Emily Kai Bock Wins 2014 Prism Prize For "Afterlife" by Arcade Fire

The 2014 Prism Prize for best music video was awarded to directed Emily Kai Bock last night, for her video for "Afterlife" by Arcade Fire. Prism Prize is an award selected by a jury of over 90 Canadian music and film industry professionals, and it recognizes something there is no shortage of: Canadian music video talent. Emily was on hand to accept the award in person:

In addition to the best music video award, Kheaven Lewandowski's video for "River" by The Belle Game received the Audience Choice Award, and Scott Cudmore and Michael Leblanc accepted the first Arthur Lipsett Award for innovation in music video art.

Sidenote: It just so happens that we've have both Emily Kai Bock and Scott Cudmore/Michael Leblanc on our podcast.

Here are the 10 finalists for the music video of the year award:

2014 Prism Prize

Grand Prize

		Afterlife (2013) Arcade Fire	Director: Emily Kai Bock Editors: Emily Kai Bock, Leo Scott Director of Photography: Evan Prosofsky Producer: Anne Johnson Production Designer: Hannah Hurney Production Company: Iconoclast
		River (2013) The Belle Game	Director: Kheaven Lewandowski Director of Photography: Benjamin Loeb Producers: Jason Aita, Darryl Wharton-Rigby, Patrick Cunningham Edit: Ela Ogurka Production Companies: The Herd Films, Roppongi Films
		Kathy Lee (2013) Jessy Lanza	Director: Lee Skinner Director of Photography: Sean Marjoram Edit: Lee Skinner
		Dum Dee Dum (2013) Keys N Krates	Edit: Ohji Inoue Directors: Amos LeBlanc, slavelabour.co
		Started From The Bottom (2013) Drake	Directors: Director X, Drake
		Fam Jam (2013) Shad	Director: Che Kothari Edit: Dan Racicot Director of Photography: Pasha Patriki Co-Director: Mriga Kapadiya Production Company: The Field Producer: Amrit Singh
		So It Goes (2013) Hollerado	Director: Marc Ricciardelli Producer: Jason Baum
		Childhood's End (2013) Majical Cloudz	Director: Emily Kai Bock Producers: Jason Aita, Emily Kai Bock Director of Photography: Bobby Shore Art Director: Zazu Myers Edit: Emily Kai Bock
		Reflektor (2013) Arcade Fire	Director: Anton Corbijn Production Designer: Anastasia Masaro Art Director: Anastasia Masaro
		New Summer (2013) Young Galaxy	Director: Ivan Grbovic