Emmanuel Adjei's 'Shahmaran' for Sevdaliza Continues Successful Awards Run

Emmanuel Adjei's 'Shahmaran' for Sevdaliza continues to pick up awards with two wins at the 2019 Creative Circle Awards for Achievement in Production & Best Music Promo and two nominations for D&AD Pencils, to be announced later this week.

These latest mentions add to the already prolific list of nominations, award wins and other accolades for the piece.

A three-year work-in-progress condensed into a seven-minute film, director Emmanuel Adjei and artist Sevdaliza have created a visually cinematic and sonic journey that questions the eternal fascinations and desires of the human mind. Supported by global file-sharing giant, WeTransfer, 'Shahmaran' is a visually cinematic and sonic journey about love, power and the misrepresentation of freedom.

Check out Shahmaran's other wins below:

-    UKMVA'18 BEST ALT.VIDEO INT. (WINNER)

-    UKMVA'18 BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (WINNER)

-    UKMVA’18 VIDEO OF THE YEAR (NOMINATION)

-    UKMVA'18 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (NOMINATION)

-    UKMVA'18 BEST PROD. DESIGN (NOMINATION)

-    SHOTS AWARDS‘18 MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR (SILVER)

-    KINSALE SHARK AWARDS‘18 BEST WRITING (GOLD)

-    KINSALE SHARK AWARDS‘18 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (GOLD)

-    MTV M-V-F AWARDS'18 JURY INNOVATION AWARD (WINNER)

-    CREATIVE CIRCLE’ 1 BEST MUSIC PROMO FILM (BRONZE)

-    CREATIVE CIRCLE’ 19 BEST ACHIEVEMENT IN MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION (BRONZE)

-    D&AD AWARDS ‘19 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (SHORTLIST)

-    D&AD AWARDS ‘19 BEST VISUAL EFFECTS (SHORTLIST)

-    CICLOPE AWARDS‘18 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (NOMINATION)

-    CAMERIMAGE‘18 BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (NOMINATION)

-    CAMERIMAGE‘18 BEST DIRECTOR (NOMINATION)

-    ONE POINT FOUR AWARDS’18 (NOMINATION)

-    EPICA AWARDS‘18 BRANDED CONTENT - MUSIC VIDEO (SHORTLIST)

-    VIMEO STAFF PICK

-    PROMONEWS 'OUR FAVOURITE VIDEOS OF THE YEAR'

-    VIDEOSTATIC 'BEST VIDEOS OF THE YEAR 2018'

-    ONE POINT FOUR 'BEST CREATIVE VIDEOS'

-    STEREOGUM '#1 BEST VIDEO OF THE WEEK'

-    PAPER MAGAZINE 'TOP 20 MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2018'

-    PROMONEWS 'BEST MUSIC VIDEOS OF 2018: NARRATIVE'

-    VIDEOSTATIC 'BEST VIDEOS OF THE MONTH AUG'

-    VOTD (WINNER)