Nice video for Wretch 32’s track with Donae’o and Kojo Funds by Lisbon-born, London-based director João Retorta. Tapping into the repetitive feel of the instrumentals, Retorta wanted to create a visual dynamic that keeps going back even as it moves forward because, as he shared with us, “aint that what house parties are all about? that same repetitive walk from the couch to the fridge, whilst the night turns into day”!

Director: João Retorta
Producer: James Cross
Director of Photography: Tom O’Keefe
Production Designer: Lucy Cooper
Editor: Nikki at Final Cut
Colorist: Joseph Bicknell at CHEAT

Production Company: Bullion Productions
Director’s Rep: Management
Commissioner: Semera Kahn, Ore Okonedo
Label: Polydor

UK-based creative studio FutureDeluxe plays with waves of colour in this experimental short!

A shocking dark comedy by Brooklyn-based filmmaking duo Logan George and Celine Held of ELO films. “Mouse” follows a drug-fuelled couple (perfectly portrayed by Vanessa Wasche and Logan George) who go to extreme lengths to cash in on an unfortunate event. Warning: mature content, language, drug use, etc.

Written & Directed by: Celine Held & Logan George
Director of Photography: Lowell A. Meyer
Production Designer: James Bartol
Starring: Vanessa Wasche & Logan George

Assistant Director: Jack Kyser
Assistant Camera: Ian Wexler
Sound Production Mixer: Alessandro Altman
Gaffer: Gene Malkin
Production Assistants: Vu Kong & Jovan James

Editor: Logan George
Supervising Sound Editors: Joanna Fang & Dennis Hu
Dialogue Editor: Philip Kim
Composer: David Baloche

Music:
Little People – “Inutile et Indispensable”
Rick Alvin – “Temple Pressure”

Special Thanks:
Marina Romashko
Lucky
Erica Rose
Charlotte Arnoux
Available Light NY
Craig & Belinda Held
Christopher George & Elizabeth Webb
Petco

No mice were harmed in the making of this film.

Dominican animator Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat wonderfully illustrates Alain de Botton’s sage words about our preoccupation with being normal.

Master of None co-creator Alan Yang offers a poignant critique of how far we’ve come (and how far we’ve yet to go) in the video for JAY-Z’s track “Moonlight.”

London/Paris-based filmmaker Craig Murray creates a series of miniature landscapes and sculptures using clay, plaster and wax for Mogwai’s track “Party in the Dark.”  Shot over 10 days, the video features a trippy mix of animation, time-lapse and live action, all captured in-camera (Cannon 600D).

A portrait of independent musician AlanMichael, beautifully shot and edited by Washington, DC-based filmmaker Jay Salbert.

Director: Jay Salbert
Director of Photography: Kohl Threlkeld
Camera and Grip: Chilton Media Group
Associate Producer: Catherine Wallwork, Ian Fay
Production Assistant: Aiden Korotkin, Jon Bougher, Jordan Gantz
Production Sound Mixer: Ivan Basauri
Sound Utility: Alan Brenner
Editor: Jay Salbert

Love this short by London-based animator Dan Castro, with sound by Kenneth C M Young. Should win an award for best video description: “A film about trumpets and people who are annoying but you like but who are annoying.”

Tons of great moments in this video for Strangelove and Bellatrix! Directed by London-based filmmaker Taz Tron Delix, “Lonely Souls” explores the difficulties of modern romance and the alienation of urban life through a series of hallucinatory imagery.

A trippy animation for LUMP200’s track “Pull the Daisies” by Berlin-based illustrator Petra Péterffy. Drawing on elements from the cover art she designed for the band’s latest album, Péterffy shared with us how she approached the project (her first music video):

“There was no brief or any visual reference given, my task was simply to react to the music. The video intends to convey the song’s message just as symbolically and abstractly as the language of the lyrics is – in my interpretation: propagating equality in diversity.”

Nice cityscapes mixed with 2D animation by Los Angeles-based director Haonan Wang.

Some great shots in this video for Artem Pivovarov’s track “My Night” by director Taras Golubkov from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Director: Taras Golubkov
DoP: Dima Cherniavskyi
1st AC: Ilya Mikhaylus
Producer: Maks Chudakovskyi
Style: Solomia Shvab
Choreographer: Danil Zubkov
Make up: Ira Kolo
Prod disigner: MONSTRA
Dancers: !Best team!
Admin: Valentin Vasylkevich
Gaffer: MARIK
Casting: Alena Lotra
Colorist: Alina Borshchova
VFX: Maks Arsenyuk
Rental: Patriot rental