FKA Twigs leads UK Music Video Awards

Experimental artist FKA Twigs and electronic duo Disclosure led the UK Music Video Awards picking up two gongs each at the event.

Jim Ottewill
  • By Jim Ottewill
  • 11 Nov 2014
  • min read
Experimental artist FKA Twigs and electronic duo Disclosure led the UK Music Video Awards picking up two gongs each at the event.

Taking place at the Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre on 10 November, the awards celebrate technical excellence in music videos.

The likes of Atoms for Peace, Jon Hopkins, Paolo Nutini and Peace were among some of the other winners at the event.

David Knight, UK Music Video Awards editorial director, said, ’10 November 2014 was a super Monday for music videos with the first MusicVidFest examining the important issues surrounding the medium at a time when it’s more significant than ever before in bringing music to a global audience.

‘Then the UK Music Video Awards once again demonstrated the high levels of craft, creativity and innovation that the medium produces when it’s allowed to celebrate its core element – the music itself.’

The full list of winners is below;

Best pop video
Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky

Best dance video ' UK
Disclosure - Grab her

Best rock/indie video
Throne - Tharsis Sleeps

Best alternative video
Atoms For Peace - Before Your Very Eyes

Best urban video
Last Night in Paris - Pure

International

Best pop video
Sia - Chandelier

Best dance video
DJ Snake ft Lil Jon - Turn Down For What

Best rock/indie video
Queens of the Stone Age - Smooth Sailing

Best alternative video
Arcade Fire - After Life

Best urban video ' International
J Cole ft Amber Coffman - She Knows

Budget

Best pop video
The Correspondents - Fear and Delight

Best dance video
Friend Within - The Renegade

Best rock/indie video
Kid Wise - Hope

Best alternative video
FKA twigs - Papi Pacify

Best urban video ' Budget
Bonnie Banane - Champs-Elysees

Best art direction and design in a video

OK Go - The Writing's On The Wall

Best styling in a video
Brooke Candy - Opulence

Best choreography in a Video
Peace - Money

Best cinematography in a video in association with Panalux
Paolo Nutini - Iron Sky

Best colour grade in a video
Paloma Faith - Can't Rely On You

Best Animation in a video
James - Moving On

Best editing in a video
Jon Hopkins - Collider

Best visual effects in a video
Alt-J - Hunger Of The Pine

Best live music coverage
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Live In Paris

Best music ad TV or Online
Disclosure - Settle

Best interactive video
Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone

Vevo must see award
Wilkinson - Afterglow

Best producer
Amber Millington

Best new director
Truman and Cooper

Best director
Hiro Murai

Best commissioner
Caroline Clayton

Best video artist
FKA twigs

The Icon Award
Joseph Kahn

Video of the year
DJ Snake ft Lil Jon - Turn Down For What