The 2020 UK Music Video Awards were held on 5 November 2020 to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide.[1] The nominees were announced on 29 September 2020.[2][3]
Four new categories were included, R&B/Soul Video (uk, international and newcomer) and Best Lockdown Video, to recognize videos produced during the lockdowns that took place during 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom the ceremony was held virtually.[4]
American producer DJ Shadow received the award for Video of the Year for "Rocket Fuel" alongside American hip-hop trio De La Soul, the video was directed by Sam Pilling.
Video of the Year
Video Genre Categories
| Best Pop Video - UK | Best Pop Video - International |
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| Best Rock Video - UK | Best Rock Video - International |
- IDLES - "War"
(Director: Will Dohrn) | - Joywave - "Obsession"
(Director: Dimitri Basil, Laura Gorun, Cooper Roussel) |
| Best Alternative Video - UK | Best Alternative Video - International |
- Låpsley - "My Love Was Like The Rain"
(Director: Camille Summers-Vallisfcoi) | - Agoria - "Call of the Wild"
(Director: Loïc Andrieu) |
| Best Dance/Electronic Video - UK | Best Dance/Electronic Video - International |
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| Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - UK | Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - International |
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| Best R&B/Soul Video - UK | Best R&B/Soul Video - International |
- Berwyn - "Trap Phone"
(Director: Brock Neal Roberts) | - Yseult - "Corps"
(Director: Colin Solal Cardo) |
| Best Pop Video - Newcomer | Best Rock Video - Newcomer |
- Vagabon - "In a Bind"
(Director: Maegan Houang) - Babeheaven - "Cassette Beat" (Director: Margot Bowman)
- Ashnikko - "Drunk with My Friends" (Director: Claire Arnold)
- Nick Wilson - "Enough to Know You" (Directors: Bjorn Franklin & Johnny Marchetta)
- filous - "Monday" (Director: Tobias Pichler)
- Raine Allen-Miller - "Wank Wiggle" (Director: Raine Allen-Miller)
| - Willie J Healey - "True Stereo"
(Director: Joe Wheatley) - The Academic - "Act My Age" (Directors: Ronan Corrigan & Hope Kemp)
- Sports Team - "Camel Crew" (Directors: Sports Team & Ben Unwin)
- beabadoobee - "I Wish I Was Stephen Malkmus" (Director: Bedroom)
- Dream Wife - "So When You Gonna..." (Director: Aidan Zamiri)
- Kid Kapichi - "Thugs" (Director: James Green)
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| Best Alternative Video - Newcomer | Best Dance/Electronic Video - Newcomer |
- Zebra Katz - "Moor"
(Director: Žanete Skarule and Ojay Morgan) - María José Llergo - "A Través de Ti" (Director: Alex Gargot)
- Alaskan Tapes - "And, We Disappear" (Director: Meredith Hama-Brown)
- Midnight Tracks - "Anymore" (Director: Marleen Valien)
- L'Homme Statue - "Braços/Vela" (Director: Douglas Bernardt)
- LL Burns - "Get Me Back In The Game" (Director: CC Wade)
| - Mild Minds featuring Boats - "Walls"
(Director: Colin Read) - Leifur James - AAID" (Directors: Balázs Simon & Dávid Dell'edera)
- Samaran - "Allo" (Director: Cédric Legrand)
- Raven - "Cass & Lex" (Director: Phillip Kaminiak)
- Akwasi - "Extase" (Director: Florian Joahn)
- Saavan - "In My Head" (Directors: Valentin Meaux & Lucas Mokrani)
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| Best Hip Hop/Grime/Rap Video - Newcomer | Best R&B/Soul Video - Newcomer |
- Jurdan Bryant - "Words For Thomas"
(Director: Alonzo Hellerbach) - Louis Culture - "Being Me" (Director: Milo Blake)
- Spxxn P - "Complicació" (Director: Pere Sala)
