Nella serata di ieri (28 settembre) sono uscite le shortlist degli UKMVA, il più importante premio dedicato ai videoclip musicali a livello mondiale, con iscrizioni arrivate da oltre 30 paesi. Sono invece 37 le categorie e 38 i premi (c’è anche il premio speciale al videoclip dell’anno) che verranno assegnati il prossimo 27 ottobre all’arena The 02 di North Greenwich, inedita sede della cerimonia di premiazione.
Per quanto concerne gli artisti, il record di nomination spetta a FKA Twigs che somma ben 8 candidature con diversi video, fra cui il duetto con The Weeknd, Tears In The Club (5 nomination), che si candida ad essere uno dei favoriti a fare incetta di premi. Insegue con 6 candidature Little Simz, grazie in particolare al video di Point and Kill (anche in questo caso 5 nomination). Il regista del video, Ebeneza Blanche, ha il record di nomination fra i registi con i suoi video che sommano 7 candidature.
Fra gli altri artisti che hanno convinto maggiormente i giurati vale la pena notare Sam Fender, black midi, Jeshi e i Wet Leg. Oltre ai video succitati, candidature multiple di rilievo si contano anche per Crazy di Doechi (diretto da C Prinz) e Sugar/Tzu degli onnipresenti black midi.
Per quanto riguarda l’Italia, la ritroviamo rappresentata come non mai: oltre ai Maneskin – Supermodel si disputa il premio come miglior videoclip rock internazionael – Quattro pareti di Arssalendo e Us di Nother e Moon Leap sono candidati nella medesima categoria (miglior videoclip di alternativo “newcomer” – ossia per videoclip con budget inferiore alle diecimila sterline). Quattro pareti concorre però anche nella categoria miglior performance, specifiamente dedicata alle prove attoriali, mentre la regista Giada Bossi è candidata fra i migliori registi emergenti in compagnia di colleghi lanciatissimi come i già citati C Prinz ed Ebenza Blanche, nonché STILLZ, i frances Bleu Desert e Edem Wornoo.
Di seguito la lista completa delle nomination.
Best Pop Video – UK in association with Cinelab Film & Digital
Harry Styles – As It Was
George Ezra – Green Green Grass
Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware – Kiss of Life
Adele – OMG
The 1975 – Part Of The Band
Arlo Parks – Softly
Best Dance/Electronic Video – UK
Gorillaz ft Thundercat – Cracker Island
Chase & Status – Mixed Emotions
Franc Moody – Raining in LA
Orbital – Smiley
Lewis Thompson ft David Guetta – Take Me Back
Tourist – Your Love
Best R&B/Soul Video – UK
Joy Crookes – 19th Floor
Michael Kiwanuka – Beautiful Life
FKA Twigs – Jealousy
Greentea Peng – Look To Him
Labrinth – Mount Everest
FKA twigs ft The Weeknd – Tears in the Club
Best Rock Video – UK
Foals – 2am
Muse – Compliance
IDLES – Crawl!
Sam Fender – Getting Started (Director’s Cut)
Florence + The Machine – King
Sam Fender – Spit Of You
Best Alternative Video – UK
Yard Act – 100% Endurance
Bakar – Build Me A Way
black midi – Eat Men Eat
alt-J – Hard Drive Gold
Radiohead – If You Say The Word
black midi – Sugar/Tzu
Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – UK
Jeshi – 3210
Jeshi – Generation
Loyle Carner – Hate
Big Zuu ft JME & Novelist – Offline
Little Simz ft Obongjayar – Point And Kill
Dave – Verdansk
Best Pop Video – International
Lizzo – About Damn Time
Stromae – Fils De Joie
Desirée Dawson – Meet You At The Light
Tove Lo – No One Dies From Love
Rosalía – Saoko
Lil Nas X – That’s What I Want
Best Dance/Electronic Video – International
Meduza, James Carter ft Elley Duhe & Fast Boy – Bad Memories
Kavinsky – Cameo
DJ Snake – Disco Maghreb
Arca – Prada/Rakata
Flume ft May-A – Say Nothing
Ásgeir – Snowblind
Best R&B/Soul Video – International
IDK – Breathe
Omar Apollo ft Daniel Caeser – Invincible
Lucky Daye ft Lil Durk – N.W.A.
