VKRS Festival

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VKRS (Video Killed the Radio Star) is the combination of music and video in one event! Bands often need a video to promote their music, but the video is much more than a broadcast medium. It is an art form in its own, right! And its artists deserve to be highlighted and recognised! There will be lots of clips, prizes will be awarded, professionals will mingle, there will be concerts, dancing all night, masterclasses with hangovers, and video teams will take up the Speed-Clipping challenge: making a clip in three days! VKRS (Video Killed the Radio Star) is the combination of music and video in one event! Bands often need a clip to make their music known, but the clip is much more than a broadcast medium. It is an art form in its own right! And its artists deserve to be highlighted and recognised! We'll watch lots of clips, we'll award prizes, professionals will mingle, there will be concerts, we'll dance all night, we'll go to the masterclasses with a hangover while video teams will take up the Speed-Clipping challenge: make a clip in three days!

Find the screen.brussels team in the programme: 

FRIDAY 11 JUNE 2021

13:30 - 14:15: Masterclass with Jean-Pierre Berckmans (creator of the "Dream Factory" and reference in Europe in the field of video clips) hosted by Marine Haverland from screen.brussels cluster

The director Jean-Pierre Berckmans will share with us his multiple experiences in the field of music videos. Founder of the Dream Factory company, he has directed more than a hundred clips, including "Mon dieu qu'je l'aime" by William Sheller, which won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Midem in 1985.

2.30 pm - 4 pm: Round table with experienced music video directors! Round table discussion moderated by Marine Haverland from screen.brussels cluster

The award-winning directors of the previous edition of VKRS will talk about the conditions of making their clip. What was their creative process? How did the collaboration with the band go? We will go into the details of the production, the financing, the fallout...
Guests: Charles de Meyer and Pierre Leroy (1st prize ex-aequo), Philippe Carron (2nd prize), Alice Ably (jury prize), Matthieu Frances & Antoine Plaisant (public prize).