Judging sessions for the Gerety Awards have been held around the world, and this week you can watch the jury insight panels LIVE from the UK, USA, Brazil, Canada, France, Australia, South East Asia, Romania, LATAM, Spain, South Africa, MEA and Colombia. The Melbourne executive jury was led by Stefanie DiGianvincenzo, creative lead at META.

Shortlist Highlights:

• Germany, USA, UK and France are the countries with the most works among the finalists.
• VML is the most shortlisted network
• Kazakhstan, Paraguay and Croatia get into the shortlist for the first time at Gerety.
• Art Direction has achieved the most shortlisted entries into the Craft CUT with works including Unwrap The Summer, Connecting Europe and In Hot Water.
• The most shortlisted campaign is Dancing Washers for Whirlpool by VML México.

Representing Australia, Clemenger BBDO is shortlisted with the campaigns, Clash of Commuters and Packed Full of History for Samsung. Howatson+Company is shortlisted with Rejenerated for Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Appeal Appeal for UNICEF Australia.

The Grand jury will now choose the final winners which will be announced Tuesday, September 2. It will include Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Grand Prix, along with the overall Network and Agency of the year winners. 

FINCH has won the Australian Production Company of the Year Award with 36 Months, Fear Not for Modibodi and Make New Zealand the Best Place in the World to Have Herpes for The New Zealand Herpes Foundation.

Corey Esse, managing director at FINCH, commented, “It’s an honour to be recognised for a second year in a row as Gerety’s Australian Production Company of the Year. This has been an incredible year of adventure for FINCH, and the body of work we submitted represents that very ethos. We are super proud of the team and the client partners who helped make it happen.”

To learn more about the selection of the jury, join some of this year’s Melbourne Jury on Thursday, June 12, here, as they discuss trends and favourite campaigns from the 2025 Gerety Awards.

The Australian Jury Insight panel will be moderated by Leah Morris, founder and editor of Mavens and the panel includes Stefanie DiGianvincenzo, creative lead, META; Robyn Bergmann, creative director; Huei Yin Wong, senior art director, Howatson+Company and Becky Morriss, creative director, DDB.

See the full shortlist at www.geretyawards.com