Cheil Worldwide Wins 4 Grand Prix at MAD STARS 2023

Cheil Worldwide won a total of 32 awards including four Grand Prix, six golds, four silvers, six bronzes, and twelve crystals at MAD STARS 2023. By winning four Grand Prix, Cheil Worldwide received the most Grand Prix than any other agencies at this year’s festival while also renewing its own record. MAD STARS revealed all the winners on the last day of the festival held in Busan, South Korea from August 23rd to August 25th. 

A total of twelve trophies including four Grand Prix, one each from Innovation Stars, Interactive Stars, Mobile Stars, and Sustainability Development Goals Stars, went to 'Knock Knock'. 'Knock Knock' offers a solution that enables victims of domestic violence to alert the police and request assistance without saying a word. After dialling 112 and simply tapping any number twice, a link is sent to them that will immediately allow the police to track their location, monitor the situation, and communicate secretly. The campaign also won five golds, a silver, a bronze, and a crystal. 

Film Stars Gold winner 'Film in the Dark: Faith' by Cheil Worldwide Seoul is a short film entirely filmed with a Samsung Galaxy smartphone by the esteemed and award-winning director, Na Hong-jin. Combining elements of horror and suspense through dark imagery, the film explores the lengths people are willing to go for their personal values. The film also won one Crystal. 

'Samsung Unfear' by Cheil Worldwide Spain won three Silvers, one each from Radio & Audio Stars, Strategy Stars, and Sustainability Development Goals Stars. For people with autism who suffer panic attacks due to hypersensitivity to specific noises, this AI-powered app filters and suppresses only those fear-triggering sounds that affect the user in real time without cancelling all the noise. The work also grabbed three Bronzes and three Crystals. 

Cheil Worldwide Seoul’s '#SaveBirds' picked up a Bronze in Media Stars. To prevent as many as eight million birds a year from dying due to collision with transparent soundproof walls and glass windows, the stickers were attached at 5x5 intervals to spots where people tweeted the scene of the bird collision using the #SaveBirds hashtag and location tag so the birds can recognise the wall as obstacles. The campaign also won three Crystals. 

One Bronze in Film Stars went to 'The Era of 8K Big Screen' by Cheil Worldwide Seoul. The film emphasizes the new level of sharpness and detail of Samsung's big-screen TV giving a realistic and immersive viewing experience. 

Other winning works include Cheil Worldwide Seoul’s 'All about Switching', a five-minute film on how switching to Samsung smartphones is easy and fun, 'Galaxy Book Art Project' involving an AI artist to create a customized laptop cover in just ten seconds, 'Yes We Canine' turning rescue dogs into candidates running in the election for adoption, and 'Sound to See. Color to Hear.' by Cheil Worldwide Kazakhstan highlights the immersive experience offered by Samsung's big-screen TV and sound bar duo. 

MAD STARS received more than 20,000 entries from 63 countries this year.