This week we celebrated the best of the best in corporate film and corporate events in a virtual ceremony which brought our industries together. The ceremony opened with a quiz as people joined, where guests were called on to guess albums from their artwork alone – a chance for all the creatives in the room to get in the mood!
Claire Fennelow, EVCOM’s Executive Director, and our host Samme Allen then introduced the ceremony. They thanked everyone for joining us in the midst of lockdown 2.0 and encouraged people to send in selfies of them celebrating in their glad rags. Bottles of champagne stood ready on set to be sent on to the best dressed guests of the evening! They also thanked our brilliant sponsors, DRPG, Cvent and IMEX who make this awards possible, and the expert judges whose decisions we were going to hear shortly!
Across categories from ‘Brand Communication’ to ‘Editing’, ‘Best Conference’ to ‘Best Documentary’ Samme and Claire announced our shortlist and then our winners and excerpts from their films were played.
We also announced the winner of our FOCUS Award, who will be receiving an extensive mentorship programme from three of the top corporate film companies: Gorilla Gorilla!, Plastic Pictures and The Edge Picture Company.
Throughout the evening the ceremony also showcased some examples of campaigns, films and projects that have been working hard to gain support and recognition for our industry during Covid-19. We heard from the #MakeItBlue campaign and the One Industry One Voice campaign, and we shared our own NHS fundraising film, ‘These Are the Hands’ made with the support of the BFI.
We also heard from judges Anna Green (Broadsword) and Gabriela Ferenc (A-Vision), from the FOCUS Award Sponsor, The Edge Picture Company, and we went to some live winners for their reactions!
We allowed time for people to charge their glasses mid-ceremony as Hannah Brown sang a beautiful rendition of ‘Dream A Little Dream’ for us all to enjoy!
If you missed the ceremony, you can watch a recording of it here:
The full list of winners is below. We’d like to say a huge thank you to everyone who submitted their work to us. To all who have shortlisted and to all who have won, we hope you are proud of your achievements. These awards are testament to your creativity and excellence, especially in the face of a challenging year.
Film
| Learning and Development | GOLD: Workplace Violence by The Edge Picture Company for Openreach
SILVER: LifeSkills by Barclays VideoLab and Taylor Made Media BRONZE: The Travel to Tokyo challenge by EVERFI EdComs for British Olympic Foundation and British Paralympic Association |
| Health and Safety | GOLD: Look Out Look Up by The Edge Picture Company for Energy Networks Association
SILVER: Tegan’s Story by The Edge Picture Company for Network Rail BRONZE: Ask Twice by The Edge Picture Company for Network Rail |
| Film in a Digital Campaign | GOLD: ILO – Invalid Opinions by Radley Yeldar
SILVER: Contraption by Big Button for SEGRO BRONZE: The New £20 by Pukka Films for The Bank of England |
| Film by an Internal Team | SILVER: Electricity by Content Engine for Shell International Ltd
BRONZE: Bitumen: Grip Is Everything by Content Engine for Shell International Ltd |
| Recruitment and Induction | GOLD: Follow Your Dream by The Edge Picture Company for Catalis
SILVER: Grace Hopper by MerchantCantos for PwC BRONZE: The Future. Yours to Make by Content Engine for Shell International Ltd |
| Sales of Products and Services | SILVER: Bitumen: Grip Is Everything by Content Engine for Shell International Ltd |
| Brand Communication | GOLD: The Inescapable Truth by Raw London for Dignity in Dying
SILVER: Contraption by Big Button for SEGRO BRONZE: Recycle Week 2019 by Radley Yeldar for Recycle Now (Waste Resource Action Programme) |
| Internal Communications | GOLD: Workplace Violence – On the Street by The Edge Picture Company for Openreach
SILVER: AIG GCDC Cybersecurity by MerchantCantos BRONZE: Code of Conduct – Harassment and Disrespectful Behaviour by Radley Yeldar |
| Diversity and Inclusion | GOLD: ILO – Invalid Opinions by Radley Yeldar
SILVER: One Million Futures by The Edge Picture Company BRONZE: Unbreakable by DRPG for Springboard Charity |
| Animation | GOLD: Unbreakable by DRPG for Springboard Charity
SILVER: JTI – Digital Deep i-Secure interactive film by Radley Yeldar BRONZE: Z-town: THE JOURNEY OF MANKIND IS THE SEA OF STARS by Dans Digital for Guangdong JD Cosmo Intelligent Industry Innovation Development Co., Ltd |
| Direction | GOLD: Make the Call by Media Zoo
SILVER: Ethics by Pukka Films for Saipem BRONZE: Contraption by Big Button for SEGRO |
| Script | GOLD: Ethics by Pukka Films for Saipem
SILVER: VINIV by Buxton Knight Productions BRONZE: Jack’s Story by Inspired Films |
| Cinematography | GOLD: McDonald’s Flagship Farmers by Taylor Made Media
SILVER: Make the Call by Media Zoo BRONZE: Siblings by Raw London |
| Editing | GOLD: Vogue Scandinavia by Taylor Made Media for Conde Nast
SILVER: Jack’s Story by Inspired Films for Action Medical Research BRONZE: Z-town: THE JOURNEY OF MANKIND IS THE SEA OF STARS by Dans Digital for Guangdong JD Cosmo Intelligent Industry Innovation Development Co., Ltd |
| Best Documentary | GOLD: 9 SECOND LIFT by Content Engine for Shell International Ltd
SILVER: AIG GCDC CyberSecurity by MerchantCantos BRONZE: Tegan’s Story by The Edge Picture Company for Network Rail |
| Best Use of Video Content for a Virtual or Hybrid Event | GOLD: Accenture’s Festival of Leadership by Taylor Made Media |
| Budgetary Restrictions | GOLD: The Guardian Service by The Edge Picture Company
SILVER: Covid19 – How we responded by Inspired Films BRONZE: The 45 Scottish Spiced Rum: Spirit of Rebellion by Enterprise Screen for Jacobite Spirits |
| Innovation | GOLD: ‘We’re All One Team’ by EVERFI EdComs by BOA and BPA
SILVER: A Call for Help by Raw London by British Red Cross BRONZE: Safety Day 2020 by Content Engine Shell International Ltd |
| FOCUS Award | Winner: Magpie by Hamza Pool
Shortlisted: 56 Black Men by Esther Rennae Walker Conscious by Loren Alleyne Happy Birthday by Jigyasa Anand STRANDED IN NIGERIA – THE ROAD TO ENUGU by Godgift Chidinma Emesi |
Live
| Best Conference | GOLD: One Young World Summit 2019 London by Private Drama Events
SILVER: McKinsey BLINK 2019, Leading in a disruptive world by Shelton BRONZE: White and Case by Cheerful Twentyfirst |
| Best Celebration | GOLD: The Retreat by Brands At Work for Deloitte |
| Best Experiential | SILVER: Hyundai i10 Training Event by DRPG and Motiv8 International
BRONZE: Mars Wrigley 2020 by Cheerful Twentyfirst |
| Best Use of Technology | GOLD: SAMSUNG EU FORUM 2020 by Smyle
SILVER: White & Case by Cheerful Twentyfirst |
| Best Show of Creative Concept | GOLD: The Retreat by Brands At Work for Deloitte |
| Challenger Agency of the Year | Brands At Work |
| Agency of the Year | Smyle |
CONGRATULATIONS!
Photo credit: Steve Forrest