music video genre

  • best pop video - uk

    winner:

    dua lipa – break my heart
    director: henry scholfield
    producer: javier alejandro
    prod co: caviar
    commissioner: caroline clayton for warner records/tap mgmt

    shortlist:

    harry styles – adore you
    director: dave meyers
    producer: nathan scherrer, jo coombes, ellen de faux, tom gardner
    prod co: freenjoy
    commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records

    lewis capaldi – before you go
    director: kyle thrash
    producer: stephen buchanan
    prod co: more media
    commissioner: james hackett for emi records

    ashnikko ft grimes – cry
    director: mike anderson
    producer: karina ripper
    prod co: anderson platz
    commissioner: sam seager for parlophone records

    harry styles – falling
    director: dave meyers
    producer: nathan scherrer, fuliane petikyan
    prod co: freenjoy
    commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records

    dua lipa – physical
    director: lope serrano aka canada
    producer: laura serra estorch, karen saurí
    prod co: canada
    commissioner: caroline clayton for warner records

  • best pop video - international

    winner:

    the weeknd – blinding lights
    director: anton tammi
    producer: sarah park
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: la mar c taylor for republic records

    shortlist:

    rosalía – a pale
    director: jora frantzis
    producer: kareem johnson
    prod co: prettybird
    commissioner: saul levitz for columbia records

    tove lo ft mc zaac – are u gonna tell her?
    director: alaska
    producer: francesco colombo, henrique danieletto
    prod co: iconoclast
    commissioner: charlie twaddle for island records

    rosalía – juro que
    director: tanu muino
    producer: frank borin, montse urniza
    prod co: underwonder content
    commissioner: saul levitz for columbia records

    bts – on
    director: lumpens (yongseok choi)
    producer: tiffany suh
    prod co: freenjoy
    commissioner: big hit entertainment

    rosalía, travis scott – tkn
    director: nicolás méndez aka canada
    producer: laura serra estorch
    prod co: canada in collaboration with the directors bureau
    commissioner: saul levitz for sony music

  • best pop video - newcomer

    winner:

    vagabon – in a bind
    director: maegan houang
    producer: benjamin kang, john lozada
    prod co: antidote films
    commissioner: artist commissioned 

    shortlist:

    babeheaven – cassette beat
    director: margot bowman
    producer: chris murdoch
    prod co: prettybird
    commissioner: becky richardson for urok

    ashnikko – drunk with my friends
    director: claire arnold
    producer: callum harrison
    prod co: ground work
    commissioner: sam seager for parlophone records

    nick wilson – enough to know you
    director: bjorn franklin & johnny marchetta
    producer: gina burns
    prod co: bee happy media
    commissioner: orna lyons for never fade records

    filous ft ashe – monday
    director: tobias pichler
    producer: tobias pichler
    prod co: matthias oldofredi
    commissioner: elias oldofredi for ultra music

    raine allen-miller – wank wiggle
    director: raine allen-miller
    producer: elly camisa
    prod co: somesuch

  • best r&b / soul video - uk

    winner:

    berwyn – trap phone
    director: brock neal roberts
    producer: india bradshaw
    prod co: agile films
    commissioner: dan millar for sony music entertainment uk

    shortlist:

    jorja smith – by any means
    director: otis dominique, ellington hammond
    producer: precious mahaga
    commissioner : erin corrian-alexis for famm

    fka twigs ft future – holy terrain
    director: fka twigs and nick walker
    producer: whitney jackson
    prod co: object & animal
    commissioner: artist commissioned

    olivia dean – password change
    director: stella scott
    producer: ersan beskardes
    prod co: pulse films
    commissioner: connie meade w/ joceline gabriel for amf records

    celeste – stop this flame
    director: leonn ward
    producer: holly wolfers
    prod co: black dog films
    commissioner: semera khan for polydor records

    lola young – woman
    director: oliva rose
    producer: chanel parkinson/benedict turnbull
    prod co: caviar
    commissioner: laura clayton for island records