- KAM-BU featuring Lord Apex - "Different" (Director: Milo Blake)
- Meekz - "Like Me" (Director: KC Locke)
- Flohio - "WAY2" (Directors: Ethan & Tom)
| - Greentea Pig - "Mr Sun (miss da sun)"
(Director: Felix Brady) - Jeshi featuring Celeste - "30,000 Feet" (Director: Charlie Robins)
- Arlo Parks - "Black Dog" (Director: Molly Burdett)
- Black Square featuring Laville - "Coral Blues" (Director: Luke Tierney)
- Fredwave - "Dust" (Director: Brock Neal-Roberts)
- Ni Houston featuring Darius Raheem - "Gemini" (Director: Alban Coret)
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Craft and Technical Categories
| Best Production Design in a Video | Best Styling in a Video |
- Tommy Cash - "Sdubid"
(Production Designer: Taivi Lippmaa) - Michael Kiwanuka - "Hero" (Production Designer: Daniel Taylor)
- Dua Lipa - "Physical" (Production Designer: Anna Colomer Nogué)
- Eden - "Projector" (Production Designer: Lora Venkova)
- DJ Shadow featuring De La Soul - "Rocket Fuel" (Production Designer: Vlad Ryzhykov)
- AIGEL - "You're Born" (Production Designer: Juljia Friscone-Gavriss)
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| Best Choreography in a Video | Best Cinematography in a Video |
- Sheenah Ko - "Wrap Me Up"
(Choreographer: Brittney Canda) | |
| Best Color Grading in a Video | Best Editing in a Video |
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| Best Visual Effects in a Video | Best Animation in a Video |
| | - Ghetts featuring Jaykae and Moonchild Sanelly - "Mozambique"
(Animator: Ruff Mercy) - Jorja Smith - "Come Over" (Animator: Future Power Station: Yibi Hu, Geoff Parsons, Sykosan, Krystian Garstkowiak, Rafaila Raykova, Adam Relf, Fali MC, Eric Dias, Andy McPherson, Daryl Graham, Krisi Zhupali, Judit Boor, Katie Spangenberg, Kevin O'Shea, Simon Graham)
- Coldplay - "Daddy" (Animator: Timon Dowdeswell & Henrique Barone; Puppeteers: Andy Brunskill, Jimmy Grimes & Katie Williams)
- Moby - "My Only Love" (Animator: Paulo Garcia @ Zombie Studio)
- Max Cooper - "Repetition" (Animator: Kevin McGloughlin)
- Yusuf/Cat Stevens - "Where Do the Children Play?" (Animator: Chris Hopewell)
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Special Video Categories
| Best Live Video | Best Lockdown Video |
| | - Bronson - "KeepMoving"
(Director: Stylewar) |
| Best Special Video Project | Best Music Film |
- Riz Ahmed - "The Long Goodbye"
(Director: Aneil Karia) | - The Streets - "None Of Us Are Getting Out Of This LIVE Alive (Livestream)"
(Director: James Barnes) |
Individual and Company Categories
| Best Director | Best New Director |
- Anton Tammi
- Crowns & Owls
- Dave Meyers
- Diana Kunst
- Henry Scholfield
- Zhang & Knight
| - Arnaud Bresson
- Brock Neal-Roberts
- Douglas Bernardt
- Jocelyn Anquetil
- KC Locke
- Will Hooper
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| Best Commissioner | Best Producer |
- Caroline Clayton
- Kat Cattaneo
- Nicola Sheppard
- Sam Seager
- Scott Wright
- Semera Khan
| - Daniella Manca
- Horace de Gunzbourg
- Kareem Adeshina
- Karen Saurí
- Luke Tierney
- Mayling Wong
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| Best Production Company | Best Post-Production Company |
- Somesuch
- Blink
- CANADA
- COMPULSORY
- Division
- FRIEND
| - The Mill
- Black Kite Studios
- CHEAT
- Electric Theatre Collective
- Ingenuity Studios
- tenthree
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| Best Agent |
- Claire Stubbs
- Andy Roberts
- Barnaby Laws
- Joceline Gabriel
- Lee Fairweather
- Sam Davey
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