- Bear Meets Eagle On Fire named Individual Agency of the Year
- DDB named Agency Network of the Year
- FINCH named Production Company of the Year
The winners of the 46th annual AWARD Awards were announced tonight as part of This Way Up, AWARD’s annual creative festival in Sydney.
A total of 36 Gold pencils were awarded across 19 different campaigns, with a further 87 Silver and 177 Bronze pencils awarded. Special Awards were also awarded across 16 categories.
Bear Meets Eagle On Fire collected 8 golds across 4 pieces of work and was named Individual Agency of the Year.
DDB was crowned Agency Network of the Year, taking home 9 golds across 5 campaigns, with 6 for DDB Aotearoa and 3 for DDB Australia.
FINCH took home the Production Company of the Year Award, having been credited on the most awarded entries across the show.
The Grand Award was awarded to Motion Sickness and FINCH for Make New Zealand The Best Place In The World To Have Herpes, which also collected 4 golds.
Jury President Nils Leonard said: “Sometimes the best work does exactly what it shouldn’t. This work isn’t trying to fit into algorithms; it slices through them, using brash and childlike patter to make an important and grown-up point. The best work does more than answer a brief but becomes a reference point for a time; this stuff has that energy. Irreverent. Unignorable. Important”.
Other winners include Revolver, who picked up 4 golds; VML Australia, Special Australia, Wolf BKK, and It’s Friday, all with 2 golds; and Supermassive, TBWA\ Media Arts Lab Australia and Sonar Music all picked up 1.
The Best B2B Campaign, sponsored by LinkedIn, was awarded to Supermassive & FINCH for 36 Months.
AWARD Chair Mandie van der Merwe said: “Congratulations to every gold, silver and bronze winner at this year’s AWARD Awards. You’ve earned serious bragging rights across APAC and probably given your creative rivals a few wounds to lick. Your work didn’t just stand out; it made us lean in, moved us, and inspired action.
“A huge shout-out to our Special Awards winners as well. You’re at the pointy end of creativity, setting the benchmark for the work AWARD champions and celebrations in this part of the world.
“The AWARD Awards remain the most prestigious creative show in our region thanks to our world-class judges. My heartfelt thanks to our jury president, Nils Leonard, our jury chairs, and every judge who gave their time, energy and strong opinions freely, debating vigorously to uphold AWARD’s exacting standards for recognising creative excellence year after year.”
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46th AWARD Awards
View all the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners here.
View all the Special Award winners here.