Nordic music video competition first prize to Sander August Dahl

The 32nd Oulu Music Video Festival culminated on Saturday evening with the awards gala at RioLive, where the best Nordic and Finnish music videos and their creators were celebrated. 

The first ever Nordic music video competition was won by Norwegian Sander August Dahl with the video Honningbarna – Rød Bic. Dahl received a pair of Genelec 8351B SAM™ speakers worth €8,000. An honourable mention went to Icelanders Anna Róshildur B. Bøving and Simon Bendroth for the video Roshildur – Timi, ekki lioa.

The main award of the Finnish competition, went to Heini Susanne for her video NCO – Ei rakkaut. She received a 3001 euros gift card donated by Kinos Rentals. The award given to a promising new director, together with a colour grading gift card donated by Toast, was awarded to Aatos Ketvel for Kirsikkapuu – Kirsikkapuu kaatuu. Ketvel also composed and wrote the lyrics for the song.

The award for best cinematography, along with an equipment rental prize sponsored by Valofirma and Kamerafirman, was awarded to Hannu Käki for his cinematography in Kissa Uolevi & Sebastiwan – Vierelläin, directed by Joonas Schwanck. The award for the best post-production and a Valco product gift card went to kaverikarimfor the video Sexmane – V!ttu.

The audience vote crowned Yoki – Oon pahoillani as the public’s favourite. Honourable mentions were awarded to Miikka Lommi, Eva-Liisa Orupõld, Oliver Webb and Jaro Koho.

This year’s jury for the Finnish competition consisted of journalist Anton Vanha-Majamaa, Tromsø International Film Festival director Lisa Hoen, and film director Mika Ronkainen. The Nordic juryincluded filmmaker Mika Taanila, director Marcus Söderlund, and artist Billy Roisz.