International Competition of Musicvideos

EZ3kiel: The Eye of the Storm

EZ3kiel: The Eye of the Storm

Masanobu Hiraoka | France, Japan | 2015 | 6 min

The music video for The Eye of the Storm was made by Japanese director Masanobu Hiraoka, a self-taught animator who has achieved a fully professional artistic technique. Fluid imagery smoothly transforms from abstract shapes into concrete ones in this refined Japanese visualisation.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock

David Gilmour: Rattle That Lock

Alasdair Brotherston, Jock Mooney | United Kingdom | 2015 | 5 min

The duo Alasdair Brotherston & Jock Mooney has created an atmospheric black and white video for the dark Floydian rock anthem Rattle That Lock. In the video, the devil descends from Hell to Earth to bring destruction and suffering. The legendary David Gilmour returns to his former band’s tradition of popular animated music videos.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Shaking Godspeed: She’s Young

Shaking Godspeed: She’s Young

Alice Saey | France, Netherlands | 2015 | 4 min

Despite the multiplication of feminine apparitions, from the teasing seductive long-haired figure to the heroic Amazons fighting against the forces of nature, the lyrics to She’s Young about about just one woman, the muse of guitarist/vocalist Wout Kemkens.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Manu Louis: Tchouang Tseu (was at the kermesse of M. Ha)

Manu Louis: Tchouang Tseu (was at the kermesse of M. Ha)

Labaye Mathieu | Belgium | 2015 | 5 min

The original music video for the electropop song Tchouang Tseu (was at the kermesse of M. Ha) was animated by a Belgian graduate of the prominent La Cambre school. This dynamic video depicts a peculiar parade with only one gorilla, one robot and a female character. The film will surprise the viewers with an unexpected turn of events.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Zohaib Kazi: Wake Up 'Jaago'

Zohaib Kazi: Wake Up 'Jaago'

Kamal Khan | Pakistan | 2015 | 4 min

The video’s action-packed story, much like its graphic style, is based on the graphic sci-fi novel Ismail Ka Urdu Sheher and the music album of the same name. The video, which visualizes only a part of the graphically distinct literary work, was made with rotoscoping – a technique by which more than a thousand phases were digitally reanimated.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Balbina: Das IST, die Zeit ist ein Egoist

Balbina: Das IST, die Zeit ist ein Egoist

Carolina Cruz aka lucilux, Stefanie Bokeloh | Germany | 2015 | 5 min

This poetic song by a German artist known by the name Balbina deals with time and the present. And the remarkable music video remains faithful to the themes. The authors tried to depict human efforts to catch the present moment. But time flies, the present is slipping through our fingers and ruthlessly changes into the past.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Agathe Peyrat: Chase Me

Agathe Peyrat: Chase Me

Gilles Deschaud | France | 2015 | 3 min

This disturbing music video for the song Chase Me with its very economic use of colour was created by an established French digital animator and VFX artist. This time, he chose a combination of manual stop-motion and 3D computer animation. The music video depicts a singing girl walking through the countryside and playing ukulele. She is so consumed by her song that she can’t see oncoming danger...

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Katie Nicholas (Cat Aid): Care For The Wild

Katie Nicholas (Cat Aid): Care For The Wild

Anthony Farquhar-Smith | United Kingdom | 2015 | 3 min

The humorous music video for this catchy song presents a collage of various musically talented cats. They connect via the internet and together they record a song with a clear message. They call upon the public to help endangered wildcats. The music video was made in support of the charity organisation Care for the Wild.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Postcards: Walls

Postcards: Walls

Marilyn Haddad | Lebanon | 2015 | 5 min

Minimalist in terms of colour and design, this music video for a slow melodic song uses very inventive animation to depict the loneliness of a castaway trying to escape his fate through daydreaming.  The author visualises his metamorphosing fantasies of his rescue and encloses everything in a postcard frame.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

The Prodigy: Wild Frontier

The Prodigy: Wild Frontier

Mascha Halberstad | Netherlands | 2015 | 4 min

The energetic dance song by the legendary British group The Prodigy got an equally action-packed music video made by Dutch director Mascha Halbrstad. The author, who specializes in narrative stop-motion animation, linked rough music to equally rough imagery in order to create a story taking place in a forest during the night. Its main characters are hunters, their prey and an unwelcome guest riding a motorcycle.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Dědovy blechy: Cukrovinky, cigarety

