3 North American Projects Reach Immortal Awards Global Final
The third regional round of judging at this year’s Immortal Awards took place on Friday November 3rd with the North American jury meeting in Chicago.
Continuing its support of the region’s jury day, Whitehouse Post hosted the session in which nine jurors from across Canada and the US gathered to decide which projects would go through to the final, global round of judging as North American Finalists.
The jury debated an 11-piece shortlist, made up of the six Canadian Finalists and five US Finalists.
Following an intense afternoon of discussions, the jury ultimately landed on three projects that they deemed good enough to represent the region as North American Finalists.
The Immortal Awards 2023 North American Finalists are:
Apple - The Greatest (submitted by Somesuch and Trim Editing)
Decathlon - Ability Signs (submitted by Rethink)
Kraft Heinz - Heinz Ketchup Fraud (submitted by Rethink)
The three projects now have a chance of winning an Immortal Award or picking up a Commendation at the global jury day on Thursday, December 7th. They will be joined by the seven European Finalists and six MEA Finalists, as well as the forthcoming Finalists from the LATAM, Asia and ANZ jury sessions. To check out all the Local and Regional Immortal Awards Finalists that have already been announced, click here.
Those on this year’s NA jury were: Jordan Doucette, chief creative officer at Dentsu Creative Canada; Mike Dubrick, chief creative officer and partner at Rethink; Neil Heymann, global chief creative officer at Accenture Song; Graham Lang, North American chief creative officer at TAXI;Britt Nolan, president and chief creative officer at Leo Burnett Chicago; Myra Nussbaum, president and chief creative officer at Havas Chicago; Andrés Ordóñez, chief creative officer at FCB Chicago and LA; Tania Sethi, chief production officer at Hogarth North America; and Matthew Wood, partner and editor at Whitehouse Post.
The rest of the work that made it to the Immortal Awards 2023 North America Shortlist but didn’t make it through to the next round included:
Brand - Title (Entrant)
adidas - The Original Impossible (submitted by PRETTYBIRD US)
Child Rescue Coalition - Confessions of a Predator (submitted by David & Goliath)
Go RVing Canada - You Are Out There (submitted by Broken Heart Love Affair)
IKEA - The Troll (submitted by Nimiopere)
Jane/Finch Community Centre - Bill it to Bezos (submitted by Angry Butterfly)
Microsoft - ADLaM: An Alphabet to Preserve a Culture (submitted by McCann New York)
Muskrat Magazine - Missing Matoaka (submitted by BBDO Canada)
Nike Jordan - Beyond (submitted by Object & Animal and The Elements Music)
