Henry Croston takes a drily humourous look at romance for rapper Saxon's C'est Pour Moi.The video pays homage to vintage French cinema, with a charmingly deadpan take on the budding love affair with a mysterious femme fatale.

New KODE signings Harv Frost and Dora Paphides join forces to direct the impressive promo for The Last Dinner Party's My Lady Of Mercy. Opening with heavenly monochromatic scenes that feel almost daydream-esque, the video develops into a high-energy hallucination, full of theatrical performance and high contrast lighting. The vintage aesthetic works perfectly with the idea and the band's distinctive visual style and energy, transcending the studio setting to reach boundless heights, interweaving abstract narrative vignettes and religious iconography into the concept.Definitely TLDP's most stylish and passionate video to date, it's an impressive collab by Frost and Paphides that's designed to get the heart racing.

Anna Parcerisas directs a dreamlike promo for London-based artist MAVICA, exploring themes of transition, release, and closure.Nostalgic and ethereal in its aesthetic, embracing a sense of movement and dynamism, the video for Are You Back? treads the line between reality and fantasy, with a sense of disillusionment which is finally overcome by the end of the track. "I wanted to create distinct spaces in which the emotions of letting go, betrayal, and longing co-exist throughout the various stages of the lead character’s dream," says Parcerisas, who has namechecked says Maya Deren, Wong Kai Wai and Alain Resnais as her main cinematic influences in making the video."The music video mirrors the artist, Marta, as she enters a dream world where fragments of the unconscious mind are depicted," she continues. "To enhance the feeling of dread and surrealism, I employed the juxtaposition of objects. These include the enigmatic teddy bear, which symbolises remnants of our childhood, the fish tank, and the recurring key. The key and the underwater tank represent repression and the feeling of being trapped, while also embodying the possibility of escape and progression to the next stage of the dream."Additionally, I aimed to incorporate a sense of women's support, energy, and empowerment through a ritualistic movement before reaching the conclusion of the song, where Marta is prepared to let go and move forward without looking back."The final shot of the teddy bear engulfed in flames has been a powerful image in my mind since the project's inception. It serves as a clear representation of burning and releasing any emotional baggage from the past that we may carry with us."

Hora Bolz directs an impressive music film for El Perro, consisting of visuals for the tracks Call Me When You're Home and Let Me Think That Again.Filmed in southern Spain, the concept is a surrealist twist to the classic Sword Of Damocles story: a couple of outlaws whose life is controlled by destiny and anxiety have to make a decision, to help them understand the true definition of their relationship."The idea for this came hand-in-hand with the location," explains Bolz. "It was really important for me to create a world that felt realistic enough so the surreal elements in it felt authentic. Like when you wake up from a dream, and you need to take a moment to understand what’s going on."For me, the best part when watching a movie - or any art piece - is the interpretation. That’s why I wanted this music video to be like a riddle. It had to be fun for you to decipher, and for me to see what you’ve found."DoP Benjamin Cotgrove adds that the video was shot in extremely testing conditions. "We ended up shooting at the height of summer during 40 degree celsius heat - at times the sun was pretty unbearable," he says. "I knew shooting on 16mm the stock wouldn’t miss a beat and even with our schedule forcing us to shoot when the sun was high noon, film helped to balance the crude, raw sun on the face of our cast."We had an incredible local crew who were not unfamiliar with these conditions and knew exactly how to support us through this: keep a cooler bag ready for the film."