  • best r&b / soul video - international

    winner:

    yseult – corps
    director: colin solal cardo
    producer: christophe ‘chryde’ abric, adrien chibatte
    prod co: la blogothèque, y.y.y
    commissioner: artist commisioned
    record co: believe

    shortlist:

    tiwa savage – 49-99
    director: meji alabi
    producer: jimi adesanya
    prod co: jm films
    commissioner: roc nation

    beyoncé, shatta wale, major lazer – already
    director: beyoncé, pierre debusschere, kwasi fordjour
    producer: erinn williams, jeremy sullivan
    prod co: parkwood entertainment
    commissioner: erinn williams for parkwood entertainment, sony music, columbia records

    070 shake – nice to have
    director: noah lee
    producer: jared lundy
    prod co: checkmate films, noco
    commissioner: artist commissioned
    record co: def jam

    gregory porter – revival
    director: douglas bernardt
    producer: ryland burns
    prod co: stink films
    record co: universal music

    marvin gaye – what’s going on
    director: savanah leaf
    producer: danielle hinde/danny lockwood/ rich hutchins/ jason cole
    prod co: doomsday entertainment
    commissioner: danny lockwood for capital records / motown

  • best r&b / soul video - newcomer

    winner:

    greentea peng – mr sun (miss da sun)
    director: felix brady
    producer: nellie heron-anstead
    prod co: stink films
    record co: earbuds

    shortlist:

    jeshi ft celeste – 30,000 feet
    director: charlie robins
    producer: joseph goldman
    prod co: friend
    commissioner: theo oliver, scott jason for sony music entertainment

    arlo parks – black dog
    director: molly burdett
    producer: oskar brockbank
    prod co: forever
    record co: transgressive & beatnik

    black square ft laville – coral blues
    director: luke tierney
    producer: suzan mustafa
    prod co: friend

    fredwave – dust
    director: brock neal-roberts
    producer: india bradshaw
    prod co: agile films

    ni houstonn ft darius raheem – gemini
    director: alban coret
    producer: alix
    prod co: scorpion
    commissioner: nigel houston for midnight crew

  • best dance / electronic video - uk

    winner:

    disclosure ft aminé & slowthai – my high
    director: simon cahn
    exec producer: clémence cuvelier, jules de chateleux;
    producer: théo gall, laure salgon
    prod co: division
    commissioner: kevin kloecker for island records

    shortlist:

    waze & odyssey, george michael, mary j blige & tommy theo – always
    director: nelson de castro
    producer: jesse mcclung
    prod co: little ugly llc
    commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment uk

    prospa – control the party
    director: jak payne
    producer: ghandi el-chamaa
    prod co: blink productions
    commissioner: marco grey for polydor records

    mura masa & slowthai – deal wiv it
    director: yoni lappin
    producer: karen saurí, davey ahern
    prod co: canada
    commissioner: richard grewe for polydor records

    disclosure – energy
    director: kid studio
    exec producer: ryan hahn & vince tran
    producer: chanel urban
    prod co: hpla
    commissioner: kevin kloecker for island records

    duke dumont, zac abel – the power
    director: paco raterta
    producer: jp
    prod co: pulse films
    commissioner: james hackett for emi records

  • best dance / electronic video - international

    winner:

    salvatore ganacci – boycycle
    director: vedran rupic
    producer: christian kuosmanen, sia masoodian
    prod co: business club royale
    commissioner: blake foster for owsla

    shortlist:

    flight facilities – better than ever
    director: tom noakes
    producer:craig siney
    prod co: prettybird
    commissioner: ed sholl for team leisurely

    piero pirupa – braindead (heroin kills)
    director: yousef
    producer: jake river parker
    prod co: prettybird
    commissioner: lucy rogers for island records

    bronson – keep moving
    director: stylewar
    producer: elizabeth doonan
    prod co: smuggler
    commissioner: john moule for ninja tune

    chris liebing & charlotte de witte – liquid slow
    director: nogari
    producer: francesco colombo
    prod co: iconoclast
    commissioner: stijn smet, alexander vandriessche for kntxt

    brodinski ft zelooperz – master section
    director: matilda finn
    producer: martha mcguirk
    prod co: stink films
    record co: cinematic music group

