music video genre

  • video of the year

    winner:

    duck sauce – mesmerize
    director: keith schofield
    repped by caviar
    commissioner: katy eggleton for duck sauce

  • best pop video - uk

    winner:

    dua lipa – love again
    director: lope serrano aka canada
    producers: karen saurí, oscar romagosa
    prod co: canada
    commissioner: katie dolan for warner records

    shortlist:

    joy crookes – feet don’t fail me now
    director: taz tron delix
    producer: ghandi el-chamaa
    prod co: compulsory
    commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment

    arlo parks – hope
    director: molly burdett
    producer: ersan beskardes
    prod co: spindle
    commissioner: artist commissioned

    mabel – let them know
    director: isaac rentz
    producer: ersan beskardes
    prod co: kode media
    commissioner: lisa foo for polydor records

    maisie peters – psycho
    director: louis bhose
    producer: frankie willcock
    prod co: agile films
    commissioner: dan curwin for atlantic records

    little mix – sweet melody
    director: kc locke
    producers: lewis nicholson, meghan wilcox
    prod co: swords & eagles
    commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment

  • best pop video - international

    winner:

    lil nas x ft jack harlow – industry baby
    director: christian breslauer
    producers: andrew lerios, luga podesta,saul levitz,
    brandon bonfiglio

    prod co: london alley
    commissioner: saul levitz for columbia records

    shortlist:

    saweetie – (fast) motion
    director: james larese
    producers: andrew lerios, luga podesta, brandon bonfiglio
    prod co: london alley
    commissioner: akila robinson for warner music group

    selena gomez, rauw alejandro – baila conmigo
    director: nogari
    producers: francesco colombo, henrique danieletto
    prod co: iconoclast
    commissioner: michelle an for interscope

    bella poarch – build a b*tch
    director: andrew donoho
    producer: valerie bush
    prod co: huffman creative
    commissioner: devin sarno for warner records

    lolo zouaï – galipette
    director: amber grace johnson
    producer: jeff kopchia
    exec producer: justin benoliel
    prod co: object & animal
    commissioner: artist commissioned

    lil nas x – montero (call me by your name)
    director: tanu muino
    producer: marco de molina
    prod co: underwonder content
    commissioner: saul levitz for columbia records

  • best pop video - newcomer

    winner:

    drew sycamore – 45 fahrenheit girl
    director: jonatan egholm keis
    producer: jonatan egholm keis
    prod co: new land
    commissioner: jan-erik stig for warner music denmark

    shortlist:

    elsa y elmar – corazones negros
    director: daniel uribe
    producer: jaume rigual
    prod co: pandora | story:
    commissioner: gonzalo ferrari for sony music mexico

    nick wilson – lead me to the water
    director: franklin & marchetta (bjorn franklin & johnny marchetta)
    producer: gina burns
    prod co: lowkey films
    commissioner: orna lyons for never fade records

    between friends – lonely
    director: kevin clark
    producers: jack fahey, emily truong
    prod co: screens
    commissioner: artist commissioned

    terno rei – medo
    director: vira-lata
    producers: eduardo lubiazi, yuri maranhão, joão machado, vira-lata
    prod co: the youth
    commissioner: balaclava records

    yma – white peacock
    director: gui bohn
    producers: andre baitere, gui bohn
    prod co: iconoclast brasil

  • best r&b / soul video - uk

    winner:

    celeste – tonight tonight
    director: noah lee
    producers: kate brady, suzan mustafa
    prod co: riff raff films
    commissioner: marco grey for polydor records

    shortlist:

    samm henshaw – all good
    director: max weiland
    producer: tom gardner
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: mother
    record company: dorm seven / awal

    disclosure ft kehlani & syd – birthday
    director: kid. studio
    producer: ryan hahn
    prod co: hpla
    commissioner: kevin kloecker for island records

    jorja smith ft shaybo – bussdown
    director: fenn o’meally
    producer: cora rodriguez
    prod co: smuggler
    commissioner: zubin irani for famm

    tendai – not around
    director: hector dockrill
    producers: bruno loureiro, dasha deriagina
    prod co: pulse films
    commissioner: nicola sheppard for 0207 def jam uk

    wesley joseph ft jorja smith – patience
    director: wesley joseph
    producer: india bradshaw
    exec producer: hannah bellil
    prod co: stink films
    commissioner: transgressive management for eeviltwinn / transgressive

