The Prism Prize has announced the host, presenters and attending nominees for the Prism Prize Awards Presentation this Sunday, May 15, 2016 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Limited tickets are available at prismprize.com/tix.
The Prism Prize Awards Presentation, hosted by comic Dave Merheje, will include a screening of the Top Ten videos, and award presentations including: the $10,000 Grand Prize for best Canadian music video of the year; the Audience Award (presented by Noisey Canada); the Special Achievement Award (presented by FYI Music News); and the Arthur Lipsett Award (presented by MuchFACT).
The Prism Prize presenters will include The FADER Canada editor Anupa Mistry, director Cazhhmere, Noisey Canada editor Jabbari Weekes, the musician behind 2015 Audience Award winning video Kandle, hip-hop artist Kardinal Offishall, comedian Nick Flanagan, director RT!, Prince Innocence’s Talvi Faustmann and the musician behind the inaugural Prism Prize winning video Rich Aucoin.
The 2016 Prism Prize top ten (in alphabetical order):
A Tribe Called Red – Suplex (Director: Jon Riera)
Braids – Miniskirt (Director: Kevan Funk)
Death From Above 1979 – Virgins (Director: Eva Michon)
Drake – Hotline Bling (Director: Director X)
The Elwins – So Down Low (Director: Alan Poon)
Fast Romantics – Julia (Director: Matthew Angus)
Grimes – Flesh Without Blood (Director: Grimes)
Harrison – How Can It Be (Director: Maxime Lamontagne)
Kalle Mattson – Avalanche (Director: Philip Sportel)
Monogrenade – Le Fantôme (Director: Kristof Brandl)
All Prism Prize Award recipients, including the Grand Prize, Audience Award, Special Achievement Award and the Arthur Lipsett Award, will receive $2000 grants from William F. White for production equipment rentals, and all Top Ten nominees will receive an exclusive gift bag from MAC Cosmetics.
In addition to the Top Ten, all Prism Prize Top 20 videos are eligible for this year’s Audience Award.
Past Prism Prize winners for Best Canadian Music Video of the Year include Noah Pink for Rich Aucoin’s Brian Wilson is A.L.i.V.E (2013), Emily Kai Bock for Arcade Fire’s Afterlife (2014), and Chad VanGaalen for Timber Timbre’s Beat The Drum Slowly (2015).
Prism Prize is proud to host a comprehensive resource for music fans to watch the best Canadian music videos all in one place. Videos and news from Canada’s music video community are available throughout the year at prismprize.com.
