logo

ukmva23
winners & nominees

  • music video genre
  • technical & craft
  • special & live video
  • individuals & companies
  • partners
    • video of the year

      winner:

      mette – mama’s eyes
      director: camille summers-valli
      producer: daisy rylance
      production company: love song / division
      commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment uk

  • best pop video

    • in association with
      cinelab film & digital
      uk

      winner:

      harry styles – music for a sushi restaurant
      director: aube perrie
      producers: bryan younce, rik green, josh sondock
      production company: pulse films
      commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records us

      shortlist:

      raye ft 070 shake – escapism
      director: otis dominique
      producer: andre wooz
      production company: kode
      commissioner: mike robbins for human re-sources

      lewis capaldi – forget me
      director: louis bhose
      producer: scarlett barclay
      production company: agile films
      commissioner: caroline clayton for emi records uk

      sam smith – i’m not here to make friends
      director: tanu muiño
      producers: robert katz, frank borin, ivanna borin, alexa haywood, fred bonham carter
      production company: underwonder content
      commissioner: james hackett for emi records uk

      labrinth – kill for your love
      director: ernest desumbila
      producer: eva laffitte
      production company: sauvage.tv
      commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records us

      harry styles – satellite
      director: aube perrie
      producers: rik green, bryan younce, francesco rizzo
      production company: pulse film
      commissioner: bryan younce for columbia records us

    • international

      winner:

      mette – mama’s eyes
      director: camille summers-valli
      producer: daisy rylance
      production company: love song / division
      commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment uk

      shortlist:

      priya ragu – adalam va!
      director: sasha nathwani
      producer: manoela chiabai
      production company: caviar
      commissioner: kirstin cruickshank for warner records

      christina aguilera – beautiful (2022 version)
      director: fiona jane burgess
      producer: blair smith
      production company: smuggler
      commissioner: katie panicali for sony music

      tove lo – borderline
      director: nogari
      producer: francesco colombo
      production company: iconoclast
      commissioner: charlie twaddle for pretty swede records

      jung kook – seven (ft latto)
      director: bradley & pablo
      producers: candice dragonas, jason baum
      production company: prettybird
      commissioner: leehyun kim for big hit music

      mette – van gogh
      director: camile summers-valli
      producer: laure salgon
      production company: division
      commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment uk

    • newcomer

      winner:

      ariete – mare di guai
      director: enea colombi
      producer: matilde composta
      production company: borotalco
      commissioner: davide caucci for bomba dischi

      shortlist:

      kamal – free flow
      director: tyrus
      producer: jamie avis
      production company: cellar door
      commissioner: ruby atkin for neighbourhood

      beabadoobee – glue song
      director: jacob erland
      producer: liam wallace-cook
      production company: ob42
      commissioner: jon moore for dirty hit

      virgin miri – kill me
      directors: virgin miri & andreas öhman
      producer: jacob eklund
      production company: naive
      commissioner: rebstar for today is vintage

      sila lua – rompe
      director: nysu
      producer: nabil ejey
      production company: antiestatico
      record co: altafonte

      grentperez – us without me
      director: devon kuziw
      producer: ciaran k walker
      production company: intergalactic studios
      commissioners: austin gomez & laura ray for awal recordings

  • best r&b / soul video

    • uk

      winner:

      jorja smith – try me
      director: amber grace johnson
      producer: alex chamberlain
      production company: object & animal
      commissioner: erin corrian-alexis for famm

      shortlist:

      joesef – just come home with me tonight
      director: luis hindman
      producer: aidan robert brooks
      production company: camp productions
      commissioner: joe edwards for awal recordings

      ezra collective ft kojey radical – no confusion
      director: douglas bernardt
      producer: jake river parker
      production company: stink films
      commissioner: jake crossland for partisan records

      grace carter – pick your tears up
      director: iggy london
      producer: george telfer
      production company: park pictures
      commissioner: louise hart for bmg rights management

      ama lou – silence
      director: marlzama (mahalia john, ama lou, jackie lee)
      producers: alex ayodele-otele, theo hue williams
      production company: partizan
      commissioner: daisy haddigan for interscope records

      stormzy ft raye – the weekend
      director: omar jones
      producer: ghandi el-chamaa
      production company: riff raff films
      commissioner: nicola sheppard for 0207 def jam

