ANZ Jury Selects Eight Finalists at The Immortal Awards 2023
The penultimate regional jury day of The Immortal Awards 2023 played out on Tuesday (21st November) as the ANZ jury selected their Finalists.
The day, hosted by ARC EDIT, was the first time that the ANZ jury would be selecting work that would qualify directly for the final, global round of judging.
In previous years the ANZ Finalists would go through to a regional APAC jury day. However, this year the decision was made to separate ANZ from the rest of Asia to create two new regional sessions (ANZ and Asia).
An initial shortlist of 23 projects, which had scored the highest in the online round of judging, was reduced to just eight. Those eight will now progress as ANZ Finalists to final round of judging, in which they will compete again the Finalists from the other five regional jury sessions.
The Immortal Awards 2023 ANZ Finalists are:
10:PM - Bed-Verts (submitted by Howatson+Company)
Honest Eggs Co. - FitChix (submitted by VMLY&R Melbourne and AIRBAG)
Kathmandu - Summer Never Sleeps (submitted by Special Group and Scoundrel)
NRMA Insurance - Until Then (submitted by Bear Meets Eagle On Fire and ARC EDIT)
Partners Life - Last Performance (submitted by Special Group Auckland)
Samsung - Flipvertising (submitted by CHEP Network)
Team Heroine - Correct The Internet (submitted by DDB New Zealand)
The Government of Tuvalu - The First Digital Nation (submitted by The Monkeys)
The eight 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 Europe Finalists, six MEA Finalists, three North America Finalists and six LATAM Finalists, as well as the forthcoming Finalists from the Asia jury session. To check out all the Local and Regional Immortal Awards Finalists that have already been announced, click here.
Those on this year’s ANZ jury were: Cam Bell, creative director at The Monkeys, Part of Accenture Song; Gavin Chimes, executive creative director at Howatson+Company ; Lisa Fedyszyn, executive creative director at Special NZ; Sarah McGregor, executive creative director at Dentsu Creative Australia; Gavin McLeod, chief creative officer at CHEP Network; Paul Nagy, chief creative officer at VMLY&R APAC; Joseph Perkins, managing director and co-founder of ARC EDIT + ARC FILM; Kate Roydhouse, executive producer at Sweetshop; Brent Smart, chief marketing officer at Telstra; Micah Walker, founder and chief creative officer at Bear Meets Eagle on Fire; and Leisa Wall, chief creative officer at FCB NZ.
The rest of the work that made it to the Immortal Awards 2023 ANZ Shortlist but didn’t make it through to the next round included:
Brand - Title (Entrant)
Aldi - Shop Aldi First (FINCH)
Consent Labs - Classify Consent (TBWA\Sydney)
Diageo Australia - Bundy Mixer (Leo Burnett Sydney)
Hell Pizza - AfterLife Pay (Yarn)
Macpac - Weather Anything (The Monkeys Melbourne and ARC EDIT)
Maurice Blackburn - EXHIBIT A-i (Howatson+Company)
mycar Tyre & Auto - R Plates (TBWA\Sydney)
National Gallery of Victoria - What Makes You Bleed? (Leo Burnett Australia)
Samsung - Reverse Auction (CHEP Network)
Skinny Mobile - Phone It In (Colenso BBDO)
Suncorp Insurance - Resilience Road (Leo Burnett Sydney)
TAB - Australia's National Sport Is… (FINCH)
The Matildas - Til It's Done (Ogilvy Australia)
Virgin Australia - Middle Seat Lottery (Special Group Sydney)
We Are Warriors - Through the Fire (R/GA Australia)
Thanks to our wonderful Immortal Awards partners
The Mill
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Brill Building | Company 3 | Framestore | JSM Music | Motherland
Screen Scene | Zauberberg Productions | Zulu Alpha Kilo
ARC Edit | Chelsea Pictures | Gramercy Park Studios | Heckler
Howatson+Company | Park Pictures | Revolver Films
