The Belgrade indie-rock band KOIKOI and the author team of the music video "Ti imaš mir" achieved huge international success. Director of Photography Dzejlan Ibrahimović won the prestigious award for Best Cinematography at the London Music Video Awards (LMVA) for his work on the screen version of this track.
In addition to this main award, the video was also nominated in the Best Music Video category. The fact that KOIKOI found themselves in the company of the world's biggest names in the music industry, such as Snoop Dogg, Jack White, Stromae, Paul Kalkbrenner, Pendulum and Au/Ra, is the best indication of how successful they are.
The screen adaptation of the song "Ti imaš mir" attracted a lot of attention from the public and critics due to its specific, hypnotizing and visually impressive atmosphere, which perfectly follows the recognizable, energetic and emotional aesthetics of the band. The award for the best cinematography in London testifies to the superb authorial and technical work of the local team. Behind this visual masterpiece is the author's team consisting of director Ivan Stojiljković and director of photography Džejlan Ibrahimović, while producer Vukota Antunović of Beef Production, who personally received this prestigious award at a ceremony in London, is responsible for the impeccable organization and creation of conditions for the realization of this visual idea.
London Music Video Awards, LMVA, photo: KOIKOI promo
Director Ivan Stojiljković, on behalf of the author team of the video, said: "The award for the best photography that we received for the video 'Ti maš mir' is much more than recognition for us. It confirms that the visual language we managed to create has the power to communicate beyond all expected limits. I am especially glad that the London Music Video Awards festival recognized this. The image of this video was created without any lighting, relying solely on the camera, natural light and an almost hypnotizing mise-en-scène. was a consciously chosen path, but the only one that could bring the authenticity we were looking for. It is a reward for the courage that we all took in each other from the first day. I believe that this is the greatest value of this video - proof that good ideas, when put behind them, are always worthy of attention. But all this would not be possible without the young and talented director of photography who masterfully recorded this one music video".
The single "Ti imaš mir" is on the current studio album of the band KOIKOI, which was released in November last year, and this prestigious award comes as the crowning achievement of the entire release.
KOIKOI, Ti imaš mir, Džejlan Ibrahimović, photo: KOIKOI promo
The members of the KOIKOI band said: "We are especially glad that the video, which was created as a joint venture with friends and colleagues from college days, found its place on the international stage. Work on the project was a big joint experiment that we could only embark on with great mutual trust that we would overcome all challenges together. And so it was. During the recording and in post production, everything possible and impossible happened, but as a result we have a video whose quality and creative work was awarded by the jury of the London festival".
This great recognition comes in the midst of an extremely intense and successful festival season for the band, during which they performed on stages throughout the region and Europe, among which Focus Wales in Great Britain, Sea Star in Croatia and Sofia Live in Bulgaria stand out. The continuation of the summer tour during July and August will be marked by performances at prestigious European and regional festivals: Pohoda in Slovakia, Electric Castle in Romania, Sziget in Hungary, as well as the local MMF in Divčibare.
