2015 UK MVA Award Nominees

Shortlists are out for the 2015 UK Music Video Awards, with nearly every category broken down to acknowledge UK, International and budger work.

The awards take place Novmber 5 in London, with tickets on sale now. Visit ukmva.com for additional information. And READ MORE for all the shortlists...

UK MVA 2015 SHORTLISTS

best pop video – uk, in association with rushes

• Gabrielle Aplin "Sweet Nothing" (Joe Connor, dir.)
• George Ezra "Listen To The Man" (Rob Brandon, dir.)
• Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars "Uptown Funk" (Bruno Mars & Cameron Duddy, dir.)
• Naughty Boy f/ Beyonce "Runnin’ (Lose It All)" (Charlie Robins, dir.)
• Sam Smith "Lay Me Down" (Ryan Hope, dir.)
• Years & Years "King" (Nadia Marquard Otzen, dir.)

best pop video – international

• data ft benny sings - don't sing
• OK Go Do It Again with "I Won't Let You Down"
• Rihanna "Bitch Better Have My Money" (Robyn Rihanna Fenty, Megaforce, dir.)
• Roy Kafri "Mayokero" (Vania Heymann, dir.)
• Sia "Elastic Heart" (Sia and Daniel Askill, dir.)
• Taylor Swift "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)

best pop video – budget

• ALB "The Road" (Julien Lassort, dir.)
• aquilo - losing you
• Cais Sodré Funk Connection "Offbeat" (Richard F. Coelho, dir.)
• Honne - Coastal Love
• The Corona's "Just Like That" (Eoin Glaister, dir.)
• Zak Abel, Joker "Wise Enough" (Fred Rowson, dir.)

best rock/indie video – uk

• Bastille vs. Grades "Torn Apart" (Keith Schofield, dir.) -NSFW-
• Florence + The Machine "Queen of Peace/Long and Lost" (Vincent Haycock, dir.)
• Florence + The Machine "What Kind Of Man" (Vince Haycock, dir.) [NSFW]
• Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds "Ballad Of The Mighty I" (John Hardwick, dir.)
• Royal Blood "Out Of The Black" (David Wilson and Christy Karacas, dir.)
• Slaves - Cheer Up London

best rock/indie video – international

• Cold Mailman- "Something You Do
• Darwin Deez "Kill Your Attitude" (Dent De Cuir, dir.)
• Death From Above 1979 "Virgins" (Eva Michon, dir.)
• Joywave "Somebody New" (Keith Schofield, dir.)
• Tame Impala "Let It Happen" (David Wilson, dir.)
• U2 "Every Breaking Wave [NSFW]" (Aoife McArdle, dir.)

best rock/indie video – budget

• Bro - Less Than Three
• Eaves "Pylons" (SCRATCH, dir.)
• Electric Youth - Runaway
• Naive New Beaters "Run Away" (Romain Chassaing, dir.)
• Oscar "Daffodil Days" (Laurie Lynch, dir.)
• Stealing Sheep "Deadlock" (Ewan Jones Morris, dir.)

best dance video – uk

• Clark "To Live and Die in Grantham" (Chris Hewitt, dir.)
• fono - real joy
• Grades "King" (Taichi Kimura, dir.)
• Hot Chip "Need You Now" (Shynola, dir.)
• Leftfield & Sleaford Mods "Head And Shoulders" (Casey + Ewan, dir.)
• The Chemical Brothers "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" (Ninian Doff, dir.)

best dance video – international

• Hook N Sling "Break Yourself" (Carlos Lopez Estrada & Nelson De Castro, dir.)
• paul kalkbrenner - feed your head
• Skrillex "Doompy Poomp" (Fleur & Manu, dir.)
• tchami - promesses
• ten walls - walking with Elephants
• Tiga "Bugatti" (Helmi, dir.)

