And the nominees are ... It's time, the finalists of the German Advertising Film Awards (DWP) in 2016, one of the major moving image awards in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, have been chosen. Out of a total of 612 submissions, 23 works have made it onto the shortlist in the categories Advertising Film, Best Director, Best Script, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects/Animation, Best Art Department, Best Composition/Sound Design, and in the new category Best of Digital Content.
In a total of three categories – Best Script, Best Editing and Best of Digital Content – the Edeka spot #heimkommen by tempomedia and Jung von Matt was nominated for the coveted Hatto trophy. The most frequently nominated production company is Trigger Happy, the most frequently nominated agency Jung von Matt. The Client:s Edeka and Hornbach are neck in neck. The organizer, German Advertising Film Academy ( DWA ), can be pleased with a significant increase of over 30 percent in submissions compared to last year.
This year, the jury president will be Heimat CEO Guido Heffels. The internationally experienced and multiple award-winning creative was personally happy to receive two prizes at last year's DWP together with Director Pep Bosch and Trigger Happy (production). The work 'Gothic Girl' for the Client: Hornbach won a Hatto in the categories Best Director and Best Script.
“The sensational increase in submissions of more than a third proves to us that the competition benefits from the introduction of the new category Best of Digital Content. Several great movies which have previously not been submitted have now found their way to us, and not just in the area of digital content, but also in categories such as Director or Camera. The submissions clearly indicate that the advertising film has done away with its classic corset and that the medium Internet has succeeded the medium TV,” says Tony Petersen, board member of the German Advertising Film Academy.
The award ceremonies will take place in the Hamburg Curio-Haus on 4 March, 2016, during which the DWA sponsorship prize will also be announced for the best film idea which has noit been produced. It will be determined that morning in a live pitch in front of the audience. In the afternoon, the DWA speed recruiting for advertising film novices will celebrate its premiere. Plan on going? No problem, GoSee is giving away two free tickets; just send an email to: office@GoSee.de – first come, first surfed ! ;-) !
KEY FACTS 2015/16
• For its premiere on the Elbe river, the awards have received 612 submissions
• 23 works have made it onto the shortlist; at the lead with nominations in three categories is the Edeka spot #heimkommen by tempomedia and Jung von Matt
• President of the expert jury is Heimat Creative Director Guido Heffels
• Winners will be honored at the award ceremonies on 4 March at Hamburg's Curio-Haus
NOMINATIONS IN 2016
BEST YOUNG ADVERTISING FILM
"Dear Brother"
Nominated: Dorian Lebherz, Daniel Titz
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Client: Johnnie Walker
Agency: /
"Auster"
Nominated: Carl Krause, Dominik Stockhausen
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Client: Internationales Trickfilm Festival Stuttgart
Agency: /
"Perspektiven"
Nominated: Johannes Kizler
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Client: www.hinsehen.com
Agency: /
BEST DIRECTOR
"Mechanics"
Nominated: Sebastian Strasser
Production: Radical Media
Client: Audi
Agency: Thjnk
"Neuer Job"
Nominated: Niklas Weise
Production: Jo!Schmid
Client: Coca-Cola
Agency: Plantage
"Configuration"
Nominated: Daniel Warwick
Production: Bigfish
Client: Mercedes-Benz
Agency: Jung von Matt
BEST SCRIPT
"#heimkommen"
Nominated: Jens Pfau, Tim Hartwig, Christian Möhler, Johannes Haverkamp, Annika Burchert
Production: tempomedia
Client: Edeka
Agency: Jung von Matt
"Es gibt immer was zu tun"
Nominated: Guido Heffels, Marlon Fischer, Nicolas Blättry, Lukas Großebner
Production: Trigger Happy
Client: Hornbach
Agency: Heimat
"Die Hornbach Frühjahrskollektion"
Nominated: Guido Heffels, Marlon Fischer, Ramin Schmiedekampf
Production: Trigger Happy
Client: Hornbach
Agency: Heimat
"Neuer Job"
Nominated: Lennart Witting, Alexander Weber-Grün, Käthe Trumbach
Production: Jo!Schmid
Client: Coca-Cola
Agency: Plantage
BEST CAMERA
"Wir Wissen Alles Über Hotels - Bangkok"
Nominated: Stephan Burchardt
Production: Who's McQueen
Client: Trivago
Agency: Die Rabauken
"Mechanics"
Nominated: Roman Vasyanov
Production: Radical Media
Client: Audi
Agency: Thjnk
"Fireworks"
Nominated: Fredrik Bäckar
Production: Soup. FilmProduction
Client: Sony Europe
Agency: DDB Berlin
BEST EDITING
"#heimkommen"
Nominated: Sabine Panek
Production: tempomedia
Client: Edeka
Agency: Jung von Matt
"Life is better shared for real"
Nominated: Piet Schmelz
Production: Trigger Happy
Client: BMW
Agency: Serviceplan
"One Second"
Nominated: Adam Marshall
Production: e+p films
Client: Goodyear Dunlop
Agency: Leo Burnett
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS/ANIMATION
"The Letter"
Nominated: Frank Naranjo, Marco Spier, Marie Hyon
Production: Stink, Berlin
Client: Otto
Agency: Heimat
"Lexus Genesis"
Nominated: Fabian Pross, Csaba Letay, Tom Weber
Production: Woodblock
Client: Lexus
Agency: Team One
"X-World"
Nominated: James Allen, Sheldon Gardner
Production: ANORAK
Client: BMW Group
Agency: Serviceplan International
BEST ART DEPARTMENT
"Love Cuts"
Nominated: Steve Summersgill
Production: Bigfish
Client: eis.de
Agency: Jung von Matt/Basis
"True Stories of Review – Haunted House"
Nominated: Juliane Hoffrecht
Production: Plexus
Client: Review Fashion
Agency: Kittel Creative Studios
"o2 Business"
Nominated: Bader El Hindi
Production: Czar
Client: Telefónica Deutschland
Agency: VCCP
BEST COMPOSITION/BEST SOUND DESIGN
"The Truth about Greatness"
Nominated: Nikolai von Sallwitz
Production: 27km
Client: Freeletics
Agency: Überground
"Es gibt immer was zu tun“
Nominated: Thomas Berlin
Production: Trigger Happy
Client: Hornbach
Agency: Heimat
"KUKA - The Revenge"
Nominated: Arash Safaian
Production: Velvet Mediendesign
Client: KUKA Roboter
Agency: Sassenbach Advertising
BEST OF DIGITAL CONTENT
"Is mir egal"
Nominated: Hannes Heidenreich (DCP Production), Dörte Spengler-Ahrens (DCP Agency)
Production: Stereo Films, Munich
Client: BVG
Agency: Jung von Matt
"#heimkommen"
Nominated: Johannes Haverkamp (DCP, Agency) Justin Mundhenke (DCP, Production)
Production: tempomedia
Client: Edeka
Agency: Jung von Matt
"Sacrifice Everything Trailer"
Nominated: Volker Steinmetz (DCP Production), Marko Djurdjevic (DCP, Agency)
Production: Tony Petersen, Hamburg
Client: Degenesis
Agency: SIXMOREVODKA
About the German Advertising Film Academy (DWA) - The unaffiliated and independent German Advertising Film Academy e.V. was founded in June 2013 by an association of advertising film producers and post producers. Modeled upon the American and German film industries, it offers the German advertising film a forum and reflects the growing significance of communication with moving images. Its goal is to ensure quality, support talent, reward outstanding works, advance innovation, and promote interdisciplinary exchange. dwa-foerderpreis.de
