Category: BEST MUSIC VIDEO – 2026 WSXA Barcelona

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Cupid Went Wild – dir. Rodrigo B. Estevez

(ENVISION AWARD WINNER)

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Original Film Title: Cupid Went Wild

Director’s Name: Rodrigo B. Estevez

Writer’s Name: Rodrigo B. Estevez

Producer: Bárbara Rivas Vílchez, Maximiliano Mondragón Alpizar, Felipe Güemes Melgar

Country of Origin: Mexico

Country of Filming: Mexico

Language: Spanish

Runtime: 3 minutes 49 seconds

Film Description:

Felipe is pulled into a fantastical world where ethereal forces manipulate his fate. Trapped in a surreal game, he faces moments that blur the line between reality and delusion.
On his journey, he must face his own light and darkness to discover who he is… and who he is meant to become.

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Lamp – dir. Zoe Peng

(HONORABLE MENTION)

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Original Film Title: Lamp

Director’s Name: Zoe Peng

Writer’s Name: Zoe Peng, Yike Gao

Producer: Xinxuan Zhou

Country of Origin: China

Country of Filming: China

Language: Mandarin Chinese

Runtime: 3 minutes 26 seconds

Film Description:

When singer Angela Zhang finds herself physically and emotionally exhausted, a mysterious lamp appears, claiming to grant three wishes. Thus begins her odyssey through mind-bending realms where dreams fuse with reality, and eternity collides with fleeting moments. She indulges in lavish extravagance within gilded illusions, storms the Archives of Love to overturn dusty heartbreak doctrines, and ultimately confronts her aged self at the end of time—within a house where memories crystallize into walls.
In this twilight sanctuary, two versions of Angela unfold a raw dialogue: about the weight of home, the poetry hidden in wrinkles, the paradox of creation that both liberates and imprisons, and the fragile flame of original aspiration that flickers through decades.
Returning to reality, she awakens to a revelation—every vision in the illusion traces back to reality’s tapestry. There exists no magic lamp, only the extraordinary ordinary people around her: their unnoticed kindnesses flickers of light that, stitch by stitch, silently weave a galaxy in life’s dark night.

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Random Forest – dir. Guillaume Blot, Ludovic Blot

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: Random Forest

Director’s Name: Guillaume Blot, Ludovic Blot

Writer’s Name: Guillaume Blot

Producer: Guillaume Blot

Country of Origin: France

Country of Filming: France

Language: English

Runtime: 17 minutes 20 seconds

Film Description:

Tonight, the algorithm breaks.
A polymorphic hacker hijacks the playlist.
Scam, control or an escape from a life scripted by an AI that knows our desires before we do?

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Edge to Stillness – dir. Lily Rinae

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: Edge to Stillness

Director’s Name: Lily Rinae

Writer’s Name: Lily Rinae

Producer: Tomoyuki Sudo

Country of Origin: Japan

Country of Filming: Japan

Language: Japanese

Runtime: 2 minutes 52 seconds

Film Description:

Jun Miyake’s acclaimed composition—featured in Wim Wenders’ Pina—resonates with the quiet landscapes of Niseko.
The film is set in a single-storey house designed by the avant-garde architecture collective SAAD, its curved form echoing the flow of a nearby stream and the rhythms of snow, wind, and light.
A dancer embodies these soft, organic lines, using movement to reveal the dialogue between architecture and the natural materials that root the home in its surroundings.
The camera glides along the building’s curves, tracing the dancer’s breath and gesture as music, body, and place gradually merge.
The result is a spatial poem capturing the moment when architecture, nature, and human presence harmonise in the stillness of Niseko.

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God Did It – dir. Wilbert C Thomas

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Original Film Title: God Did It

Director’s Name: Wilbert C Thomas

Writer’s Name: Kimberly Cash Tate, Lamontt Blackshire

Producer: Lamontt Blackshire

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 2 minutes 54 seconds

Film Description:

“God Did It” is a music video by 13FOUR (Lamontt Blackshire & Kim Cash Tate) from the film “Cling the Movie.”

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95′ KiD – dir. Ahmet Tigrel

(FINALIST)

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Original Film Title: 95′ KiD

Director’s Name: Ahmet Tigrel

Writer’s Name: Ahmet Tigrel

Producer: Ahmet Tigrel

Country of Origin: Turkey

Country of Filming: Turkey

Language: English

Runtime: 3 minutes 24 seconds

Film Description:

I’ve been playing video games for over 30 years.
This video is a love letter to the games and moments that stayed with me, the ones that shaped how I think, feel, and create.
From early pixel worlds to modern cinematic experiences, it’s a personal timeline of growing up with games always present in the background.
It’s not a ranking, not a history lesson, and not about skill.
It’s about memory.
Late nights, first wins, impossible levels, iconic characters and the moments that stayed.
A thank you to the developers who built these worlds, and a gift to the gamers who grew up in them.

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No One Walks On Water – dir. Matt Ellsworth

(HONORABLE MENTION)

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Original Film Title: No One Walks On Water

Director’s Name: Matt Ellsworth

Writer’s Name: Ira Ingber, Steve Bartek

Producer: Ira Ingber

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: United States

Language: English

Runtime: 4 minutes 53 seconds

Film Description:

The official music video for “No One Walks On Water (Anymore)” dives into a steampunk-inspired world of animated whimsy, perfectly reflecting the inventive sound of BarIng All’s debut album, There Goes My Compass. Gears turn, airships drift, and surreal mechanical seas shimmer beneath a clockwork sky. Through this dreamlike landscape, a lone wanderer searches for meaning in a world where faith and fantasy collide. Playful yet profound, the video captures the essence of losing direction — and finding wonder in the process.

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TEONI’S TANGO – dir. TEONI

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Original Film Title: TEONI’S TANGO

Director’s Name: TEONI

Writer’s Name: TEONI

Producer: Giorgi Gogua, Gela Izoria, Darejan Geperidze, Shotiko Bandzeladze

Country of Origin: United States

Country of Filming: Georgia

Language:

Runtime: 3 minutes 17 seconds

Film Description:

“A cinematic tango that blends passion, rhythm, and emotion. This music video presents an original tango composition by TEONI, where dance becomes the language of love and intensity.”

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I’ll Burn Alive – dir. Manuel Mira Albero

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Original Film Title: I’ll Burn Alive

Director’s Name: Manuel Mira Albero

Writer’s Name: Manuel Mira Albero

Producer: Manuel Mira Albero, Joan Manel Piquer

Country of Origin: Spain

Country of Filming: Spain

Language: Catalan

Runtime: 4 minutes 50 seconds

Film Description:

The music video for “Cremaré Viu” takes us on an intimate and poetic journey where vulnerability turns into strength. Through symbolic imagery — balancing light and shadow, fire and calm — Joan Manel Piquer conveys the inner tremor of moments of crisis, while offering the warmth of companionship. The video reinforces the song’s message: even when the ground shakes beneath us, we are not alone. A visual piece that blends simplicity, emotion, and powerful metaphors to portray human fragility and the hope of rising again.

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VNSKA – Walking on beats – dir. Leevi Heino Einari Oramo

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Original Film Title: VNSKA – Walking on beats

Director’s Name: Leevi Heino Einari Oramo

Writer’s Name: Leevi Heino Einari Oramo

Producer: Aaro Haavisto

Country of Origin: Estonia

Country of Filming: Estonia

Language: Finnish

Runtime: 3 minutes 2 seconds

Film Description:

Venska, a Finnish rap artist, finds himself stranded after getting trapped in a film reel.