You don’t always need a big budget to make a music video that stays with people. That’s the whole point of Best Low Budget, powered by MPB, and this year’s top three make the case better than we ever could.
We ran this category with MPB, Europe’s largest platform for used photo and video gear, because we’re after the same thing: good filmmaking shouldn’t come down to who can spend the most. Buying and selling used, puts better gear within reach of more people, and it keeps that gear working instead of gathering dust or heading to landfill. Both of those things show up in the films below.
Our first-place winner walks away with a €1,000 MPB voucher to put toward whatever they make next. Here’s the top three.
1st place: Archy Moor – Robbery Rings
- Director: Nico de Sola @nicodesola
- DOP: Peter Bishop @peter.bishoppp
- Edit: Adam Todhunter @adam.todhunter
- Post Production: Avenues @aveniues.studio
- Post Producer: Adam Reid
- 3D Motion & VFX: Adam Todhunter, Vittoria Belli @vittbelli & Nico de Sola
- Colour: John Layton
- Production Companies: Diplomats.tv @diplomats.tv and WNI Studios @wnistudios
2nd place: Foule – Brigitte
- Director: Vicky Schoukroun @vickyschouk
- Production Company: Chambre à Part @chambre_a_part_
3rd place: Dzsúdló – Sötét
- Director: Büki Balázs @bukibalazsmate
- Production Company: FINAL. Productions @final.productions Congratulations to all three. If their work tells you anything, it’s that a small budget is a starting point, not a ceiling.
