The winners of the first ever Radar Awards for excellence in music videos were unveiled at a recent ceremony at London's YouTube Space.
"The Radar Awards were a blast", says Radar Music Videos boss Caroline Bottomley. "The awards connected talented new filmmakers from across the world - including USA, Canada, Ireland, Croatia, Berlin, France, Iceland and Norway - with experienced and influential industry tastemakers and all was good". She adds: "A great venue - thanks YouTube! - plus great prizes - thanks Vevo, Marshall and all! - plus drinks all made for a great party and a lot of happy people". But what about the winners? Well, the winners were... Director categories Best Director: Bob Gallagher for Girl Band - Paul Art Department / Styling: Girl Band - Paul (Dir: Bob Gallagher) Animation / VFX: De Staat - Witch Doctor (Dir: Studio Smack) Cinematography / Lighting: Hammock - In The Middle Of This Nowhere (Dir: Seth Fuller) Concept / Narrative: Death From Above 1979 - Virgins (Dir: Eva Michon) Edit: V V Brown - Lazarus (Dir: Daniel Price) Live: Lady Leshurr - Queens Speech 4 (Dir: Wowa) Location / Character: Zebra Katz - BLK Diamond (Dir: Elvar Gunnarsson) Radar Commissioned: Lea Porcelain - Out Is In (Dir: Ethan Graham) Student: Øst - Skræmmende Tomt (Dir: Emil Øllgaard Vilhelmsen) Artist categories Best Artist: Fakear - Animal (Dir: Antoine Besse) Dance: Fakear - Animal (Dir: Antoine Besse) Grime / Hip Hop: Open Mike Eagle - Celebrity Reduction Prayer (Dir: Ryan Calavano) Indie: Susanne Sundfør - Accelerate (Dir: Stian Andersen)