  • best dance / electronic video - newcomer

    winner:

    mild minds ft boats – walls
    director: colin read
    exec producer: giacomo vigliar
    producer: francesco rizzo
    prod co: unit9
    commissioner: emmanuelle george for foreign family collective

    shortlist:

    leifur james – aaid
    director: balázs simon, dávid dell’edera
    producer: balázs simon
    prod co: airplan
    commissioner: paul glancy for night time stories

    samaran – allo
    director: cédric legrand
    producer: léa carteaux
    record co: circa’99

    raven – cass & lex
    director: phillip kaminiak
    producer: phillip kaminiak
    prod co: tumult film
    commissioner: artist commissioned for prah recordings, moshi moshi music management

    akwasi – extase
    director: florian joahn
    producer: julia schellekens
    prod co: compulsory
    commissioner: artist commissioned

    saavan – in my head
    director: valentin meaux & lucas mokrani
    producer: valentin meaux, lucas mokrani
    prod co: meska collective
    commissioner: david ohayon for yunizon records

    mild minds ft boats – walls
    director: colin read
    producer: francesco rizzo
    prod co: pulse films
    commissioner: emmanuelle george for foreign family collective

  • best rock video - uk

    winner:

    idles – war
    director: will dohrn
    producer: mel giles
    prod co: ground work
    commissioner: theresa adebiyi for partisan records

    shortlist:

    sam fender – borders
    director: thomas james
    producer: vanessa mcdonnell
    prod co: ob productions
    commissioner: semera khan for polydor records

    michael kiwanuka – hero
    director: cc wade
    producer: precious mahaga
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: emily tedrake, marco grey for polydor records

    the 1975 – people
    director: warren fu
    producer: mayling wong
    prod co: partizan
    commissioner: semera khan for polydor records

    declan mckenna – the key to life on earth
    director: will hooper
    producer: rosie brear
    prod co: blink productions
    commissioner: michael lewin for sony music entertainment uk

    coldplay – trouble in town
    director: aoife mcardle
    producer: alex chamberlain
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: sam seager for parlophone records

    idles – war
    director: will dohrn
    producer: mel giles
    prod co: ground work
    commissioner: theresa adebiyi for partisan records

  • best rock video - international

    winner:

    joywave – obsession
    director: dimitri basil, laura gorun, cooper roussel,
    producer: laura gorun
    prod co: mad meridian 76 nw
    commissioner: craig cox for hollywood records

    shortlist:

    the strokes – bad decisions
    director: andrew donoho
    exec producer: ian blair
    prod co: invisible inc
    commissioner: lagen sebert, sabrina rivera for rca records

    håkan hellström – alla drömmar är uppfyllda
    director: filip nilsson
    producer: kalle wettre
    prod co: object & animal
    commissioner: johan olsson for warner music sweden

    broken bells – good luck
    director: kimberly stuckwisch & nelson de castro
    producer: ian blair
    prod co: little ugly, invisible inc
    commissioner: tiffany steffens for monotone inc

    the strokes – ode to the mets
    director: warren fu
    producer: joel kretschman
    prod co: partizan
    commissioner: sabrina rivera for rca

    leonard cohen – the hills
    director: vincent haycock
    producer: laure salgon
    prod co: somesuch x division
    commissioner: shelley jones for nowness

