SMCK ON REEL

SHORT MOVIES ABOUT LOVE & OBJECTS

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SPECIAL
VIDEO SCREENING
AT GRASSIMESSE LEIPZIG

23–26 OCTOBER 2025
AT GRASSI MUSEUM FOR APPLIED ART



Love stories move and inspire us. Art objects can symbolize the special moments we shared with our dear ones. Applied arts, crafts and design can silently express our emotions and precious memories in the most eloquent way. Things we wore, the decoration of the places we lived, or the gifts we were given, can embody our emotions, desires, hopes or personal milestones. In many cultures, a unique piece of jewelry seals a lovers’ commitment and oath of loyalty.

SHORT MOVIES ABOUT LOVE & OBJECTS invited artists and designers to direct and produce short videos of untold stories about love and their favorite objects.

The artists' videos form an amalgam of the multiple facets of love: they talk about happiness and fragility, passion and adversity, infatuation and disappointment, separation and return, death and existence, spirituality and union, and prove jewelry's storytelling power. The videos lead us to a better understanding of the makers' work, and contribute to the artists' creative profile.

The videos will be presented during Grassimesse 2025 at the GRASSI Museum of Applied Arts in Leipzig, 23–26 October, and will be available online on this website from 24 October onwards.


PARTICIPANTS

SHORT MOVIES ABOUT LOVE & OBJECTS

Daniella Saraya
Adriana Radulescu
Francesca Cecamore
Rosana Lukauskaitė
Roberto & Victoria
Noa Yankovitch
Sajeda Mokary
Ashgan Waked
Rana Kaabiya
Sophie Molins

IN THE NAME OF LOVE

Aaron Pexa
Jewelry Poems
Christoph Ziegler
Q Hisashi Shibata
Loukia Richards
Ji Young Kim

THE SCREENING

The live video screening takes place during GRASSIMESSE 2025, from 23 to 26 October at Grassi Museum For Applied Art in Leipzig.


SCREENING TIMES:

Opening Thursday 23 Oct, 6:00 – 9:00 pm
Friday 24 + Saturday 25 Oct, 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Sunday 26 Oct, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm

Johannisplatz 5–11, Leipzig.  Find it >>> here.


VIDEO AWARD


The 10 selected videos submitted to ❤ SHORT MOVIES ABOUT LOVE & OBJECTS are nominated for the SMCK On Reel Video Award 2026, which consists of the Jury Award and the Audience Award.

The award winners participate in a four-day intensive residency program in Athens, Greece, featuring a customized program on art, craft, and jewelry. The winners will be announced during SCHMUCK München Jewelry Week in March 2026.

A new video open call will be online soon!

THE VIDEOS

SHORT MOVIES ABOUT LOVE & OBJECTS

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"Between the Dreams and the Waking World" by Ashgan Waked

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"Take the Heart as an Example" by Daniella Saraya

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"Through the Veil of Memory" by Rana Kaabiya

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"The Urgent Need to Keep Creating" Roberto & Victoria

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"I Want You To Stay Close" by Noa Yankovitch

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"Lost Labour Love" by Francesca Cecamore

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"Crush" by Rosana Lukauskaiteė

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"What Is Love" by Adriana Radulescu

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"Together Within" Sajeda Mokary

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"Love Not The Master" by Sophie Molins

IN THE NAME OF LOVE

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"SMCK Magazine Essentials" with Loukia Richards

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"A Secret Place" by Christoph Ziegler

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"Jewelry Poems" by SMCK Magazine featuring 16 jewelry artists' haikus

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"Paul Derrez – A True Inspiration" by Q Hisashi Shibata

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"Transforming Glass and Light" by Aaron Pexa, SMCK On Reel Jury Award winner 2025

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"Jeweler's Portrait: Ji Young Kim" SMCK On Reel Audience Award winner 2025




SEE ALSO:

MUNICH 2025

TRANSFIGURATION
AT SCHMUCK JEWELRY WEEK

BERLIN 2024

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
DURING BERLIN FASHION WEEK

MUNICH 2024

MAGIC
AT SCHMUCK JEWELRY WEEK

DOUBLE EDITION 2023

CIVILIZATION REBOOTED
TIMISOARA • CHISINAU

MUNICH 2023

CIVILIZATION REBOOTED
AT SCHMUCK JEWELRY WEEK

HAMBURG 2022

CHAIN OF SOLIDARITY
AT KUENSTLERHAUS FAKTOR

LEIPZIG + VILNIUS 2022

AT GRASSI MUSEUM LEIPZIG AND
MUSEUM OF APPLIED ARTS & DESIGN VILNIUS

BUCHAREST 2022

AT ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK /
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF ROMANIA

MUNICH 2022

SMCK ON REEL
AT SCHMUCK JEWELRY WEEK


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