The Immortal Awards Reveals 5 German Finalists

The Immortal Awards rounded off its country based European jury sessions in Germany, with five projects receiving Finalist status following the German jury day held in partnership with Zauberberg Productions.

The third shortlist of the year saw the 17 highest-scoring projects from the initial online round of judging make it through to the in-person day, which was judged by a dedicated German jury on Wednesday 12th October.

Having introduced the German jury to the Immortals last year, it was the first time that day was held in person with the jury’s job to decide which projects, if any, were to qualify for the regional European round of judging as German Finalists.

Following an afternoon of diligent debate, five projects were given the nod to qualify for the European round of judging as Finalists, representing German advertising on the regional stage.

The five projects joined the Finalists from the UK and Irish jury days, alongside the highest scoring work from the rest of the region, at the European round of judging on Friday 14th October. The European Finalists will be revealed later in the week.

The best work from Europe will then qualify for the final, global round of judging which will take place on December 1st and see the Finalists from every region compete for an Immortal Award or Commendation status.

Those on this year’s German jury were: Frank Siegl (managing director and partner, Zauberberg Productions), Kristine Holzhausen (managing director creative, DDB Düsseldorf), Marielle Wilsdorf (chief creative officer, GGH MullenLowe),  Meike Kornrumpf  (executive producer, Antoni), Ricardo Wolff (executive creative director, Innocean Berlin), Sabine Kuckuck (creative director, thjnk), Tanja Grubner (global marketing director, Essity), Till Diestel (chief creative officer, Serviceplan Germany) and Werner Klemm (CEO, Rekorder).

The rest of the work that made it to the Immortal Awards 2022 German Shortlist included:

Anne Frank House - The Bookcase For Tolerance (Innocean Worldwide Europe and MassiveMusic Berlin)

Container Love - Love Has No Label (86Tales)

Deutsche Parkinson Vereinigung e.V. (German Parkinson Association) - Staybl (Havas Germany)

Hornbach - Unleashed (Company 3 London and Machine London)

Hornbach - Von Dir (TPF - Tony Petersen Film GmbH)

IKEA - Finally Home (Zauberberg Productions)

IKEA - Merkel (thjnk)

IKEA - Unbelievable (thjnk)

Mercedes Benz - Immortal Love: G Class (playdis)

Mercedes Benz - She Is The Music (Zauberberg Productions)

o2 - The Every Home (REKORDER and shelter.film)

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) - The Truth Wins (DDB Group Germany)