The Weeknd – Out Of Time
Steve Lacy – Sunshine
UMI – Wish That I could
Best Rock Video – International
The Lumineers – Brightside
Ezra Furman – Forever in Sunset
Pretty Sick – Human Condition
Imagine Dragons – Sharks
Måneskin – Supermodel
The Black Keys – Wild Child
Best Alternative Video – International
MorMor – Far Apart
Joji – Glimpse of Us
Stephan Moccio – Halston
GENER8ION x 070 Shake x SURKIN – Neo Surf
Jean-Michel Blais – Passepied
ZNTNDR – Untitled Us
Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – International
SCREW – 22
Pharrell ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator – Cash In Cash Out
Doechii – Crazy
Sopico – Slide
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Residente ft Ibeyi – This is Not America
Best Pop Video – Newcomer
Cavetown x beabadoobee – Fall In Love With A Girl
Flowerovlove – I Love This Song
Taura Lamb – Love Song
Empress Of – Save Me
Mads Langer – Ukendt land
Sad Night Dynamite – What Does That Make Me
Best R&B/Soul Video – Newcomer
Khazali – Better With The Devil
Lava La Rue – High Fidelity
Sipho – I Don’t Get It
Nightmares On Wax – Isolated
Ivy Sole – Talk That Talk
Murkage Dave – Us Lot
Best Dance/Electronic Video – Newcomer
Cheap Electric Pink Wool – 01G
Confidence Man – Feels Like A Different Thing
Duvall ft Sam Gray – Good Feeling
David Lindmer ft Johanson – Omen
Adibanti – One Door Closes
Ross from Friends – The Daisy
Best Rock Video – Newcomer
Didirri – Begin Again
Wu-Lu – Blame
Alex Orma – Du Sang du Singe
Cafuné – Tek It
Wet Leg – Ur Mum
Wet Leg – Wet Dream
Best Alternative Video – Newcomer
Baby Dave – Clarence’s Dead Dad
Nick Leng – Morning / Midnight
Arssalendo- Quattro Pareti
ALASKALASKA – Still Life
Nother – Us
Marina Satti – Yiati Pouli M’
Best Hip Hop / Grime / Rap Video – Newcomer
Bxks ft Oscar Worldpeace – 321
Fly Anakin – Class Clown
Flohio – Cuddy Buddy
WU-LU – Ten
Rodney Chrome – To The Money
AntsLive – Tweakin
Best Live Video
Aurora – A Touch of the Divine
Dijon – Annie
Obongjayar – I Wish It Was Me
Fontaines DC – Jackie Down The Line (The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon)
Stromae – Santé
Koffee – Where I’m From (Vevo LIFT Live Session)
Best Special Visual Project in association with LEAP
Moses Sumney – Blackalachia
FKA twigs – Caprisongs
Dream Diver – Dream Diver
Lykke Li – EYEYE
Little Simz – I Love You, I Hate You
Sad Night Dynamite – Volume II Mix Tape
Best Performance in a Video
Yard Act – 100% Endurance
Belief – Dreams
Loyle Carner – Hate
Arssalendo – Quattro Pareti
Lil Nas X – That’s What I Want
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best Production Design in a Video
Hikaru Utada – Bad Mode
Thom Draft – Breathtaking
Angèle – Bruxelles Je t’aime
Tove Lo – No One Dies From Love
Adele – OMG
Arlo Parks – Softly
Best Choreography in a Video
Doechii – Crazy
Florence + The Machine – Heaven Is Here
Jean-Michel Blais – Passepied
FKA twigs – Ride the Dragon
FKA twigs ft The Weeknd – Tears in the Club
alt-J – The Actor
Best Wardrobe Styling in a Video in association with i-D
Stromae – Fils de Joie
Kylie Minogue & Jessie Ware – Kiss of Life
Sin Bandera – Nadie
Sampa The Great – Never Forget
Little Simz ft Obongjayar – Point and Kill
FKA twigs ft The Weeknd – Tears in the Club
Best Hair & Make-up in a Video
Gloria Groove – A Queda
Priyanka – Come Through
Sin Bandera – Nadie
Sudan Archives – NBPQ (Topless)
Little Simz ft Obongjayar – Point and Kill
FKA twigs ft The Weeknd – Tears in the Club
Best Cinematography in a Video in association with CHEAT
Taylor Swift – All Too Well
Doechii – Crazy
Sin Bandera – Nadie
Little Simz ft Obongjayar – Point and Kill
black midi – Sugar/Tzu
ZNTNDR – Untitled Us
Best Colour Grading in a Video in association with Studio RM
Ethan P Flynn – Distraught
Sam Fender – Get You Down
Greantea Peng – Look To Him
M83 – My Tears Are Becoming A Sea
Little Simz ft Obongjayar – Point and Kill
Ásgeir – Snowblind
Best Editing in a Video
black midi – Eat Men Eat
Bourne – Ere We Go
Joji – Glimpse of Us
black midi – Sugar/Tzu
FKA twigs ft The Weeknd – Tears in the Club
Chase & Status – When It Rains
Best VFX in a Video
Ed Sheeran ft Lil Baby – 2Step
Pharrell ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator – Cash In Cash Out
Gorillaz ft Thundercat – Cracker Island
OrelSan ft Skread – Ensemble
Arca – Prada/Rakata
Kendrick Lamar – The Heart Part 5
Best Animation in a Video
Pharrell ft 21 Savage & Tyler The Creator – Cash In Cash Out
Mac Miller – Colors and Shapes
IDLES – Crawl!
Odesza – Light of Day
Orelsan – The Quest
black midi – Welcome to Hell
Best Director in association with Electric Theatre Collective
Aidan Zamiri
Arnaud Bresson
Duncan Loudon
Henry Scholfield
Tanu Muino
Valentin Petit
Best New Director in association with No.8 London
Bleu Desert
C Prinz
Ebeneza Blanche
Edem Wornoo
Giada Bossi
STILLZ
Best Director of Photography in association with Loop Talent
Christopher Ripley
Harry Wheeler
Jaime Ackroyd
Jake Gabbay
Nikita Kuzmenko
Patrick Golan
Best Producer in association with WPA UK
Aaron Z Willson
Alex Chamberlain
Elizabeth Doonan
Fred Bonham Carter
Jules de Chateleux
Mayling Wong
Best Production Company in association with Kodak
COMPULSORY
DIVISION
Iconoclast
Object & Animal
SMUGGLER
UnderWonder Content
Best Commissioner
Connie Meade
John Moule
Kim Jarrett
Louis Danckwerts
Michael Lewin
Scott Wright
Best Agent
Alexa Haywood, FreeAgent
André Reid-McKinley, Somesuch
Carrie Sutton
Claire Stubbs & Connie Meade, Mouthpiece
Joceline Gabriel & Sarah Boardman, HANDS
Sam Davey & Polly Millner, OB Management