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Videoclip Italia Awards 2025 shortlist announced
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Damiano David’s Silverlines by Nono+Rodrigo leads with five nominations. FKA twigs, Else, Danny Brown, Cults and SAINt JHN in the running for Best International video, with award ceremony to take place in Milan on May 16.
The shortlist for the fourth edition of the Videoclip Italia Awards has been announced.
After three years in Rome, the event moves to Milan, a key hub for music, advertising, and audiovisual production, where BASE will host the final evening on May 16, featuring panels, awards, and an after party.
There are 19 categories in total, spanning music genres, technical roles, and special prizes among which also an award for the Best International Music Video. On top of that, three additional awards will be assigned: the top prize for Best Italian Music Video (chosen among the night’s winners), and two editorial awards from Billboard Italia and a student jury. This year saw nearly 300 video submissions, an all-time record for the awards.
Leading the nominations is Damiano David, with five nods for Silverlines, produced by Partizan and directed by Nono Ayuso and Rodrigo Inada. He’s followed by Mahmood (four, evenly split between Tuta Gold and Ra Ta Ta) and La Rappresentante di Lista (Paradiso, four). Also making the shortlist are Angelina Mango, Cesare Cremonini, Genetik, Mace (with Salmo and Centomilacarie), Novze, and Prima stanza a destra, all with three nominations. Fulminacci, Lamante, Tre allegri ragazzi morti, and surprises Assurdité and The Frog each picked up two.
The Director of the Year award will be contested by Attilio Cusani, Bendo, Nicolò Bassetto, Tommaso Ottomano, and Simone Peluso. Meanwhile for the International award.
As for production companies, Borotalco dominates the field with 27 nominations, setting an all-time record, followed by C41 and Partizan (both with five, the latter for Silverlines, of course), and Maestro + Think Cattleya with three.
The International Award at VIA2025 shines a spotlight on some of the most compelling music videos released beyond Italy in the past year, projects that impressed the Italian jury, formed by national top tier EPs and directors, for their vision, execution, and emotional impact. This year’s nominees include Cults – Onions, directed by Alice Fassi, a standout Italian talent working abroad; Y.B.P. by Danny Brown and Bruiser Wolf, a surreal and gritty piece helmed by Edem Wornoo and William Child; Ocean by Else, a cinematic journey directed by Mohamed Chabane and Théo Jourdain; Eusexua by FKA twigs, a darkly poetic visual from Jordan Hemingway; and the hypnotic triptych Circles + Body On Me + Glitching by SAINt JHN, directed by Alex Gargot and produced by the acclaimed studio CANADA.
The event takes place on Friday, May 16, starting at 6pm with a full evening of talks, networking, the awards ceremony, and a party. The full program will be announced by the end of April.
Videoclip Italia Awards is the leading event celebrating Italy’s music video scene, supported by FIMI and with backing from Trans Audio Video, Sony, Hollyland, Atomos, Kodak, Panalight, and nhow Hotels.
View the full shortlist here.
