Ad legend, Rosie Arnold presided over this year’s jury, evaluating a larger number of entries, at the Kinsale Awards.
The Grand Prix:
The Grand Prix was won by AMV BBDO for Bodyform/Libresse’s Blood Normal (entered in Integrated)
Two Golds were awarded in Integrated:
- VCCP UK, Oops, for O2 screen replacement
- AMV BBDO, Trash Isles, for LADBible & The Plastic Oceans Foundation
Creative Bravery:
2 Creative Bravery awards were awarded
- AMV BBDO won one for Bodyfom/Libresse Blood Normal
- Mother won one for for KFC’s FCK.
Agency of the Year was won by BBDO New York
Network of the Year was won by BBDO
Best International New Director was won by German, Christian Schilling, for a trio of test ads: Kill The Noise, The Man with a Coin and Pomegranate
Best Irish New Director was won by Carol Freeman for The Bird and the Whale
Ambient International:
Seven Golds were awarded.
- Rothco’s sensational #JFKUnilsenced for The Times won 2
Rothco & The Times: JFK delivers the greatest speech never made
- Bensimon Byrne’s Break Bread Smash Stigma for Casey House, Casey House, Canada’s only stand-alone hospital for people living with HIV/AIDS won 2
- Energy BBDO, Prescribed to Death for National Safety Council, won 1
Energy BBDO reveals US opioid deaths with a wall of 22,000 pills
- BETC Paris won 1 for Save our Species for Lacoste
- AMV BBDO won 1 for Trash Isles for LADBible & Plastic Ocean Foundation
Film International:
3 Golds were handed out:
- Riff Raff, Nothing Beats a Londoner for Nike, with Wieden + Kennedy
- VCCP UK, Beach Huts, for Cadbury Twirl
- VCCP UK, Coast for Cadbury
Film Craft International:
8 Golds here handed out
- Nexus Studios, #Take on History for AELTC Wimbledon Championships in Animation
- Nexus Studios, The Fearless are Here, for BBC Winter Olympics in Art Direction/Production Design
- Sonny London, Take Them All On for BT Sport in Casting
- Framestore, The Faith of the Few for Mini in Colour Grading
- Blue Films, Hope for International Committee of the Red Cross in Direction
- Riff Raff, Nothing Beats a Londoner, for Nike in Direction
- MPC, Christmas 2017 for Edeka
Jung von Matt: Edeka’s has to be the Christmas ad of the year
- BBDO New York, The Face of Distracted Driving, for AT&T It Can Wait
Branded Content:
1 Gold was handed out:
Energy BBDO US, Prescribed to Death, for National Safety Council
Design:
Two Golds were handed out:
- The Line Animation Studio, Hallucinations, for Gucci
- Energy BBDO, Prescribed to Death, for National Safety Council
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Music and Sound:
Two Golds were hand out:
- John Lewis Bohemian Rhapsody (in Sound Mixing)
adam&eve/DDB: John Lewis puts its heart into another epic ad
- Goldstein, Together Again, for Dementia UK (in Original Music
Print:
One Gold was handed out:
BBDO Dublin, X Ray Story, for National Children’s Hospital
There were no Gold sharks awarded in Radio or in Digital.
Best Short Film went to:
Wren Boys, directed by Harry Lighton, written by Harry Lighton & John Fitzpatrick and produced by Sorcha Bacon through production company, Try Hard Films
Best International Music Video went to:
Rosalia’s Malamente, directed by Canada and produced by Canada
