shots Awards Asia Pacific 2026 winners announced

The juries have completed their judging, the scores have been triple-checked and verified, and now the winners for the shots Awards Asia Pacific 2026 can be revealed.

The winning work was chosen by a cross-section of directors, creatives, producers, cinematographers, stylists and craft specialists from across the Asia Pacific region. Each brought their own expertise to the judging, first creating the shortlists before taking part in a series of video calls to debate and ultimately decide this year’s gold, silver and bronze recipients. A full list of this year’s jury can be found here.

Across 20 craft categories, the juries awarded 21 golds, 21 silvers and 25 bronze trophies. Among the standouts were Goel TMT's Band Baaja Bitiya, and New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi's Booze Maths, which both collected multiple craft prizes to emerge as the most awarded spots of the year.

In addition, a further seven company and individual honours - VFX Company, Music/Sound Design Company, Editing House, Editor, Director, Production Company and Agency of the Year - were presented. Unlike the craft categories, these awards are determined by a points system based on the success of work across the competition, rather than being voted on directly by the juries.

Congratulations to all of this year's winners, which can be seen below. 

You can watch all of the winning and shortlisted work on our dedicated shots Reels page, by clicking here.

Animation (3D)

GOLD: No Award Given.
SILVER: Telstra Wherever We Go Again
SILVER: The Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) Fragile Oceans
BRONZE: Telstra The Girl & Ghost

Animation (2D)

GOLD: SHIPS CRAFTMAN.SHIPS
SILVER: No Award Given.
BRONZE: No Award Given.

Animation (Stop-motion)

GOLD: Kodansha Light Hole [below]
SILVER: No Award Given.
BRONZE: Telstra Satellite Messaging - Farmer

VFX

GOLD: No Award Given.
SILVER: Telstra Drumroll
BRONZE: Tuborg You Don’t Have To

Animation & VFX jury
Emma Daines [Head Judge], Asheen Naidu, Hoji Tsuchiya, Katie Mackin, Laura Noonan, Nilima Eriyat, Stefan Coory, Steven Marolho, Steven Spencer

Charity/PSA

GOLD: Goel TMT Band Baaja Bitiya
GOLD: New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Booze Maths
SILVER: No Award Given.
BRONZE: Cancer Council Victoria The Return

Concept

GOLD: Westpac Australia Double You
SILVER: Bankwest Worries
SILVER: MCK x Apple “HVL” 360° Album Trailer
BRONZE: Green.com.au The Solar Inheritance
BRONZE: Telstra Villains

Copywriting

GOLD: Bankwest Worries [below]
SILVER: Goel TMT Band Baaja Bitiya
BRONZE: Meat & Livestock Australia The Happiness List

Concept, Copywriting and Charity/PSA jury
Shruthi Subramaniam [Head Judge], Andy Del Rosario, Bomee Lee, Justin Butler, Kanit Mingmuang, Maan Bautista, Mark Carbone, Seulki Lee, Udit Joshi

Cinematography

GOLD: Go MonGolia Go Mongolia [below]
SILVER: Spark NZ It’s Better With Spark
SILVER: Westpac WeCopter
BRONZE: Goel TMT Band Baaja Bitiya
BRONZE: Naturals Ice Cream Tree to Treat

Cinematography jury
Kieran Fowler NZCS ACS [Head Judge], Grégoire Lière, Kate Cornish, Katie Milwright ACS, Max Walter, Priya Seth IWCC ISC, Rachael Ford-Davies, Reiko Mori, Romain Cailliez, Ziga Zupancic NZCS

Direction (Up to and including 60-seconds)

GOLD: Apple One More Reason to iPhone [below]
SILVER: New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Booze Maths
BRONZE: Uber Can’t Do That If You’re Driving
BRONZE: Westpac WeCopter

Direction (From 61-seconds to three minutes)

GOLD: Spark NZ It’s Better With Spark
SILVER: Unilever Vaseline Love Hurts
BRONZE: Westpac Double You

