Music videos are more than just a companion piece: they are an art form of their own. This screening presents works by international students exploring the intersection of music, image, performance, and visual storytelling. A visual mixtape of different genres and styles...

Program:

You’ll Understand When You Want To

Kad gribēs tad sapratīs

Latvia 2025 / 3’

Calm black-and-white images open up a melancholic, eerie world. With growing unease, the feeling of inner conflict intensifies, as does the oppressive sensation of being trapped in a state of stagnation.

Directed by: Liva Klepere

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UNDERTHEKER

Germany 2025 / 3’

An elementary school teacher experiences the night of his life before having to return to school the next morning.

Directed by: Jan-Oke Jens

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EGOMANIAC – Color The Night (directed by Ellinor Brandenburg)

Austria 2026 / Short Film / 4’

The song highlights queer voices that are silenced by ignorance and homophobia. It expresses pain, powerlessness, and anger, while exposing power structures that arise from fear, hatred, and patriarchy.

Directed by: Ellinor Brandenburg

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Long time no see lol

오랜만ㅋㅋ

South Korea 2025 / Animated Film / 5’

The protagonist encounters memories of a friend who passed away a long time ago. For a moment, the past comes back to life.

Directed by: JIWON YOON

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Your Hands

MALINA - Deine Hände

Germany, France 2025 / Short Film / 4’

For a music video, Malina returns to a place in Brittany, that she has avoided for a long time. The journey turns into a necessary confrontation with feelings of anger and grief.

Directed by: Tom Wielspütz

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LILA SOVIA - Besser

Germany 2026 / 3’

Navigating the space between community and a harsh outside world, Lila Sovia moves through a world of performance and self-image. Her use of mixed media blends various visual styles to create a multi-layered visual form.

Directed by: Ashe Schaub

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Moneygirl

Germany 2025 / 4’

Rapper Moneygirl offers a glimpse into a day in her glamorous Berlin life. Through a mix of real footage and AI-generated sequences, common clichés of the rap genre are exaggerated and pushed into the realm of the surreal.

Directed by: Fiona Lukas

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KYTES - Cope

Germany 2025 / 3’

Analog images capture movement in dramatic slow motion. Gestures, glances, and small everyday actions take on a special presence that makes their intimacy and physicality palpable.

Directed by: Janne Hansberg

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OKAYALEX – Spiderweb

Germany 2025 / 3’

After a heated phone argument, singer OKAYALEX falls under the spell of an eerie presence. Caught between guilt, fear, and darkness, the line between reality and nightmare begins to blur.

Directed by: Bela Moritz

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ILDIKÓ - All Glock No Cock

Germany 2025 / Short Film / 3’

A person in an oversized suit stumbles aimlessly through an industrial area, the forest, and a construction site. The visual chaos resonates with the song itself, which is just as loud and obscene.

Directed by: Paula Kiermaier & Olga Ringleb

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DIY store

SALÒ - Baumarkt

Germany, Austria 2025 / Animated Film / 2’

A charming, bizarre creature wanders through the aisles of a hardware store, stumbling aimlessly through doors as it chases after a character who works there.

Directed by: Marc Teuber

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SHEDBUG - WAOUU

Germany, Australia 2025 / Short Film / 3’

Bathed in a cool, bluish retro light, we follow a young man through his day – accompanied by a pulsating techno soundtrack.

Directed by: Ilja Kislitsyn & Lars Kujat

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FLORA BLUBINY - Under Velvet Skies

Germany 2025 / 3’

Under Velvet Skies experiments with an original square aspect ratio and, through unusually long black-and-white shots, explores themes of loss and inner distance.

Directed by: Flora Komarek

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Why the Blues

FLOSSE - Wieso denn Blues

Germany 2025 / Animated Film / 4’

This clay-animated music video follows a cute dinosaur through barren, hilly landscapes, past volcanic craters and curious organisms. The playful blues soundtrack accompanies him throughout his journey and is visually reflected in the animation.

Animation by: Hornschuch Dirk

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Wintergarten

Germany 2025 / 8’

Introspective rap is accompanied by honest images that follow the song’s message. In harmony with sound and lyrics, the video visually depicts violent family structures and the importance of true friendships while growing up.

Directed by: Adrian Kourosh Maaß

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