5th Canadian Independent Music Video Awards

The Canadian Independent Music Video Awards are back! Nominations are now open for the 5th CIMVAs, Canada’s largest celebration of purely independent music videos and the artists and creators behind them.

The CIMVA’s were created when Dropout Entertainment saw a gap in the recognition/awards culture. While music videos of artists signed to major labels with huge budgets behind them are often celebrated, no awards existed that recognized solely independent artists and the filmmakers/creators behind the camera of independent music videos. The CIMVA’s were created to shine a spotlight on the dedication, creativity and hard work that Canadian artists put into creating these incredible works of art. 

Nominations are now officially open for the 5th Canadian Independent Music Awards, and can be entered using the form below! Nominations will remain open until March 15th, 2025 and voting will begin on April 1st.

This contest is open to Canadian Independent artists and creators only.

To qualify, submitted videos must have been released during the 2024 season (January 1, 2024, to December 31, 2024) and the band must include a minimum of 50% Canadian members.

Artist entries must be Independent, this contest does not accept entries from artists signed to the three major music labels (Warner, Sony, or Universal).

This contest is open to all residents from all provinces of Canada except Quebec.

Deadline Extended: Nominations are now open, and close March 15th, 2025 at 11:59 PM EST. Round one of the contest will be open to user votes from April 1st, to April 15th.

In Round 1 User votes will account for four of the eight finalists in each genre category. The additional four finalists will be determined by the CIMVA Judges Panel.

As of May 1st, 2025 the category finalists will be posted and voting will again open for round two.

Voting for genre category winners will run until May 15th. Genre category winners are chosen by a combination of user and judges votes. Overall best video is determined at the sole discretion of the CIMVA judges, and will be selected from one of the 6 category winners.

$1000 Cash Prize will be awarded to the  winner with more prizes to be announced shortly.

All awards will be announced at a live awards ceremony held in June, 2025.