shots Awards Europe 2019: The Shortlist

With the cream of creative advertising work being entered by agencies, production companies, VFX and editing houses from across Europe, the pre-judging of the inaugural shots Awards Europe has been a Herculean effort.

The task of paring down this year's good to the very good (and the very good to the excellent) has been a tough one, but we've risen to the challenge and the shortlists for the 2019 Awards are now complete. 

From here, it's over to our international judging panel who will be making the final, crucial decisions to ascertain the winning work, but you can see who and what is in the running with all of the category shortlists featured below.

You can find out which entries are garnered with shiny shots Awards by attending this year's event, held on November 14 at 8 Northumberland London. 

More information and tickets are available here. 

Television Commercial of the Year up to and including 60 seconds

Amazon Prime Video, Jack Ryan
Amazon Prime Video, Vikings
Audi, Synchronised Swim
Co-op, Live On
Halifax, That New Home Feeling
ITV & Veg Power, Eat Them To Defeat Them
O2, Priority
Paypal, Tonton j'assure grave
RAF, No Room For Cliches
Royal Navy, Spider
Sipsmith Gin, We Make Gin Not Compromises
Virgin Trains, Very Fast Chair
Volkswagen, The Others
Yorkshire Tea, Induction

JUDGES
Sam Ashwell; Kevin Byrne; Francois Claverie; Ben Davies; Tara Holmes; Roopak Saluja; Hani Selim

Television Commercial of the Year over 60 seconds

Amazon, Not Everything Makes The Cut
BBC Sounds, Listen Without Limits
Department for Education, Every Lesson Shapes a Life
Guinness, The Purse
ITV, The Patriarch
John Lewis & Partners, The Boy and The Piano
John Lewis & Partners + Waitrose & Partners, Bohemian Rhapsody
Philips, Shouting Men
Sainsbury's, The Big Night
Staatsloterij, Frekkel
Volvo, The E.V.A Initiative

JUDGES
Vaughan Arnel; Tim Hardy; Anya Kruzmetra; Sandra Loibl; Andy Oskwarek; Adina Sales; Erin Sarofsky

Online Commercial of the Year, up to and including two minutes

Adidas, Feel the Boost
Animalife, Karma
Audi, The Date
Barclaycard, Crystal Barn
Coca-Cola, Light
Diesel, Ha(u)te Couture
IKEA, ME WE
Ikea, Nightclub
Nike, Just Do It: Caster Semenya
Nike, Stop At Nothing
Samsung, Do What You Can't
Volkswagen, What are we playing at?
Volkswagen, Lawyer/Movie Star Confidence
World Of Tanks, Stop Getting Owned By Kids

JUDGES
Lauraine Bhuglah; Ben Cronin; Cameron Farrelly; Monica Moro; Levi Rijper; Mike Sharpe; Meghan Sims

Online Commercial of the Year over two minutes

Bianco Footwear, The Lift
CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077
Ikea, What If
La Liga, Iberia, Correos, Telepizza, Clínica Baviera & 11811, Heroes
Miklosko Fashion Design, The Gift
Nike, L'incredibile
Paddy Power, The Brexit Bunker
Santander, Deadliest Dupes
Starbreeze, Overkill's The Walking Dead: Launch Trailer
Unilever, LYNX ASMR Shower and Shavetorials
Warburtons, GoodBagels

JUDGES
Chris Breen; Chris Chard; Kerrie Finch; Sandrine Huijgen; Harsh Kapadia; Kristen Kearns; Amanda Luckwell; Tom Webb

Charity/PSA Campaign of the Year

#Knifefree, Dean's Story
Animalife, Karma
British Heart Foundation, Boy
Family Action, Family Monsters
Free the Work, Free the Work
Global Goals, The Future is Now
Inter-LGBT, Je t'aime ma fille
International Committee of the Red Cross, The One Gift Santa Can't Deliver
La Liga, Iberia, Correos, Telepizza, Clínica Baviera & 11811, Heroes
Pride In London, Pride Jubilee
Refuge, Hide & Seek
Surfers Against Sewage, Creature
The AA Charitable Trust, Drowsy Driving
Time To, Cannes
Women's Aid, The Unedited Truth

JUDGES
Sophie Hubble; Dawn Laren; Rebecca Luff; Vicky Osborn; Ben Schneider; James Sorton; Kitty Turley

Branded Entertainment of the Year

Bianco Footwear, The Lift
Mercedes-Benz, Bertha Benz
Diageo, Weekend Not Wasted
Etihad Airways & Manchester City FC, Freestyle World Tour
Grand parc du Puy du Fou, Éternels
Levi's, Levi's Music Project / Loyle Carner
MARTAN, House of Salt
Rapha, EF Gone Racing: Alternative Calendar
Red Bull, Fast Encounter
Santander, Deadliest Dupes
Schmidt, Vertical Home
Shell, The Great Travel Hack

JUDGES
Loren Bradley; Diego de la Maza; Matt Gooden; Jon Hamm; Mette Jermiin; Danielle Stewart; Rane Tiukkanen

Best Use of Animation in a Commercial

IRN-BRU, Snowman - The Sequel
CD Projekt Red, Cyberpunk 2077
Cheerios, It's All Family
Corona, The History of La Cerveza Mas Fina
Disneyland Paris, The Little Duck
Erste Group, First Christmas
Fender Mirror Telecaster, The Mystical Journey of Jimmy Page's '59 Telecaster
Great Western Railway, Five & The Missing Jewels
John Lewis & Partners, The Boy and The Piano
Royal Navy, Spider
Sipsmith Gin, We Make Gin Not Compromises
Warframe, Shrines

