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2023 UK Music Video Awards

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2023 UK Music Video Awards
Date26 October 2023
LocationMagazine London, London
Hosted byAna Matronic
Most awardsMETTE (4)
Most nominationsMETTE (6)
Websitewww.ukmva.com
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The 2023 UK Music Video Awards was held on 26 October 2023, at Magazine London in London, to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide.[1][2] The ceremony was hosted by American singer and former Scissor Sisters frontwoman Ana Matronic.[3]

The nominations were announced on 27 September 2022, with British singer Harry Styles and American singer METTE leading the nominations with six each, followed by British rapper Little Simz with five.[4][5] The categories for Best Wardrobe Styling in a Video and Best Hair & Make-up in a Video were merged into Best Styling in a Video, lowering the number of technical & craft categories from ten to nine.

American singer METTE received the award for Video of the Year for "MAMA'S EYES", directed by Camille Summers-Valli.[6] METTE also received the most awards with four.[3] Music video directors dom&nic (Nic Goffey and Dominic Hawley) received the Icon Award for their achievements in music video directing.

Video of the Year

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Video of the Year
  • METTE - "MAMA'S EYES"
    (Director: Camille Summers-Valli)

Video Genre Categories

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Best Pop Video – UK Best Pop Video – International
Best R&B/Soul Video – UK Best R&B/Soul Video – International
Best Dance/Electronic Video – UK Best Dance/Electronic Video – International
Best Rock Video – UK Best Rock Video – International
  • Squid – "The Blades"
    (Director: Kasper Häggström)
    • Shame – "Fingers of Steel" (Director: Ja Humby)
    • Bring Me the Horizon – "LosT" (Director: Jensen Noen)
    • Elephant Kind – "Love As" (Director: Rich Hall)
    • Royal Blood – "Pull Me Through" (Director: Polocho)
    • Squid – "Swing (In a Dream)" (Director: Yoonha Park)
Best Alternative Video – UK Best Alternative Video – International
  • Bakar – "Alive!"
    (Director: rubberban.)
    • Hak Baker – "Doolally" (Director: Hugh Mulhern)
    • Tiberius B – "HHB" (Director: Aidan Zamiri)
    • Young Fathers – "I Saw" (Director: David Uzochukwu)
    • L.A. Priest – "It's You" (Director: Eoin Glaister)
    • Kokoroko – "Rapt" (Director: Akinola Davies)
  • Son Lux – "Undertow"
    (Director: Alex Cook)
    • 070 Shake – "Black Dress" (Director: Noah Lee)
    • Paris Texas – "Bulletman" (Director: Aus Taylor)
    • Yves Tumor – "Echolalia" (Director: Jordan Hemingway)
    • Tshegue – "Mais" (Director: Ibrahim Kamara)
    • Dominic Fike – "Mama's Boy" (Director: rubberband.)
Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video – UK Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video – International
  • AntsLive – "Number One Candidate"
    (Director: Tom Emmerson)
    • Little Simz – "Gorilla" (Director: Dave Meyers)
    • J Hus – "It's Crazy" (Director: Taz Tron Delix)
    • Stormzy – "Mel Made Me Do It" (Director: KLVDR)
    • Jords – "Mobay / Stay Close" (Director: Renee Osobu)
    • Loyle Carner – "Nobody Knows (Ladas Road)" (Director: UNCANNY)
Best Pop Video – Newcomer Best R&B/Soul Video – Newcomer
  • Ariete – "Mare di Guai"
    (Director: Enea Colombi)
    • Kamal – "Freeflow" (Director: Tyrus)
    • Beabadoobee – "Glue Song" (Director: Jacob Erland)
    • Virgin Miri – "Kill Me" (Directors: Virgin Miri and Andreas Öhman)
    • Sila Lua – "Rompe" (Director: Nysu)
    • Grentperez – "Us Without Me" (Director: Devon Kuziw)
  • Sans Soucis – "I Know Your Present"
    (Director: Jay Green)
    • George – "Forever" (Director: Tanaseth Tulyathan)
    • Aaron Taylor – "Have a Nice Day" (Director: Devon Kuziw)
    • Hendrix Harris – "It's Not You" (Director: Lauren Luxenberg)
    • Léa Sen – "Luv Him" (Director: Constantine/Spence)
    • Konyikeh – "Teenage Dreams" (Director: Korrie Powell)
Best Dance/Electronic Video – Newcomer Best Rock Video – Newcomer
  • Mura Masa – "Whenever I Want"
    (Director: The Reids)
    • DJ Seinfeld featuring Confidence Man – "Now U Do" (Director: India Rose Harris)
    • Everyone You Know – "Paper Aeroplanes" (Director: Jay Green)
    • Riton featuring Soaky Siren – "Sugar" (Director: Phillip Watson)
    • Ghost Gun – "Venom" (Director: Alfredo Vidal)
    • Fakear – "Voyager" (Director: ffi0oul)
  • Stone – "Left Right Forward"
    (Director: Abigail Wilson)
    • Heartworms – "24 Hours" (Director: Gilbert Trejo)
    • Aliment – "Com Espines" (Director: Albert Sala)
    • Stone – "I Gotta Feeling" (Director: Maxi McLachlan)
    • L Devine – "Push It Down" (Director: Emilio Gamal Boutros)
    • The Academic – "Pushing Up Daisies" (Director: Tearjerker)
Best Alternative Video – Newcomer Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video – Newcomer
  • Hak Baker – "Telephones 4 Eyes"
    (Director: Hugh Mulhern)
    • Anna B Savage – "in|FLUX" (Director: Rosie Barrett)
    • Patrick Wolf – "Nowhere Game" (Director: Joseph Wilson)
    • Entely – "Prosa" (Director: Kyryl Volovych)
    • Tsunaina – "Tenderer" (Directors: Tsunaina, Justin Ridler, Jake Jelicich)
    • dné – "Traps in My Feed" (Director: Lubos Vacke)
  • Kibo – "Mr Lamborghini Deathslide"
    (Director: Lauzza)
    • Ayrtn – "2 Da Max" (Director: Tyrus)
    • Kam-Bu – "Eton Mess" (Director: Jay Green)
    • Louis Culture – "Grime" (Director: Tyrus)
    • Big Health – "Let's Go" (Director: Henry Oliver)
    • Depzman – "Life Cut Short" (Director: brightnight)

