Director Emily Kai Bock Wins Prism Prize for Arcade Fire "Aferlife"

By Steven Gottlieb on March 24, 2014 @ 3:38pm PDT | Comments (0)

Arcade Fire - Afterlife (Official Video)

The second annual Prism Prize, celebrating the best Canadian music videos, took place last night in Toronto.

Director Emily Kai Bock took home the $5,000 Grand Prize for her masterful narrative Arcade Fire "Afterlife" video. Director Kheaven Lewandowski won the audience prize via online voting for The Belle Game "River" video.

Creative team Scott Cudmore and Michael Leblanc received the inaiugural Arthur Lipsett Award, established to recognize an innovative and unique approach to music video art; Director Floria Sigismondi received the inagural Special Achievement Award.

Also of note: Emily Kai Bock was a guest on CBC radio show As It Happens discussing her win, working with Arcade Fire, and why it's OK for a video to make you cry.

Emily Kai Bock, Scott Cudmore, Kheaven Lewandowski, Floria Sigismondi
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Director
Merge
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Label
Anne Johnson
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Producer
Rumble West Productions
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Production Company
Evan Prosofsky
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Director of Photography
Leo Scott, Emily Kai Bock
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Editor
Kathleen Heffernan, Justin Benoliel
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Executive Producer
Hannah Hurney, Production Designer

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