What do JAY-Z, Moby and Katie Melua have in common? Despite catering to very different audiences, all of them recently turned to animation to bring their music to glorious life on screen. So put on your dancing shoes, we’ve rounded up all the best new animated music videos.
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A combination of film, stop motion, 3D computer animation, cardboard which shows the wonderful world of Boxy, a cardboard creature that suddenly comes to life and starts an explorative trip through the busy streets of Amsterdam.
Elton John's classic 1972 track finally has an official music video and, oh boy, what a journey it’s been. Majid Adin and Stephen McNally bring you a film of urgent humanity and personal longing. It draws on Majid’s personal experience as a refugee after fleeing his native Iran, traveling across Europe, spending time in the infamous Calais jungle and successfully securing asylum here in the UK. T
On a warm mystical tropical planet, a lone sensual feline character journey’s the jungle in search of love.
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Spring is here and summer is near – Futuro Pelo’s music video for sunny hit “Bluff” features the artist’s avatar, Monsieur Bouche, as he takes a road trip throughout 80’s Miami in search of the girl of his dreams…
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People should be happy. Even this Egyptian goose, who tries to cast a spell on us with a seductive dance. Its gracious and clumsy movements captivate us. But she’s not the only one to master the dance.Three flocks of geese each led by their guru goose also share the pond; all of them torn between their own individuality and the urge for group behavior. Soon the water begins to rise. Never mind.
The geese will keep on dancing for us until they drown.
A video about the search for ones own identity through seemingly audacious self-expression on the one hand and the undeniable drowning into the masses on the other.
Short minimalistic and melancholy animated film about person's loneliness in the sea of life.
The ghost of a recently deceased man wants to get back to his loved one.
“The Wolf” is an animated Music Video for argentinian band SIAMES. Produced independently by Buenos Aires based studio Rudo Company, every frame has been handcrafted in traditional 2d animation.
'Plastic Flowers' is an animated music video which shapes through music, lyrics and image an overwhelming, stern world in which the artificial mimics reality to such a degree that the protagonist finds it more and more difficult to distinguish reality from illusion, in the pursuit for his own inner fulfillment.
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A man feeling misunderstood by the people around him, wanders at night through a lively and dark street of a big city. Given the title the video gets an unexpected turn.
Fisherman on the sea of memories is looking forward to find his beloved again.
When the feeling of loss engulfs you; how do you find your way back?
We wanted to tell a story of discovering love as a teenager growing up in Southern California.
Our goal was to create a piece built entirely of separate moments, that together would knit together a story that might take a few viewings to piece together.
In a stylishly handcrafted miniature world, a bunch of colourful characters depict several clichés of our overly connected, social media addicted and technology obsessed society. And the whole thing’s orchestrated in stop motion on the pulsing rhythms of Zeds Dead’s track “Too Young” feat. Rivers Cuomo and Pusha T!
Kaboom Animation Festival is the one-stop-shop for the latest and greatest in all things animated. Ranging from cutting-edge experimental arthouse to colorful stories for families and kids, Kaboom will cater to the animation needs of all. Yes, even yours, my amazing weirdo friend!
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