Category: Best Music Video ARFF Berlin 2023

Original Film Title: Need Somebody, Gypsy Horse

Director’s Name: Max Westwell

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 9 seconds

Film Description:

The video was inspired by the music. It was a game that has an element of fantasy to it. By the end you are not sure if it was true or not

Original Film Title: Yu – Unique 

Director’s Name: Andreas Eisenach

Writer’s Name: Andreas Eisenach

Producer: Andreas Eisenach

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: German

Runtime: 3 minutes 1 second

Film Description:

A modern Hitchcock Hollow Man scenario.

Original Film Title: TALK

Director’s Name: Zishan Sun

Writer’s Name: Zishan Sun

Producer: Zishan Sun, Grey Smoley, Jonathan Sim, Hannah Qin

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 30 seconds

Film Description:

TALK (by Deacon Phillippe)’s music video follows Deacon’s emotional trajectory when he encounters someone who seems perfect for him. The initial infatuation pulls him into a whirlwind of emotions, even before he fully opens up to love. In its mysterious ways, the universe takes Deacon on a transformative journey, forcing him to confront the delicate balance between self-love, external expectations, and the deep desire to give and receive love.

Original Film Title: LASTRY – Look at me now! [Official Music Video] – Animated Music Video

Director’s Name: Amber Simone Theisen

Writer’s Name: Yosri Mrassi, Thorsden David Marschner

Producer: Thorsden David Marschner, Yosri Mrassi

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 39 seconds

Film Description:

Very shortly we released our 5th Musicvideo from our Debut Album “Time & Space”, but this is our 1st animated Music Video. We are very proud of this and hope it will be shown on our festival.

Original Film Title: The Signal And The Noise

Director’s Name: Jim Hannah

Writer’s Name: Jim Hannah

Producer: Jim Hannah

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 7 minutes 15 seconds

Film Description:

Music video that tells a story about migration and Cape May, New Jersey’s unique location and the new Cape May Point Science Center’s desire to study, preserve and protect this place.

Original Film Title: Think Too Much

Director’s Name: Paperface

Writer’s Name: Paperface

Producer: Paperface

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Country of Filming: United Kingdom

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 39 seconds

Film Description:

An adventure about the dangers of thinking too much. The music is also composed and performed by Paperface and features a live orchestra. It is hand-made animation using miniatures.

Original Film Title: mavi / willpower (music video)

Director’s Name: Sean Breitkreutz

Runtime: 3 minutes 42 seconds

Original Film Title: Locker Room 

Director’s Name: Paul Lux

Producer: LEKE

Country of Origin: Germany

Country of Filming: Germany

Language: English

Runtime: 7 minutes 12 seconds

Film Description:

Music-Video for the Song “LOCKER ROOM” by LEKE

Original Film Title: ego (official music video)

Director’s Name: Adam Lukowski

Writer’s Name: Ava Della Pietra

Producer: Adam Lukowski

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Runtime: 2 minutes 37 seconds

Film Description:

The official music video of Ava Della Pietra’s original song, “ego”

Original Film Title: Зимнiй романсъ

Director’s Name: Anatoly Gun’ko

Writer’s Name: Anatoly Gun’ko

Producer: Anatoly Gun’ko

Country of Origin: Russian Federation

Country of Filming: Russian Federation

Language: Russian

Runtime: 4 minutes 5 seconds

Film Description:

“…In winter, nature falls asleep in the embrace of silence and ice, 
And the winds play with blizzards until spring comes…”