Official Selection 2024
Music Video
Vibrant, rhythmic and visually stunning, the Music Video programme celebrates the trailblazers of this notoriously eclectic art form. Featuring a mind-bending cascade of nighttime lights, witches, robots, aliens - and a star turn for MS Paint - this is a pulsating and unconventional sensory showcase that redefines the boundaries of creativity.
JAMES BLAKE - THROWN AROUND
Dir: The Reids
In a quest to stay relevant via social media, things go from bad to worse for James Blake, who gets his phone robbed while making a TikTok video.
GLASS ANIMALS - THE OTHER SIDE OF PARADISE
Dir: Eoin Glaister
YouTuber TinFoilPat, a superfan of the band, drives a rumour that lead singer Dave Bayley has been replaced by clones. His followers track his mission to uncover the truth.
LONDON GRAMMAR & CAMELPHAT - HIGHER
Dir: Waxxwork
A hyper kinetic exploration into the history of euphoria and its artistic expression through time, from comparisons to the religious experience, to the ecstasy of the dancefloor.
SLOWDIVE - ALIFE
Dir: Jake Nelson
A witch summons a robot from the bricks of her enclosure. When the beast grows beyond her control, she has no choice but to build walls. The result defies any prediction.
HAK BAKER - LUVLY
Dir: Broken Antenna
A fragmented young man, played by Hero Fiennes Tiffin, is released from prison and quickly falls into old patterns, in a breathless yet fluid ride through London's East End.
GOAT GIRL - MOTORWAY
Dir: Holly Blakey
Inspired by carefree childhood memories of long drives, a trio of characters are caught in the headlights as they dance in the otherworldly near-darkness of a motorway.
YEULE - DAZIES
Dir: Zhang and Knight
Glitchy and distorted yet oddly soothing and spell-binding, Yeule’s hushed cyberpunk android cries out in the aftermath of a broken relationship.
SHAKE STEW - LILA
Dir: Rupert Höller
A surreal musical travelogue of world and jazz finds a dancer melting into a landscape of palm trees, rocks and ocean waves.
ZULU - HOOLIGAN BREAK
Dir: Gil Gharbi
A man reads a letter to camera. Fed up with being ignored, he promises to start a new life that fulfils his passions; music and horses.
EFFY & MALL GRAB - I LUV
Dir: Shammond Shorter
Nostalgic, euphoric, addictive. A dazzling urban journey through the morphing colours of late night lights and club-culture beats.
SIRIUSMO FEAT. MR OIZO - DOPPELKLICK
Dir: Niels P. Rost
Drawn entirely in Microsoft Paint, this animated video pokes fun at humankind’s often absurd relationship with technology and our ever increasing addiction to screens.
SUPERPARKA - AZ
Dir: Pablo Padovani
On a hallucinatory journey through the Sahara desert, Paco and Simon uncover an ancient alien creature and a transforming, flying goat in the creation of their new record.
VONFELT - I’M LEAVING
Dir: Michelle Brand
As the night comes, the journey begins. Running, rushing, racing. Unbound from time and swept away by the night’s surreal cascade of lights, we leave day-life behind.
KING KRULE - SEAFORTH
Dir: Jocelyn Anquetil
As the world sleeps, a man dreams of two golden retrievers - the connection between a father and a puppy - and finds peace among chaos.
NORTH DOWNS - HERE COME BUTTERFLIES
Dir: Jake Mavity
A girl dances through a remarkable transformation, from a trapped version of herself, to one ready to emerge from a kaleidoscopic cocoon.
EZRA COLLECTIVE - GOD GAVE ME FEET FOR DANCING
Dir: Tajana Tokyo
A romance told through the infectious, joyous act of dancing, as a boy and girl come together in an escapist nighttime fantasy.
KHRUANGBIN - A LOVE INTERNATIONAL
Dir: Scott Dungate
On a beach in Thailand, a sweet, slightly surreal story of romance, rivalry and mango sticky rice unfolds.
Official Programme 2024
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