Mission
Music videos are cinema's fastest art form — made under impossible deadlines, on impossible budgets, by the most inventive filmmakers working today. We give that work a stage, a jury and an audience worthy of it.
Berlin · International Music Video Festival
Where music videos
get the big screen
they deserve.
For over a decade the Berlin Music Video Awards have brought directors, artists and labels from every continent to Berlin — to celebrate the boldest three minutes in filmmaking.
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The festival
A film festival built
for the music video.
History
What began as a screening night among Berlin filmmakers has grown into one of the world's largest festivals dedicated to the format — thousands of entries each season, from bedroom productions to major-label flagships.
Reach
Entries arrive from every continent, and festival week fills Berlin's venues with directors, artists, labels and commissioners. Winning here travels: our alumni go on to the industry's biggest stages.
Season 2027
From upload
to envelope.
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1 Jun 2026
Submissions open
The season begins — the entry desk is open to the world.
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31 Oct 2026
Regular deadline
Lowest fees of the season.
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31 Dec 2026
Late deadline
Second window for finishing touches.
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28 Feb 2027
Final deadline
Entries close at midnight CET.
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Curator review
Every single entry is watched, discussed and tagged by our curators.
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Jury review
An international jury scores and shortlists the strongest work.
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Bronze Selection
The long list — the year's notable videos.
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Silver Screening
Screened on the big screen during festival week.
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Official Selection
The nominees. The envelope candidates.
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19 May 2027
Festival week
Screenings, panels and parties across Berlin.
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22 May 2027
Awards ceremony
Winners announced live — including the €7,000 grand prize.
Deadlines & fees
Enter early.
Pay less.
Fees are per category and shown before checkout — with student discounts and regional pricing applied automatically.
Regular deadline
31 October 2026
Best rates for early birds.
from €19 / category
Late deadline
31 December 2026
Still comfortably in the race.
from €29 / category
Final deadline
28 February 2027
Last call before the jury convenes.
from €39 / category
Categories
Fourteen ways
to make history.
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Best Music Video
The night's highest honour.
from €49.00 02Best Director
Vision, executed.
from €39.00 03Best Cinematography
Light as language.
from €39.00 04Best Editing
Rhythm made visible.
from €39.00 05Best Visual Effects
The impossible, delivered.
from €39.00 06Best Animation
Every frame drawn with intent.
from €39.00 07Best Art Direction
Worlds built by hand.
from €39.00 08Best Performer
Presence you can't look away from.
from €39.00 09Best Concept
The idea is the hero.
from €39.00 10Best Low Budget
Resourcefulness over resources.
from €29.00 11Best Newcomer
The first chapter of a great career.
from €29.00 12Best Student Music Video
Tomorrow's masters, today.
from €19.00 13Best Experimental
Rules cheerfully broken.
from €39.00 14Best Song
The track beneath it all.
from €29.00Season 2027
Your video. Our screen.
One envelope.
Submissions are open — the regular deadline is 31 October 2026.
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