The top ten list for The Prism Prize was released today in anticipation of the final winner being crowned on May 15. Since 2012, The Prism Prize has been recognizing modern Canadian music videos. The award is chosen by a jury of over 100 Canadian music and film industry professionals from all forms of media. Past winners include director Emily Kai Bock of Arcade Fire's "Afterlife" and director/musician Chad VanGaalen of Timber Timbre&#x2019;s "Beat The Drum Slowly. You can vote on your favourite below.

[Online Form - 2016 Audience Award](https://prismprize.formstack.com/forms/audience)

**Jon Riera:** A Tribe Called Red - Suplex

iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/suplex-ep/id993290459

Get A Tribe Called Red's new album "We Are The Halluci Nation" now: http://smarturl.it/ATCRHalluciNation

Catch us on tour in 2020! You can get your tickets here: http://atribecalledred.com/tour/
03/06: Sudbury, ON - Northern Lights Festival Boréal

Produced with the financial assistance of Pirates Blend and MuchFACT, a division of Bell Media Inc. www.muchfact.ca. Made Possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Incorporation. - Thanks guys!

Starring 
Randy Plain Eagle
Zane Hoksbergen
Diondre Roye 
Chris Mejaki 
Arnie General
Gregory Odjig 

Director: Jon Riera
Cinematographer: Fraser Brown
Producer: Connor Illsley 
Set Designer: Jenn Morden
Editor: Haya Waseem 
Colourist: Scott McItyre   
Executive Producer: Mauricio Ruiz
A Mad Ruk Entertainment Production | http://www.madrukent.com

Special Thanks
Gary Joseph & Michelle Farmer @ Six Nations
Smash Wrestling | http://smash-wrestling.com

A Tribe Called Red Ft. Northern Voice - Suplex (Official video)

Braids "Deep In The Iris" LP
Out 04/28 on Arbutus Records / Flemish Eye.
Available here – http://bit.ly/1GmsHLY (Worldwide)
and here – http://bit.ly/1P1sAri (Canada)

Director: Kevan Funk
Cinematographer: Kelly Jeffrey
Styling: Mia Fiddis, Mila Franovic 
Make-Up: Frida Norrman, Ksenia Ogolikhina , Paula Lanzador 
Editor: Kevan Funk
Camera Assistant & Stills: Grady Mitchell
Grip: Philip Prajoux, Chris Tobiesen, Bjorn Hermannes
Colourist: Zach Cox
Online Editor: Andres Landau
Production Company: Everything All At Once
Post Production Services: Victory Social Club
Special Thanks: Robin Léveillé, Norm Li, Patrick Campbell, Bernie Yao, Benjamin Loeb, Ken Tsui, Tyler Funk, Caitlin Byrnes, NJ Transit 

We acknowledge the financial support of FACTOR, the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and of Canada's Private Radio Broadcasters.
  
Director's Statement:
I'd been a huge fan of Braids long before I was lucky enough to be a collaborator, an element that made this video special from the outset. They came to me with a handful of very precise visual ideas that they had in mind, which in turn became my jumping off point to shape the rest of the video. I remember the first time I heard the song, I was simply kind of awestruck by the gravitational power that it seemed to imbued with and it's bold, incendiary beauty. It's a rare sort of source material to get the opportunity to work with. I wanted to create something that could compliment the track as opposed to trying to compete with it's power. When thinking about the song and it's content, I began very interested in the idea of commodification and control of femininity in a patriarchal societal construct, and liberation from that restraint. A central consideration that emerged from that was a historical relationship to nature, in terms of the patriarchal and imperial societal impulse to control, conform and dominate. That dynamic and the songs authorial resistance to that entitlement is what ultimately formed the thematic core of the video.
- Kevan Funk

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Braids - "Miniskirt" (Official Music Video)

**Eva Michon:** Death From Above 1979 - Virgins

THE PHYSICAL WORLD 
AVAILABLE NOW
Download on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/DFAiTunes

Directed by Eva Michon

http://www.deathfromabove1979.com

TOUR DATES: http://deathfromabove1979.com/tour/

http://www.facebook.com/DeathFromAbove1979
http://twitter.com/dfa1979
http://instagram.com/dfa1979

Also directed by Eva Michon: 
Life After Death From Above 1979
www.dfa1979-movie.com

Produced with the financial assistance of MuchFACT, a division of Bell Media Inc. http://www.muchfact.ca

Death from Above 1979  - Virgins [Official Video]

Hotline Bling (Official Video)
Available for download here! http://republicrec.co/DrakeHotlineBling 

Share/Stream “Hotline Bling” on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/6nmz4imkDcmtwMjocAzFSx

Directed by Director X
Produced by Evan Landry
Edited by Laura McMillan
Production Company: Creative Soul

Music video by Drake performing Hotline Bling.  © 2015 Cash Money Records Inc.

http://vevo.ly/R0NNDX

Drake - Hotline Bling

Get 'So Down Low' Here! 
iTunes: http://tinyurl.com/q5arxgd

website: http://www.theelwins.com
facebook: http://www.facebook.com/theelwins
webstore: http://www.theelwins.com/store

Directed by Alan Poon
http://www.alanpoon.com

Thanks so much to our amazing crew!
Stop-motion Animator: Evan DeRushie
Editor/VFX: Phil Eddolls
Animation Design: Martin MacPherson
Face Illustrator: Olga Kim

The Elwins - So Down Low [Official Video]

**Matthew Angus:** Fast Romantics - Julia

From the album "American Love" released in 2017 on Light Organ Records / Postwar Records. 

