"Best Swiss Video Clip" 2015: Voting opens
The music videos by Swiss artists Bonaparte, Larytta, James Gruntz, Audio Dope, and Effe were nominated on Monday for «Best Swiss Video Clip» 2015 at the «Upcoming Award Night» during the Solothurn Film Festival. This marks the start of voting for the Audience Award.
This is the fourth time that the Migros Culture Percentage pop music festival m4music, the Solothurn Film Festival and the Fondation Suisa have joined forces to find the best Swiss video clip of the year. A jury prize and an audience prize of CHF 5,000 each will be awarded. The winners will be announced at the opening of the m4music festival in Lausanne on March 26, 2015.
The following five music videos have been nominated for "Best Swiss Video Clip" 2015:
- "Into the Wild" by Bonaparte, directed by Jonathon Lim
- "Osama Obama" by Larytta, directed by Julien Mercier
- "Countless Roads" by James Gruntz, directed by Gregor Brändli
- "Solar Soliloquy" by Audio Dope, directed by Garrick J. Lauterbach
- "Du bisch willkomme" by Effe, directed by Haris Dubica
Voting for audience award opened
The audience award will be determined by online voting on the Mx3 music platform. Votes can be cast from now until March 25, 2015 at 12:00 noon at Mx3.ch/m4music.
Jury "Best Swiss Video Clip" 2015
- Germinal Roaux, filmmaker and photographer, jury president
- Eliane Laubscher, Producer/Music Editor, Music Editor, Swiss Radio and Television, SRF
- Michael Kinzer, Artistic Director Festival de La Cité in Lausanne
"Best Swiss Video Clip"
With the "Best Swiss Video Clip" award, m4music, the Solothurn Film Festival and the Fondation Suisa are honoring the popular art form of music videos. This is not only important for the promotion of bands, but also represents an important field of experimentation for young filmmakers, the organizers said in a press release. The award provides the scene of directors, musicians and producers with targeted talent promotion.
Teaser image: "Into the Wild" by Bonaparte, directed by Jonathon Lim
