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The finalists for the 42nd AWARD Awards have been announced today across all categories.

The finalists for the 42nd 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 - CHE Proximity with 39; Leo Burnett Melbourne with 14; WiTH Collective with 13; DDB Sydney, Special Group New Zealand, and VMLY&R Melbourne with 9; M&C Saatchi with 8; Special Group Australia with 7; Clemenger BBDO Melbourne and Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne with 6; and BMF with 5.

Design - CHE Proximity and Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne with 3; DDB Sydney, Leo Burnett Melbourne, Special Group New Zealand, TBWA\HAKUHODO and TBWA\New Zealand with 2; and Birger Linke Design, Headjam, Houston Group, M35, Tencent, whiteGREY, and WiTH Collective with 1.

Craft - Revolver with 10; FINCH, Rumble Studios, The Glue Society with 7; VMLY&R Melbourne with 5; Bear Meets Eagle On Fire, Special Group New Zealand, Tencent with 4; and ARC EDIT, Buck, Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, DIVISION, Liquid Studios, M&C Saatchi, Photoplay / Playtime, Scoundrel, Squeak E. Clean Studios, and TBWA\Thailand with 3.

Film & Entertainment - BMF and Special Group Australia with 5; CHE Proximity, Special Group New Zealand, and The Monkeys Melbourne with 4; M&C Saatchi with 3; and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne, Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand, Thinkerbell, and WiTH Collective with 2.

Innovation - CHE Proximity with 2; and Eardrum, McCann Australia, Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne, TBWA\New Zealand, and Thinkerbell with 1.

Media - CHE Proximity with 7, Leo Burnett Melbourne and WiTH Collective with 3; Special Group Australia with 2.

Purpose - Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne with 5; whiteGREY with 4; CHE Proximity with 3; Leo Burnett Sydney and Thinkerbell with 2.

Planning (APG Creative Strategy) - BMF with 5; Special Group New Zealand with 3; M&C Saatchi and Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne with 2.

Planning (Brand Building) - M&C Saatchi with 1.

The AWARD Awards ceremony will take place virtually via a live-stream on Friday 21 May 2021 3pm (AEST). Register to stream it here

AWARD will also be holding an in-person creative festival from 10 - 17 August 2021 which, among other things, will celebrate and highlight the winners at an in-person cocktail function. Special Awards will also be judged and announced at the festival.

More details will be announced soon.

Chairs for the Juries are: 

Digital - Claudia Cristovao, Google, APAC

Press, Poster and The Dark Arts - Mandie van der Merwe, M&C Saatchi 

Media Thinking - Tom Martin, Special Group

Impact - Samira Ansari, FCB, NY

Design - Jamie Mitchell, M35

Culture - Lauren Costa, JOAN Creative, NY

Sound - Justine Armour, Grey, NY

Film - Laura Petruccelli, Goodby Silverstein & Partners, San Fran

Craft in Motion - Kim Gehrig, Revolver / Somesuch, LA 

Life-Changing - Genevieve Hoey, Freelance

APG Creative Strategy & Brand Building - Chrissy Blackburn, West 82nd

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.