narrative music videos

Music is a universal language. We may not understand the words all the time, but we’ll feel the rhythm, the emotion and the soul of a powerful song. The Beyond the Short Indie Music Video winners showcases incredible works of narrative music from a diverse, talented group of artists, performers, music video directors and crew.

Explore our entire curated catalog of powerful, emotionally driven music videos.

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“LA BEAUTE” by Argam Gevorgyan

"les yeux de celui qui regarde" - the eyes of the beholder. The eyes of each character: blind, aggressive, unconditionally in love, and brought to catharsis.

Twin brothers meet 20 years later, then tragically say goodbye to each other.

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“3h Company - Adequately” by Leo Goresnhtein

An absurdist, Kafkaesque piece riddled with anxiety and paranoia that oscillates between a wedding and a funeral.

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“REKA WW – WIND OH WIND” by Egor Gavrilin

What you’re encountering is a mantra-song, a spell, an enchantment that turns back the pain and destruction brought by fire.

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“Si Belle - Andromeda Sinned” by Avi Bhaya

Andromeda is restrained by her mother's iron grip - and she will find out just how far that control will go.

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“Lute - Finding Self” by Juan Felipe Zuleta

In this apocalyptic music video/short film hybrid, an adolescent survivalist befriends a malfunctioning android (North Carolina rapper Lute) and teaches him what it means to be "human" on her journey across a lush, robot-filled wasteland.

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“Ab-Soul - Do Better” by Omar Jones

The video for Ab-Soul’s “Do Better” is an artistic visual reinterpretation of real-life events that have occurred in Soul’s life. It explores the trials and tribulations of a man who has reached his breaking point.

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“Carinho Feito pelas Mãos” by Guilherme Petry

A couple that does not get intimate, a couple that barely look at each other. A lifetime together hanging only by a thread. A music video about caress, touch and affection as a healing process and as a vital force.