School of Seven Bells - The Night (Allie Avital Tsypin - WINNER)

We recently teamed up with creative website Genero.tv to have filmmakers from around the world submit videos for the song "The Night." We want to thank everyone who participated. We saw a lot of creative entries and below the winning video you can also find some of our other favorites. - SVIIB

This video really stood out for us in a big way. While there were so many amazing submissions, this one really did what music videos do best. It found a particular nuance in the song, and expanded upon it in a way that only the visual medium can. In a sense, being left behind makes children out of all of us. The conflict of the loneliness that suddenly comes over us in that situation, combined with the ecstasy of finally feeling free, is a really tough thing to capture, and we were so happy to see it brought to life in such a beautiful way. The casting is unbelievable! Not only is the resemblance incredible, the emotion in this girl's face is beyond her years, and her performance nearly had us both in tears the first time we watched it together. I'm not sure I'll hear the night again without imagining this girl either dancing her heart out, tormented and trapped in a corner, or casting a dark spell over whoever left her there alone. It's exactly what this song is meant to look like.

Check out some more of our favorites here http://sviib.com/the-night

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[theonegift]

i cant help to think that this song is dedicated to Claudia, the sister of Alejandra, for leaving the group. if you listen to the lyrics..

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[Ivan Owens]

Every now and again a video/song comes along that restores your faith in the music industry!!

[cwyatt1967]

Generally speaking I find music videos to be a language of about 20 words repeated forever in slightly different orders. So mesmerizing when that language is ignored and ironically manages to actually communicate something. A beautiful song enhanced by a beautiful film. Thank you to all involved.

[Mike R]

Wonderous work! Absolutely entralling. Brilliant example showing how much can be accomplished with talented directing combined with exceptional editing. This video seems to be just one camcorder used to tape one very precocious little child in various ordinary settings. And what resulted was nothing short of mesmerizing and poetic. Utterly astonishing work. Will never cease to be moved by this. Deserving of very high praise. Thank you very much for posting this lovely video.

[reineybwf]

Я В ШОКЕ И ОТ ПЕСНИ И ОТ ВИДЕО СЛОВ НЕТ. КАК В ДРУГОЕ ИЗМЕРЕНИЕ ПОПАЛ. СУПЕР

[hells yeah]

Why doesn't this video have a million hits?

[HVYMETL]

scary crazy, I love this. Another frightening video - search 'Beach House Wishes'

[Andreja Kmetovic]

The little girl is Ghostly as their music is. Slo - mo works, pure greatness. Electronic sound with Cocteau eerie vocals and such a hypnotizing beat. Hope that SOSB will sell many - many albums. Love 2 see them in a small place ala Jazz Café. Great tune.

[Richard Tebbutt]

Can't tell you how much i love this. The song, the production, the clip, oh what a clip. This is pure poetry, the pain of the song and the innocence of the portrayal. Combined, this is a real piece of art. Pure genius, pure fucking genius. Glad to see people out there prepared to take a risk, and this one has really paid off. The world needs to see this. amazing. Thanks guys

[uuxialu]

What a beautiful girl :3

[DeCloonArt]

Ghostly 2012 brought me here :D

[alrightyeahuhhuh]

Amazing song, amazing video. And that little girl has such pretty eyes!