CELEBRATING THE BEST OF BRAND STORYTELLING
The Brand Film Awards are open for entries for 2025!
CELEBRATING THE BEST OF BRAND STORYTELLING
The Brand Film Awards are open for entries for 2025!
This prestigious awards recognise exceptional creativity, compelling storytelling and outstanding production in branded content films that have been transforming the marketing landscape.
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This year there are over 29 categories to enter, including two new categories:
Global Agency of the Year
Global Production Company of the Year
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From emotional and heartwarming narratives to humorous and inventive concepts, the Brand Film Awards honour the best of the best in brand filmmaking.
ENTER BEFORE THE EARLY BIRD DEADLINE DATE ON 12 DECEMBER
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KEY INFORMATION
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Early Bird Entry Deadline: 12 December 2024
Add the Early Bird Deadline date to your diary!
Entry Deadline: 30th January 2025
Awards Ceremony: 30 April 2025
PRICES
Early Bird Entry Fee: £435 + VAT per entry
Standard Entry Fee: £570 + VAT per entry
THREE REASONS TO ENTER
1. WORLDWIDE EXPOSURE
Elevate your brand awareness to a global audience by showcasing what makes you unique to our panel of international experts who truly appreciate your vision.
2. BUILD TRUST
Celebrate your success to reinforce trust and loyalty with existing clients while drawing in collaborators who align with your values, building credibility and future partnerships.
3. INSPIRE CREATIVITY
Be recognised for your transformative ideas and compelling brand narrative. Acknowledge your impactful ideas that made a difference and inspire others to follow.
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CATEGORIES
A film created for business-to-business communications or promotion.
The best use of film or series for internal purposes to connect with employees and highlight a corporate message or initiative.
A corporate film that supported a specific goal and delivered significant results.
A film created to deal with a specific corporate or social issue.
A film created to influence political or governmental audiences on behalf of an organisation or brand.
For a brand film that helped achieve a goal, such as engaging consumers or employees, building media buzz, and selling products.
The film that highlights the healthcare industry, from pharma and hospitals to insurance, in the most effective way.
For a film that uses sport to deliver a brand or organisation's message.
The most effective documentary film created by a brand or agency that tells an impactful, informative story.
For an inventive and relevant film that helped drive a brand’s objectives in a demonstrable way.
Using humour in an effective way to achieve its goals. The film can be part of a larger programme or a standalone initiative.
The most heart warming, emotional film created by a brand or agency. The film can be part of a larger programme or a standalone initiative.
For the film with a creative idea demonstrates outstanding use of social media and/or other digital resources in order to reach determined goals.
This category awards the most creative campaign that used one or more social media influencers or a celebrity’s social platforms to increase the films reach. This can be as a standalone initiative or as part of a wider campaign.
For the most memorable and effective use of animation in film. Can include hand-drawn, stopmotion, or computer animation.
Given to the director who best brings a film to life with their vision and techniques.
Best Film lasting no more than 1 minute
The film that best showcases the use of post-production editing techniques, such as sound mixing, colour correction, graphic design, and special effects.
The film that best showcases the use of postproduction editing techniques into a coherent, cohesive story.
The film that best showcases the use of postproduction colour correction, graphic design, and special effects.
The film that best showcases the use of postproduction editing techniques, such as sound mixing.
For films that tell a brands story through new technical techniques to engage viewers and immerse them in the interactive content experience. This can include periscope or augmented reality.
The film that demonstrates an impactful philanthropic program or brand CSR effort and the results it had on society at large or for a specific organisation.
The film that underscores a corporation or agency’s sustainability efforts. The film should tell a story as well as support the company’s particular sustainability focus area.
A film that has been produced by a charity and/or agency achieving the most inspiring awareness raising or fundraising film.
Judges will take into account achievement against objectives, creative output, new business wins, client retention and relationships and innovation in delivery.
Criteria – a minimum of three pieces of work should be provided
This category recognises a production company that has produced outstanding branded film content for its clients over the last 12 months.
This category recognises an agency that has produced outstanding branded film content for its clients over the last 12 months.
This category recognises a production company that has produced outstanding branded film content for its clients over the last 12 months globally. Entering companies must have regional offices in at least 3 continents
This category recognises an agency that has produced outstanding branded film content for its clients over the last 12 months. Entering companies must have regional offices in at least 3 continents
This is a category which looks at all the winners of the film awards and awards an overall winner. YOU CANNOT ENTER THIS CATEGORY
JUDGES PANEL
Introducing our 2025 panel of esteemed judges who will carefully evaluate and assess your work.
WHY ARE THESE AWARDS SO IMPORTANT?
"BRAND FILMS, IN ALL THEIR WONDERFUL VARIETIES, ARE ONLY GETTING MORE IMPORTANT.
They are increasingly becoming an essential part of an organisation’s marketing toolkit, allowing them to showcase their vision, culture, and impact in an authentic way that sticks with viewers.
Winning a Brand Film Award is the perfect way to show the world that you are on top of your game. Don't miss out on the opportunity to gain recognition, inspire others, and solidify your place in this evolving genre.
Enter today to show the world your storytelling prowess and your commitment to pushing the boundaries of brand film".
Editor, PR Week
John Harrington
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