BBDO agencies have won 26 of the 63 shortlisted spots in the 55th Kinsale Shark awards’ Advertising, Digital and Design categories.

Kinsale has partnered with Creative Social for the second time to host and curate its speaker events on Friday September 22 and Saturday September 23. Speakers include Rosie Arnold, creative partner and head of art at AMV BBDO; Andy Sandoz ex-president of D&AD and NYC ex-gang leader and activist, Antonio Fernandez.

Energy BBDO USA has 6 shortlisted entries in print/outdoor/ambient/digital, five of them for charity, Off the Street Club.

BBDO New York has 11 shortlisted entries, including one spot for Evan for Sandy Hook Promise and three for InstantDJ for Bacardi, in which the agency turned an Instagram Story into a DJ simulator using a creative hack of the platform.

BBDO NY: Bacardi’s Instagram Stories hack let fans become DJs.

BETC’s Like my Addiction for Addict Aide is one of BETC’s three shortlisted entries.

BETC’s Instagram star, Louise Delage, makes you rethink addiction

Publicis London’s Game of Thrones Tapestry has scored three shortlist spots.

Publicis London: Game of Thrones, the tapestry version

Winners will be announced tonight, Saturday September 23.

Full shortlist here: Kinsale adv SHORTLIST

The winners in Short Film and Music Video were announced on Friday September 22. View them here: Kinsale short film & video winners