  • best rock video - newcomer

    winner:

    willie j healey – true stereo
    director: joe wheatley
    producer: luke fraser
    prod co: joe wheatley

    shortlist:

    commissioner: emma greengrass for yala! recordsthe academic – acting my age
    director: ronan corrigan & hope kemp
    producer: hope kemp
    commissioner: michael whitham for capitol records

    sports team – camel crew
    director: sports team & ben unwin
    producer: phil tidy
    prod co: squire
    commissioner: david knight for island records

    beabadobee – i wish i was stephen malkmus
    director: bedroom
    producer: joseph goldman
    prod co: compulsory
    commissioner: jon moore for dirty hit

    dream wife – so when you gonna…
    director: aidan zamiri
    producer: andy luck
    prod co: object & animal
    commissioner: stephen richards for lucky number music

    kid kapichi – thugs
    director: james green
    producer: dan matthews
    prod co: ramshackle productions
    commissioner: kid kapichi

  • best alternative video - uk

    winner:

    låpsley – my love was like the rain
    director: camille summers-vallisfcoi
    producer: scarlett barclay
    prod co: ground work
    commissioner: scott wright for xl recordings

    shortlist:

    ghostpoet – concrete pony
    director: thomas james
    producer: jamie gamache, connor o’hara
    prod co: ob productions
    commissioner: sean mayo for pias

    thom yorke – last i heard (…he was circling the drain)
    director: art camp, saad moosajee
    producer: art camp
    prod co: art camp
    commissioner: scott wright for xl recordings

    fka twigs – sad day
    director: hiro murai
    producer: jason cole, danielle hinde, brad weston, anita gou, hiro murai, nate matteson, michael stirton, fka twigs
    prod co: doomsday entertainment (us), friend (uk)

    moses boyd – stranger than fiction
    director: in/out
    producer: louisa plumstead
    prod co: riff raff films
    commissioner: michael lewin from sony music entertainment uk

    mura masa ft ellie roswell – teenage headache dreams
    director: marcus söderlund
    producer: georgina smith
    prod co: academy films
    commissioner: richard grewe for polydor records

  • best alternative video - international

    winner:

    agoria – call of the wild
    director: loïc andrieu
    producer: pierre cazenave-kaufman
    prod co: soldats
    commissioner: christian de rosnay for sapiens

    shortlist:

    moses sumney – cut me
    director: moses sumney
    producer: whitney jackson
    prod co: object & animal
    commissioner: artist commissioned

    meryem aboulouafa – deeply
    director: zhang & knight
    exec producer: kristin arakchieva & alexander kenanov
    producer: hugo legrand-nathan
    prod co: birth
    commissioner: emmanuel barron for savoir faire, a63

    ferran palau – flora & caic
    director: pablo maestres
    producer: georg bungard, inés massa
    prod co: primo, bungard film, eighty4
    commissioner: louise sansom for hidden track records / primavera labels

    woodkid – goliath
    director: yoann lemoine
    producer: horace de gunzbourg
    prod co: iconoclast
    commissioner: pierre le ny for universal music / barclay

    sheenah ko – wrap me up
    director: vincent rené-lortie & brittney canda
    producer: samuel caron
    prod co: telescope films
    commissioner: artist commissioned

  • best alternative video - newcomer

    winner:

    zebra katz – moor
    director: žanete skarule & ojay morgan
    producer: normunds rumba
    prod co: common people films / wmw.studio
    commissioner: zebra katz for mad decent

    shortlist:

    maría josé llergo – a través de ti
    director: alex gargot
    producer: álvaro priante
    prod co: grayskull
    commissioner: luís ángeles for sony music

    alaskan tapes – and, we disappear
    director: meredith hama-brown
    producer: madeleine davis, jill orsten, marlaina mah
    prod co: boldly
    commissioner: artist commissioned

    midnight tracks – anymore
    director: marleen valien
    producer: lisa purtscher
    prod co: filmakademie baden-württemberg
    commissioner: marleen valien for l’inlassable

