French directing duo Torso and Italian directors Tommaso Ottomano took the biggest honours at the 3rd Videoclip Italia Awards, the biggest celebration of the art and industry of Italian music video production, which was held in Rome last Sunday evening, June 2nd.

Awards were given in 22 categories at the event held at Largo Venue, which brought together industry professionals for an afternoon of networking and discussions on the current and future landscape of their profession before the awards ceremony itself.

Tommaso Ottomano took the prestigious Director Of The Year - Vision Award, while three of Ottomano's videos also won awards on the night: Måneskin's Gossip, featuring Tom Morello, winning Best Rock MV and Best Hair & Makeup; Chiello's A pochi passi winning Best Production Design; and Lucio Corsi's Radio Mayday winning Best VFX.

Torso's video for singer Mahmood's Cocktail d’amore won the big music video award, Best Italian MV. Marco Pacchiana won the Best Director under 25 award, while Enrico Bellenghi (pictured above) won two awards, for Best Electronic MV and the Students Award for his video for Andrea Costanza's Natività. 

The ceremony also honoured the creativity of directors including Nicolò Bassetto, Nicola Corradino and Eneo Colombi. Noteworthy animation works by Erika De Nicola for Thatsup, Solenn LeMarchand for her band Grimoon, and Marco Brancato for Leo Pari were also celebrated.

Alessio Rosa and Nicola Marceddu, artistic directors of Videoclip Italia Awards, remarked: “This third edition concludes with great enthusiasm: an overwhelming number of participation requests, guests from across Italy, and the joy of seeing our awards serve as both a meeting point and a discovery platform for new talents.

"While Tommaso Ottomano has won the Director of the Year award for the second time, we are equally proud to see the international jury recognise Marco Pacchiana, Nicolò Bassetto, and Enrico Bellenghi (Director of the Year Under 25, Best Low-Budget Video, and Best Electronic Video, respectively) and all the other emerging winners.”

Videoclip Italia Awards 2024: WINNERS

Best Pop MV
Mahmood - Cocktail d’amore
Director: Torso
Prod companies: Division, Borotalco.tv, Mosaicon

Best Rap/Trap MV
Thasup, Tiziano Ferro - R()t()nda
Director: Erika De Nicola
Prod company: Movimenti Production

Best Rock MV
Måneskin ft. Tom Morello - Gossip
Director: Tommaso Ottomano
Prod company: d’Aria

Best Electronic MV
Andrea Costanza - Natività
Director: Enrico Bellenghi
Prod company: Bright

Best Indie MV
Leo Pari - Roma Est
Director: Marco Brancato

Best Alternative MV
Grimoon - Cross The Wall
Director: Solenn Le Marchand
Prod company: FrameByFrame

Best Cinematography - in collaboration with Sony
Blanco - Bruciasse il cielo
Director: Simone Peluso
DOP: Alessandro Ubaldi
Prod company: Illmatic Film Group

Best Editing
​Nitro - Control
Director: Nicola Corradino
Editor: Nicola Corradino
Prod company: Borotalco.tv

Best Production Design
Chiello - A pochi passi
Director: Tommaso Ottomano
Production designers: Viola Aprile, Caterina Pomante
Prod company: Borotalco.tv

Best Colour Grading
Ariete - Mare di Guai
Director: Enea Colombi
Colourist: Daniel Pallucca
Prod company: Borotalco.tv

Best VFX
Lucio Corsi - Radio Mayday
Director: Tommaso Ottomano
VFX: Nicholas Cravedi
Prod company: d’Aria

Best Styling
Guè, Anna, Sfera Ebbasta - Cookies N' Cream
Director: Giulio Rosati
Stylists: Ramona Tabita, Ylenia Puglia, Gaia Dallorto, Giorgia Andreazza
Prod company: Borotalco.tv

Best Make-Up & Hair
Maneskin, Tom Morello - Gossip
Director: Tommaso Ottomano
Make-Up Artists: Chantal Ciaffardini, Vanessa Forlini
Hair Stylists: Gabriele Trezzi, Elisa Zamparelli
Prod company: d’Aria

Best Foreign MV - in collaboration with Atomos
The Blaze - Madly
Directors: The Blaze
Prod company: Iconoclast

Best Low Budget MV
Lamante - L'ultimo Piano
Director: Nicolò Bassetto

Best Animation
Leo Pari - Roma Est
Director: Marco Brancato

Extraclip
Salmo, Noyz Narcos - CVLT
Director: Dario Argento, YouNuts!
Prod company: Maestro & Think Cattleya

Director of the Year - Vision Award in collaboration with Kodak and Panalight
Tommaso Ottomano

Director of the Year Under 25 - in collaboration with Hollyland
Marco Pacchiana

Best Italian MV - in collaboration with Trans Audio Video
Mahmood - Cocktail d’amore
Director: Torso
Prod companies: Division, Borotalco.tv, Mosaicon

Special Award Billboard Italia
Madame - Il bene nel male
Director: Martina Pastori
Prod company: Borotalco.tv

Students’ Award
Andrea Costanza - Natività
Director: Enrico Bellenghi
Prod company: Bright

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