Category: BEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2024 ARFF BARCELONA

Original Film Title: Talking In Your Sleep 

Director’s Name: Ashley Monet, Juancho Rodriguez

Writer’s Name: Ashley Monet, Juancho Rodriguez

Producer: Emily Leguizamo, Ashley Monet, Juancho Rodriguez

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

A couple who have found themselves struggling to reconnect seek the help of a therapist, as they all navigate their respective points of view.

Original Film Title: Only Eden

Director’s Name: . Andrea Jean Plamondon

Writer’s Name: Andrea Jean Plamondon

Producer: Andrea Jean Plamondon

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 4 seconds

Film Description:

Only Eden is a pastoral, art music film, which was shot with the original 16mm Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera near my videographers off grid ranch in Arizona. It depicts two solitary characters (played by Plamondon) wandering in the wild; both of whom appear to be searching for something, but what that something is, is left up to the viewer to divine. Along the way the audience is treated to lush colors and expansive horizons. The title song speaks to how the world is not what it used to be, and was written and performed by Andrea J Plamondon and Connor Hutton, who has assisted Academy Award Winning directors Ridley Scott, Peter Pau and others.

Original Film Title: Ego (Ava Della Pietra)

Director’s Name: . Adam Lukowski

Writer’s Name: Ava Della Pietra

Producer: Adam Lukowski

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 37 seconds

Film Description:

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

Original Film Title: SLAVIC

Director’s Name: Dorota Fórmanowska

Writer’s Name: Dorota Fórmanowska, Artur Jasiński

Producer: Dorota Fórmanowska, Artur Jasiński

Country of Origin: Poland

Country of Filming: Poland

Language: English

Runtime: 5 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description: 

Sometimes fear and horror come into your life.
Like nasty monsters, they can take you to some dark, dirty places that become your prison
and you start to lose your strength to get out of there.
However, there is often a glimmer of hope and a force that can get you out of there.

Original Film Title: Defiance

Director’s Name: Dimitri Legrand

Writer’s Name: Dimitri Legrand

Producer: Dimitri Legrand

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: Indonesia

Language: English, French

Runtime: 3 minutes 47 seconds

Film Description:

In a world of guarded ghettos, where freedom is but a distant memory, a tale of deceit and resistance takes center stage. In this gripping narrative, one man walks the precarious line between two worlds, working for the wealthy elite while harboring a hidden allegiance to the oppressed.

As he traverses the boundaries of privilege and poverty, his role becomes increasingly conflicted. Tasked with recruiting girls from the ghettos to entertain the affluent, he becomes entangled in a web of exploitation and power. A woman from the ghetto recognizes him and pleads for his help. She dreams of escaping their confined existence, offering her skills as a dancer as a way out.

Yet, the man’s true motivation lies elsewhere, he seeks another woman, with whom he shares a secret relationship and the imminent arrival of their child. His desperation to find her intensifies, as she remains hidden, fearing the repercussions of their forbidden love. In his heart, he carries the burden of a double life, pretending to serve the elite while secretly working to uplift the downtrodden.

 

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: À Toi

Director’s Name: Stéphane Berla

Writer’s Name: Stéphane Berla

Producer: Julie Paturle

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: French

Runtime: 2 minutes 48 seconds

Film Description:

This is the story of two characters throughout their lives, each with their own personality, their own world. There is a boy in red and a girl in blue. While he represents masculinity, life, reality she incarnates the ideal, his muse, something dreamlike.

These two children evolve through time, each building their own identity, before finally meeting again as adults. The blue and the red then merge together to form a new colour.

 

Original Film Title: Moses

Director’s Name: Ai Toyoshima

Videographer: Sam Lobel

Writer’s Name: Ai Toyoshima, Sam Lobel

Producer: Ai Toyoshima, Sam Lobel

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 32 seconds

Film Description:

I’ve always hoped to re-create some of the greatest musical dance scenes into my own way without completely throwing the original ideas out of the window.
This is a great homage for my dance God, Gene Kelly, who’ve brought me so much joy into my life through his movements.

Hope my version of Moses brings joy into many people’s lives.

 

Original Film Title: Pesto – VESPA

Director’s Name: Pawel Stokajlo, Piotr Smolenski

Writer’s Name: Pawel Stokajlo

Producer: Pawel Stokajlo

Country of Origin: Poland

Country of Filming: Gibraltar, Spain

Language: Polish

Runtime: 3 minutes 5 seconds

Film Description:

A love song about a knight in white armour, riding an Italian steel steed, arriving at an idyllic village and capturing hearts of local ladies.

Original Film Title: ReWARlution

Director’s Name: Eugene Sokolenko

Writer’s Name: Eugene Sokolenko

Producer: Ilya Rabinovich

Country of Origin: Israel

Country of Filming: Israel

Language: English

Runtime: 8 minutes 22 seconds

Film Description:

The music clip revolves around a group of individuals seeking shelter in a basement during a war. The characters include a militaristic and conservative father (DAD / Militant Man), his metalhead son (SON) who disagrees with his father’s views, a pacifist woman (DINA / Peaceful Woman) with liberal beliefs, a violinist (VIOLIN LADY), a mother figure (MOTHER LADY) with a baby carriage and young teenage daughter (The Girl), a guitarist (IGOR / Guitar Guy), an Old Man who cooks and quiet.
As they sit in the basement, the scene reveals their lives marked by misery and the prolonged duration of their stay. Most people are engrossed in their gadgets, watching news or communicating with loved ones. VIOLIN LADY provides some respite by playing the violin.
When the water supply depletes, SON takes it upon himself to find more. The conflict between DAD and DINA intensifies, resulting in DAD destroying DINA’s phone. Suddenly, a bomb blast rocks the basement, causing panic. Injured, SON returns, and DINA tends to his wounds. Reflecting on his actions, DAD offers his smartphone to DINA as a gesture of remorse. The clip concludes with everyone still engrossed in their screens, leaving the lingering question of whether wars will ever end.

The song feature musicians from different countries who have recorded their parts in 10 languages. They communicate with the characters via video chat, saying words of support and wishes for peace.