JUDGES
Anna Arnel; Darren Bailes; Rosie Bardales; Dougal Meese; Dave Monk; Stu Outhwaite-Noel; Chaka Sobhani; Cassandra Zawadowski

Best Use of Music in a Commercial

Absolut, The Walk
Audi, Synchronised Swim
Guinness, The Purse
Heinz, Clean Plates
John Lewis & Partners, The Boy and The Piano
John Lewis & Partners + Waitrose & Partners, Bohemian Rhapsody
KFC, Chicken Town
The Wildlife Trusts, The Wildlife Trusts

JUDGES
Loren Bradley; Diego de la Maze; Matt Gooden; Jon Hamm; Mette Jermiin; Danielle Stewart; Rane Tiukkanen

Music Video of the Year

Benny Sings, Not Enough
Ed Sheeran ft Chance the Rapper & PnB Rock, Cross Me
Editors, Frankenstein
FKA twigs, Cellophane
Idles, Mercedes Marxist
Leningrad, Gold
Loyle Carner ft. Jordan Rakai, Ottolenghi
Madonna, Batuka
MK, Back and Forth
Stormzy, Vossi Bop
The Chemical Brothers, Free Yourself
Wiley Ft Stefflon Don, Sean Paul and Idris Elba, Boasty

JUDGES
Vaughan Arnel; Tim Hardy; Anya Kruzmetra; Sandra Loibl; Andy Oskwarek; Adina Sales; Erin Sarofsky

Best Use of Sound Design in a Commercial

Alzheimer's Research UK, First Breath
Honda, Powered by Honda
John Lewis & Partners, The Boy and The Piano
John Lewis & Partners + Waitrose & Partners, Bohemian Rhapsody
La Liga, Iberia, Correos, Telepizza, Clínica Baviera & 11811, Heroes
Leonard Cheshire Disability, Together Unstoppable
Michelob, Call from Nature
Novartis, Tame Your Migraine
Refuge, Hide & Seek
Sennheiser, Ambeo
Three, Phones Are Good
LYNX, ASMR Shower and Shavetorials

JUDGES
Sophie Hubble; Dawn Laren; Rebecca Luff; Vicky Osborn; Ben Schneider; James Sorton; Kitty Turley

Social Media Campaign of the Year

Back Market, Refurbished Tweets
Burger King, 20k
McDonald's, 2forU
Trebor, Give Me Strength
Ubisoft, My Life as an NPC

JUDGES
Jules Chalkley; Sara Flood; Chris Hughlett; Kenn MacRae; Ryan McGuire; Andre Moreira; Francine van der Lee

Best Use of Emerging Tech

Air New Zealand, Fact or Fantasy?
Carlings, adDRESS THE FUTURE
Tino Kamal, V.I.P.
TV Rain, AI VERSUS
The Division 2, ECHO
Assassins Creed, My Life as an NPC

JUDGES
Chris Breen; Chris Chard; Kerrie Finch; Sandrine Huijgen; Harsh Kapadia; Kristen Kearns; Amanda Luckwell; Tom Webb

Director of the Year

Nicolai Fuglsig, MJZ
Georgia Hudson, Park Pictures
Jeff Low, Biscuit Filmworks
Henry Scholfield, Caviar

JUDGES
Jon Biggs; Andy Jex; Quinn Katherman; Torbjorn "Tobey" Lindback; Rahul Matthew; Lovisa Silburn; Joe Wade

New Director of the Year

BRBR, Garlic S.L.
Patrick Barbier, Wanda Productions
Jakub Blank, Papaya Films
David Dearlove, ENGINE
Matilda Finn, Stink Films
Eoin Glaister, Stink Films
Nina Holmgren, Bacon Cph
Jade Jackman, Black Dog Films
Daniel Jaroszek, Papaya Films
Peter Jones, Bold
Sophie Jones, Partizan
Thessa Meijer
Vedran Rupic, Business Club Royale
Dimitri Tsvetkov
Marit Weerheijm, Czar Amsterdam

JUDGES
Georgi Banks Davies; Tor Fitzwilliams; Mike Maguire; Zak Razvi; Karl Risenfors; Clara Tägtström; James Turnham

Editor of the Year

Sam Bould, Cut+Run
Ben Campbell, Cut+Run
David Gesslbauer, DRKNSD
Joe Guest, Final Cut
Paul Hardcastle, Trim Editing
Ellie Johnson, tenthree
Dan Sherwen, Final Cut

JUDGES
Jules Chalkley; Sara Flood; Chris Hughlett; Kenn MacRae; Ryan McGuire; Andre Moreira; Francine van der Lee

Agency of the Year

adam&eveDDB
BBH
Boys and Girls
Lucky Generals
Virtue

JUDGES
Anna Arnel; Darren Bailes; Rosie Bardales; Dougal Meese; Dave Monk; Stu Outhwaite-Noel; Chaka Sobhani; Cassandra Zawadowski

Production Company of the Year

Biscuit Filmworks
Caviar London
Great Guns
Pulse Films

JUDGES
Jon Biggs; Andy Jex; Quinn Katherman; Torbjorn "Tobey" Lindback; Rahul Matthew; Lovisa Silburn; Joe Wade

Editing House of the Year

Cut+Run
Final Cut
tenthree
Trim Editing
Whitehouse Post

JUDGES
Sam Ashwell; Kevin Byrne; Francois Claverie; Ben Davies; Tara Holmes; Roopak Saluja; Hani Selim

VFX Company of the Year

Electric Theatre Collective
Mikros MPC Advertising
MPC 
The Mill
Time Based Arts

JUDGES
Lauraine Bhuglah; Ben Cronin; Cameron Farrelly; Monica Moro; Levi Rijper; Mike Sharpe; Meghan Sims