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DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 60 SECONDS AND UNDER

Title: Backseat Whisperer

Client: New Zealand Transport Authority Waka Kotahi

Entrant Company: FINCH

Director: Michael Hili

Production Company: FINCH

Agency: McCann NZ

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 60 SECONDS AND UNDER

Title: Booze Maths

Client: Waka Kotahi | New Zealand Transport Agency

Entrant Company: The Sweetshop

Director: Max Barden

Production Company: The Sweetshop

Agency: McCann New Zealand

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 60 SECONDS AND UNDER

Title: Can't Do That If You're Driving

Client: Uber

Entrant Company: FINCH

Director: Christopher Riggert

Production Company: FINCH

Agency: Special Group

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 60 SECONDS AND UNDER

Title: Go Wild India

Client: Puma

Entrant Company: 100 Feet Films

Director: Staj Soften

Production Company: 100 Feet Films

Agency: Puma

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 60 SECONDS AND UNDER

Title: The Māori Roll Call

Client: Whānau Ora

Entrant Company: Supernormal

Director: Reagen Butler

Production Company: Supernormal

Agency: Motion Sickness

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 61 TO 120 SECONDS

Title: Beers Do Come True

Client: Balter

Entrant Company: Scoundrel

Director: Ariel Martin

Production Company: Scoundrel

Agency: A Time in Place

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 61 TO 120 SECONDS

Title: Double You

Client: Westpac

Entrant Company: Scoundrel

Director: Michael Spiccia

Production Company: Scoundrel

Agency: The Tuesday Club

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | 61 TO 120 SECONDS

Title: It's Better With Spark

Client: Spark New Zealand

Entrant Company: The Sweetshop

Director: Damien Shatford

Production Company: The Sweetshop

Agency: Colenso BBDO

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | OVER 120 SECONDS

Title: Go Mongolia

Client: Go MonGolia

Entrant Company: Mr+Positive Singapore

Director: Patrick Fileti

Production Company: Mr+Positive Singapore

Agency: Edelman

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | OVER 120 SECONDS

Title: 'HVL’ - 360° Album Trailer'

Client: Apple

Entrant Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

Director: Phương Vũ (Antiantiart)

Production Company: Antiantiart and Incite*

Agency: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

DIRECTION | OVER 120 SECONDS

Title: Tourism Australia - Come and say G'day

Client: Tourism Australia

Entrant Company: Exit Films

Director: Stefan Hunt / Mark Molloy

Production Company: Exit Films

Agency: Droga5

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

NEW TALENT IN COMMERCIALS

Title: BGMI x Royal Enfield

Client: Krafton India (Shyam Kumar)

Entrant Company: Hammerhead

Director: Vinod Ravie

Production Company: Hammerhead

Agency: Hammerhead

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

NEW TALENT IN COMMERCIALS

Title: The Brutal Pick-Up

Client: LYKA

Entrant Company: DIVISION

Director: Harry Welsh

Production Company: DIVISION

Agency: OUTSIDE IN

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

FASHION & LUXURY

Title: Jung Kook - Global Brand Ambassador

Client: Hublot

Entrant Company: kidzfrmnowhere

Director: YUANN

Production Company: Phantasm

Agency: kidzfrmnowhere

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

FASHION & LUXURY

Title: The Audition

Client: Armani Beauty x to Be Magazine

Entrant Company: to Be magazine

Director: Riley Hart

Production Company: to Be magazine

Agency: to Be magazine

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

SHORT FILM

Title: Boy on Fire

Entrant Company: Blue Soup Productions

Director: Alies Sluiter

Production Company: Blue Soup Productions

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

SHORT FILM

Title: EGGS

Entrant Company: DIVISION

Director: Zac Wiesel

Production Company: DIVISION

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

SHORT FILM

Title: The Shirt Off Your Back

Entrant Company: Good Oil

Director: David Robinson-Smith

Production Company: Good Oil

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

MUSIC VIDEO

Title: "Dirty Work" Shot on iPhone 16 Pro

Artist: aespa (Client: Apple)

Entrant Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab Seoul

Director: -

Production Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab Seoul (Advertising Agency)

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

MUSIC VIDEO

Title: Addicted to Bass

Artist: Dom Dolla

Entrant Company: Valve Studio

Director: Kyle Caulfield, Charles Buxton-Leslie

Production Company: Valve Studio, Cool Studio

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

MUSIC VIDEO

Title: Mamma Mia

Artist: izna

Entrant Company: kidzfrmnowhere

Director: YUANN

Production Company: AEDIASTUDIO / kidzfrmnowhere

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

MUSIC VIDEO

Title: PRIME |feat. BIGYUKI & JK Kim

Artist: TOMOAKI BABA

Entrant Company: Spoon Inc.