    l’homme statue – braços/vela
    director: douglas bernardt
    producer: ingrid raszl, tico cruz
    prod co: stink films
    commissioner: loic koutana for in their feelings

    ll burns – get me back in the game
    director: cc wade
    prod co: somesuch

  • best hip hop / grime / rap video - uk

    winner:

    jme ft merky ace – live
    director: matthew walker
    producer: matthew walker
    prod co: mkw films
    commissioner: jamie adenuga for boy better know

    shortlist:

    stormzy ft headie one – audacity
    director: taz tron delix
    producer: ghandi el chamaa
    prod co: compulsory
    commissioner: dan curwin, nicola shephard for atlantic records

    headie one & fred again – gang
    director: arnaud bresson
    producer: théo gall, laure salgon
    prod co: division
    commissioner: elena argiros for sony music entertainment uk

    avelino – higher power
    director: nadira amrani
    producer: nailah blissett
    prod co: blink productions
    commissioner: dan millar for sony music entertainment uk

    octavian – poison
    director: crowns & owls
    producer: greg smith, javier alejandro
    prod co: noir
    record co: artist commissioned for black butter

    slowthai – psycho
    director: duncan loudon
    producer: nat baring
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: lewis levi for true panther sounds, method records

  • best hip hop / grime / rap video - international

    winner:

    dj shadow ft de la soul – rocket fuel
    director: sam pilling
    producer: emma wellbelove
    prod co: pulse films, radioaktive film
    commissioner: caroline clayton for mass appeal records

    shortlist:

    flatbush zombies – afterlife
    director: arnaud bresson
    producer: théo gall, laure salgon
    prod co: division
    commissioner: josh dick & phillip t. annand for glorious dead records

    a$ap rocky – babushka boi
    director: nadia lee cohen
    producer: malcolm duncan, fabien colas
    prod co: virgin soil pictures
    commissioner: nicholas robespierre for rca records

    future ft drake – life is good
    director: julien christian lutz
    producer: harv glazer, taj critchlow
    prod co: popp rok
    commissioner: sam lecca for epic records.

    run the jewels ft greg nice & dj premier – ooh la la
    director: brian beletic & vanessa beletic
    producer: cat restrepo
    prod co: smuggler

    tommy cash – sdubid
    director: tommy cash & anna himma
    producer: horace de gunzbourg
    prod co: iconoclast

  • best hip hop / grime / rap video - newcomer

    winner:

    jurdan bryant – words for thomas
    director: alonzo hellerbach
    producer: chris toumazou
    prod co: compulsory

    shortlist:

    louis culture – being me
    director: milo blake
    exec producer: pilar muro
    producer: james wood
    prod co: figaro inc, papaya films

    spxxn p – complicació
    director: pere sala
    producer: maria granell
    prod co: vivir rodando
    record co: kasba music

    kam-bu ft lord apex – different
    director: milo blake
    exec producer: pilar muro
    producer: ella glazer
    prod co: figaro inc, papaya films

    meekz – like me
    director: kc locke
    producer: lewis nicholson
    prod co: swords & eagles
    commissioner: james walsh for neighbourhood

    flohio – way2
    director: ethan & tom
    producer: natalie roloff and lauren hills
    commissioner: flohio for alphatone

technical & craft

  • best production design in a video

    winner:

    tommy cash – sdubid
    production designer: taivi lippmaa
    director: tommy cash & anna himma
    prod co: iconoclast

    shortlist:

    michael kiwanuka – hero
    production designer: daniel taylor
    director: cc wade
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: polydor records

    dua lipa – physical
    production designer: anna colomer nogué
    director: lope serrano aka canada
    prod co: canada
    record co: warner records

    eden – projector
    production designer: lora venkova
    director: zhang + knight
    prod co: friend
    record co: astralwerks

    dj shadow ft de la soul – rocket fuel
    production designer: vlad ryzhykov
    director: sam pilling
    prod co: pulse films, radioaktive film
    record co: mass appeal records

    aigel – you’re born
    production designer: julija friscone-gavriss
    director: andzej gavriss
    prod co: take shot
    record co: a plus