  • best r&b / soul video - international

    winner:

    normani x cardi b – wild side
    director: tanu muino
    producer: jack winter
    prod co: underwonder content
    commissioners: camille yorrick & chris clavadetscher for rca records

    shortlist:

    bryson tiller – always forever
    director: kid. studio
    producer: ryan hahn
    prod co: hpla
    commissioner: camille yorrick for rca records

    beyoncé, blue ivy, saint jhn, wizkid – brown skin girl
    director: jenn nkiru
    producers: jean mougin, astrid edwards
    prod co: iconoclast
    commissioner: erinn williams for parkwood entertainment

    doja cat – streets
    director: christian breslauer
    producer: nick pistone
    prod co: luckybastards inc
    commissioner: sam houston for rca records

    the weeknd – take my breath
    director: cliqua
    producer: roisín audrey moloney
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: la mar taylor for xo records

    witch prophet – tesfay
    director: leah vlemmiks
    producer: laura johnson
    commissioner: witch prophet for heart lake records

  • best r&b / soul video - newcomer

    winner:

    bamao yendé & le diouck – marvin gueye
    director: vincent catel
    producer: roman pichon herrera & pierre-edouard sigwalt
    prod co: diplomats
    commissioner: max le disez for boukan records

    shortlist:

    odeal – 24/48
    director: chris chuky
    producer: jordi estapè
    prod co: creativs label
    commissioner: malaika carr-haji for warner music

    preditah ft wstrn – distant memory
    director: chirolles khalil
    producer: meghan willcox
    prod co: friend
    commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records

    mykki blanco – free ride
    director: hannah rosselin
    producer: lola burelle
    prod co: division
    commissioner: matt lambert for transgressive records

    mansur brown – my prayer
    director: filmawi
    producer: joseph j. goldman
    prod co: compulsory
    commissioner: self commissioned for amai records

    eddy luna – still breathing
    director: waxxwork
    producer: luca chapman
    prod co: smuggler
    commissioner: lea ogunlami for sony music entertainment

  • best dance / electronic video - uk

    winner:

    hot chip, jarvis cocker – straight to the morning
    director: réalité
    producer: karen saurí
    prod co: canada
    commissioner: john moule for domino recording co


    shortlist:

    good boys & imanbek – goodbye
    director: charlie robins
    producers: luke tierney, joseph j goldman
    prod co: friend
    commissioner: james hackett for emi records

    jungle – keep moving
    directors: j lloyd & charlie di placido
    producer: jordi estapé
    prod co: jfc worldwide
    commissioner: jungle for caiola records

    public service broadcasting ft eera – people, let’s dance
    director: chloe hayward
    producer: hugo holford
    prod co: greatcoat films
    commissioner: sean mayo for [pias]

    rudimental x skream – so sorry
    director: iain simpson
    producer: rachel bashford
    prod co: haus pictures
    commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records

    eli brown, talk show – trouble
    director: brock neal-roberts
    producer: femi anderson
    prod co: agile films
    commissioner: louis danckwerts for polydor records

  • best dance / electronic video - international

    winner:

    duck sauce – mesmerize
    director: keith schofield
    repped by caviar
    commissioner: katy eggleton for duck sauce

    shortlist:

    skrillex, starrah & four tet – butterflies
    director: ben strebel
    producer: adam farley
    prod co: biscuit filmworks uk
    commissioner: thien pham for owsla / atlantic

    mk – chemical
    director: aube perrie
    producer: anis gaiji
    prod co: wanda x mynd
    commissioner: elena argiros for sony music entertainment

    salvatore ganacci – fight dirty
    directors: will goodfellow, tom noakes & greg sharp
    producers: nina knežević, tom noakes, will goodfellow
    prod co: studio goono, truba animation
    commissioner: salvatore ganacci for refune music/mdlbeast records

    rysy – kilo
    director: filip zaluska
    producer: magdalena betlejewska
    prod co: moon films warsaw
    commissioner: wojtek urbański l for dyspensa records

    salvatore ganacci – step-grandma
    director: vedran rupic
    producers: christian kuosmanen, siamand masoodian
    prod co: business club royale
    commissioner: refune

