The win adds to three previous Gold awards for his work on MOND&rsquo;s &ldquo;BZNS&rdquo;, which has received recognition across four international award platforms. &nbsp; Egyptian cinematographer Mostafa El Kashef has won Best Cinematography in a Video at the 2026 UK Music Video Awards (UKMVAs) for his work on MOND&rsquo;s music video &ldquo;BZNS&rdquo;. &nbsp; El Kashef&rsquo;s winning work was selected from an international shortlist that included music videos for Madonna (&ldquo;Confessions II&rdquo;), Charli xcx featuring John Cale (&ldquo;House&rdquo;), Tove Lo (&ldquo;I&rsquo;m Your Girl, Right?&rdquo;), Tamino (&ldquo;Raven&rdquo;), and GENER8ION starring Yung Lean (&ldquo;Storm&rdquo;). &nbsp; The UKMVA win marks the fourth major international recognition for El Kashef&rsquo;s cinematography on &ldquo;BZNS&rdquo;. The video previously received Gold awards for Cinematography at CICLOPE Festival, the London International Awards (LIA), and France&rsquo;s Le Club des D.A. &nbsp; Directed by Ahmed Razeek and produced by Butter Films, &ldquo;BZNS&rdquo; has received recognition across several leading international platforms celebrating excellence in creative and music video production. &nbsp; Four Consecutive Years at the Cannes Film Festival &nbsp; The award comes at a particularly active period in El Kashef&rsquo;s career. He has had films selected for the Cannes Film Festival for four consecutive years, most recently with BEN&rsquo;IMANA, directed by Rwandan filmmaker Marie-Cl&eacute;mentine Dusabejambo. &nbsp; The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where it received two awards: the Cam&eacute;ra d&rsquo;Or, recognising the best first feature across the festival&rsquo;s selections, and the FIPRESCI Prize, awarded by the International Federation of Film Critics. &nbsp; BEN&rsquo;IMANA subsequently made history as Rwanda&rsquo;s first-ever official submission to the Academy Awards in the International Feature Film category. It is also set to compete in the Official Competition of the 23rd Marrakech International Film Festival, taking place from November 20 to 28, 2026. &nbsp; El Kashef&rsquo;s Cannes journey began in 2023 with I Promise You Paradise, directed by Morad Mostafa, which premiered in Critics&rsquo; Week and received the Rail d&rsquo;Or and the Valbonne Audience Award. In 2024, he returned with The Village Next to Paradise, directed by Mo Harawe, selected for Un Certain Regard. His 2025 selection was Aisha Can&rsquo;t Fly Away, directed by Morad Mostafa, which also premiered in Un Certain Regard. &nbsp; &nbsp; About Mostafa El Kashef &nbsp; Mostafa El Kashef is an Egyptian Director of Photography, producer, and visual artist whose work spans feature films, short films, music videos and commercials. Known for his distinctive visual style and attention to composition, he has collaborated with a range of filmmakers on projects that have travelled to major international festivals. &nbsp; His feature-film credits include Ahmed Abdalla&rsquo;s 19B, for which he received the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the Cairo International Film Festival. His short-film credits include Life After a Lifetime of Endless rebirths (Kosovo), A Promise to the Sea (Egypt), and Dismissal (Saudi Arabia). He is also a co-founder of Qaa&rsquo;23, through which he is involved in developing and producing independent film projects.
Photo Credit: Mostafa El Kashef's official page

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