NewsReel 26.09.08

As always, please send any news and press releases to sam@thereel.net and we'll do our best to include it here.

UK VMAs shortlist

The nominations for the inaugural UK Video Music Awards have been announced, judged by a host of industry types, including our very own Chris Wall (who voted for Girls Aloud whenever he could, of course), the crème of British music are all in there. If you intend to go to the awards we hope you like 'The Hoosiers' because those novelty pop-rockers have bagged an astounding seven nominations in five categories. See below for the full list.

The awards ceremony takes place in just under 3 weeks time on Tuesday October 14th at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square. The evening will be hosted by the zany Adam Buxton - one half of 'Adam & Joe' and will be followed by a party at Orchid in Piccadilly Circus. Tickets are on sale now priced at £100 + VAT - more expensive than football; cheaper than an evening with a high class prostitute.

Best Pop Video
Duffy – Mercy
Goldfrapp – Happiness
Kate Nash – Foundations
The Hoosiers – Cops & Robbers
The Hoosiers – Worried About Ray
The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go

Best Rock Video
Arctic Monkeys – Fluorescent Adolescent
Kaiser Chiefs – Love’s Not A Competition
Radiohead – House of Cards
Sigur Ros – Gobbledigook
Supergrass –Bad Blood
The Horrors – She Is The New Thing
Best Indie/Alternative Video
Bat For Lashes – What’s A Girl To Do
Bjork – Wanderlust
Emily Haines – Our Hell
Flight of the Conchords – Ladies of the World
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
The Liars – Plaster Casts of Everything

Best Dance Video
Chemical Brothers – Salmon Dance
Chemical Brothers – Midnight Madness
Groove Armada – Get Down
RJD2 – Work It Out
The BPA feat. David Byrne & Dizzy Rascal – Toe Jam
Utah Saints – Something Good

Best Urban Video
Dizzee Rascal – Sirens
Estelle – American Boy
Example – Me And Mandy
Flobots – Handlebars
Kano – Hustler
Wiley – Wearing My Rolex

Best Budget Video
Autamata – Need You Sunshine
Example – Me And Mandy
Jape – Floating
Lise Westzynthius – Childlike Curves
The Teenagers – Make It Happen
These New Puritans – Elvis

Best Art Direction in a Video
Badly Drawn Boy – Promises
Bjork – Wanderlust
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
The Hoosiers – Goodbye Mr A
The Hoosiers – Worried About Ray
Sonny J – Handsfree

Best Styling in a Video
Gnarls Barkley – Going On
Klaxons – Not Over Yet
Late of the Pier – The Bears Are Coming
Roisin Murphy – You Know Me Better
Sonny J – Handsfree
The Hoosiers – Cops & Robbers

Best Cinematography in a Video
Emily Haines – Our Hell
Foals – Olympic Airways
Interpol – No 1 in Threesome
Take That – I’d Wait For Life
The Cinematic Orchestra – To Build A Home
The Last Shadow Puppets – The Age of the Understatement

Best Telecine in a Video
Cage The Elephant – Ain’t No Rest For The Wicked
CSS – Rat Is Dead
Girls Aloud – Sexy No No No
KT Tunstall – If Only
Nine Black Alps – Bitter End
The Hoosiers – Worried About Ray

Best Editing in a Video
Gnarls Barkley – Going On
Hot Chip – Ready For The Floor
Johnny Foreigner – Salt, Pepper & Spinderella
Supergrass – Bad Blood
The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
These New Puritans – Elvis

Best Visual Effects in a Video IN ASSOCIATION WITH BEAM.TV
Bjork – Wanderlust
Chemical Brothers – Midnight Madness
Klaxons – Not Over Yet
Late of the Pier – Heartbeat
Mark Ronson feat Lily Allen – Oh My God
The Horrors – She Is The New Thing

Best International Video
Animal Collective – Peacebone
Gnarls Barkley – Who’s Gonna Save My Soul
Justice – Stress
MGMT – Time To Pretend
Weezer – Pork & Beans
zZz – Grip

The People’s Choice Award
Adele – Chasing Pavements
Duffy – Mercy
Estelle – American Boy
The Hoosiers – Goodbye Mr A
Leona Lewis – Bleeding Love
Mark Ronson – Valerie
Sam Sparro – Black and Gold
Sonny J – Handsfree
The Ting Tings – Shut Up and Let Me Go
Will Young – Changes