  • best dance / electronic video - newcomer

    winner:

    modeselektor – mean friend
    director: abigail wilson
    producer: paulien voorkamp
    prod co: bwgtbld
    commissioner: matthias klein / c/o magick for sony music


    shortlist:

    welshy – all for you
    director: arthur studholme
    producer: conor duffy
    prod co: blood films
    commissioner: elena argiros for sony music entertainment

    fred again.. – dermot (see yourself in my eyes)
    director: loose
    producer: loose
    prod co: loose / stink films
    commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records

    jimothy lacoste – describe my life
    director: stanley brock
    producer: stanley brock
    prod co: my accomplice
    commissioner: sofia petrides for atlantic records

    not waving ft marie davidson – hold on
    director: angelo cerisara
    producer: pavel buryak
    prod co: rafesthetic.tv
    commissioner: not waving for ecstatic recordings

    elderbrook – why do we shake in the cold?
    director: jára moravec
    producer: mojaš perović
    exec producer: carla mooney, delwyn mooney
    prod co: cardel
    commissioner: sam seager for parlophone

  • best rock video - uk

    winner:

    beabadoobee – last day on earth
    director: arnaud bresson
    producer: théo gall
    prod co: division
    commissioner: chris melian for dirty hit records

    shortlist:

    sam fender – 17 going under
    director: brock neal-roberts
    producer: femi anderson
    prod co: agile films
    commissioner: semera khan for polydor records

    doves – broken eyes
    director: colin read
    producer: francesco rizzo
    prod co: pulse films
    commissioner: paul mckee for emi records

    frank carter & the rattlesnakes ft lynks – go get a tattoo
    director: thomas davis
    producers: jake parker, ramy dance
    prod co: common people films
    commissioner: tom prideaux for awal

    wolf alice – how can i make it ok?
    director: jordan hemingway
    producer: ella girardot
    prod co: academy films
    commissioner: ed blow for dirty hit records

    shame – nigel hitter
    director: maxim kelly
    producer: stephanie paeplow
    prod co: caviar
    commissioner: robby morris for dead oceans

  • best rock video - international

    winner:

    biting elbows – boy is dead
    director: ilya naishuller
    prod co: versus pictures
    commissioner: mts

    shortlist:

    hedgehog – bat
    director: haonan wang
    producer: jinming zhong
    prod co: round2film
    commissioner: indie works for taihe music group

    the academic – kids (don’t end up like me)
    directors: ronan corrigan & hope kemp
    producer: tearjerker
    prod co: tearjerker
    commissioner: michael whitham for capitol records

    the parrots, c tangana – maldito
    director: rogelio
    producers: karen saurí, carla lapiedra
    prod co: canada
    commissioner: joan vich montaner

    space chaser – remnants of technology
    director: feedz (lucas fiederling)
    producers: bastian loewen, lucas fiederling
    prod co: peregrine films gmbh
    commissioners: peregrine films gmbh & initiative musik gmbh for metal blade records

    trash talk – something wicked
    director: derek schklar
    producers: nathan scherrer, scott lancer, derek schklar
    prod co: freenjoy / somesuch / the invisible hand production
    commissioner: trash talk collective

  • best rock video - newcomer

    winner:

    jeremy ivey – someone else’s problem
    director: kimberly stuckwisch
    producer: ian blair
    prod co: invisible inc
    commissioner: ryan marian for anti records


    shortlist:

    the bluestocking – never ready
    director: egor gavrilin
    producer: lucya kravtsova
    prod co: egor gavrilin
    commissioner: kira mikheeva

    tv priest – press gang
    director: joe wheatley
    producer: aidan robert brooks
    prod co: agile films
    commissioner: david knight for sub pop

    middle kids – r u 4 me?
    director: w.a.m. bleakley
    producer: lizzie cater
    prod co: swag film
    commissioner: katie besgrove for domino recording co

    dry cleaning – scratchcard lanyard
    director: rottingdean bazaar
    producer: rottingdean bazaar
    prod co: blink productions
    commissioner: tim hampson for candy artists

    el columpio asesino – sirenas de mediodía
    director: amar hernández
    producers: amar hernández, daniel meré
    prod co: inlight
    commissioner: amaia santana for oso polita

