Directed by various directors, language: various with English subtitles
In 1999, Oberhausen introduced the world’s first festival prize for music videos. The impulse to create this award arose out of the observation that music videos had increasingly managed to emancipate themselves from their purely illustrative and advertising function, transforming themselves into a completely independent form of visualization. Today, music videos have proven themselves to be an independent short film genre that even managed to survive the decline of its midwife, the music TV channel.
This selection collects all the works that were nominated for the award MuVi in 2022 and is supplemented by one artistically exceptional video from the program MuVi International.
Flourish (Lotic)
Germany 2021, 3’15”, directed by: Julia Crescitelli
The first prize was given to Julia Crescitelli for the film Flourish, in which each day the gestures flow into each other at a breakneck speed – a very eccentric and lively work, which promotes the aesthetics beyond the lines between beauty and ugliness.
Wann hast du das letzte Mal Blumen betrachtet (Günter Reznicek/Nova Huta)
(When Was the Last Time You Looked at Flowers)
Germany 2022, 2’03”, directed by: Mariola Brillowska
In the film Wann hast du das letzte Mal Blumen betrachtet by Mariola Brillowska, awarded by the second prize, the pictures float between organic and inorganic world, between flowers, spiders and other curious forms of life.
Dr. No (Meese X Hell)
Germany 2021, 3’21”, directed by: Michael Ullrich
The audience award MuVi went to Michael Ullrich for his behind-the-scenes collage titled Dr. No.
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