Director: Director+Animator:Hoji Tsuchiya

Production Company: Spoon Inc.

DIRECTION 2026

Finalist

MUSIC VIDEO

Title: Stampede

Artist: Genesis Owusu

Entrant Company: Ourness

Director: Isaac Brown

Production Company: Phenomena

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Title: Go Mongolia

Client: Go MonGolia

Entrant Company: Mr+Positive Singapore

Director: Patrick Fileti

Production Company: Mr+Positive Singapore

Agency: Edelman

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Title: Goldwin 75TH ANNIVERSARY

Client: Goldwin

Entrant Company: haku.inc

Director: Kazuhiko Hiramaki

Production Company: CEKAI

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Title: Same Same

Client: Samsung

Entrant Company: FINCH

Director: Stephen Carroll

Production Company: FINCH

Agency: McCann NZ

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Title: So, Pour A Sapporo

Client: Sapporo

Entrant Company: Collider

Director: Dylan Duclos

Production Company: Collider

Agency: Sunday Gravy

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Title: 'HVL’ - 360° Album Trailer'

Client: Apple

Entrant Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

Director: Phương Vũ (Antiantiart)

Production Company: Antiantiart and Incite*

Agency: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Title: Second Life Sounds

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: Revolver

Director: Performance Film Director: Matt Devine, Design Film Director: Scott Stirling

Production Company: Revolver

Agency: +61 with Bear Meets Eagle on Fire

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Title: Speed Demons

Client: New Zealand Transport Authority Waka Kotahi

Entrant Company: FINCH

Director: Michael Hili

Production Company: FINCH

Agency: McCann NZ

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Title: The Future of Finance

Client: Airwallex

Entrant Company: Photoplay

Director: Gustav Bondeson

Production Company: Photoplay

Agency: Special Australia

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CASTING

Title: Double You

Client: Westpac

Entrant Company: Scoundrel

Director: Michael Spiccia

Production Company: Scoundrel

Agency: The Tuesday Club

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CASTING

Title: Go Mongolia

Client: Go MonGolia

Entrant Company: Mr+Positive Singapore

Director: Patrick Fileti

Production Company: Mr+Positive Singapore

Agency: Edelman

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CASTING

Title: Reserved for Mates

Client: Coopers

Entrant Company: Revolver

Director: Matt Devine

Production Company: Revolver

Agency: Sunday Gravy

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

LOW BUDGET

Title: A Rescue Doesn’t Judge

Client: Animal Welfare

Entrant Company: Scoundrel

Director: Lucy Knox

Production Company: Scoundrel

Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

LOW BUDGET

Title: Ride Beyond Limits

Client: Krafton

Entrant Company: Hammerhead

Director: Vinod Ravi

Production Company: Hammerhead

Agency: Krafton

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CAMPAIGN

Title: Nike CHBL 2025

Client: Nike

Entrant Company: Hamlet

Director: Folkert Verdoorn

Production Company: Hamlet

Agency: WIEDEN+KENNEDY Shanghai

PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

CAMPAIGN

Title: Speed Demons

Client: New Zealand Transport Authority Waka Kotahi

Entrant Company: FINCH

Director: Michael Hili

Production Company: FINCH

Agency: McCann NZ

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

VFX

Title: Drumroll

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: BlockheadVFX

Director: Martin Krejci

Production Company: EXIT Films, Ruffian LLC, Merman

Agency: +61

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

VFX

Title: 'HVL’ - 360° Album Trailer'

Client: Apple

Entrant Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

Director: Phương Vũ (Antiantiart)

Production Company: Antiantiart and Incite*

Agency: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

VFX

Title: Scamaggedon

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: BlockheadVFX

Director: Randy Krallman

Production Company: Smuggler

Agency: Bear Meets Eagle on Fire & +61

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

EDITING

Title: Get Your Pickle On

Client: Picklebet

Entrant Company: ARC

Director: Jesse James McElroy

Production Company: The Sweetshop

Agency: Kerfuffle

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

EDITING

Title: Lessons

Client: Apple

Entrant Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab APAC (India)

Director: Ayappa

Production Company: Earlyman Film

Agency: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab APAC (India)

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

EDITING

Title: Life Keeps Coming

Client: My Muscle Chef

Entrant Company: Photoplay

Director: Michael Gupta

Production Company: Photoplay

Agency: Thinkerbell

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

ANIMATION

Title: CRAFTMAN.SHIPS

Client: SHIPS LTD.

Entrant Company: HAKUHODO Gravity Inc.

Director: ATSUSHI MAKINO

Production Company: HAKUHODO CABIN Inc.

Agency: HAKUHODO Gravity Inc.