    • international

      winner:

      lil yachty – say something
      director: crowns and owls
      creative directors: tara razavi, cam hicks
      executive producers: tara razavi, daniel mcausland
      producer: miranda sarah einy
      production company: happy place
      commissioners: emmanuelle cuny, nathan ledesma, jill Lamothe, gelareh rouzbehani, molly kreppel for motown, capitol records, quality control music

      shortlist:

      kelela – enough for love
      director: yasser abubeker
      producer: deborah zapata
      commissioner: mischa notcutt for warp records

      steve lacy – helmet
      director: aus taylor
      producer: ryan hahn
      production company: hpla
      commissioner: camille yorrick for rca us

      sza – kill bill
      director: christian breslauer
      producers: andrew lerios, mike breslauer, luga podesta
      production company: london alley
      commissioner: camille yorrick for rca

      dominique fils-aimé – my mind at ease
      director: adrian villagomez
      producers: jade fortin-côté, marie-jeanne anglehart
      production company: consulat
      record co: ensoul records

      amaru – not different
      director: original kids
      producer: camille richardeau
      production company: frenzy paris
      commissioner: frenzy paris

    • newcomer

      winner:

      sans soucis – i know your present
      director: jay green
      producer: beth clifton
      production company: compulsory
      commissioner chloe anderson for universal music

      shortlist:

      george – forever
      director: tanaseth (pong) tulyathan, ping pong matcha
      producer: sirimol boonpitak
      dop: kritsada nakagate
      production company: yolk & club
      commissioner: ema for craft & jun

      aaron taylor – have a nice day
      director: devon kuziw
      production company: zulu music
      commissioner: thando zulu for edenic records

      hendrix harris – it’s not you
      director: lauren luxenberg
      producer: sofia wilkinson-steel
      production company: compulsory

      léa sen – luv him
      director: constantine//spence
      producer: dan matthews
      production company: ramshackle productions
      commissioner: jake crossland for partisan records

      konyikeh – teenage dreams
      director: korrie powell
      producer: victoria ayettey
      production company: black sheep studios
      commissioner: erin corrian-alexis for famm

  • best dance / electronic video

    • uk

      winner:

      james blake – big hammer
      director: oscar hudson
      producers: archie johnston stewart, rik green
      production company: pulse films
      commissioner: emily jeffery for polydor / interscope

      shortlist:

      jungle – back on 74
      directors: charlie di placido & j.lloyd
      producer: matt craig
      production company: contentus maximus
      commissioner: caiola records

      rudimental, charlotte plank & vibe chemistry – dancing is healing
      director: eugen merher
      producer: cara mills
      production company: academy films
      commissioner: daniel millar for sony music entertainment uk

      london grammar ft camelphat – higher
      director: waxxwork
      producer: dan matthews
      production company: ramshackle productions
      commissioner: daniel millar for sony music entertainment uk

      the chemical brothers ft halo maud – live again
      director: dom&nic
      producer: john madsen
      exec producer: simon elborne
      production company: outsider
      post production company: untold studios
      commissioner: ailsa robertson for emi records / universal music

      riton ft soaky siren – sugar
      director: so me
      producer: maëva tenneroni
      production company: iconoclast
      commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records uk

    • international

      winner:

      troye sivan – rush
      director: gordon von steiner
      producer: josefine bothe
      production company: bwgtbld gmbh
      commissioner: kevin kloecker for universal music

      shortlist:

      macgray – backbone
      director: aline magrez
      producer: dari samir
      production company: studio tsawa
      commissioner: macgray

      the blaze – madly – the poem
      director: the blaze
      producer: maëva tenneroni
      production company: iconoclast
      commissioner: manu barron for savoir faire & animal63

      paul kalkbrenner – schwer
      director: jovan b todorović
      producers: nicolas mirbach, greta mueller
      production company: bwgtbld gmbh
      commissioner: gina donohoe for paul kalkbrenner musik

      salvatore ganacci – sexy narkoman / your mother
      directors: salvatore ganacci, mistre tesfaye, joel nkímyá
      producers: demetry vasilev, stephan markovits
      production company: woosha film, folk, push pull
      commissioners: refune management, mdlbeast records
      record co: mdlbeast records / zatara recordings / refune management

      thom draft – tense
      director: albert albert
      producer: horace de gunzbourg
      production company: iconoclast
      commissioner: manu barron for believe music

    • newcomer

      winner:

      mura masa – whenever i want
      director: the reids
      producer: poppy ashton
      production company: twofortyfour
      record co: pond recordings

      shortlist:

      dj seinfeld ft confidence man – now u do
      director: india rose harris
      producer: maya dufeu
      production company: friend london
      commissioner: jonny duckworth for ninja tune

      everyone you know – paper aeroplanes
      director: jay green
      producer: james robertson
      production company: compulsory
      commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment uk

      riton ft soaky siren – sugar (visualiser)
      director: phillip watson
      producer: phillip watson
      production company: atlantic records uk
      commissioner: kim jarrett for atlantic records uk

      ghost gun – venom
      director: alfredo vidal
      producer: taylor merisko, reggie hale, sean cissna
      production company: ghost town studios
      commissioner: reggie hale for ghost town

      fakear – voyager
      director: ffi0oul
      producer: charlotte benhamou
      production company: frenzy paris
      commissioner: ugo de angelis for nowadays records

