul Harris

David Myers

Emily Jerman

Andrew Fletcher

Gemma Arterton

John Moule

Ninja Tune

Siobhán Daly

Electronica, Alternative

Bonobo 'Kerala' by BISON

Bonobo : Kerala

Bonobo - Kerala

Glenn Paton has delivered&nbsp;a new video for Chase &amp; Status for&nbsp;All Goes Wrong that sees the singer Tom Grennan&nbsp;performing from&nbsp;an open casket in the ground.The clip&#39;s Sliding Doors-style structure&nbsp;delivers a story with&nbsp;two alternative outcomes. After&nbsp;a heated&nbsp;argument between Tom and&nbsp;his girlfriend, he&nbsp;leaves in a rage and everything gets worse from there. One thing leads to another, and when his girlfriend tries to break up a fight he&#39;s got himself into, then we really feel the tragic consequences of the negative spiral created by their&nbsp;initial conflict.It&#39;s a hard-hitting message&nbsp;-&nbsp;especially after we witness the alternative outcome&nbsp;had Tom just stuck it out&nbsp;with his girlfriend&nbsp;to patch&nbsp;things up.&nbsp;

Glenn Paton

Jai Lusser

Dan Stafford Clark

Tim Silversdale

Joanna Bernacka

Liz Bowden

Lizzy Graham

Marshall Street Editors

Simon Bourne

Martin Roker at Black Dog Films

Chase & Status 'All Goes Wrong' by Glenn Paton

Chase-&-Status-'All-Goes-Wrong'-by-Glenn-Paton

Much of human life is here&nbsp;in Charlie Robins&#39; video for Rag&#39;n&#39;Bone Man&#39;s Human, which revolves around the singer&#39;s heartfelt performance, but in which he becomes interchangeable with a supporting band of street cast extras, representing humanity in all its forms.&nbsp;Above all the repetitive&nbsp;cutting between RnB Man and his fellow humans,&nbsp;creates its own rhythm track for a song that could be big&nbsp;as the man himself.

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