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winners & nominees

  • music video genre
  • technical & craft
  • special video
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    • 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