Looking for vids and vidders....

[amnisias]

I'm sure you've all already heard the exciting news that the next VídUKon goes down in May 2013!!

I am playing with the idea of putting together a vid show that showcases European vidding. At the last VidUKon there was a UK themed vid show, but this time I'd like to focus on non-british vidders, source and non-english songs. At this point the concept is still pretty vague, so I thought I'd trawl the internets a bit to see what's already out there. 

So, if you know any other French, German, Italian, Swedish, Russian etc vidders out there that are not on my flist, let me know (I'm guessing there are some vidders who prefer to blog/interact in their own language and I want to make sure I throw the net as wide as possible. I'm also looking for recs for any vids using non-english European source or songs (not neccessarily the vidders native language, though I assume that's the most likely scenario...) Self-recs are defenitely encouraged!

If you know of any non-english vidding coms please feel free to repost this entry with a link to this post, that would be very helpful.

Comments

[lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com]

Since self-recs are encouraged, I'll point out one of my vids. I vidded My Name is Nobody which is an Italien/French/German co-production. The music is by Ennio Morricone. The vid is here (http://lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com/36215.html). I wrote a bit of meta (http://lilly-the-kid.livejournal.com/36020.html) on it as well.

You know, my first impulse was thinking "Interesting, I haven't vidded anything that's not American." And then it dawned on me, weird :) Also, I'm German, I'm not sure if you know :)

[laurashapiro.livejournal.com]

Sounds like it's gonna be a great vidshow!

My Arrivée (http://laurashapiro.dreamwidth.org/312042.html) uses a French source: La Belle Et La Bête (Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast). The music is by a French-Canadian, incidentally.

I've also vidded a K-drama -- are you thinking of just Europe, at this point?

I think all the European vidders I know are known to you as well, but I'll let you know if I come up with any.

[isagel.livejournal.com]

Eeeeeeeeeee! I love this concept!

If you do this, I would very much like to make a premiere for it. I have project in the works for a Swedish show with a Swedish language song that I was vaguely thinking of premiering at VidUKon anyway. (See icon.)

[schneefink.livejournal.com]

It sounds like a great idea!
lilly_the_kid already mentioned chayiana, iirc she has at least one vid to a German song. I recently discovered a funny Russian Thor vid (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ERFpc-PaHhU), but it relies a lot on the dialogue, I'm not sure how funny it is without? Though my favorite scene at 1:06 is probably easy to understand ^^
A Russian friend of mine said that the Russian vid comms she knows are locked, but maybe there are others.

[violace]

*waves* I'm planning a vid for a German film with music by a German band (although with French lyrics, maybe - not sure how that's gonna work together yet). I'll start working on it after the Festivids madness is over. I can get back to you when it's done? :)

[treonb.livejournal.com]

I made a Dutch language vid (http://treonb.livejournal.com/15130.html) for White Collar. Not my native tongue, in this case.

[buffyann.livejournal.com]

Nice idea !
No rec comes to mind at this point. I have vidded a bit in french but I imagine you know that already.
You might wanna check Milly's panel from last year at VVC, she did something on vidding as a second language (not in english), she might have some suggestions/recs for you :)

[aragarna.livejournal.com]

Hi !

Not totally sure I understand this correctly, but I'm French, and though most of my vids are in English, I recently did a vid on Tim DeKay (star of White Collar) using a French song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKrWm82DpSA

Not sure it's what you were looking for there you go. :-)
Thanks to Treonb for the heads-up !

[legoline.livejournal.com]

OMG This is SUCH a cool idea! I've been meaning to vid a German song (or source, or both) for ages. This would be a great opportunity...

I'm still DYING to go to VidUKon but getting to Cardiff is a bit of a hassle and fairly expensive to boot :-/

Since you welcome self-recs: my vid An Toll Dudh (http://legoline.livejournal.com/1237747.html) (The Eagle) uses a Scottish-Gaelic song by Runrig.

[condnsdmlk.livejournal.com]

There's some awesome Russian stuff at: http://creaspace.ru/home/index.php

I stumbled onto the site years ago following this link: http://vidding.livejournal.com/2128145.html

Also, I'd totally make a vid if you needed premiers for a vid show! I've made a non-english vid in the past and have one in progress, sadly not European though.

[brokenmnemonic.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how much of the site is dedicated to vidding, but I've had this site bookmarked for a few years now: http://fargate.ru/ - I've found some great Farscape vids in there.

m_a_r_i_k_s hooked me up with a great Farscape vid from there and told me once that there are a lot of Russian Farscape fans - she might be willing to help with more Russian vidding sites, recs and the like?