best dance video – budget

• Delta Heavy "Ghost" (Chris Bristow, dir.)
• gwilym gold - triumph
• little boots taste it
• Lorn "Acid Rain" (R113, dir.)
• one ft françois marry - quitter la ville sinkane - how we be

best alternative video – uk

• Alt-J "Pusher" (Thomas Rhazi, dir.)
• Alt-J "Every Other Freckle (boy/girl versions)" (Olivier Groulx, dir.)
• FKA Twigs "Pendulum" (FKA Twigs, dir.)
• Glass Animals "Hazey" (Georgia Hudson, dir.)
• Philip Selway "Coming Up For Air" (NYSU, dir.)
• The Staves "Black & White" (Jack Whiteley, dir.)

best alternative video – international

• Black Atlass "Jewels" (Yoann Lemoine, dir.)
• Brodinski "Can't Help Myself" (Megaforce, dir.)
• Chet Faker "Gold" (Hiro Murai, dir.)
• Flying Lotus "Coronus The Terminator" (Young Replicant, dir.)
• Flying Lotus f/ Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me" (Hiro Murai, dir.)
• Nicolas Godin "Widerstehe doch der Sünde" (The Sacred Egg, dir.)

best alternative video – budget

• ae - dreamers
• Ariel Pink "Dayzed Inn Daydreams" (Grant Singer, dir.)
• bruce smear - pink and roll
• dralms - crushed pleats
• Son Lux "Change Is Everything" (Nathan Johnson, dir.)
• young fathers - shame

best urban video – uk

• Dizzee Rascal "Couple Of Stacks" (Emile Sornin, dir.)
• Dizzee Rascal "Pagans" (Emile Sornin, dir.)
• George The Poer "1 2 1 2" (Abbie Stephens, dir.)
• krrept & konan ft jeremih - freak of the week
• Rag'N'Bone Man f/ Vince Staples "Hell Yeah" (Truman & Cooper, dir.)
• Raleigh Ritchie "Bloodsport 15" (Shynola, dir.)

best urban video – international

• Childish Gambino "Sober" (Hiro Murai, dir.)
• Kendrick Lamar "Alright" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
• Run The Jewels "Close Your Eyes (And Count To F**k)" (AG Rojas, dir.)
• SonReal "For The Town" (Peter Huang, dir.)
• Stromae "Carmen" (Sylvain Chomet, dir.)
• Vince Staples "Señorita" (Ian Pons Jewell, dir.)

best urban video – budget

• A$AP Rocky "Chevy"
• dels - burning beaches
• findlay - electric bones
• hervé ft knytro - money where your mouth is
• Run The Jewels "Lie Cheat Steal" (Ruffmercy, dir.)
• stig of the dump ft jehst - kubrick

best art direction & design in a video, in association with wpa

• fur voice - fantasía
• little boots - taste it
• Snoop Dogg "So Many Pros" (Francois Rousselet, dir.)
• Take That "These Days" (Henry Scholfield, dir.)
• Tiga "Bugatti" (Helmi, dir.)
• U2 "Every Breaking Wave [NSFW]" (Aoife McArdle, dir.)

best styling in a video, in association with i-d

• FKA Twigs "Glass & Patron" (FKA Twigs, dir.) #YTMA
• Rihanna "Bitch Better Have My Money" (Robyn Rihanna Fenty, Megaforce, dir.)
• Róisín Murphy "Evil Eyes" (Róisín Murphy, dir.)
• Snoop Dogg "So Many Pros" (Francois Rousselet, dir.)
• Taylor Swift "Bad Blood" (Joseph Kahn, dir.)
• Tiga "Bugatti" (Helmi, dir.)

best choreography in a video

• Ed Sheeran "Thinking Out Loud" (Emil Nava, dir.)
• FKA Twigs "Glass & Patron" (FKA Twigs, dir.) #YTMA
• Flying Lotus f/ Kendrick Lamar "Never Catch Me" (Hiro Murai, dir.)
• Gwilym Gold "Triumph" (Holly Blakey, dir.)
• OK Go Do It Again with "I Won't Let You Down"
• Sia "Elastic Heart" (Sia and Daniel Askill, dir.)