Technical and Craft Categories

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Best Performance in a Video Best Production Design in a Video
  • Truman – "Charley Boy"
    (Performer: Truman)
Best Styling in a Video Best Choreography in a Video
Best Cinematography in a Video Best Colour Grading in a Video
  • The Blaze – "Madly – The Poem"
    (Cinematographer: Nicolas Loir)
    • The Hives – "Bogus Operandi" (Cinematographer: Joel Hördegård)
    • Little Simz – "Gorilla" (Cinematographer: Scott Cunningham)
    • Josman – "Intro" (Cinematographer: Julien Ramirez-Hernan)
    • Harry Styles – "Music for a Sushi Restaurant" (Cinematographer: Christopher Ripley)
    • AntsLive – "Number One Candidate" (Cinematographer: Isaac Eastgate)
  • Katie Melua – "Love and Money"
    (Colourist: Felipe Szulc at Nomad)
Best Editing in a Video Best Visual Effects in a Video
  • Audrey Nuna – "Locket"
    (VFX Artist: Square)
    • Skiifall – "2 Charming" (VFX Artist: Square)
    • Hak Baker – "Telephones 4 Eyes" (VFX Artists: Dom Harwood, @infinite_vibes, @cmkrealm)
    • Labrinth – "Kill for Your Love" (VFX Artist: sauvage.tv)
    • The Chemical Brothers featuring Halo Maud – "Live Again" (VFX Artist: Untold Studios)
    • Stormzy featuring Fredo – "Toxic Trait" (VFX Artists: Luke Todd, Nick John, Callum Wellby, Alfie Vaughan, James Belch & Lewis Crossfield at Coffee & TV)
Best Animation in a Video
  • Daft Punk – "Infinity Repeating (2013 Demo)"
    (Animators: Robert Faux, Liam O'Connor, Warren Fu, Thành Tran, Deco Daviola, Thomás Kiyoshi, Swan Lenczne, Lino Grandi, Cyrielle Gulacsy, Angelo Caramanica, Luca Giarrettino, Dan Vislocky, Raphaël Bot-Gartner & Aurélien Roncerai)
    • Hot Chip – "Eleanor" (Animators: Rita Sampaio, Shirel Lebovich, Mike Kelly, Fred Stanton at b.art studio)
    • des hume featuring (juicelover) – "onetwostep" (Animator: Jordan Clarke)
    • Gorillaz – "Silent Running" (Animators: William Lorton, Marylou Mao, Tom Lowe & Beth Levy at Nexus Studios)
    • Ashnikko – "Worms" (Animators: Dominic Lutz, Harry Bharelao, Barley Abrahams, Ate Die, Sandrine Gimenez, Klaas Harm Deboer, Michael Marczewski, Balazs Simon, John Malcom Moore, Andrew Khosravani, Vladislav Enshin, Aroline Terrago & Raman Djafari)
    • Muse – "You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween" (Animators: Steven Lee, Stephanie Buschhorn, Cristina Kuong, Paolo Cogliati, Matheus Caetano, Talles Fernando, Alvaro Moreira & Enrique de la Garza at Frame 48)

Special Video Categories

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Best Live Video Best Special Video Project

Individual and Company Categories

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Best Director Best New Director
  • Aube Perrie
    • Camille Summers-Valli
    • Charlie di Placido
    • rubberband.
    • Tanu Muino
    • The Blaze
  • Hugh Mulhern
    • Aboveground
    • Aidan Zamiri
    • Kassandra Powell
    • Tom Emmerson
    • UNCANNY
Best Director of Photography Best Producer
  • Nikita Kuzmenko
    • Adam Newport-Berra
    • Henry Gill
    • Jake Gabbay
    • Natasha Duursma
    • Spike Morris
  • Rik Green
    • Danny Herman
    • Elizabeth Doonan
    • Fred Bonham Carter
    • Maeva Tenneroni
    • Theo Hue Williams
Best Production Company Best Commissioner
  • Pulse Films
    • CANADA
    • Friend London
    • Iconoclast
    • Object & Animal
    • Smuggler
  • Kat Cattaneo
    • Erin Corrian-Alexis
    • Faye Purcell
    • John Moule
    • Kim Jarrett
    • Michael Lewin
Best Agent Icon Award
  • Alexa Haywood, Freeagent
    • André Reid-McKinley, Somesuch
    • Claire Stubbs & Connie Meade, Mouthpiece
    • Lee Fairweather, Leethal Reppin
    • Sam Davey & Polly Millner, OB42
    • Sarah Boardman, Joceline Gabriel & Camille Semprez, Hands

References

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  1. ^ "UK Music Video Awards 2023: final day to enter the UKMVAs – including Best Live Video and Best Special Visual Project". Promonews. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ Malt, Andy (28 September 2023). "UK Music Video Award Nominations 2023". Complete Music Update. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ a b "See Who Won at the UK Music Video Awards 2023". LBB Online. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  4. ^ Peacock, Tim (28 September 2023). "Stormzy, James Blake Among Nominees For 2023 U.K. Music Video Awards". udiscovermusic. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ^ "UK Music Video Awards 2023: all the nominations for this year's UKMVAs". Promonews. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  6. ^ McLaughlin, Aimee (31 October 2023). "Introducing the winners of the UK Music Video Awards 2023". Creative Review. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
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