Aniel Karia directs this challenging short film, based on a concept by Kano, in which a promising teenager is stabbed. The London MC searches for sense and reason in this conversation with his neighbourhood.We meet the teenager (Nat) and his family in a warm, naturalistic vignette, loosely scored by the calm gospel lilt of Trouble. Karia lets us bask in this domestic calm just long enough to lull us into a sense of security. Which he interrupts with a tragic two minutes of iPhone footage, captured by friends and a bystander. On the way to buy rice for his mother, Nat gets caught in the middle of a violent conflict. The moment, over which we can hear a woman describing the event to the police, bears a troubling resemblance to real videos captured by witnesses and shared on the news.There’s a pause for the funeral. And then a raucous wake, guest starring Ghetts, at which Kano is cheerfully hounded into performing his new track Class of Deja.Karia (previously of the series Top Boy and Pure) presents the aftermath of violence with a light, even-handed touch. He and Kano address the cycle of knife crime, but avoid moralistic sensationalism: “I ain’t trying to be no preacher man” says boy’s uncle, speaking at his funeral. A pensive optimism courses through the film, but quiet details - Nat’s sister, bedroom and keyboard - remind us what is at stake. This is a powerful, timely piece of work, and a defining opus for Kano.

A motion-capture performer strays too far from the axis of reality, in this visceral mind-bender for Ed Sheehan by Ryan Staake.Dancer Courtney Scarr treats us to a show-stopping routine in a MoCap studio, and on screen, her movements carry through to a shimmering, shifting CG universe. Travelling between these fantasies and the reality of the studio, Scarr assumes different identities - including 3D avatars of Ed Sheeran and Chance the Rapper. But when it’s time for her to hang up her bodysuit and call it a day, she finds it hard to leave this oscillating fantasy behind…The video is a remarkable achievement for Moving Picture Company, who were tasked with turning round the entire project in just three and a half weeks. MPC is obviously a global leader in VFX, but this required all kinds of ingenious improvisation to make it happen. For example, when Sheeran was not available for a photogrammetry, Dominic Alderson created his 3D avatar from his Madame Tussauds waxwork. More of this iintricate process is revealed in a Behind the Scenes video. While this is a masterclass in visual effects, a mention should go to Scarr and her choreographer Erin Murray. The confident swagger of their dance routine anchors this video in reality, and holds the audience's hand through the rapid shifts and glitches of this digital fantasia.

Ali Kurr takes us through Loyle Carner's house for her new video, No CD, where rooms full of people jam to the track on Guitar Hero. Slickly shot by Reuben Woodin-Dechamp, we follows the artist as he walks through communal spaces with ease, perfectly in tune with the chilled out vibe of the track. With some great art direction by Liz El-Kadhi - who created homely, lived-in spaces rich with details - the clip is full of little surprises, including an unexpectedly diverse cast of performers. Friends, family and Rebel Kleff, all feature in the video, singing and guitar-heroing to the track in unison.

Mimi Cave has delivered this music video for hip-hop artist Danny Brown's track When It Rain and its all about high energy movement caught on glitched out handicams - all wrapped up with a heavy, DIY feel. The video gets at the heart of the track, with an intensity in its choppy editing and layering of found footage channeling heaps of attitude with busted-up VHS clips of various hip hop dance circles. Mimi Cave goes beyond embracing the videotape glitches and basically goes to town with the trippy artifacts and unnatural colour combos...Did she throw her cameras against a wall or something? Because it's really working.