Music and cinema tangle on the floor of AniMusic Night, the competition that brings the most spectacular recent animated music videos to the silver screen. Among the selection's major draws are Cut Hands (directed by Edd Carr), a video made for Deftones using over 2,500 hand-printed cyanotype frames, and Traffic Lights (directed by Nespy 5euro), created for the track by Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) in collaboration with Thom Yorke (Radiohead). The competition also brings together productions for bands like Jinjer (Duél) and Coheed and Cambria, alongside representatives of the local scene: the Romanian short Comet (directed by Nikita Dembinski, Avanpost) for Yes Mercy, and Agony (directed by Nicoleta Rasnita et al.) from the Republic of Moldova. The evening's atmosphere will be energized by MC Tony Baboon, whose hosting will include short bursts of live sound improvisation and live looping performance.
‘AGONY’ MAHAYA & BUBURUZA - Moldova 2026, dir. Nicoleta Rasnita, Alina Malcic, Sandu Lupu, Iulia Calcic, Evelina Chiriac, 4’11
‘COMET, YES MERCY' KADJAVSI - Romania 2026, dir. Nikita Dembinski, 6’51
‘CUT HANDS’ DEFTONES - United Kingdom 2025, dir. Edd Carr, 3’02
'DOES HE REMEMBER' LYING DAWN - France 2025, dir. Claire Vallès, 3’53
'DOKOLA' VESNA - Czech Republic 2025, dir. Aneta Doležalová, Barbora Matějová, 3'9
‘DUÉL’ JINJER - Ukraine 2025, dir. Oleksii Zatserkovnyi, 4’43
'EFFORT' HUIJUN WOO - South Korea 2026, dir. Yuseon Park, 3’52
'ESPLIN' CUARTETO DE NOS - Argentina 2025, dir. Julita Conde, Magality Magality, 4'56
'EXQUISITE CORPSE' JOSEAN LOG - Spain 2025, dir. Alvaro Giraldo, 4'25
'FAVELA/DYSTOPIA' SOULFLY - Brazil 2025, dir. Matt Creeptoon, 3'19
'FEAR IS A ROSE' ELLA HUE - France, United States 2025, dir. Isabel Stub, 4'54
'GOING AWAY' GHISLAIN CHAVANNE - France 2026, dir. Albane Chaumet, 3'12
'GOSOMO' SANTIAGO MOTORIZADO - Argentina 2025, dir. Pablo Ezequiel Roldan, Jesica Bianchi, 3'51
'LIKE 123' MORGANE SURMER - France 2025, dir. Capucine Gougelet, 2'38
'MY NEW WORLD NEVER UNFOLDS FOR ANYONE ELSE' SILLY FUNCTION - China 2026, dir. Lingjie Lu, 3'46
'NO DISCO' JO VAGUE - France 2025, dir. Angèle Chiodo, 3'16
'OHOIOrOI SYNDROME' MOGRILLCOKE - United Kingdom, South Korea 2026, dir. Taewan Kim, 2'54
'ONE LAST MIRACLE' COHEED AND CAMBRIA - Poland 2025, dir. Alek Wasilewski, 3'13
'OTHER I' KRILL - France 2025, dir. Alina Popescu, 2'55
'PAŘEZY’ JOHUŠ MATUŠ - Czech Republic 2025, dir. Julie Černá, Lene Lekše, 2'40
'REIGN' MARIE WARNANT - Belgium 2025, dir. Simon Medard, 4'47
'SALTWATER' RICHARD NEUBERG - United Kingdom 2026, dir. Eilidh Nicoll, 3'30
'SOUL KITCHEN' LEGENDARY BEAST - South Korea 2025, dir. Kim Hakhuyn, 3'34
'SULTAN TANZT SAMBA' KEIMZEIT - Germany 2026, dir. Sonja Rohleder, 3'25
'THE BEGGAR'S RANT' WESTERNER - Croatia, United States 2026, dir. Matija Pisačić, Cooper Bombadil, Noa Pisačić, 3'50
'THE MOON IS BLUE' COLOURBOX - France 2026, dir. Wandrille Maunoury, 4'35
'THE PEACOCK' LUCIE PANNETRAT - France 2025, dir. Morgane Le Péchon, 3'23
'THE PHOENIX' SIAMÉS - France 2025, dir. Mary Yanko, Marlène Ciampossin, 4'5
'THE RIDE PART 2' DUKE MOBB - France 2025, dir. Edern Van Hille, 3'35
'TRAFFIC LIGHTS' FLEA FEAT. THOM YORKE - Mexico 2026, dir. Nespy 5euro, 5'41
'TURN SO SLOW' FULL BODY 2 - United States 2026, dir. Ian Kelewae, 4'
'UNINHUMAN' JUANA MOLINA - Argentina 2025, dir. Dante Zaballa, 4'55