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Class Reunion

I'll paint my nails, pop some bubbly!
This AI-generated music video for the Czech duo Čokovoko uses irony and grotesque humor to portray the rituals of getting ready for a class reunion – an event that quickly slips into staged spectacle. What begins as a celebration turns into a surreal performance filled with beautification routines, illusions, and absurd fantasies of success.
A retro-futuristic aesthetic sarcastically underscores the contrast between illusion and reality, revealing the pressures of self-presentation in the age of social media.

  • Jiří Philippe Janda
    Director
  • Jiří Philippe Janda
    Producer
  • Zuzana Fuksová
    Music
  • Adéla Elbel
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video
  • Genres:
    Music video, Retrofuturism, Experimental, Feminist satire
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 31, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Language:
    Czech
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Bali International AI Film Festival
    Ubud
    Indonesia
    September 3, 2025
    World Premiere
    Best Music Video GOLDEN AWARD
  • Altered Images - Experimental Film And Music Fest
    London
    United Kingdom
    October 25, 2025
    United Kingdom Premiere
    Official Selection
  • AI Film Awards Venice 2025
    Venezia
    Italy
    Honorable Mention
  • Chicago New Wave International Film Festival
    Chicago
    United States
    November 13, 2025
    North American Premiere
    Award Winner
  • International New Media Art Festival Videomedeja
    Novi Sad
    Serbia
    October 10, 2025
    European Premiere
    Official Selection
  • AI Film Festival Japan
    Minato
    Japan
    November 2, 2025
    Asian Premiere
    Official Selection
  • Europe Music Video Awards
    Košice
    Slovakia
    Honorable Mention
  • Starlight International Film Festival
    Warsaw
    Poland
    January 19, 2026
    Finalist
  • SEOUL INTERNATIONAL AI FILM FESTIVAL
    Seoul
    South Korea
    December 7, 2025
    Finalist
  • AZYL Shorts – International Short Film Festival
    Bratislava
    Slovakia
    Semi-Finalist
Director Biography - Jiří Philippe Janda

Jiří Philippe Janda (1988) is a visual artist, architect, and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Art and Design UJEP. His work combines generative AI, video art, and fictional worldbuilding to explore themes of identity, memory, and digital transformation. Moving between documentary, fiction, and surreal aesthetics, his projects reflect on the absurdities of contemporary life and the influence of technology on human experience.

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Director Statement

Class Reunion is an AI-generated music video that explores identity, illusion, and performance in the age of social media. Inspired by the surreal humor and raw honesty of the Czech duo Čokovoko, I wanted to create a synthetic visual world that both exaggerates and critiques the rituals of beautification and self-staging.

I used tools like Midjourney, Runway ML, and Kling to construct a retro-futuristic aesthetic that deliberately distorts bodily presence and materiality. The result is a hybrid between music video, digital hallucination, and social satire.

For me, working with generative models is not just about image creation – it's about collaboration with systems that simulate culture. I am fascinated by how artificial intelligence reshapes our sense of authenticity, intimacy, and visual memory. Through glitchy, hyperreal scenes, Class Reunion reflects both the joy and anxiety of being seen in a world where appearance is endlessly performative.