  • best styling in a video

    winner:

    beyoncé, shatta wale, major lazer – already
    stylist: zerina akers
    director: beyoncé, pierre debusschere, kwasi fordjour
    prod co: parkwood entertainment
    record co: parkwood entertainment, sony music, columbia records

    shortlist:

    tiwa savage – 49-99
    stylist: daniel obasi
    director: meji alabi
    prod co: jm films
    record co: roc nation

    raleigh ritchie – aristocrats
    stylist: jodie-simone howe
    director: jacob basil (aka raleigh ritchie)
    prod co: friend

    yves tumor – gospel for a new century
    stylist: nick royal , tara greville
    director: isamaya ffrench
    prod co: iconoclast
    record co: warp

    michael kiwanuka – hero
    stylist: verity may lane
    director: cc wade
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: polydor records

    dua lipa – physical
    stylist for dua lipa: stylist for dua lipa: lorenzo posocco;
    cast stylist: adrian bernal, laura vandall
    director: lope serrano aka canada
    prod co: canada
    record co: warner records

  • best choreography in a video

    winner:

    sheenah ko – wrap me up
    choreographer: brittney canda
    director: vincent rené-lortie & brittney canda
    prod co: telescope films

    shortlist:

    beyoncé, shatta wale, major lazer – already
    choreographer: jaquel knight, stephen ojo and caleb bonney
    director: beyoncé, pierre debusschere, kwasi fordjour
    prod co: parkwood entertainment
    record co: parkwood entertainment, sony music, columbia records

    waze & odyssey, george michael, mary j blige & tommy theo – always
    choreographer: monika felice smith
    director: nelson de castro
    prod co: little ugly
    record co: sony music entertainment uk, ministry of sound

    tove lo ft mc zaac – are u gonna tell her?
    choreographer: josé henrique de lima pereira
    director: alaska
    prod co: iconoclast
    record co: island records

    christine and the queens – la vita nuova
    choreographer: ryan heffington
    director: colin solal cardo
    prod co: frenzy paris
    record co: because music

    jessie ware – step into my life
    choreographer: eric schloesser
    director: madison shelpuk
    prod co: madison shelpuk
    record co: emi records

  • best cinematography in a video

    winner:

    fka twigs – sad day
    dop: larkin seiple
    director: hiro murai
    prod co: doomsday entertainment (us), friend (uk)
    record co: young turks

    shortlist:

    the weeknd – blinding lights
    dop: oliver millar
    director: anton tammi
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: republic records

    ferran palau – flora & caic
    dop: marc miró
    director: pablo maestres
    prod co: primo, bungard film, eighty4
    record co: hidden track records / primavera labels

    dj shadow ft de la soul – rocket fuel
    dop: rina yang
    director: sam pilling
    prod co: pulse films, radioaktive film
    record co: mass appeal records

    idles – war
    dop: harry wheeler
    director: will dohrn
    prod co: ground work
    record co: partisan records

    aigel – you’re born
    dop: andrey nikolaev
    director: andzej gavriss
    prod co: take shot
    record co: a plus

  • best colour grading in a video in association with cheat

    winner:

    dj shadow ft de la soul – rocket fuel
    colourist: thomas mangham @ the mill
    director: sam pilling
    prod co: pulse films, radioaktive film
    record co: mass appeal records

    shortlist:

    the weeknd – blinding lights
    colourist: nicke cantarelli
    director: anton tammi
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: republic records

    dua lipa – break my heart
    colourist: luke morrison @ electric theatre collective
    director: henry scholfield
    prod co: caviar
    record co: warner records

    woodkid – goliath
    colourist: mathieu caplane @ firm
    director: yoann lemoine
    prod co: iconoclast
    record co: universal music / barclay

    michael kiwanuka – hero
    colourist: simon bourne @ framestore
    director: cc wade
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: polydor records

    eden – projector
    colourist: daniel de vue @ a52 color
    director: zhang + knight
    prod co: friend
    record co: astralwerks