  • best alternative video - uk

    winner:

    james blake – say what you will
    director: bear damen
    producer: salim el arja
    prod co: couscous
    commissioner: semera khan for polydor records

    shortlist:

    kelly lee owens ft john cale – corner of my sky
    director: kasper hȁggstrӧm
    producers: daphne do, dom thomas (ep), morgan clement (ep)
    prod co: object & animal
    commissioner: clarisse quinn for smalltown supersound

    paul mccartney ft beck – find my way
    director: andrew donoho
    producer: ian blair
    prod co: skulley studios
    commissioner: byron atienza for capitol records

    texas ft wu tang – hi
    director: fenn o’meally
    producer: emma wellbelove
    prod co: smuggler
    commissioner: lisa foo for bmg

    bakar – noun
    director: machine operated
    producers: bruno loureiro, dasha deriagina
    prod co: pulse films
    commissioner: alex burford for black butter records

    steven wilson ft elton john – personal shopper
    director: lucrecia taormina
    producer: joseph j goldman
    prod co: friend
    commissioner: natalia maus for caroline international

  • best alternative video - international

    winner:

    sansara – we will become better
    director: andzej gavriss
    producers: egor solomatin, mikhail marizov, evgeny primachenko, andrei gubaidullin, alexandra galius
    prod co: daddy’s film
    commissioner: egor solomatin for nepokoi

    shortlist:

    eels – are we alright again
    director: greg barnes
    producer: holly wolfers
    prod co: black dog films
    commissioner: john moule for [pias]

    badbadnotgood – beside april
    director: camille summers-valli
    producer: maddy perkins
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: caroline waxse for xl recordings

    cuco – forevermore
    director: cliqua
    producer: sho schrock
    prod co: trikon

    phoebe bridgers – i know the end
    director: alissa torvinen kouame
    producer: dilly gent
    line producer: barret hacia
    prod co: son&heir
    commissioner: dilly gent for dead oceans

    mcht – unknown world
    director: aisultan seitov
    producer: akzhan oxykbayeva
    prod co: partizan
    commissioner: vitaliy belov for roscoe

  • best alternative video - newcomer

    winner:

    audiobooks – lalala it’s the good life
    director: rottingdean bazaar x annie collinge
    producer: rosie brear
    prod co: blink productions
    commissioner: danny mitchell & jeff barrett for heavenly recordings

    shortlist:

    tiberius b – big deal
    director: saskia dixie
    producer: celeste kennedy-doig
    prod co: object & animal
    commissioner: artist commissioned for zelig records

    tycho jones – don’t be afraid
    director: edd carr
    producer: globe town
    prod co: globe town
    record co: globe town

    califato ¾ – fandangô de carmen porter
    director: nono ayuso
    producer: nico cabuche
    prod co: landia & dude originals
    record co: breaking bass records

    memorial – a hero’s death (cover)
    director: jake dypka
    producer: ayomide alli
    prod co: agile films
    commissioner: lucy rose for real nice records

    lava la rue – magpie
    director: milo blake
    producer: jordi estape
    prod co: em films
    commissioner: olivier massey for marathon records

  • best hip hop / grime / rap video - uk

    winner:

    pa salieu ft backroad gee – my family
    director: femi ladi
    producer: freddie barrass, mike heath
    prod co: untold studios
    commissioner: oksi odedina for warner records


    shortlist:

    bree runway ft missy elliott – atm
    director: lucrecia taormina
    producer: joseph j goldman
    prod co: friend
    commissioners: anique cox & james hackett for emi

    slowthai ft james blake & mount kimbie – feel away
    director: oscar hudson
    producer: callum harrison
    prod co: pulse films
    commissioner: lewis levi for method records

    little simz – introvert
    director: salomon ligthelm
    producer: mrmr
    prod co: prettybird uk
    commissioners: bianca bhagat & cheyenne miller for awal

    aitch – learning curve
    director: kc locke
    producer: lewis nicholson
    prod co: swords & eagles
    commissioner: lisa foo for capitol records

    kano – teardrops
    director: aneil karia
    producer: nat baring
    prod co: somesuch
    commissioner: sam seager for parlophone

