logo

ukmva21
winners & nominees

  • music video genre
  • technical & craft
  • special video
  • individuals & companies
  • partners
    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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

    • 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