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“Cro-Magnon Man”: a rollerblader, a bone puppet and a dead city

Low budget

8 September 2026 Squid · Dir. Rory Alexander Stewart · CANADA

Found-footage horror for Warp: Neil Nelly Ingall carving through an empty concrete cityscape, intercut with a puppet made of bones. Best Low Budget Video at the UKMVA 2025.

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Still: Squid “Cro-Magnon Man”, AI re-angled
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Rory Alexander Stewart’s video for Squid’s “Cro-Magnon Man”, produced by CANADA, won Best Low Budget Video at the UK Music Video Awards 2025. It cuts between professional roller skater and dancer Neil Nelly Ingall skating through a dimly lit, empty cityscape and a puppet made of bones, with a heavily textured, vintage digital look. The track is from Cowards, released on Warp on 7 February 2025.

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