  • best hip hop / grime / rap video - international

    winner:

    megan thee stallion – thot shit
    director: aube perrie
    exec producer: boris labourguigne
    producer: sarah park & nick callais
    prod co: left productions
    commissioner: lucas prevost for 300 entertainment

    shortlist:

    vladimir cauchemar – brrr
    director: quentin deronzier
    producer: anna roudaut
    prod co: la pac
    commissioner: pierre le ny

    tyler, the creator – corso
    director: wolf haley (dir) luis perez (dop)
    producer: tara razavi
    prod co: happy place
    commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records

    pharrell ft jay-z – entrepreneur (official video)
    director: calmatic
    producer: candice dragonas, tina pavlides, lola ridgell
    prod co: prettybird us
    commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records

    travis scott ft young thug & mia – franchise
    director: travis scott, white trash tyler, jordan hemingway
    producer: nathan scherrer, randy donaldson. kevin schroeder & ella girardot
    prod co: freenjoy
    commissioner: sam lecca & gina harrell for epic records / cactus jack

    tommy cash – racked
    director: anna himma
    producer: johanna trass
    prod co: allfilm

  • best hip hop / grime / rap video - newcomer

    winner:

    homeboy sandman – monument
    director: pavel buryak
    producers: gretta wilson, pavel buryak
    rod co: rafesthetic.tv
    commissioner: angel del villar for mello music group

    shortlist:

    kam-bu x knucks – call me back
    director: jay green
    producer: jay green
    prod co: compulsory
    commissioner: olivia west for atlas artists / parlophone

    kaydy cain – hollywood
    director: miguel angulo
    producer: diego andrés
    prod co: international visual machine
    commissioner: san-son for honey money

    jeshi – look like trouble
    director: brock neal-roberts
    producer: femi anderson
    prod co: agile films
    commissioner: ed pearson for because music

    ichon ft yseult – mélange
    director: sophie jones
    producer: margaux manner
    prod co: partizan
    commissioner: alma for 911

    enny ft amia brave – peng black girls
    director: otis dominique
    producer: india bradshaw
    prod co: blackrush / amoury films
    commissioner: erin corrian-alexis for famm

technical & craft

  • best performance in a video

    winner:

    salvatore ganacci – step-grandma
    performer: salvatore ganacci
    director: vedran rupic
    prod co: business club royale
    record co: zatara recordings

    shortlist:

    jerome farah – concrete jungle fever
    performer: jerome farah
    director: sanjay de silva
    prod co: division
    record co: sony music entertainment

    kelly lee owens ft john cale – corner of my sky
    performer: michael sheen
    director: kasper hȁggstrӧm
    prod co: object & animal
    record co: smalltown supersound

    berwyn – i’d rather die than be deported
    performer: berwyn
    director: loose
    prod co: stink films
    record co: sony music entertainment

    james blake – say what you will
    performers: james blake litherland & finneas baird o’connell
    director: bear damen
    prod co: couscous
    record co: polydor records

    kano – teardrops
    performer: kano
    director: aneil karia
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: parlophone

  • best production design in a video

    winner:

    dj snake & selena gomez – selfish love
    production designer: taísa malouf
    director: rodrigo saavedra
    prod co: the directors bureau & landia
    record co: interscope

    shortlist:

    rag n bone man – all you ever wanted
    production designer: david hamilton
    director: will hooper
    prod co: blink productions
    record co: sony music entertainment

    disclosure ft kehlani & syd – birthday
    production designer: r. tyler evans
    director: kid. studio.
    prod co: hpla
    record co: island records

    london grammar – lose your head
    production designer: lora venkova
    director: zhang+knight
    prod co: friend
    record co: crowns & owls for ministry of sound

    celeste – tonight tonight
    production designer: elena isolini
    director: noah lee
    prod co: riff raff films
    record co: polydor records

    loyle carner – yesterday
    production designer: charlotte king
    director: the coyle-larner brothers
    prod co: spindle
    record co: emi records / universal music

