Europe Sends 7 Projects to The Immortal Awards Global Round of Judging

The first regional round of judging at this year’s Immortal Awards took place on Friday October 20th as the European jury descended upon London. 

Hosted by European jury partners DEPT, the day saw 10 jurors from across Europe meet to decide which projects from the 46-piece shortlist would go through to the final, global round of judging as European Finalists.

The shortlist consisted of the Finalists from the Netherlands, Ireland, France, Germany, Nordics, Spain and UK jury days, as well as the highest-scoring work from the rest of Europe and the Grand Prix winners from the 2023 Golden Drum festival.

The jury selected seven projects to go forward to the next round of judging, in which they will compete against the Finalists from the remaining regional jury days.

The Immortal Awards 2023 European Finalists are:

British Airways - A British Original (submitted by Uncommon)

CANAL+ - Papa (submitted by BETC Paris)

Channel 4 - Channel 4 Idents 2023 (submitted by Channel 4 & Time Based Arts)

Evoca Foundation - Rise (submitted by Absolute)

Lacoste - Unexpected Encounters (submitted by BETC Paris)

Vanish - Me, My Autism & I (submitted by Havas UK, Whitehouse Post & 750mph)

Vow - The Mammoth Meatball (submitted by Wunderman Thompson Benelux)

The projects now have a shot at picking up an Immortal Award or receiving a Commendation at global jury day on Thursday December 7th. They will be joined by the Finalists from the MEA, North America, LATAM, Asia and ANZ jury sessions.

This year’s European jury was composed of: Sandra Bold, chief creative officer at Wunderman Thompson Benelux; Till Diestel, chief creative officer at Serviceplan Germany; Wayne Deakin, global creative principal at Wolff Olins; Liza Enebeis, founder of Studio Dumbar\DEPT; Tanja Grubner, global innovation, brand and communications director at Essity; Roisin Keown, founder of The Brill Building; Mike McGee, co-founder and chief creative officer at Framestore; Helen Rhodes, executive creative director at BBH London; Harjot Singh, global chief strategy officer at McCann Worldgroup; and Nic Taylor, SVP and head of agency at LEGO Group.

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

Brand - Project (Entrant Company)

audibene / hear.com - Jump ’n’ Hear – A Roblox Hearing Game. (Grabarz & Partner)

Barilla - Passive Cooking (LePub) 

Borussia Dortmund - A hand ball that could save your life. (Accenture Song Germany)

Cinego - The Impossible Campus (DDB Budapest)

CoorDown - Ridiculous Excuses Not to be Inclusive (Indiana Productions)

Czech Insurance Association - 13 MINUTES: National Delay Day (McCann Prague)

Dove - Real Virtual Beauty (LOLA MullenLowe)

Enterogermina/Sanofi - Ready Player Mom (MRM Madrid)

Hasbro - Monopoly: Ode to Hotheads (KesselsKramer Amsterdam)

Heineken - 150 Anniversary (LePub)

Heineken - Nobody Watches Women's Football (LePub) 

Heineken - The Office Cleaners (LePub) 

Honda Moto- The Beautiful Fail (DDB Paris)

Interpolis - Mis Niks (Amp.Amsterdam // The Sonic Branding Company)

Junge Helden e.V. - #OPTINK (McCann Paris)

Magnum - Melting Icon (LOLA MullenLowe)

Magnum - Not Available in the Metaverse (LOLA MullenLowe)

Mastercard - Where to Settle (McCann Poland)

McDonald's Finland - McDrip (NORD DDB)

Minding Creative Minds - Story Maker Storyboards (Boys+Girls & Denis)

Panenka - Planting Goals (Ogilvy Amsterdam)

Refugee Help Flanders - The Kid That Counts (mortierbrigade)

Refugee Talent Hub - Refugee LinkUp (180 Amsterdam)

Region Gotland - Gotland's Ugliest Lawn (Differ Agency)

Renault - Plug-Inn (Publicis Conseil)

Renault - Time Fighters (Publicis Conseil)

Reporters Without Borders Sweden - Death Sentence (Akestam Holst)

Samsung Spain - Unfear (Cheil Worldwide Spain)

Sanofi/Buscopan - Fashion Cramps (MRM Madrid)

Solar Impulse - Prêt à Voter (Publicis Conseil)

Stormzy - Mel Made Me Do It (WORK UK)

TAG Heuer - The Chase for Carrera (DDB Paris)

teta&teta - Cry For the Law (LOLA MullenLowe)

The Kraft Heinz Company - Is That Heinz? (Wunderman Thompson Turkey)

The Marie Keating Foundation - The First Poster To Catch Lung Cancer (The Brill Building)

Tourism Ireland - Paddy Irishman (The Brill Building)

Transklar e.V. / Trans-Ident e.V. / Rosa Strippe e.V. - Saved Memories (SERVICEPLAN GERMANY)

Vodafone Hungary - Granny Office (VMLY&R Hungary)

Volkswagen Group France - Inside Jobs (DDB Paris)