2023 London International Awards announces final batch of Winners and Finalists
London International Awards (LIA) has released the final Winners and Finalists, after nine days of rigorous onsite judging by some of the industry’s best. The Winners and Finalists announced represent some of the top submissions globally across the following categories: Integration; Production & Post Production; and Music Video.
INTEGRATION
Integration showcases creative ideas that brilliantly work across a minimum of three or more channels or platforms cohesively. Presiding over the Integration jury is Chaka Sobhani, the Global Chief Creative Officer of Leo Burnett Worldwide. Sobhani and her esteemed panel are proud to award a total of 25 Statues in this category.
Celebrating the very best in the category, the jury awarded a Grand LIA, four Gold, nine Silver, and 11 Bronze Statues, alongside commending four Finalists.
The coveted Integration Grand LIA was awarded to AIRBAG for their outstanding campaign, “FitChix” tailored for Honest Eggs Co. This piece of work was honored with 23 LIA Statues by seven different juries, including two Grand LIA Statues. VMLY&R Melbourne was awarded five Statues for “FitChix” including the Ambient & Activation Grand LIA.
Sharing her perspective on the best work in Integration, Sobhani expressed, “Our resounding Grand LIA winner is the brilliantly fresh and original “FitChix”. So simple, so brilliant, absolutely breathtaking.”
BBH Singapore has picked up a Finalist.
PRODUCTION & POST-PRODUCTION CATEGORY
The Production & Post-Production category endorses and celebrates world-class production values and executions of craft. The jury, helmed by Jury President Vera Maria Portz, Partner/MD/Executive Producer of Tempomedia Filmproduction, is honored to announce that 54 Statues were awarded in this category.
After three rounds of extensive evaluation, the jury rewarded outstanding work with a Grand LIA, 16 Gold, 16 Silver, and 21 Bronze Statues, as well as 13 Finalists.
This year’s highly coveted Grand LIA was awarded to Havas London for their beautifully crafted campaign, “Me, My Autism & I”, designed for Vanish x Ambitious About Autism.
Portz provided her perspective on the winners, expressing, “Overall, we had really good work. For the Grand LIA, everyone in the jury voted for this film because it was emotionally so strong but at the same time it was crafted so well that you could just feel how important it is to talk about a disease about social pressure, family pressure. So, we voted for “Me, My Autism and I.”
Spoon Tokyo’s “Scuffing Song” for Pocari Sweat Returnable Bottle Project has won a Silver.
Ogilvy India scores a Silver for “Dove | The Beauty Report Card #StopTheBeautyTest”. The campaign also won a Bronze, entered by Chrome Pictures Mumbai.
MUSIC VIDEO
In the Music Video category, we honor films that feature a musical performance, for the purpose of promoting a song, artist or brand. This year, the jury, led by Jury President Vera Maria Portz awarded 14 Statues.
After watching and discussing submissions from around the globe, the jury awarded one Gold, five Silver, and eight Bronze Statues, in addition to recognizing six Finalists.
After witnessing the world-class work emerging from the jury panels, Barbara Levy, LIA’s President & Founder, expressed: “Nothing was taken for granted in the judging rooms. The jury members were very conscientious when it came to Statue discussions. They visited and revisited each piece of work again and again. So, you can be assured that the LIA 2023 Statue winners come from a crop of work that is universally acknowledged as exceptional. And the Grand LIA winners are without doubt, the best of the best. My highest congratulations to our Grand LIA and Statue Winners.”
Created for Creatives, LIA unites industry leaders from around the world for an intensive onsite judging process in Las Vegas over nine days. There is no pre-judging. This guarantees that each juror devotes their full attention to assessing every submission within their respective categories from start to end, fostering a fair and rigorous selection of the Winners and Finalists.