  • best wardrobe styling in a video in association with i-d

    winner:

    joy crookes – feet don’t fail me now
    stylists: matthew josephs (joy crookes) natalie roar (cast)
    director: taz tron delix
    prod co: compulsory
    record co: sony music entertainment

    shortlist:

    beyoncé, blue ivy, saint jhn, wizkid – brown skin girl
    stylists: grace ellington, sharon robertson
    director: jenn nkiru
    prod co: iconoclast
    record co: parkwood entertainment

    priya ragu – chicken lemon rice
    stylist: neesha tulsi champaneria
    director: dumas haddad
    prod co: familia
    record co: warner records

    trouble wanted – lonely cowgirl
    stylists: jackie pratt & ghonorious reese
    director: lydia garnett
    prod co: somesuch

    tommy cash – racked
    stylist: rolands peterkops
    director: anna himma
    prod co: allfilm

    little simz ft cleo sol – woman
    stylist: luci ellis
    director: little simz
    prod co: prettybird uk
    record co: awal

  • best hair & make up in a video in association with loop talent

    winner:

    joy crookes – feet don’t fail me now
    stylist: mata marielle (mua), issac poleon (hair)
    director: taz tron delix
    prod co: compulsory
    record co: sony music entertainment

    shortlist:

    biting elbows – boy is dead
    stylist: anna kudevich (special effects)
    director: ilya naishuller
    prod co: versus pictures
    record co: mts

    anaiis ft topaz jones – chuu
    stylist: regina meessen (hair)
    director: jenny brough
    prod co: ella kenny
    record co: dream sequence recordings

    ashnikko – deal with it
    key makeup artist: zaheer sukhnandan
    sfx makeup dept head: allison mcgillicuddy
    key sfx makeup: malina stearns
    additional sfx makeup: meg wilbur
    key hair stylist: preston wada
    assistant hair stylist: adriana pina
    director: charlotte rutherford
    prod co: agile films
    record co: parlophone

    rachel chinouriri – plain jane
    hair: shamara roper
    hair assistant: chaniqua brown
    make-up: georgia hope
    make-up assistant: cat gibbons
    director: aliyah otchere
    prod co: agile films
    record co: atlas artists / parlophone

    little simz ft cleo sol – woman
    stylist: chantelle fuller (hair) nibras (make up)
    director: little simz
    prod co: prettybird uk
    record co: awal

  • best choreography in a video

    winner:

    purple disco machine ft moss kena & the knocks – fireworks
    choreographer: adam beta
    director: greg barth
    prod co: common people films & rekorder
    record co: sony music entertainment


    shortlist:

    fka twigs, headie one, fred again.. – don’t judge me
    choreographers: theo tj lowe, dominant namek, dom dumaresq, samuel mak, ndongo faye
    directors: emmanuel adjei & fka twigs
    prod co: object & animal and phantasm
    record co: young turks / xl recordings

    lil nas x ft jack harlow – industry baby
    choreographer: sean bankhead
    director: christian breslauer
    prod co: london alley
    record co: columbia records

    little simz – introvert
    choreographer: kloe dean
    director: salomon ligthelm
    prod co: mrmr / prettybird uk
    record co: awal

    black midi – john l
    choreographer: nina mcneely
    director: nina mcneely
    prod co: maavven
    record co: rough trade records

    s+c+a+r+r – never give up
    choreographer: nicolas huchard
    director: jack antoine charlot
    prod co: passion paris
    record co: cinq7 / wagram

  • best cinematography in a video in association with panalux

    winner:

    califato ¾ – fandangô de carmen porter
    dop: michal babinec
    director: nono ayuso
    prod co: landia & dude originals
    record co: breaking bass records

    shortlist:

    skrillex, starrah & four tet – butterflies
    dop: ben todd
    director: ben strebel
    prod co: biscuit filmworks uk
    record co: owsla / atlantic

    simon leoza – la nuée
    dop: alexandre nour
    director: vincent rené-lortie
    prod co: telescope films
    record co: rosemarie records

    pa salieu ft backroad gee – my family
    dop: stefan yap
    director: femi ladi
    prod co: untold studios
    record co: warner records

    bicep ft clara la san – saku
    dop: pat aldinger
    director: david betram
    prod co: diplomats
    record co: ninja tune

    mcht – unknown world
    dop: anatoliy trofimov
    director: aisultan seitov
    prod co: partizan
    record co: roscoe

