Debut French Jury Opts for 8 Finalists at This Year’s Immortal Awards

For the first time in the competition’s history, a French jury served at this year’s Immortal Awards. 

Meeting on Monday October 9th, leading names from across the market joined forces online to pore through a 20 project shortlist and decide which, if any, would be crowned the Immortal’s inaugural French Finalists.

Following an afternoon of rigorous debate, eight projects were selected and will now go through to the regional European round of judging.

The Immortal Awards 2023 France Finalists are:

CANAL+ - Papa (submitted by BETC Paris)

Honda Moto - The Beautiful Fail (submitted by DDB Paris)

Lacoste - Unexpected Encounters (submitted by BETC Paris)

Renault - Plug-Inn (submitted by Publicis Conseil)

Renault - Time Fighters (submitted by Publicis Conseil)

Solar Impulse - Prêt à Voter (submitted by Publicis Conseil)

TAG Heuer - The Chase for Carrera (submitted by DDB Paris)

Volkswagen Group France - Inside Jobs (submitted by DDB Paris)

The eight projects will go up against the Finalists from the other European jury days - including UK, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Spain and the Nordics - as well as the best work from around the region at the European round of judging on Friday 20th October. They’ll be competing for a place in the final, global round of judging and ultimately a chance at winning an Immortal Award. 

Those on the first ever French jury were: Samy Benama, chief creative officer at Change Paris, part of the FCB Alliance; Cécile Bitoun, CEO at Dentsu Creative France; Damien Canameras, head of 2D at The Mill Paris; Alexandra Evan, vice president at Publicis Conseil; Tanja Grubner, global innovation, brand and communications director at Essity; Dimitri Guerassimov, CCO/CEO at VMLY&R France; Alexander Kalchev, chief creative officer at DDB Paris; Alasdhair Macgregor, VP, ECD at BETC Paris; Laetitia Neves, head of production at Sid Lee Paris; Valerie Planchez, vice president at Havas Paris; and Ibrahim Seck, creative director at MediaMonks Paris.

The rest of the work that made it to the Immortal Awards 2023 France Shortlist but didn’t make it through to the next round included:

Brand - Project (Entrant Company)

Aldi - Cinderella (Henry)

Back Market - Sorry Cats (Henry)

CANAL+ - Dystitles (BETC Paris)

Hennessy - Life is the creates Odyssey (DDB Paris)

Just Dance / Ubisoft - Just Dance 23: Welcome to the Party that Never Ends (Eddy)

Lancome / Start Rec - Hapta by Lancome (Cezame Music Agency)

Orange - Trust Journey (The Mill Paris)

Peugeot - Drawn by Attraction (The Mill Paris)

Renault - The Store (Soldats)

Se Loger - On Ne Choisit Pas Ses Voisins (LA/PAC)

Sista Fund/UN Women France - InMySeat (BETC Paris)

Ubisoft - The Crew: Welcome to Motorfest (Sid Lee Paris)