Director

Alexandre Do

Alexandre Do directs a reflective promo for rapper Jianbo, which follows an old man, whose memories of his late wife keep him going.&nbsp;From the man's daily routine as a busy cook through to dreaming about a jazz club he and his late wife used to frequent, the video for Exhale (Point Hill) blends narrative, performance and dance to create something singular and perfectly suited to the track. &nbsp; &nbsp;Beautifully shot and conceptualised,&nbsp;it's a touching story brought to life masterfully by Alexandre Do and team.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1]"Hearing Exhale for the first time, I knew right away it was special," says the director.&nbsp;"From this moment it wasn’t just about making a cool video, it was about making a beautiful piece of film."The song’s dedicated to Jianbo’s late friend Dom, whose guitar is sampled throughout. I wanted to stay true to that emotional core, so I kept writing until I hit something personal, pulling from my own family, my partner, a memory of seeing a picture of my dad and his friends fresh from Cambodia in the ’70s wearing flared pants. When I first wrote it, I kept thinking of Up’s opening montage and Michael Haneke’s Amour."This film is really about grief, longing, and those moments when you wish you could see someone you love one last time. Jianbo really showed up: learning the dance routine, pushing himself emotionally, and bringing out a side of himself we hadn’t seen in his past videos."

United Kingdom

Amy Conjaerts

Daniel Phung

Vanessa Ng

Imogen Mccall

Jamie Mccallum

Plus Another One

Stephen Allwright

Jack Edwards

Rowan Hutchings

Benjamin Eeley

Josh Wooster

Connor Sweetman

Ben Cowan

The Quarry

Francis Qureshi

Wild Island Films

Leslie Ching

Eastern Margins

Hip Hop

Jianbo ft India Blue 'Exhale (Point Hill)' by Alexandre Do

Jianbo-Ft.-India-Blue-'Exhale-(point-Hill)'-by-Alexandre-Do

In Alexandre Do's video Jianbo and Skydaddy spend the day like you'd expect from two aristocrats from the 18th Century: getting their portrait painted, hunting game and arguing about which country to colonize next.Filmed at Shuttleworth House in Bedfordshire, Alexandre Do stresses the juxtaposition between the grand, period setting and the message in Cradle 2 The Sky, bringing the two together via the classically-influenced music track behind Jianbo's rap performance - with Skydaddy backing up on guitar.&nbsp;"What ultimately inspired this video was that grindset culture that many of us adopt," says Do.&nbsp;"The idea that we can't possibly succeed in this day and age without grinding 24/7 towards a goal that constantly shifts further and further away. [Where] 'making it" is an illusion."[imgtoken data:1]

Daniel Coen

Torriano Entertainment Group

Billy Abbott

Billy King

Ben Plimley

Austin J Phillips

Etai Shomri

Eboly Lynn

Jianbo 'Cradle 2 The Sky' by Alexandre Do

Jianbo - Cradle 2 The Sky (feat. Skydaddy) (Official Music Video)

Alexandre Do directs a stirring monochromatic promo for alt-rock outfit Crows.&nbsp;In the video for Vision Of Me, a&nbsp;salaryman in a lonely, dystopian world wakes up surrounded by his own lifeless replicas.Set against imposing&nbsp;brutalist architecture, the concept has a strange liminality about it, blending strange dreamscapes with the raw reality of our world.&nbsp;It's a strange, disquieting promo, elevated by clever editing and lingering, static shots.&nbsp;[imgtoken data:1][imgtoken data:2]

Emma Smith

Only Child Collective

Dana Leonard

Adam Hatch-berry

Finlay Reid

Goldcrest Films

Sorrell Higgins

Coffee & TV

Elzon Pono

James Cox

Bad Vibrations

Crows 'Vision Of Me' by Alexandre Do

Crows - Vision Of Me (Official Video)

Alexandre Do directs a love letter to the late 90s and dumb boyfriends, in his promo for Izzy Bizu.&nbsp;We see the artist venting with friends in a salon after another petty fight with her boyfriend, and things soon launch into a series of glossy performance vignettes.&nbsp;Boasting impressive art direction - with plenty of earthy textures, colours and custom props&nbsp;- and slick cinematography, the video is a breezy, fun-filled affair, which acts as a perfect introduction to Izzy Bizu, for those who aren't already familiar.&nbsp;It's excellent work from up and coming director Alexandre Do.

Kuki Colabona

Mackenzie Stretch

Daniel Pung

Aime Barlow

Kenan Kián

Jess Fowler

Fyodor Houtheusen

Seth McNamara- Waddington

Ample Media

Daniel Pachalski

Luke Gurney

Lukas Libutka

Bogdan Grigoriu

Terri Capon

Andi Chu

Black Kite Studios

Hayden Martin

Joshua Lyster

Izzy Bizu

Izzy Bizu 'Dumb' by Alexandre Do

Izzy-Bizu-'Dumb'-by-Alexandre-Do

Lo Xu-Ming Tong offers up a glimpse into the life of a group of friends who find themselves on the cusp of young adulthood, for Montréal-based electronic artist&nbsp;CRi&#39;s track Tell Her.&nbsp;It&#39;s a tumultuous sequence, presenting us to each member of the group through portraits of the defiant young boys, situating them in&nbsp;their most familiar&nbsp;spaces.&nbsp;Then, we follow them as they playfight with lighters, act&nbsp;like tough guys, drink&nbsp;by the train tracks and channel all&nbsp;their pent up anger by destroying old&nbsp;cars at a junkyard.&nbsp;The director explains: &quot;The idea was to portray kids that ended up more or less raising themselves, to capture the kind of environment where you grow as a human being primarily by the breath of your closest social entourage.&quot;&nbsp;