  • best colour grading in a video in association with cheat

    winner:

    bastille – distorted light beam
    colourist: alex gregory
    director: jak payne
    prod co: blink productions
    record co: virgin records

    shortlist:

    jerome farah – concrete jungle fever
    colourist: fergus rotherham at fin design & effects
    director: sanjay de silva
    prod co: division
    record co: sony music entertainment

    dua lipa ft angèle – fever
    colourist: jason wallis at etc
    director: we are from la
    prod co: iconoclast
    record co: warner music

    eli brown, talk show – trouble
    colourist: richard fearon at black kite studios
    director: brock neal-roberts
    prod co: agile films
    record co: polydor records

    the academic – kids (don’t end up like me)
    colourist: vlad barin at cheat
    director: hope kemp & ronan corrigan
    prod co: tearjerker
    record co: capitol records

    megan thee stallion – thot shit
    colourist: matt osborne at company3
    director: aube perrie
    prod co: left productions
    record co: 300 entertainment

  • best editing in a video in association with homespun

    winner:

    little simz – introvert
    editor: elise butt at trim editing
    director: salomon lighthelm
    prod co: prettybird uk
    record co: awal


    shortlist:

    skrillex, starrah & four tet – butterflies
    editor: matt nee at metal
    director: ben strebel
    prod co: biscuit filmworks uk
    record co: owsla / atlantic

    duck sauce – mesmerize
    editor: keith schofield
    director: keith schofield
    repped by caviar

    bicep ft clara la san – saku
    editor: sophie fourdrinoy
    director: david betram
    prod co: diplomats
    record co: ninja tune

    megan thee stallion – thot shit
    editor: émilie aubry, niles howard
    director: aube perrie
    prod co: left productions
    record co: 300 entertainment

    enfant sauvage – time to fall
    editor: nicolas larrouquère at poster
    director: guillaume alric from the blaze
    prod co: iconoclast
    record co: animal 63

  • best visual effects in a video

    winner:

    bicep ft clara la san – saku
    vfx artist: alexis baillia at firm studio
    director: david betram
    prod co: diplomats
    record co: ninja tune

    shortlist:

    ed sheeran – bad habits
    vfx artist: ingenuity studios
    director: dave meyers
    prod co: freenjoy
    record co: asylum records

    belly, the weeknd and young thug – better believe
    vfx artist: sergii mashevskyi at cameo fx
    director: christian breslauer
    prod co: london alley
    record co: xo records / roc nation records

    skrillex ft starrah and four tet – butterflies
    vfx artists: tobin brett, james belch & james sindle at electric theatre collective
    director: ben strebel
    prod co: biscuit filmworks uk
    record co: owsla / atlantic

    darius ft duñe – feels right
    vfx artists: joaquin cuervo, daniel gomez, sergi soley & marc bitrián @ sauvage.tv
    director: jason yan francis
    prod co: frenzy paris
    record co: roche musique

    fuel fandango – mi huella
    vfx artist: eighty4
    director: alex gargot
    prod co: mammut, eighty4 & grayskull
    record co: warner music

  • best animation in a video

    winner:

    l’impératrice – hématome
    animators: roxane lumeret, jocelyn charles, chloé farr
    director: roxane lumeret & jocelyn charles
    prod co: studio remembers
    record co: microqlima

    shortlist:

    easy life – a message to myself
    animators: hozen britto, frankie swan, bishoy gendi, yino huan, andy baker
    director: andy baker
    prod co: andy baker studio
    record co: island records

    duck sauce – mesmerize
    animator: keith schofield
    director: keith schofield
    repped by caviar

    squid – pamphlets
    animators: raman djafari, barney abraham
    director: raman djafari
    prod co: blink productions
    record co: warp records

    iron maiden – the writing on the wall
    animators: blinkink
    director: nicos livesey
    prod co: blink productions
    record co: parlophone

    run the jewels – walking in the snow
    animators: chris hopewell, cadi catlow, jacky howson
    director: chris hopewell
    prod co: black dog films /jackknife films
    record co: bmg

special video

  • best live video

    winner:

    pa salieu – frontline (live on jimmy fallon)
    director: tawbox
    producer: ghandi el-chamaa
    prod co: film band
    record co: atlantic records

    shortlist:

