George Patterson Y&R was tasked with raising awareness of the Australian Football League’s Final Series. They created a series of custom posters based on the “game signature” of the players’ movements throughout each game. This work won at the Andy Awards, and has received recognition from D&AD and the One Show.

Dare Vancouver was included in the D&AD book for this film promoting the Whistler Film Festival. It seems like every year a Canadian agency does some great work for a local film festival. A few years ago we featured the work below for the Vancouver International Film Festival, which went on to win at Cannes. The “Princess” film above isn’t quite as memorable and concise as the campaign below, but we haven’t seen a lot this year in the film festival category… A contender? Or just a gag? Incidentally, the language in the above spot is NSFW.

This Film Craft contender comes from the UK, courtesy of AMV BBDO / London. The animation of this film is distinct and has been lauded by motion graphics professionals worldwide, with the look of this spot having been created through the use of multiple programs including Photoshop, AfterEffects, Flame, TVPaint, and Topaz Labs Simplify Filters. Is it worthy of a Film Craft Lion for animation?

This Silver Clio winner from South Africa points out that there is a time and place for comedy. Created by Ogilvy / South Africa, this quirky spot is up against some strong contenders from the BBC and other channels in its category.