Five Grands Prix have been awarded in this year’s Sharks Advertising & Design Awards, and 39 Gold Shark Head trophies.
Grand Prix winners are:
- Advertising
Iconoclast and Stitch Editing won a Grand Prix each for their entries for MacMillan Whatever it Takes
ZuluAlphaKilo also won a Grand Prix for Tough Turban for Harley-Davidson
- Design
BigO won a Grand Prix for its Cork 1920: The Burning of a city exhibition for St Peters Cork
BBDO Guerrero won its Grand Prix for The Dissolving Bottle for Naturale Market.
- Agency of The Year was won by Canadian agency, ZuluAlphaKilo
- Production Company of the Year was shared by Riff Raff and Biscuit
- Sound Design Company of the Year was won by Factory
- Irish Agency of The Year was won by BBDO Dublin
- Irish Production Company of the Year was won by Banjoman
- Irish VFX Company of the Year was won by Pirhana Bar.
Film gold highlights include Tokyo Paralympics Super Human from 4Creative, MacMillan Whatever it Takes from Iconoclast Burberry Festive from Riff Raff.
In Film Craft, golds were awarded for direction, animation, art direction, cinematography, fashion directing, writing, VFX, editing, colour grading, use of stock footage, child direction, performance, title sequence, casting, animation, original music, sound mixing, use of licensed music, use of humour and sound design.
Shark Awards jury president and group creative director of Anomaly, L.A Ronayne, stated “Thirty-nine gold Shark trophies are on their way to well-deserved homes. It’s an increase from last year, but all hard won. The juries debated like champs, but the standard of craft and creativity has been exceptional. It’s a thrill for the world to be inspired by all the winners.”
The full list of winners is here.
The Sharks Short Film Awards are currently open for entries, deadline midnight GMT Sunday October 31.
Sharks Music Video Awards is open for entries, midnight GMT deadline 31st December Friday December 31.
