Berlin Music Video Awards 2025
Curation Hour’s pick from this year’s winners
Words Katie Huelin
The final beat has dropped and the Berlin Music Video Awards 2025 has wrapped another electrifying edition. Over three days and 17 diverse categories - ranging from Best Narrative to Most Bizarre, Best Low Budget to Best AI Music Video - the BMVA showcased some of the industry’s best and celebrated those reshaping the form.
This year’s winners brought together a global mix of visual storytellers, from underground innovators to boundary-pushing icons. Whether through meticulous editing, breathtaking cinematography, or wildly imaginative concepts, each awarded video showcases the unmatched power of the medium to move, challenge, and inspire.
Now that the awards have come to a close, we’re revisiting some of the creativity with our top picks from the 2025 winners - videos that left a lasting impression and you’ll want to see!
BEST EDITOR | FKA TWIGS EUSEXUA
Editor: Charlie Von Rotberg
Production: Object & Animal, Purple Martin
BEST NARRATIVE | DJ SNAKE PATIENCE
Director: Valentin Guiod
Production: Birth
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | DISCLOSURE - SHE’S GONE, DANCE ON
Cinematographer: Jeff Bierman
Production: Diplomats.tv
BEST DIRECTOR | DRIVING AROUND LOOKING FOR UNKNOWN
Directors: Simon Becks & Volkert Ferdoorn
Producer: Luc Hueber
BEST EXPERIMENTAL | MOLA ODDITY - HALF A SADDAY SAVING TIME
Directors: Nathan Grey & Baku Hashimoto
Label: Nomad City Records
Check out all the amazing nominees from this year’s event here - and be sure to have BMVA 2026 on your radar - https://www.berlinmva.com/nominees-2025/