3rd Place: Public Symphony - Stronger (Dir: Theodore Ushev)
A simple animation that at first might strike you as childish, but things pick up and eventually make their way to enjoyment. I felt like the main character wasn’t emotive enough compared to the somber song. He was really jumpy and rough, which I felt took away from the purpose.
2nd Place: El Sr. Antipirina - Me Voy (Dir: Stathis)
Man, this really could have gone somewhere. We start out with an interesting women, standing in her kitchen. We get a sense that something is gonna happen, but instead we get fooled into the, ‘character putting the cd into the stereo and then singing along to the song’. Why? It attempts to get back on course for the ending, but it’s too late for ‘Me Voy’ (I go away). Nice visuals though — the editing and camera work really were superb.
El Sr. Antipirina - Me Voy from Stathis on Vimeo
1st Place: Those Dancing Days - Run Run (Dir: Daniel Eskils)
It’s pretty hard to have a bad video when you have a lead singer that is cute and has a fro. I think that’s all I need to say, right? I was transfixed with this girl’s hair the whole way through. I never thought I could find that much hair attractive but it has happened. Bravo Daniel Eskils, well done. This video is a delight.
On another note, what is going on with the girl-pop coming out of Sweden. It’s getting goddamn ridiculous.
Hi. I just wanted to say that there is an english subtitled version here
http://www.vimeo.com/986650
Cheers