Dědovy blechy: Cukrovinky, cigarety

Vladimír Daťka | Czech Republic | 2015 | 5 min

The music video for the song Cukrovinky, cigarety (Sweets, Cigarettes) was made over the winter of 2015 in a garage and uses a number of animation techniques and their combinations. The song was recorded by Dědovy blechy (Grandpa’s Fleas). The band’s composer, lyricist and vocalist directed the music video himself. The main hero of the video is reluctant to replace his colourful world with a world that is foisted on him.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Emily King: The Animals

Emily King: The Animals

Tomek Ducki | Poland | 2015 | 4 min

Successful and renowned Hungarian-Polish director Tomek Ducki has in recent years been focusing on music videos – we saw one of his videos in our competition last year. Now he’s back with his colourful style and sensitive mix of several animation techniques. He combines the aesthetics of sand, hand drawing and pulsating abstract shapes.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Jana Kirschner: Spirit of the City

Jana Kirschner: Spirit of the City

Andrej Kolenčík, Veronika Kocourková | Slovakia | 2015 | 4 min

Music video for Duch mesta by Slovak singer was made by Andrej Kolenčík and Veronika Kocourková. The style of their music video is based on the aesthetics of early computer games and handheld consoles. The nostalgia of older gamers can be very comical and hard to understand for younger generations.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Ogris Debris: See The World

Ogris Debris: See The World

Martin Lorenz | Austria | 2015 | 4 min

A music video made in the Vienna-based design and animation studio LWZ is a parable on the desperate world of internet. We receive information through this channel and mistakenly presume that when we scroll down the screen we see the world itself. The director captured this ceaseless ride through a metaphoric world, and with an unusual artistic sensibility has managed to depict all kinds of themes.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Alfio Antico: Venditori ambulanti

Alfio Antico: Venditori ambulanti

Michele Bernardi | Italy | 2015 | 5 min

Alfio Antico is a Sicilian musician deeply attached to his land with its traditions and rituals, even when these are cruel and painful. Images of the wind, the earth and dreams merge in the company of riveting music based on the calls of street vendors.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Keith Richards: Love Overdue

Keith Richards: Love Overdue

George Coffey, Sam Burton | United Kingdom | 2015 | 4 min

The music video for this song by the famous guitarist and founding member of the Rolling Stones is elaborate, inventive and minimalistic in colour. The story, depicted through light, shadows and silhouettes, follows a man who slowly comes to terms with the loss of his love. We are taken on a painful trip through his emotional world as he tries to cope with infinite loss.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Koloto: Fay

Koloto: Fay

Sabine Volkert | Germany | 2016 | 3 min

This pastel music video to the song Fay was made by illustrator, animator and graphic designer Sabine Volkert. The music video organically merges the dynamics of music and moving pictures. The director builds semi-abstract worlds telling a story of self-recognition, self-acknowledgment and personal growth accompanied by electronic music.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Sasano Maly: The Synesthesia Ghost

Sasano Maly: The Synesthesia Ghost

Atsushi Makino | Japan | 2015 | 4 min

This Japanese director, who completed some of his studies at the Academy of Arts, Architecture & Design in Prague, has made an atypical music video mixing puppets and traditional Japanese animation. The viewers have a chance to see the techniques of puppeteering in a story in which a constantly changing man tries to win the heart of one woman.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre

Shirley Bassey: If You Go Away (Rebeat Remix)

Shirley Bassey: If You Go Away (Rebeat Remix)

Ashkan Rahgozar | Iran | 2015 | 5 min

This music video made by a young director from Teheran takes us into an undefinable cyberpunk world. A man who has lost his girlfriend gets a robot to replace her. There is only one rule – he is not allowed to have feelings for the artificial woman. The calm video eventually changes into an action drama.

Th 05/05/2016
14.30-15.43

Světozor Cinema

Sa 07/05/2016
18.30-19.43

J. K. Tyl Theatre