Short & Sweet Honours the Best Music Videos in South Africa

The second annual music video awards festival in South Africa gives credit to the people behind the lens.

The Short & Sweet Music Video Awards happened 31st March (at Youngblood Gallery on Bree Stree).

It's the second Short & Sweet Music Video Award ceremony in Cape Town, giving credit to those who shot the music videos we’ve come to know and love. From 11 categories, the awards show received well over 200 submissions and it’s judges selected the very best of SA’s most talented video gurus. All the winners, including Best Director, are announced below:

Best art direction and design: Ninja & Kezia Eales: Die Antwoord - Fatty Boom Boom

Best EDM: Ryan Kryger: Trickery - Goodluck

Best Animation: Mike Scott: One Million Views - Goldfish

Best Cinematography: Roscoe Vercueil: Sleepwalker -  The Parlotones feat Khuli Chana

Best Rock: Ryan Kruger: Prime Circle - Doors

Best Hip Hop: Ninja & Terence Neale: Die Antwoord - Baby’s on fire

Best Video for International Artist: Terence Neale: Skrillex - Ragga Bomb

Best Live Coverage of Event: Barry de Villiers: NIGHT BEATS - The New World

Best Editing: Daniel Morcos: Mondays - Nomadic Orchestra

Best Original Concept: Inka Kendzia: Jungle Jimmy - Mr Sakitumi and the Grrrl

Best New Director: Louis Minnaar

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Interested in more videos shot in the Mother City? Check out our 100 Best Videos of Cape Town.

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