The finalists for the 41st AWARD Awards have been announced today across all categories.
The finalists for the 41st AWARD Awards have been announced today across all categories.
A full list of finalists can be accessed here.
By section, those agencies with the most finalists include:
Advertising - DDB Group New Zealand with 25; CHE Proximity with 16; The Monkeys with 14; Clemenger BBDO Wellington and Special Group Australia with 11; BMF, DDB Sydney and TBWA/Sydney with 8 and Leo Burnett and TBWA/Melbourne with 6.
Design - DDB Group New Zealand, Raydar and TBWA\HAKUHODO with 3; BMF, CHE Proximity, Block Branding, Houston Group, Liquorish Brand and Digital, Rabbit Content, TBWA\India, and The Monkeys with 2.
Craft - Revolver/Will O’Rourke with 21; FINCH with 18; Good Oil with 17; Sweetshop with 10; DDB Group New Zealand and Scoundrel with 9; Alt.vfx, CHE Proximity and The Editors with 6; ARC Edit, Assembly, DDB Sydney and TBWA\Sydney with 5.
Film & Entertainment - BMF with 14; DDB Group New Zealand with 9; DDB Sydney and The Monkeys with 8, CHE Proximity with 5, Special Group Australia with 4, and Bear Meets Eagle on Fire and FINCH with 3.
Innovation - CHE Proximity and Leo Burnett with 2; Clemenger BBDO Sydney, DDB Group New Zealand, LIDA Australia and Ogilvy Sydney all with 1.
Media - DDB Group New Zealand with 4; CHE Proximity and Special Group Australia with 3 and M&C Saatchi with 2.
Purpose - CHE Proximity with 6; Ogilvy Group Thailand, TBWA\HAKUHODO, TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno and The Monkeys all with 2.
Planning (APG Creative Strategy) - BMF with 9; Clemenger BBDO Wellington with 6; DDB Sydney and Host/Havas with 3; CHE Proximity, M&C Saatchi and whiteGREY all with 2.
Planning (Brand Building) - only winners will be announced.
Chairs for the Juries are:
Digital - Craig Brooks
Press, Poster and The Dark Arts - Sarah Barclay
Media Thinking - Russ Tucker, TBWA’s Eleven PR \ FH
Impact - Pia Chaudhuri, BMF
Design - Michaela Webb, Round
Culture - Michael Hilliard, FINCH
Sound - Kim Pick, VMLY&R
Film - Jeff Goodby, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Craft in Motion - Wilf Sweetland, Sweetshop
Life-Changing - Tea Uglow, Google Creative Lab
APG Creative Strategy (1) - Andrew Howie, Amazon
APG Creative Strategy (2) - Sudeep Gohil, KPMG
Brand Building - Brent Smart, IAG
AWARD thanks all Judges for their time and dedication to the awards. A full list of judges can be found here.
AWARD would also like to thank our sponsors Adstream, Alt.vfx, Campaign Brief, Google, Stellar Entertainment, and The Editors.