Aftermovies
How each edition chose to remember itself. Aftermovies are not documentary, they are the festival editing its own myth, shot on drones and long lenses and cut to the year's best track. Read as artifacts of what the organisers wanted the year to have felt like.
Part of MoDem Festival
33 moments in this segment.
- - Official video from an early edition. The festival's official short film from its 2012 edition, described on the channel simply as the official MoDem Festival video from that year. Just over four minutes.
- - Official festival video with Alen Kuscar. The festival's official film for its 2013 edition, posted on its own channel. Credits in the description name Alen Kuscar on the video.
- - The official film of the 2014 edition. The festival's official film for its 2014 edition, republished on its own channel. It is one of the earliest official edition videos in the archive.
- - Official video of the edition. The 2014 official festival video, produced by Fractal Video Productions and also titled under the Momento Demento name. Eleven minutes of edited footage from that edition.
- - The official film of the 2015 edition. The festival's own official video covering its 2015 edition, published by the official channel. Under nine minutes, credited in the description to Fractal Video. A summary film rather than a set recording.
- - Unofficial aftermovie made by an attendee. An attendee-made aftermovie of Mo:Dem Festival 2015 in Croatia, labelled unofficial by its uploader. The description lists acts including Low Frequency, Hashashin, Parvati Records and Vibronics.
- - Fractal films the 2015 edition. A recap film for the 2015 edition, credited to Fractal Video with thanks to Anuki Media. The closing text points ahead to the following year's edition on 25 to 31 July 2016.
- - Official aftermovie from the festival crew. The festival's own aftermovie for its 2016 edition, four minutes long. The description credits the soundtrack to tracks from artists on the festival's releases.
- - The official film of the 2017 edition. The official video for Mo:Dem Festival 2017, released by the festival channel. Just under six minutes of edited footage from the edition, scored with music including Dubsahara. Serves as the crew's own summary of the year.
- - Unofficial aftermovie cut by an attendee. A five-minute unofficial aftermovie of Mo:Dem Festival 2017 cut by the channel Useless Stuff. The description links to the festival's own site and ecology page and to a separate Mo:Dem 2017 aftervisual video.
- - Radice aftermovie by Triphotos Digital. A short aftermovie of the 2018 edition produced by Triphotos Digital, an independent video crew rather than the festival itself. It compiles footage from the edition into a brief recap edit.
- - Attendee aftermovie cut from festival footage. An unofficial aftermovie of the 2019 edition cut by an attendee. The description lists the soundtrack sources rather than describing the footage. It runs just under nine minutes.
- - Unofficial recap of the edition. A roughly ten-minute recap film of the 2019 edition assembled by an independent psytrance channel rather than the festival. Cuts together site, stage and crowd footage set to music.
- - Sensient recap film shot by Triphotos. A short recap film built around Sensient's appearance at the 2019 edition, shot and edited by Triphotos. The description credits triphotos.net for the footage.
- - Unofficial recap film by an attendee. An attendee-made recap of the 2019 edition, described in Spanish as a short video of the festival. The description gives the dates as 5 to 11 August and the place as Prilisce, Karlovacka, Croatia, and credits Bryan on filming and editing.
- - Attendee aftermovie of the festival. An unofficial aftermovie edited by an attendee, thanking Besvendsen, Merkaba, Confo, Triforce and Orestis for the music used. It compiles footage from across the 2019 gathering rather than a single stage.
- - Aftermovie of the edition in Croatia. A short aftermovie of the 2019 edition in Croatia produced by Triphotos, cut around a Diksha set. Roughly three minutes of festival footage.
- - The official film of the 2019 edition. The official aftermovie for Mo:Dem 2019, credited to Momx Visual and posted on the festival's channel. It is framed by a quoted passage rather than narration, and runs three and a half minutes.
- - Attendee aftermovie from the edition. An unofficial aftermovie cut by an attendee from footage of their own visit to the 2019 edition. The uploader flags it as intense viewing rather than a promotional recap. Around eight minutes.
- - Dark Prisma aftermovie by Triphotos Digital. An aftermovie of the Dark Prisma programming at the 2019 edition, credited to Triphotos Digital and featuring Megalopsy and Will o Wisp. A short recap edit produced outside the festival's own channel.
- - Aftermovie of the edition. An aftermovie for the 2021 edition, made by a filmmaker who describes working for the festival that year. The credits list the tracks used and promise a follow-up documentary short.
- - Clair Obskur aftermovie by an attendee crew. An unofficial aftermovie of MoDem Festival 2021 edited by Clair Obskur, credited in the description as Mo:Dem Mutations V.1. Just under ten minutes of footage from the edition.
- - Zenon Records recap of the edition. A short recap film by Zenon Records summarising the label's presence at the 2022 edition. Built from stage and crowd footage and set to a Grub track.
- - The Blast recap film. A short official recap film titled The Blast, summarising the 2022 edition. The channel frames it as evidence of a seven-day gathering it considers impossible to capture in full.
- - Breger recaps the festival week. An aftermovie assembled by the artist Breger from his own footage of the 2022 edition. His description names The Swamp, Hive and Seed and frames the year as a full-sized reunion.
- - Unofficial aftermovie by an attendee. A personal aftermovie of the 2022 edition, described by its maker as unofficial. It compiles the uploader's own footage of the event into a short recap.
- - Prizma Visuals aftermovie of the edition. An unofficial four-minute aftermovie of MODEM Festival 2022 by Prizma Visuals. The editor explains the first part deliberately shows ordinary daily experiences of the audience so viewers can recognise themselves, describing the site as a place of mental peace without judgment.
- - Official aftermovie for the festival edition. The festival's own aftermovie for MoDem Festival 2023, a four-minute edit summarising the seven days. Published by the official channel with a reflective text on how quickly the week passes.
- - Unofficial aftermovie of the edition. An independently produced aftermovie of MoDem Festival 2023 filmed, mixed and edited by Clair Obskur. The credits name a Swamp Stage opening by Acolytes of Yama alongside the tracks used.
- - The Hive aftermovie. The festival's own short film about The Hive stage at the 2024 edition. The accompanying text dwells on the stage's construction, listing the plywood, paint, LED strips and cabling that went into it. Just over two minutes.
- - Aftermovie for The Seed stage. A short official recap film focused on The Seed stage and the Spirallabs Cultural Area. The description frames these as the cultural, educational and spiritual side of the festival, and the footage summarises that area over the 2024 edition.
- - Official aftermovie for The Swamp stage. The festival's official short aftermovie for The Swamp stage at MoDem Festival 2024. Two minutes of stage and dancefloor footage cut to music, accompanied by the crew's note on how psychedelic trance has absorbed other genres, tempos and sub-styles over the years.
- - Official aftermovie through the Swamp, Seed and Hive. The festival's own recap film for its 2025 edition, cut from footage shot across the week. The description names three stages the film travels through: the Swamp, the Seed and the Hive, alongside the land and the river.