Direction (Above three minutes)

GOLD: WhatsApp Baatan Hi Baatan Mein
SILVER: Made By Dyslexia What is Dyslexia?
BRONZE: Goel TMT Band Baaja Bitiya

Direction jury
Michael Ahmadzadeh [Head Judge], Afshan Hussain Shaikh, Alistair Ferrier, Eugene Park, Guilherme Machado, Kep Bruinsma, Livia Zhang, Nikhil Panjwani, Paphawee J., Ryan Fitzgerald, Sneha Iype, Tal Shub, Valerie Madon

Editing (Up to and including 60-seconds)

GOLD: Sprite Hurts Real Good
SILVER: Rimzim Jeera Jeere Mein Heera
BRONZE: New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Booze Maths

Editing (61-seconds to three minutes)

GOLD: Naturals Ice Cream Tree to Treat [below]
SILVER: Spark It’s Better With Spark
BRONZE: Salomon Chinese New Year

Editing (Above three minutes)

GOLD: DiDi Yes, I DiDi
SILVER: Goel TMT Band Baaja Bitiya
BRONZE: Tourism Australia Come & Say G’day

Editing jury
Leila Gaabi [Head Judge], Albert Antonio, Delaney de la Harpe, Geri Docherty, Jason Feng, Priyank Prem Kumar, Ryan Brett, Scott Stirling, Tim Mauger, Wei Wei Gwee

Music Video of the Year

GOLD: MCK x Apple “HVL” 360° Album Trailer [below]
SILVER: No Award Given.
BRONZE: Dom Dolla Addicted To Bass
BRONZE: Yuki Chiba Mah Iiya

New Director of the Year

GOLD: Harry Welsh, DIVISION
SILVER: Zac Wiesel, DIVISION
BRONZE: Ng Kai Wei, Graph Studio Sdn Bhd

New Director and Music Video of the Year jury
Yimeng Zhang [Head Judge], Anna Fawcett, Aundrea Bligh, Becky Yeung, Charu Menon, Dennis Kung, Diana Ganea, Genevieve Triquet, George Mackenzie, Vicki Dang, Yuya Mimasu

Use of Music (Licensed)

GOLD: Football Australia This Is How We Waltz, ’Til It’s Done [below]
SILVER: Honda Young MacDonald Had No Farm
BRONZE: Rimzim Jeera Jeere Mein Heera

Use of Music (Original composition)

GOLD: Naturals Ice Cream Tree To Treat
SILVER: DiDi Yes, I DiDi
BRONZE: Telstra Second Life Sounds

Sound Design

GOLD: NINEBOT Ninebot Microfilm No.9: Memory Odyssey II: The Final Upload
SILVER: Telstra Wherever We Go Again
BRONZE: Football Australia This Is How We Waltz, 'Til It's Done

Use of Music and Sound Design jury
Sophie Haydon [Head Judge], Alejandro Gómez, Cam Dowsett, Erik Reiff, Georgia Collins, Manon Grossard, Nicole Jauncey, Pia Chaudhuri, Prerna Suri, Ryan Dickinson, Stefan Hunt, Tamon Fujimi, Tilak Goswami

Casting

GOLD: Nanhi Kali One is a Big Number
SILVER: Goel TMT Band Baaja Bitiya
BRONZE: New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Booze Maths

Production Design

GOLD: Suncorp A Tale of Two Queenslands
SILVER: Visa Make Life #InfinitelyMore Rewarding
BRONZE: Airwallex The Future of Finance

Styling

GOLD: Apple One More Reason to iPhone
SILVER: New Zealand Transport Agency Waka Kotahi Booze Maths
BRONZE: Meta HR

Casting/Production & Styling jury
Alex Holmes [Head Judge], Azuna Saito, Margot Wilson, Peta Einberg, Ruriko Takahashi, Sarah Cooper, Steven Jones-Evans, Tak Kuroha