2018 UK Music Video Awards

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2018 UK Music Video Awards
Date25 October 2018
LocationRoundhouse, London, United Kingdom
Website www.ukmva.com
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The 2018 UK Music Video Awards were held on 25 October 2018 [1] to recognise the best in music videos from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 27 September 2018. [2]

Contents

Video of the Year

Video of the Year

Childish Gambino - "This Is America"
(Director: Hiro Murai)

Video genre categories

Best Pop Video - UKBest Pop Video - International

Dua Lipa - "IDGAF"
(Director: Henry Scholfield)

Rosalía - "Malamente"
(Director: CANADA)

Best Rock Video - UKBest Rock Video - International

Florence + The Machine - "Big God"
(Director: Autumn de Wilde)

Jack White - "Corporation"
(Director: Jodeb)

Best Alternative Video - UKBest Alternative - International

alt-J - "Pleader"
(Director: Isaiah Seret)

Sevdaliza - "Shahmaran"
(Director: Emmanuel Adjei)

Best Dance Video - UKBest Dance Video - International

Jon Hopkins - "Singularity"
(Director: Seb Edwards)

The Blaze - "Queens"
(Director: The Blaze)

Best Urban Video - UKBest Urban Video - International

Jorja Smith - "Blue Lights"
(Director: Olivia Rose)

Childish Gambino - "This Is America"
(Director: Hiro Murai)

Best Pop Video - NewcomerBest Rock Video - Newcomer

Leyya - "Wannabe"
(Director: Rupert Höller)

  • 11 - "Find a Way"
  • Becky and the Birds - "Becky and the Birds"
  • Kenzie - "Dark July"
  • Poppy Ajudha - "She is the Sum"
  • Zagmachi - "God's Lament"

Idles - "Colossus"
(Director: Will Hooper)

  • Bloody Knees - "Maybe It's Easy"
  • Gengahr - "Before Sunrise"
  • Lightwave Empire - "Too Close to the Sun"
  • Pumarosa - "Lion's Den"
  • Wolf Alice - "Space and Time"
Best Alternative Video - NewcomerBest Dance Video - Newcomer

BadBadNotGood ft. Samuel T. Herring - "I Don't Know"
(Director: Will Mayer)

  • Agar Agar - "Fangs Out"
  • Hak Baker - "Like It or Lump It"
  • Liars - "Cred Woes"
  • Solomon Grey - "Wonderful World"
  • The Horrors - "Ghost"

Kelly Lee Owens - "Throwing Lines"
(Director: Kasper Häggström)

  • Confident Man - "Don't You Know I'm in a Band"
  • Daniel Avery - "Glass"
  • Gila - "Shadow Boxing"
  • Mr. Cole x Kojey Radical - "Soak It Up"
  • Turtle - "Bloodtype"
Best Urban Video - Newcomer

Flohio - "10 More Rounds"
(Director: Duncan Loudon)

  • To - "Monster"
  • Col3trane ft. Ebenezer - "Language"
  • Gaika - "Crown and Key"
  • Kobo - "Baltimore"
  • Slowthai - "Ladies"

Craft and technical categories

Best Production Design in a VideoBest Styling in a Video

King Krule - "Biscuit Town"
(Production Designer: Francesca Di Mottola)

Years & Years - "If You're Over Me"
(Stylist (wardrobe): Nick Royal)

Best Choreography in a VideoBest Cinematography in a Video

Florence + the Machine - "Big God"
(Choreographers: Akram Khan, Florence Welch)

Childish Gambino - "This Is America"
(DOP: Larkin Seiple)

Best Color Grading in a VideoBest Editing in a Video

Chaka Khan - "Like Sugar"
(Colourist: Simon Bourne at Framestore)

Chaka Khan - "Like Sugar"
(Editor: Fouad Gaber at Trim)

Best Visual Effects in a VideoBest Animation in a Video

Sevdaliza - "Shahmaran"
(VFX: Mathematic)

Father John Misty - "Please Don't Die"
(Animators: Cadi Catlow & Henry Nicholson)

  • Aphex Twin - "Collapse"
  • Paula Cavalciuk - "Uterine Death and Life"
  • Sigrid - "Focus"
  • U2 - "Love is Bigger Than Anything In Its Way (Beck Remix)"

Live and interactive categories

Best Live VideoBest Live Concert

Justin Timberlake ft. Chris Stapleton - "Say Something"
(Director: Arturo Perez jr.)

Biffy Clyro - MTV Unplugged (Live at Roundhouse, London)
(Director: Sam Wrench)

Best Interactive Video

Pup - "Old Wounds"
(Director: Jeremy Schaulin-Rioux)

Individual and company categories

Best ArtistBest Commissioner

Young Fathers

Andrew Law

  • Connie Meade
  • Elizabeth Doonan
  • James Hackett
  • John Moule
  • Semera Khan
Best Production CompanyBest Producer

Somesuch

  • Academy Films
  • Division
  • Freenjoy
  • Iconoclast
  • Pulse Films

Théo Gall

  • Amber Millington
  • Dasha Deriagina
  • Jason Baum
  • Natalie Arnett
  • Natan Schotterfels
Best DirectorBest New Director

CANADA

  • Ag Rojas
  • Autumn de Wilde
  • Dexter Navy
  • Nadia Lee Cohen
  • The Blaze

Zhang + Knight

  • Adriaan Louw
  • Anton Tammi
  • Duncan London
  • Klvdr
  • Paco Raterta

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References

  1. ↑ "UK MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS 2018 WINNERS CROWNED". M Magazine. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "UK Music Video Awards 2018: all the nominations!". Promonews.tv. 27 September 2018. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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