To read more, including our thoughts on each winner, - and to leave a comment for the filmmakers! - see the following three blog entries: #1-#5, #6-#9, #10-#13.
Thanks so much to everyone who entered - we could have given out many more prizes. Thanks also to our sponsors: Sennheiser, Absolutely Kosher, Vice, 4AD, Dreamboat, Jagjaguwar, Dead Oceans, Oddica, Merge, Rough Trade, Misra, Secret City, Secretly Canadian, Sub-Pop, Young God, Polyvinyl, Matador, Arts & Crafts, and The National Film Board of Canada.
#1 Animal Collective - "Peacebone" video by Wilhelmi, Petersen, Alanante, Downs & Taguas |
#2 Joanna Newsom - "Book of Right-On" video by Benjamin & Stefan Ramirez Pérez |
#3 Justice - "Waters of Nazareth (Beast of Dance)" video by Ninian Doff |
#4b Jolie Holland - "Damn Shame" video by Steven Cochrane |
#4a Mecca Normal - "Arsenal" video by Steven Cochrane |
#5 Octopus Project - "Queen" video by Paul Bullock |
#6 Woodhands - "Can't See Straight" video by 47 Friends |
#7 Devendra Banhart - "Dragonflys" video by Eric Portis |
#8 The Knife - "Still Light" (Little Forest) video by Rinee Shah |
#9 Orillia Opry - "I Lied" video by Dan Woodward |
#10 Spoon - "Back to the Life" video by Mike Bennett |
#11 Sufjan Stevens - "Decatur" video by Ainslee Wallis |
#12 Beirut - "Forks and Knives" video by Timothy Krings & Jason Whalen |
#13 CSS - "Poney Honey Money" video by Renata Takatu and Guilherme Amorozo |