Locomotion Sponsors Best New Director at UK MVA 2010

Locomotions Christian Williamson takes to the stage to present the Best New Director award to Ben Newman whose videos for Example, Wiley, and Roots Manuva have earned him great acclaim.

UK Music Video Awards. 12th October 2010.

The UK Music Video Awards return to the Odeon West End in London’s Leicester Square on October 12 2010 to celebrate creativity, technical excellence and innovation in music video and moving image for music.

There are a wide range of opportunities for UK individuals and companies to enter their work: from genre-led video categories, to prizes for individuals in the technical and craft areas of the business, to recognition for innovative approaches to music videos, ads and other visuals. There are also awards for international videos and outstanding individuals, voted for by the MVA jury members.
Judging and voting will begin in August, with the final shortlists unveiled in September. If you would like to enter one of the awards, you have until 3rd August to do so.

The MVA’s are organised by two of the key members of the team behind BUG, the BFI Southbank’s highly successful music video strand, and have 20 years’ experience running events in the uk music video business. For more information or to book your ticket, click here to visit the MVA website.

MVA Ceremony 13.10.09

Music Video Awards ceremony – 13th October 2009

With the nominations announced this week (see our news section for details) the MVA awards ceremony is just around the corner. Locomotion is all-a-buzz with who’ll be winning what and who’ll be wearing what at the ceremony held at the Odeon West End, in Leicester Square. With an after show party held at Orchid in Piccadilly Circus, the evening promises not only an opportunity to see the best in UK music video talent for 2009 but also a great chance to have a bit of a dance too!

If you’d like to join the party, tickets are still available from the MVA website, click here for details.

Locomotion at the MVAs

For those of you that still don’t know about the very first UK Music Video Awards event, here’s your chance to catch up.

It’s going to be the biggest night of the year in British music video and for once, it’s happening right in the middle of the West End! And as post production partners Locomotion’s talented crew have created a slick intro befitting the event. Not only that, we’re sponsoring the Best New Director category for all you aspiring promo directors out there, so have a look at the shortlist, make your People’s Choice nomination and get tickets to the hottest show in town!

The award is supported by 95.8 Capital FM and you can see the full shortlist on their website here <http://www.capitalradio.co.uk/music-showbiz/music/vote-your-favourite-video/> . Voting continues right up until midday on Monday 13th. 

Oh, and there’s just one week to go until the Awards ceremony, held at the Odeon West End in Leicester Square on October 14th, and tickets are already scarce, so if you still haven’t bought yours, please get in touch with the MVA team! You can download the ticket reservation form from the official website www.ukmva.com  (go to ‘tickets’ on the left hand navigation). 

See you there!