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

ANIMATION

Title: GIST|Take Back What Matters — So We Don’t Melt Away

Client: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION

Entrant Company: Spoon inc.

Director: Masahito Kobayashi

Production Company: Spoon inc.

Agency: DENTSU INC.

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

AI PRODUCTION

Title: ULTIMA BRAND MOVIE

Client: ULTIMA

Entrant Company: Pyramid Film Inc.

Director: YUUUKI

Production Company: Pyramid Film Inc / Pyramid AI

Agency: Hakuhodo DY ONE

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

AI PRODUCTION

Title: You Don't Have To

Client: Tuborg

Entrant Company: Fin Design + Effects Asia

Director: Terence Neale

Production Company: Quad China

Agency: Ogilvy Hong Kong / Shanghai

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

SOUND DESIGN

Title: Here, You compose Life

Client: Hyundai E&C

Entrant Company: Paulus

Director: Yohan Jang

Production Company: Paulus

Agency: Paulus

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

SOUND DESIGN

Title: Umi Nori Collection VII

Client: Umi Nori

Entrant Company: Rumble Studios

Director: Harry Welsh

Production Company: DIVISION

Agency: Umi Nori

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

SOUND DESIGN

Title: Wherever We Go Again

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: Rumble Studios

Director: Smith & Foulkes

Production Company: Riff Raff

Agency: Bear Meets Eagle on Fire

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

USE OF MUSIC

Title: Get Your Pickle On

Client: Picklebet

Entrant Company: The Sweetshop

Director: Jesse James McElroy

Production Company: The Sweetshop

Agency: Kerfuffle

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

USE OF MUSIC

Title: GO MONGOLIA

Client: GOVERNMENT OF MONGOLIA

Entrant Company: made by ikigai

Director: Patrick Fileti

Production Company: Mr+Positive Singapore

Agency: Edelman Singapore

POST-PRODUCTION 2026

Finalist

USE OF MUSIC

Title: Yes, I DiDi

Client: DiDi

Entrant Company: Electric Sheep Music

Director: Jim Hosking

Production Company: Hooves

Agency: Hooves

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

FILM

Title: Just Enough Bank

Client: Bankwest

Entrant Company: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

Director: Steve Ayson

Production Company: 3&7

Agency: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

FILM

Title: Satellite Messaging

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

Director: Catherine Prowse

Production Company: Passion Animation

Agency: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

FILM

Title: The Ad That Can Only Be Seen On SBS

Client: SBS Australia

Entrant Company: The Sweetshop

Director: Damien Shatford

Production Company: The Sweetshop

Agency: Droga5

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

FILM

Title: Villains

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

Director: Randy Krallman

Production Company: Smuggler

Agency: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

LIVE EXPERIENCE & ACTIVATION

Title: Ponku on Pro

Client: Apple

Entrant Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab Seoul

Director: -

Production Company: -

Agency: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab Seoul

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

LIVE EXPERIENCE & ACTIVATION

Title: THE MISSING VERSE: COMPLETING THE BENTO SYMPHONY

Client: Zespri International Japan

Entrant Company: DENTSU INC.

Director: Sezan Iseda

Production Company: AOI Pro. Inc.

Agency: DENTSU INC.

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

DIGITAL EXPERIENCE & ACTIVATION

Title: 'HVL’ - 360° Album Trailer'

Client: Apple

Entrant Company: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

Director: Phương Vũ (Antiantiart)

Production Company: Antiantiart and Incite*

Agency: TBWA\ Media Arts Lab (Vietnam)

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

BRANDED COMEDY

Title: M ssing Piece

Client: KFC

Entrant Company: Carbon Films

Director: Bruno Bossi

Production Company: TaProd

Agency: Bananas & Publicis Thailand

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

BRANDED COMEDY

Title: Villains

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

Director: Randy Krallman

Production Company: Smuggler

Agency: Bear Meets Eagle On Fire

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL IMPACT

Title: 36 Months

Client: 36 Months

Entrant Company: FINCH

Production Company: FINCH

Agency: FINCH

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL IMPACT

Title: Paper Angels

Client: Paper Angels

Entrant Company: Entropico, Sebastian Hill-Esbrand, Gravy Films

Director: Sebastian Hill-Esbrand

Production Company: Entropico, Sebastian Hill-Esbrand, Gravy Films

Agency: DTC

IDEAS 2026

Finalist

SUSTAINABILITY & SOCIAL IMPACT

Title: Second Life Sounds

Client: Telstra

Entrant Company: Revolver

Director: Performance Film Director: Matt Devine, Design Film Director: Scott Stirling

Production Company: Revolver

Agency: +61 with Bear Meets Eagle on Fire

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