  • best rock video

    • uk

      winner:

      squid – the blades
      director: kasper häggström
      producers: hattie jackson
      production company: epoch films uk
      music rep: carrie sutton
      record co: warp records

      shortlist:

      shame – fingers of steel
      director: ja humby
      producer: rhory danniells
      production company: intergalactic studios
      commissioner: adam nealon for dead oceans

      bring me the horizon – lost
      director: jensen noen
      producer: phoenix vaughn
      production company: blesscode entertainment
      commissioner: kat cattaneo for sony music entertainment uk

      elephant kind – love as
      director: rich hall
      producer: luke tierney
      production company: riff raff films
      commissioners: kidda selassie & will shanahan for mola records

      royal blood – pull me through
      director: polocho
      producer: miquel agell
      production company: say goodnight films
      commissioner: kirstin cruickshank for warner music uk

      squid – swing (in a dream)
      director: yoonha park
      producer: claes nordwall
      production company: subtitles
      commissioner: rik green for warp records

    • international

      winner:

      the hives – bogus operandi
      director: aube perrie
      producers: josephine Strindberg, rik green
      production company: pulse films
      commissioner: matthew greer for disques hives

      shortlist:

      grian chatten – all of the people
      director: sam taylor
      producer: dan matthews
      production company: ramshackle productions
      commissioner: jake crossland for partisan records

      stolen nova – glue
      director: nadia lee cohen
      producer: malcolm duncan
      production company: virgin soil pictures
      record co: eliminator records

      cari cari – my grandma says we have no future
      director: rupert höller
      producers: sarah zaza, sabine tatzgern
      production company: gngn production
      commissioner: alexander köck for perla nera records

      paramore – running out of time
      director: ivanna borin
      producer: brianna goldberg
      production company: underwonder content
      commissioner: andrew reid for atlantic records

      falling in reverse – watch the world burn
      director: jensen noen
      producer: phoenix vaughn
      production company: underwonder content, blesscode entertainment
      commissioner: ronnie radke for epitaph records

    • newcomer

      winner:

      stone – left right forward
      director: abigail wilson
      producer: kitty wordsworth
      production company: racket studio
      commissioner: joanna szyczewska for polydor

      shortlist:

      heartworms – 24 hours
      director: gilbert trejo
      producers: suzie Fownes, angela mulhern
      production company: anonymous content uk
      commissioner: pierre hall for speedy wunderground

      aliment – com espines
      director: albert sala
      producer: albert sala
      commissioner: joan guardia for la castanya

      stone – i gotta feeling
      director: maxi mclachlan
      producer: mike upson
      production company: partout
      commissioner: joanna szyczewska for polydor

      l devine – push it down
      director: emilio gamal boutros
      producer: jack cain
      production company: nice shirt films
      commissioner: laura ray for awal recordings

      the academic – pushing up daisies
      director: tearjerker
      producer: ben pengilly
      production company: great guns
      record co: capitol records

  • best alternative video

    • uk

      winner:

      bakar – alive!
      director: rubberband.
      producer: theo hue williams
      production company: smuggler
      commissioner: michael lewin for sony music entertainment uk

      shortlist:

      hak baker – doolally
      director: hugh mulhern
      producer: alexander handschuh
      production company: riff raff films
      creative director: nadine persaud
      record co: awal recordings

      tiberius b – hhb
      director: aidan zamiri
      producer: jonjo lowe
      production company: object & animal
      commissioner: antonia schulze berndt for zelig west

      young fathers – i saw
      director: david uzochukwu
      producer: kira pohl
      production company: iconoclast germany
      commissioner: louis lloyd-gilchrist for ninja tune

      l.a. priest – it’s you
      director: eoin glaister
      producer: shea coleman
      production company: stink films
      commissioner: louis danckwerts for polydor

      kokoroko – rapt
      director: akinola davies
      producers: jean mougin, funmbi ogunbanwo, roma nesi pio
      production company: iconoclast
      commissioner: connie meade for lunar sea

    • international

      winner:

      son lux – undertow
      director: alex cook
      producer: reef oldberg
      production company: crimson edge

      shortlist:

