Official Selection 2025
Music Video
Aliens fall in love, sculptors lose control, and talking bugs go noir in this mind-melting Music Video programme. A dazzling collision of sound and story, the emotional and the experimental, expect a maximalist, mischievous lineup of genre-defying artists who push pulsating visuals, extraordinary performances and breathtaking style to the outer edges - then leap past them.
Sunday 21st September, 2.30pm
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NICK LENG - BEETLEBUGS
Dir: Josh Sondock
A young beetle hires Nick, a Private Investigator For Creatures, to find her missing love. As their strange search deepens, reality blurs - until a surreal twist upends everything.
CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH - THE SKIN OF MY YELLOW COUNTRY TEETH
Dir: David Helman & Daniel Henry
A strip mall computer tech juggles glitchy gadgets, oddball clients, and a budding online romance - hoping that love, like tech, can be fixed with the right code.
BRICKNASTY - VINLAND
Dir: Hugh Mulhern
What begins as a quiet creative process turns uncanny when the clay starts pushing back, dragging a sculptor into a strange and grotesque world of stop motion.
MARIBOU STATE - ALL I NEED
Dir: Giordano Maestrelli
Two timelines intertwine inside a handmade zoetrope as echoes of a fractured relationship play out; one forever looping in memory, the other unfolding in the present.
REMI FOX - AU COEUR DE SON
Dir: Marie Larrivé & Lucas Malbrun
During a classroom screening, time slips. Cesare falls into a vivid dreamscape of sound and spirit, pursued by the echoes of a ghost and a mesmerising melody he can’t forget.
MURA MASA - JUMP
Dir: The Reids
In a vibrant blend of candid moments and charismatic performances, nonprofit NYC dance group Showdem spread pure feel-good energy through the joys of Double Dutch skipping.
GLASS ANIMALS - SHOW PONY
Dir: Eoin Glaister
When aliens crash in the countryside, one finds an unexpected bond with a cow, setting off a chain of odd, tender, and unexpectedly fiery events. Love, snacks, and tragedy collide.
INHALER - A QUESTION OF YOU
Dir: WAXXWORK
When a man tries to buy back an engagement ring from a pawnbroker, what can go wrong? Tension, humour, and chaos ensue, in this sharp, heist-like drama starring James Keating.
ALABASTER DEPLUME - INVINCIBILITY
Dir: Niall Trask
This is grief with a stunning twist; a dog’s final moments, a family's sorrow, and a jazz artist’s face in the middle of it all. Funny, jarring, and utterly devastating.
HMLTD - LAY ME DOWN
Dir: Emmanuelle Mohnblatt, Marie Deboissy & Sébastien Kirszenblat
Henry meanders through Wyrmlands, the remains of England consumed by the giant worm of capitalism. Perhaps salvation is possible if he can reconnect with his inner child?
FORTUNO - WANNA BELIEVE U
Dir: Ja'Lisa Arnold
From one black square to a mosaic of memories, this thoughtful video unfolds through a unique grid concept that traces how closeness can fall apart, square by square.
SAM SMITH - LOVE IS A STILLNESS
Dir: Haya Waseem
In grayscale New York, quiet moments of love, regret, and hope unfold in fleeting, heartfelt gestures and lingering, shared glances. A tender tribute to love’s intimate power.
A.G. COOK - SOULBREAKER
Dir: Gustaf Holtenäs
From enchanted knights to digital destruction, this dizzying animation reimagines Britain’s past and future in three epic, soul-shattering acts. Myth, magic, gaming, and ruin.
DONGURIZU - LET’S GO
Dir: Yuma Takeda
Let's goooooo!!!!!!! Trance-like and turbo-charged, this fever dream of dance blends acid-house heat with robotic sensuality, surreal humour, and unstoppable sweaty delirium.
TOMOAKI BABA - PRIME
Dir: Hoji Tsuchiya
A gas station, a chess game, a quiet drift. In this handcrafted world of paper and jazz, life slowly glitches and unravels, guided by rhythm, texture, and surreal beauty.
PARIS TEXAS - THEY LEFT ME WITH THE SWORD / THEY LEFT ME WITH A GUN
Dir: Dan Streit
A magical sword binds Paris Texas to their fate in this two-part, fantasy-tinged odyssey. Full of unmatched swagger, absurd storytelling, dark humour, and old school effects.
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