Corin Hardy’s superb ‘cigarette packet men’ video for The Prodigy’s Warrior’s Dance has won best video at this year’s Rushes Soho Shorts’ awards.

Corin accepted the best video prize from veteran music video and movie director Andy Morahan for Warrior’s Dance – an extraordinary exercise in storytelling mostly using complex puppetry – at the annual Rushes Soho Shorts prizegiving bash in London last night (July 30).

Runners-up for the best video award were Dougal Wilson’s video for Coldplay’s Life In Technicolour II, and Spanish video No Corras Tanto (Take It Easy) directed by Cesar Diaz.

Corin tells Promo: “It was a great night & a real surprise to win - the sponsored drink was Jamesons whiskey & ginger, which is my favorite drink, so my head ain’t quite the same today, but the stained glass-styled award made it home in one piece. Cigarette packet people everywhere are doing a little celebratory Warrior Dance!”

The award comes just over a week before Corin Hardy performs guest host duties at the special BUG presentation at this year’s Big Chill festival. BUG – The Evil-ution of Music Video is a special horror music video-themed BUG show in the film tent at the Big Chill next Friday, August 7th.