Buy the album here: http://smarturl.it/americanlovefr

Song produced by Gus Van Go and Werner F and Written by Matthew Angus.

© Light Organ Records / Postwar Records. All Rights Reserved.

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Video by Matthew Angus at Postwar Pictures.

Special thanks to the legendary Fred Astaire for the sweet dance moves.

Follow the band here:
http://www.facebook.com/fastromantics
http://www.twitter.com/fastromantics
http://www.instagram.com/fastromantics

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CREDITS

Written, Directed and Edited by - Matthew Angus

Director of Photography - Ian Anderson

Camera Assistant - Alessandro Lanzillotta

Produced by Matthew Angus and Brendan McCarney.

This project is funded in part by FACTOR, the Government of Canada and Canada’s private radio broadcasters. Ce projet est financé en partie par FACTOR, le gouvernement du Canada et les radiodi useurs priveés du Canada.

Fast Romantics - "JULIA" (Official Video)

From the new album ‘Art Angels’ out November 6th and available for download here: http://smarturl.it/artangels?IQid=YTFWB

Directed by Grimes

https://www.grimesmusic.com
https://twitter.com/Grimezsz
https://www.actuallygrimes.tumblr.com/
https://www.facebook.com/actuallygrimes
http://4ad.com/

Download ‘Art Angels’:
iTunes: http://smarturl.it/Art_Angels_i
Amazon: http://smarturl.it/Art_Angels_a
Google Play: http://smarturl.it/Art_Angels_g
LP/CD: - http://smarturl.it/Art_Angels_LP
Grimes at Spotify: http://smarturl.it/GrimesSpotify

http://vevo.ly/XaYdvO

Grimes - Flesh without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream

**Maxime Lamontagne:** Harrison - How Can It Be

Harrison - How Can It Be (feat. Maddee)

from the EP, 'Colors' on Last Gang / Jet Jam
http://lastgang.myshopify.com/products/harrison-colors-ep

Production Facility : DTO FILMS
Producer : Daniel Abraham

A clip by : Maxime Lamontagne
Motion Design : Daravong Thongsavath

Set coordinator : Camille Genêt


The video was funded by MuchFact - http://muchfact.ca/
The team who created it was DTO Films - http://dtofilms.ca/

Harrison - How Can It Be (feat. Maddee)

**Philip Sportel:** Kalle Mattson - Avalanche

Buy "Avalanche" on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/KMAvalanche

Stream "Avalanche" on Spotify: http://smarturl.it/KMAvalanchespotify

Directed by Philip Sportel. Produced by Matt Power for Mad Ruk Entertainment

"Avalanche" is featured on the "Avalanche" EP, out 8/21 via HOME Music Co.


Connect with Kalle:
KalleMattson.com
https://www.facebook.com/kallemattson
https://twitter.com/kallemattson
https://www.youtube.com/user/KalleMattson
https://instagram.com/kallemattson/
https://soundcloud.com/kalle-mattson
google.com/+KalleMattson

Made possible with the support of the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

Kalle Mattson - "Avalanche" (Official Video)

**Kristof Brandl:** Monogrenade - Le Fantôme

A 'music film' by Kristof Brandl and shot by Christophe Collette that questions our perception of reality and memory, with vfx by Shed. Ghostly and compelling images draw the viewer into a conflict that repeats itself. After losing everything, material possessions, love, and perhaps even sanity, a robot injects the male character with a futuristic drug that lets him re-live precious moments that once made him feel alive. Traveling back to memories frozen in time, our character wishes to make the past his future.

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Director - Kristof Brandl 
Starring - Jasmina Parent and Ryon Everett
Cinematographer - Christophe Collette
Camera Assistant - Jacques Bernier
Electro - Hugo Roy
Gripping - Cody Larocque and Dustan Mcbain
Stunt Coordination - Alex Cadieux and Martin Williams
Production Assistant - Stephane Petrisor

Visual Effects / Animation - SHED (shedmtl.com)
VFX Superviser - Sylvain Lebeau
Colour Correction - Charles-Étienne Pascal
Sound Design - Mathieu Morin / La Majeur (lamajeure.com)


Video Producer - Vlad Cojocaru
Executive Producer - Sach Baylin-Stern 

Production Company - Antler Inc. 
Label - Bonsound (bonsound.com)

Monogrenade - Le Fantôme

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