Jury Team of KIAF 2023 Is Replenished with Latest Names

Experts from 19 countries have already entered the Kyiv International Advertising Festival jury, and judging recruitment is still ongoing. The All-Ukrainian Advertising Coalition introduces the new judges of the KIAF and reminds about the entry registration to the 2023 contest programme.

At this stage, the judges are representatives of different jury teams. There will be five teams at the KIAF this year, the jury teams will be published soon.

We are pleased to present the specialists who have already joined the KIAF 2023.

• Luka Bajs, executive creative director, SHIFT, Slovenia
• Bayyina Black, global director, sustainability & impact, Make/Good, R/GA, USA
• Raphael Brinkert, founder, brinkertlück, Germany
• Chrystel Jung, associate creative director, BETC Paris, France
• Tytus Klepacz, content and creative consultant, PZL Warsaw, Poland
• Marius Lukošius, creative director, Not Perfect Vilnius, Lithuania
• Nail Muratov, creative director, SEED, Kazakhstan
• Lizzie Murray, studio director, W+K Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Marsel Levi, creative director, Noble Graphics, Bulgaria
• Heli Roiha, creative director, SEK, Finland 

Experts with judging experience and awards of international festivals/contests including the Cannes Lions are always involved in the judging of KIAF.

"Make the world a better place" is the message that Ukrainian advertisers convey to the world through KIAF 2023. The most prestigious advertising festival of Ukraine is dedicated exclusively to socially significant communications.

The festival has already received works from 13 countries such as: Australia, Chile, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Kazakhstan, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Ukraine, USA, Venezuela. 

The festival includes 13 contests, among which a special place is occupied by the PEACE contest, aimed to fight against war, aggression, genocide, crimes against humanity. As well, contest entries must demonstrate ideas aimed to change the world: to change perception and inspire action toward helping the environment; to fight against racial, ethnic, religious and other discriminations; to achieve gender equality and empowerment for all; to reduce poverty and hunger everywhere; to support, protect, and conserve animals and wildlife, etc.

Works that were implemented from January 2022 to May 2023 can participate in the contest programme of the festival.

Entry submission is open here.

Regular deadline – April 1st, 2023.

Join the festival and let’s make the world a better place together!