Shorts: Music Videos
I Know Him So Well
Directed by Chance Calloway
4:29 • United States
The jewel-toned animation of queer teenage love is chronicled by guitar-playing mermen and the vocals of AJ Rafael and Chance Calloway.
Haunted
Directed by Jason O’Brien
3:56 • United States
Music video for Jake Needham’s newest song.
When the Hawk Comes
Directed by Lilia Li-Mi-Yan & Katherina Sadovsky
5:58 • Armenia
The plot and melody of an Armenian lullaby are taken as a starting point, where a mother tries to calm her son by offering to make a symbolic choice of a destiny bird.
Ice Slippin’
Directed by rubberband.
4:29 • United States
Just before Omar believes he is going to die in a car crash, he imagines what rebuilding his body and mind would look and feel like.
Dumb Rich Kid
Directed by Erin Brown Thomas
3:27 • United States
Music video by Laura Holliday.
Dancing on the Waves
Directed by Efrat Shamir
4:02 • Israel
The video depicts musical creation as the product of the real and the imagined, where the actual sounds of real live instruments combine with the imagined sounds of a sand-made piano.
My Everything
Directed by Omer Ben David
4:13 • Israel
In the new music video by the musician Kutiman, a man that feels his home and family are closing in on him, walks out for a small stroll, just to re-open back to them.
The Thing – Country Song II
Directed by Ben Rummans & Liz Hinlein
3:28 • United States
The official music video for The Thing – Country Song II. Sponsored and produced by Sony Entertainment, Cooke Optics and New York Film Academy.
Hunky Dory
Directed by Steven Vander Meer
6:00 • United States
Hunky Dory juxtaposes scenes of animal life with images of human existence, observing the quirky and unexpected ways in which we are similar.
Times Have Changed
Directed by Christian Harrison
3:41 • United States
Music video for the Charlie Mars single.
AntiHana: Doghouse
Directed by Madeline Leary
4:20 • United States
Doghouse – off AntiHana’s new album, W.E.T., out now.
Crucifier
Directed by Nalbeat Kwon
2:50 • United States
A domestic dispute between parents is hell on earth for a child. A surreal portrait of a domestic hell using virtual production technologies.
Enough of You
Directed by Joseph McClure
3:23 • United States
A couple sing to each other and the camera and groove to fiery rock vibes, singing they “can’t get enough of each other” (as heard in Mending the Line, a feature starring Brian Cox, Sinqua Walls, Wes Studi and Patricia Heaton).
Cemetery Fire
Directed by Ariel Narayan
2:52 • United States
This video for “Cemetery Fire” by Oddly Porcelain follows the two band members as they embark on a nostalgic childhood adventure after running away from home. But things quickly take a turn.
BLYTH
Directed by Tom Dream
5:00 • Australia
This short film music video hybrid is an exploration of the witch burnings and the dancing plagues of the 16th century which swept across Europe like wildfire.
Boyilove
Directed by Phillip Dean Merritt
2:15 • United States
The animated music video for “Boyilove” transports viewers to a liminal world where roller disco reigns supreme, and neon emotions ignite under the twirling mirrorball.
Barrio Unido
Directed by Robb S García
6:09 • United States
See a live performance from Bombasta, surrounded by lowrider cars and bikes, Aztec dancers, Westside murals, and community members from all walks of life dancing throughout the night.
Wasn’t Mine – From Ethos: Son of a Sharecropper
Directed by Terry Blade
2:08 • United States
The phrase “son of a sharecropper” is a reference to singer-songwriter Terry Blade being a descendant of Black American sharecroppers in Colerain, North Carolina. Blade created this music video with historical archival footage.
Alice
Directed by Ben Phillippo
3:03 • United States
A young woman’s daydreams are more compelling than her drab reality. When she chases a vision down the proverbial rabbit hole, will she ever be the same?
Stay With Me
Directed by Jiaxin Wang
4:25 • United States
A young woman’s journey to self-actualization unfolds through fragmented time and visual metaphors as she confronts her inner struggles.
FootRocket – Apple Seed
Directed by Zach Strum
3:38 • United States
So many backflips.
Nitsch: End of the World
Directed by Leo van Kann
3:30 • Germany
A first love lost, a mysterious teleshopping program and a road trip with the devil. Nitsch: “the end of the world” interweaves fragments of stories, suggesting characters connected through bits of found footage.