    lous and the yakuza – amigo (live on jimmy fallon)
    director: tawbox
    producers: anousonne savanchomkeo, ondine benetier
    prod co: la blogothèque
    record co: sony music entertainment

    fontaines dc – a hero’s death (live on jimmy fallon)
    director: sam taylor
    producer: emily mulkerrins
    prod co: agile films
    record co: partisan

    wolf alice – lipstick on the glass (union chapel)
    director: libby burke wilde
    producers: christophe ‘chryde’ abric, ondine benetier
    prod co: la blogothèque
    record co: dirty hit records

    the weeknd – save your tears (billboard awards)
    director: alex lill
    producer: brendan garrett
    prod co: bucket pictures
    record co: xo records

    michael kiwanuka – solid ground (live at the v&a)
    director: raja virdi
    producer: raja virdi
    prod co: phase
    record co: polydor records

  • best special video project

    winner:

    topaz jones – don’t go tellin’ your momma
    directors: rubberband., topaz jones
    producer: luigi rossi
    prod co: smuggler
    record co: new funk academy / black canopy

    shortlist:

    berwyn – berwyn video series:
    100,000,000 miles, i’d rather die than be deported, money comes money goes
    director: loose
    producer: shea coleman
    prod co: stink films
    record co: sony music entertainment

    wolf alice – blue weekend
    director: jordan hemingway
    producer: ella girardot
    prod co: academy films
    record co: dirty hit records

    sam dew – moonlit fools
    director: young replicant
    producers: jordan harkins, wolf fleetwood ross
    prod co: pulse films
    record co: rca records

    olivia rodrigo – sour prom
    directors: kimberly stuckwisch, toby l
    producers: ian blair, valerie bush, josh connolly
    prod co: up the game in association with geffen records & invisible inc
    record co: geffen records

    kano – teardrops
    director: aneil karia
    producer: nat baring
    prod co: somesuch
    record co: parlophone

  • best music film in association with anna valley

    winner:

    dua lipa – studio 2054
    director: liz clare
    producer: peter abbott
    prod co: ceremony london
    record co: warner records

    shortlist:

    andrea bocelli & guests – believe in christmas
    director: giorgio testi
    producer: martina zambeletti
    prod co: pulse films italia, driift
    record co: sugar

    liam gallagher – down by the river thames
    directors: oscar sansom & phil woodhead
    producer: amy james
    prod co: forest of black
    record co: warner music

    glass animals – glass animals: live in the internet
    directors: james barnes & dave bayley
    producer: amy james
    prod co: mercury studios
    record co: polydor

    imogen goldie-wells & charlotte hatherley – imogen
    directors: lola young & matt shea
    producers: margo mars, alma har’el
    prod co: lief
    record co: n/a

    rone & (la)horde – room with a view
    directors: josselin carré & célidja pornon
    producers: christophe ‘chryde’ abric, anousonne savanchomkeo, ondine benetier
    prod co: la blogothèque
    record co: infiné

individuals & companies

  • best director in association with electric theatre collective

    winner:

    tanu muino

    shortlist:

    arnaud bresson

    brock neal-roberts

    dave meyers

    kc locke

    kid. studio

  • best new director in association with time based arts

    winner:

    aube perrie

    shortlist:

    bedroom

    femi ladi

    jordan hemingway

    lucrecia taormina

    nono

  • best producer in association with wpa uk

    winner:

    precious mahaga

    shortlist:

    elizabeth doonan

    ersan beskardes

    joseph j goldman

    maurizio von trapp

    mayling wong

  • best commissioner

    winner:

    kat cattaneo

    shortlist:

    daniel millar

    elena argiros

    kim jarrett

    marco grey

    sam seager

  • best agent

    winner:

    sam davey (ob management)

    shortlist:

    alexa haywood (free agent)

    claire stubbs (mouthpiece)

    estere sulca (wpa)

    lee fairweather (compulsory)

    sarah boardman (hands ldn)

  • best production company

    winner:

    canada

    shortlist:

    agile films

    london alley

    object & animal

    pulse films

    somesuch

  • best post production co in association with studio rm

    winner:

    electric theatre collective

    shortlist:

    cheat

    ingenuity studios

    mpc

    stitch/homespun

    trim editing

  • the outstanding achievement award

    recipient

    juliette larthe

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