best cinematography in a video, in association with panalux

• Flying Lotus "Coronus The Terminator" (Young Replicant, dir.)
• Kendrick Lamar "Alright" (Colin Tilley, dir.)
• Naughty Boy f/ Beyonce "Runnin’ (Lose It All)" (Charlie Robins, dir.)
• Nicolas Godin "Widerstehe doch der Sünde" (The Sacred Egg, dir.)
• Sam Smith "Lay Me Down" (Ryan Hope, dir.)
• U2 "Every Breaking Wave [NSFW]" (Aoife McArdle, dir.)

best colour grade in a video, in assocation with cheat

• Benjamin Booker "The Future is Slow Coming" (James Lees, dir.)
• FKA Twigs "M3LL155X" (FKA Twigs, dir.)
• Lapalux "Puzzle" (Nick Rutter, dir.)
• Naughty Boy f/ Beyonce "Runnin’ (Lose It All)" (Charlie Robins, dir.)
• Rudimental "Never Let You Go" (Nez, dir.)
• The Chemical Brothers "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" (Ninian Doff, dir.

best editing in a video

• bruce smear - pick and roll
• Royal Blood "Out Of The Black" (David Wilson and Christy Karacas, dir.)
• The Chemical Brothers "Sometimes I Feel So Deserted" (Ninian Doff, dir.)
• Tiga "Bugatti" (Helmi, dir.)
• U2 "Every Breaking Wave [NSFW]" (Aoife McArdle, dir.)

best animation in a video

• Amaro and Walden's Joyride (Tim McCourt & Max Taylor, dir.)
• Leftfield & Sleaford Mods "Head And Shoulders" (Casey + Ewan, dir.)
• Panda Bear "Boys Latin" (Isaiah Saxon, Sean Hellfritsch, dir.)
• Royal Blood "Out Of The Black" (David Wilson and Christy Karacas, dir.)
• Son Lux "Change Is Everything" (Nathan Johnson, dir.)
• Stromae "Carmen" (Sylvain Chomet, dir.)

best visual effects in a video

• Black Atlass "Jewels" (Yoann Lemoine, dir.)
• Darwin Deez "Kill Your Attitude" (Dent De Cuir, dir.)
• fur voice - fantasía
• maestro - darlin' celsa
• Roy Kafri "Mayokero" (Vania Heymann, dir.)
• The Bug "Function/Void" (Factory Fifteen, dir.)

best live music coverage, in association with procam

• aerosmith rocks donington 2014
• gabrielle aplin at wilton’s music hall 
• jay z & beyoncé - on the run tour
• lenny kravitz - just let go
• mumford & sons - the hospital live sessions
• wolf alice – vevo lift uk

best music documentary

• 808 - the documentary
• backstreet boys - show 'em what you're made of
• dazed x channel 4 - music nation open mic
• noisey israel palestine - hip hop in the holy land
• the redemption of the devil
• the wrecking crew

best lyric video

• cee lo green - robin williams
• newham generals ft wiley - scars
• rolling stones - wild horses
• run the jewels - early
• the shoes - feed the ghost
• to kill a king - love is coal

best interactive video

• cee lo green - robin williams
• coldplay - ink
• foals - moutain at my gate
• steye & the bizonkid - what do we care 4
• the geek x vrv - waves
• years & years – shine, channel 4 takeover

best commissioner

• Caroline Clayton
• Dan Curwin
• James Hackett
• Jane Third
• John Moule
• Sam Seager

best producer

• Amber Millington
• Corin Taylor
• Jason Colon / Danielle Hinde
• Jess Bell
• Sarah Boardman
• Sarah Tognazzi

best artist

• Alt-J
• Ed Sheeran
• Florence + The Machine
• Flying Lotus
• Kendrick Lamar
• Years & Years

best new director, in association with electric theatre collective

• Dexter Navy
• Fred Rowson
• Helmi
• Nelson De Castro
• Zach Spiger
• dexter navy

best director, in association with mpc

• Colin Tilley
• David Wilson
• Fleur & Manu
• Ian Pons Jewell
• Ninian Doff
• Vincent Haycock