Best Producer IN ASSOCIATION WITH RUSHES
Gail Davey
Georgina Fillmore
Grace Bodie
Juliette Larthe
Malachy McAnenny
Tamsin Glasson

Best New Director IN ASSOCIATION WITH LOCOMOTION
Chris Sweeney
D.A.D.D.Y.
Dan Sully
James Copeman
OneInThree
Price James

Best Director
Alex & Liane
Diamond Dogs
Dougal Wilson
Jaron Albertin
Nima Nourizadeh
Richard Ayaode

Best Commissioner
Carole Burton-Fairbrother
James Hackett
John Moule
Mike O’Keefe
Ross Anderson
Tim Nash

He's Transparent and he's got a Lion
Cannes Lions Gold winner, Joachim Nielsen, has signed to Transparent for exclusive representation in the UK. His unique approach to humour has made Joachim one of Denmark's most sought after directors.

'We can't wait to introduce him to London agencies', says Transparent EP Eilon Kennet. See below for the Great Dane's showreel.

Harry Dwyer
In last month’s issues of The Reel we had the brilliant and toy obsessed Harry Dwyer in the pages of our Ones to Watch. Great. The only problem is that we repeatedly referred to him as ‘Harry Dwer’, which we think is actually a much better surname, but to avoid confusion...and show we 'fess up to our mistakes, we thought we'd better mention it. Take a look at a couple of great pieces from Harry here.

NewsReel 01/08/08

As always, please send any news and press releases to sam@thereel.net and we'll do our best to include it here.

The UK MVA's are coming
The deadline for entries to the UK Music Video Awards is fast approaching. All entries need to be received by the 12th August for the awards show that is due to take place on October 14th at the Odeon in Leicester Square. The team behind the event, who also run the BFI South Bank’s highly successful BUG strand, has also announced a People’s Choice Award and a separate award for the best video produced for under £2,000. For more information go to www.ukmva.com.

Shark attack

The closing date for this year’s Kinsale Sharks Awards is only a week away. There will be no extensions for any entries this year due to a significant increase in the volume of entries that need to be processed, so go to www.kinsalesharks.com to join the last minute scramble to enter work.

Short and Sweet
Next week’s Short and Sweet (London’s only weekly short film evening) will be held at the usual time and place:

MONDAY: Cafe 1001, 91 Brick Lane
TUESDAY: AKA Bar, 18 west central street

Films start at 7.30pm both nights and entry is FREE.

This time featuring some great work from the following directors:

Steph Green
Nick Alhmark
Toko Plastic
Karen Kelly
John Williams
Annette Habel
Tomek Ducki

A new wave
Wave Recording Studios has announced its opening of a new office in Amsterdam. Wave Amsterdam’s plush new office is on the Herengracht; a street at the heart of the city’s buzzing media centre. Facing the canal on one side and a central courtyard on the other, Wave is on the 2nd floor of a newly refurbished building and boasts over 600 square metres of floor space.

The ambitious venture for the company that was founded in 1999 comprises of three studios and will service Dutch, Pan-European and UK markets. Warren Hamilton, co-owner and creative director at Wave said of the relationship between the new and original office, ‘The only difference between Wave London and Wave Amsterdam is 500-miles; the two offices will offer the exactly the same service and personality.’

The Amsterdam studios will be helmed by a hi-profile new signing: Alex Nicholls-Lee, who previously worked at Scramble for over a decade, and is both an experienced sound designer and used to working with Dutch clients. He’s worked on Adidas’ ‘Last Man Standing’ and the D&AD winning Pepsi ‘Gladiator’ spots. Joe Mount will also be joining the Amsterdam studio, crossing the North Sea from the company’s London office. He recently won a Conch sound design award for his work on Skoda’s ‘Giggle’.

A call for more smalls
Following on from their recent Paramount and Comedy Central sponsored Comedy Shorts competition, The Smalls has opened their call for entry for their 2008 Showcase and Awards in association with Creative Review and devilfish. The competition and event celebrates small films for small screens – celebrating the opportunities bought about by the internet and mobile phone screens.

A selection of entries will be screened at the London Design Festival on September 17 – 18th and the best entry, as judged by a panel of leading industry figures, will win The Smalls Awards 2008.

The deadline for entries should be up to five-minutes long and submitted by 5th September. For more information go to www.thesmalls.com