      070 shake – black dress
      director: noah lee
      producer: theo hue williams
      exec producer: danny herman
      production company: friend london
      commissioner: remi williams for def jam

      paris texas – bulletman
      director: aus taylor
      producer: ryan hahn
      production company: hpla
      record co: orchard

      yves tumor – echolalia
      director: jordan hemingway
      producers: tom o’driscoll, joseph radonich, aaron z willson
      production company: purple martin studio, ground work
      commissioner: henoch moore for warp records

      tshegue – mais
      director: ibrahim kamara
      producer: valentine gomes-ferenczi
      production company: division
      commissioner: mc daku for ekleroshock

      dominic fike – mama’s boy
      director: rubberband.
      producer: manny caston
      production company: smuggler
      commissioner: saul levitz for columbia records us

    • newcomer

      winner:

      hak baker – telephones 4 eyes
      director: hugh mulhern
      producer: alexander handschuh
      production company: riff raff films
      creative commissioner: nadine persaud
      commissioner: lisa foo for awal recordings

      shortlist:

      anna b savage – in|flux
      director: rosie barrett
      producers: billie de buitléar, lily roberts
      production company: kode
      commissioner: chris chadwick for city slang

      patrick wolf – nowhere game
      director: joseph wilson
      producer: chris murdoch
      production company: prettybird

      entely – prosa
      director: kyryl volovych
      producer: elizaweta mowshyna
      dop: borya borysov
      production company: control freak

      tsunaina – tenderer
      director: tsunaina, justin ridler, jake jelicich
      producer: tsunaina
      commissioner: tsunaina

      dné – traps in my feed
      director: lubos vacke
      producer: vasek sladek, matous heger
      production company: creative embassy
      commissioner: vasek sladek & matous heger for platoon

  • best hip hop / grime / rap video

    • uk

      winner:

      antslive – number one candidate
      director: tom emmerson
      producers: tom Emmerson, billy king
      production company: emmerson films
      commissioner: tom emmerson for payday records

      shortlist:

      little simz – gorilla
      director: dave meyers
      producers: roisín audrey moloney, nathan scherrer
      production company: freenjoy
      commissioner: bianca bhagat for forever living originals / awal recordings

      j hus – it’s crazy
      director: taz tron delix
      producer: kiran mandla
      production company: compulsory
      commissioner: daniel millar for sony music entertainment uk

      stormzy – mel made me do it
      director: klvdr
      producer: joseph j goldman
      production company: pulse films
      commissioner: jacqueline eyewe & nicola sheppard for 0207 def jam

      jords – mobay / stay close
      director: renee osubu
      producers: maëva demurger, amara rossell
      production company: somesuch
      commissioner: benson udia for emi records uk

      loyle carner – nobody knows (ladas road)
      director: uncanny
      producer: joel spencer
      production company: bullion productions
      commissioner: marco grey for emi records uk

    • international

      winner:

      benjamin earl turner – headspace/bent
      director: abteen bagheri
      producer: elise tyler
      production company: joon projects

      shortlist:

      doja cat – attention
      director: tanu muiño
      producer: robert katz, frank borin, ivanna borin
      production company: underwonder content
      commissioner: sam houston for rca records

      kendrick lamar – count me out
      directors: dave free & kendrick lamar
      producers: jason baum, jamie rabineau
      production company: pglang / project3
      commissioner: michelle an
      record co: pglang / top dawg entertainment / aftermath / interscope records

      audrey nuna – locket
      director: valentin petit
      producer: germain robin & elisa johanna känd
      production company: ocurens
      commissioner: anwar sawyer for arista

      travis scott – sirens
      director: travis scott
      producer: laura serra estorch, christy alcaraz moyer
      production company: canada
      commissioner: samantha lecca for cactus jack

      biji – zigidi
      director: maceo frost
      production company: knucklehead, diplomat, new-land, bwgtbld

    • newcomer

      winner:

      kibo – mr lamborghini deathslide
      director: lauzza
      producer: cameron mckenzie
      production company: compulsory

      shortlist:

      ayrtn – 2 da max
      director: tyrus
      producer: jamie avis
      production company: cellar door
      commissioner: ayrtn
      record co: phantom

      kam-bu – eton mess
      director: jay green
      producer: bobbie notcutt
      production company: compulsory

      louis culture – grime
      director: tyrus
      producer: jamie avis
      production company: cellar door
      commissioner: linda maitland for salute the sun

      big heath – let’s go
      director: henry oliver
      producers: henry oliver, liam morgan
      production company: mindseye
      commissioner: big heath

      depzman – life cut short
      director: brightnight
      producers: rhory danniells, tom ringsby
      production company: intergalactic studios
      commissioner: mccann