SHORT RIGA #BMV screening-slash-party
“SHORT RIGA Baltijas mūzikas video konkurss jau otro gadu iezīmē mūzikas videoklipu lielo dažādību šajā reģionā – tie ir ne tikai dažādi mūzikas stili, bet arvien atšķirīgāki attēla risinājumi. Taču visu šo dažādību kaut kas vieno – tas ir ritms, pulsācija. Šo “ritma reiboni” – no vienas puses – raksturo augsts pašironijas līmenis un vairīšanās no pretenzijas videoklipu saturā, un no otras puses – bieži vien pārspīlēts greznums, pat ekstravagance. Arī šogad daudz dziesmu ir Baltijas valstu nacionālajās valodās, un apskatītās tēmas dažbrīd pieskaras nacionālajai piederībai. Programma iezīmē mūzikas videoklipus Baltijā kā platformu, kas tiek izmantota dažādiem mērķiem, tostarp lai runātu par vēsturi, popularizētu savu valsti un eksperimentētu ar analogo materiālu video vidē. Šāds kaleidoskopisks skatījums uz notiekošo Baltijā palīdz saskatīt jaunos talantus, kā arī ilgi gaidītas atgriešanās uz mūzikas skatuves.”
AGNESE LOGINA
SHORT RIGA Baltic Music Video Competition kuratore
JANARS ARONIJA
PATIENCE
by I WEAR* EXPERIMENT
Through the eyes of two young protagonists we witness the passionate peak and the confusing downfall of first love.
EDGARS ŠUBROVSKIS, OSKARS UPENIEKS
EVA EVA
by ANSAMBLIS MANTA
There are so many inns and rent apartments whose interiors inspire bizzare feelings and actions. It isn’t always possible to capture this abnormal behaviour on the road with a professional camera so the creators decided to downgrade all of the material to that filmed with but a cellphone.
IVAR MURD
LIGHTS AND SHADOWS
by ZEBRA ISLAND
The morning after a the party. Or is the party still on?
RIMAS SAKALAUSKAS
DOUKIT MEDALĮ
by ANTIS
A new video created for a song by a band from the Lithuanian Independence movement (Sąjūdis) in the late eighties and commemorates their oeuvre.
ZANE ZELMENE
SNIEGAVĪRS
by GAS OF LATVIA
When the moon disappears, the sky is the darkest, and one can observe millions of stars in the heart of the Snowman.
PIJUS VEBERIS
NO REAL PIONEERS
by CLOUDS BELOW
An experimental and musical adventure.
Filmed in Northern Ireland, Silent Valley nature reserve, and Belfast. It is notable that the video features DeLorean DMC-12 from Back To The Future.
AUGUST VARUSTIN
BEEF GRINDER
by LEXSOUL DANCEMACHINE
This young animator got knee-deep into funk already when visualizing Misha Panfilov Sound Combo’s Planetarium. A fan of Family Guy and Don Hertzfeldt, he’s set to bring these influences to life with a lot of cartoon drawing.
MARTYNAS ENČIUS
TU MANO VASARA
by ANTIKVARINAI KASPIROVSKIO DANTYS
The video is said to be a “true documentary”.
ADRIANA ROZE
GET LIVE
by BANDMASTER
A surrealistic story set in a dystopian world where all individuality is supressed and among many of the rules loose hair is taboo. An absurd dry land synchronized swimming team is being evaluated by the representatives of a seemingly totalitarian government.
TOMM¥ €A$H
WINALOTO
by TOMM¥ €A$H
Rhythmic insanity, countless bare bodies, and one of the world’s most flexible rappers.
JĀNIS ĀBELE
CEHA DISPEČERAM
by STŪRĪ ZĒVELE
Inspired by and dedicated to La Jetée (a photographic film by Chris Marker – featured also in this festival’s programme IN KINO VERITAS) this music video-slash-experimental short is a love-story about two people who possibly never even met each other.
LUKAS ŠIDLAUSKAS
LIETUVOS ISTORIJOS REPAS
by SVENTINIS BANKUCHENAS
This rap song documents the history of Lithuania from the the first mention of the country in 1009 to the present day.
LUIS VELASCO
PATINKA
by JURGIS DID, MARTYNAS LEVICKIS & COLOMBIAN BARBERS SYNDICATE
Lithuanian is amongst the oldest languages spoken today. A good way to preserve this cultural heritage is to share it, even if it finds itself in unconventional places or rolled off of unorthodox tongues.
NORMUNDS GRIESTIŅŠ, KRISTĪNE VĪTOLA
BESTEST THEATRE
by TV MASKAVA
This is the video version of TV Maskava’s track from a video commercial that advertises music sythesizers made in Latvia.