  • best editing in a video

    winner:

    dj shadow ft de la soul – rocket fuel
    editor: ellie johnson @ tenthree
    director: sam pilling
    prod co: pulse films, radioaktive film
    record co: mass appeal records

    shortlist:

    jorja smith – by any means
    editor: james demetriou
    director: otis dominique, ellington hammond
    producer: precious mahaga
    record co: famm

    raven – cass & lex
    editor: sander houtkruijer
    director: phillip kaminiak
    prod co: tumult film
    record co: prah recordings, moshi moshi music management

    disclosure ft aminé & slowthai – my high
    editor: yorgos lamprinos
    director: simon cahn
    prod co: division
    record co: island records

    dua lipa – physical
    editor: carlos font clos
    director: lope serrano aka canada
    prod co: canada
    record co: warner records

    idles – war
    editor: will dohrn
    director: will dohrn
    prod co: ground work
    record co: partisan records

  • best visual effects in a video

    winner:

    flatbush zombies – afterlife
    vfx artist : machine molle
    director: arnaud bresson
    prod co: division
    record co: glorious dead records

    shortlist:

    dua lipa – break my heart
    vfx artist : jim allen @ no 8 london
    director: henry scholfield
    prod co: caviar
    record co: warner records

    taylor swift – cardigan
    vfx artist : ingenuity studios
    director: taylor swift
    prod co: superprime
    record co: republic records

    woodkid – goliath
    vfx artist : firm x faubourg and yoann lemoine
    director: yoann lemoine
    prod co: iconoclast
    record co: universal music / barclay

    bronson – keep moving
    vfx artist : stylewar @ the mill la
    director: stylewar
    prod co: smuggler
    record co: ninja tune

    fka twigs – sad day
    vfx artist : michael gregory (creative director), toya drechsler (vfx supervisor), corinne deorsay (cg supervisor) @ mpc la
    director: hiro murai
    prod co: doomsday entertainment (us), friend (uk)
    record co: young turks

  • best animation in a video

    winner:

    ghetts ft jaykae & moonchild sanelly – mozambique
    animator: ruff mercy
    director: ruff mercy
    prod co: my accomplice
    record co: warner records

    shortlist:

    jorja smith – come over
    director: amber grace johnson, future power station
    animators: future power station: yibi hu, geoff parsons, sykosan, krystian garstkowiak, rafaila raykova, adam relf, fali mc, eric dias, andy mcpherson, daryl graham, krisi zhupali, judit boor, katie spangenberg, kevin o’shea, simon graham
    prod co: friends electric, object & animal
    record co: famm

    coldplay – daddy
    director: åsa lucander @ aardman animation
    animator : timon dowdeswell (effects), henrique barone (2d)
    puppeteers: andy brunskill, jimmy grimes, katie williams
    prod co: aardman
    record co: parlophone records

    moby – my only love
    animator: paulo garcia @ zombie studio
    director: paulo garcia
    prod co: zombie studio, blink (blinkink)
    record co: d-e-f

    max cooper – repetition
    animator : kevin mcgloughlin
    director: kevin mcgloughlin
    prod co: hinterland films

    yusuf / cat stevens – where do the children play

    animator : chris hopewell
    director: cadi catlow, jacky howson, paul couvela
    prod co: black dog films, jacknife
    record co: catch bull management

special video

  • best lockdown video

    winner:

    bronson – keep moving
    director: stylewar
    producer: elizabeth doonan
    prod co: smuggler
    record co: ninja tune

    shortlist:

    glass animals – dreamland
    director: colin read
    producer: erin sayder
    prod co: pulse films
    record co: polydor records

    gracey ft ruel – empty love
    director: aidan zamiri
    producer: millie yoxen
    prod co: object & animal
    record co: polydor records

    c tangana – guille asesino
    director: diana kunst
    producer: zico judge
    prod co: object & animal / blur
    record co: sony music entertainment

    anderson .paak – lockdown
    director: dave meyers
    producer: nathan scherrer
    prod co: freenjoy
    record co: aftermath entertainment

    lyr ft florence pugh, melt yourself down – lockdown (in aid of refuge)
    director: daniel broadley
    producer: daniel broadley
    prod co: kode media
    record co: lyr

  • best live video

    winner:

    the weeknd – heartless (live)
    director: alex lill
    producer: brendan garrett and jeff kopchia
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: republic records

    shortlist:

    the weeknd – blinding lights (live)
    director: alex lill
    producer: jeff kopchia
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: republic records

    dua lipa – don’t start now (live in la, 2019)
    director: daniel carberry
    producer: alexandra kern
    record co: warner records

    tom misch & yussef dayes – lift off
    director: douglas bernardt
    producer: martha mcguirk
    prod co: stink films
    record co: blue note records

    michael kiwanuka – live at the mildmay club
    director: huse monfaradi
    producer: hannah wainwright
    prod co: kode media
    record co: polydor records

    charlie winston – lost in the memory
    director: ian roderick gray
    producer: adham hunt
    prod co: grayscale productions
    record co: bmg / sony music / afishant records

  • best special video project

    winner:

    riz ahmed – the long goodbye
    director: aneil karia
    producer: tom gardner
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: mongrel records (via warp)

    shortlist:

    j views ft instagram – featuring
    director: vico sharabani and jonathan dagan (j.views)
    producer: emily branham, the-artery
    prod co: the-artery
    record co: j.views

    masn – how to kill a rockstar
    director: brendan vaughan
    producer: luke arreguin
    prod co: huffman creative
    record co: rca records

    christine and the queens – la vita nuova
    director: colin solal cardo
    producer: rémy solomon, julien berlan, marie fioriti, elsa rakotoson
    prod co: frenzy paris
    record co: because music

    nightmares on wax – smokers delight
    director: jamie whitby
    producer: scarlett barclay
    prod co: agile films
    record co: warp records

    fkj – they saw the sun first
    director: stefan hunt
    producer: jess lowe
    prod co: fresh film
    record co: awal recordings

  • best music film

    winner:

    the streets – none of us are getting out of this live alive (livestream)

    shortlist:

    ludovico einaudi – apple music live from the steve jobs theatre

    beastie boys story

    miles davis – birth of the cool

    black is king

    mark ronson – from the heart

individuals & companies

  • best director

    winner:

    anton tammi

    shortlist:

    crowns & owls

    dave meyers

    diana kunst

    henry scholfield

    zhang & knight

  • best new director in association with leap

    winner:

    arnaud bresson

    shortlist:

    brock neal-roberts

    douglas bernardt

    jocelyn anquetil

    kc locke

    will hooper

  • best producer in association with wpa

    winner:

    daniella manca

    shortlist:

    horace de gunzbourg

    kareem adeshina

    karen saurí

    luke tierney

    mayling wong

  • best commissioner

    winner:

    caroline clayton

    shortlist:

    kat cattaneo

    nicola sheppard

    sam seager

    scott wright

    semera khan

  • best agent

    winner:

    claire stubbs

    shortlist:

    andy roberts

    barnaby laws

    joceline gabriel

    lee fairweather

    sam davey

  • best production company

    winner:

    somesuch

    shortlist:

    blink x blinkink

    canada

    compulsory

    division

    friend

  • best post production company

    winner:

    the mill

    shortlist:

    black kite studios

    cheat

    electric theatre collective

    ingenuity studios

    tenthree

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