Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2023
Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards 2023 Winners Revealed
Cannes, September 29. This week, the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards celebrated the world’s finest corporate media productions and documentaries of 2023 in the renowned film hub Cannes. The impressive roster of winners was revealed and celebrated during an elegant and captivating Awards Ceremony held in Cannes on the evening of September 28.
This year’s festival received nearly 900 entries from more than 45 countries spanning all continents. Every submitted production underwent a thorough evaluation and careful consideration by a panel of more than 70 jury members, leading to the selection of 200 finalists. Out of those, 130 submissions were selected to receive the festival’s coveted Dolphin Awards. The jury once again found themselves astounded by the remarkable and top-notch entries, resulting in a lineup of winners that is without equal in quality.
A much-anticipated highlight of the festivities was the announcement of the two Grand Prix Awards, for the most outstanding corporate media production and the best documentary of the year.
Expressing the entire diversity of the FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland in a contemporary and varied way, the film “Studying is what you make of it!”, entered by the renowned Swiss production company Seed Audio-Visual Communication AG, convinced the jury and was awarded the Grand Prix for Corporate Media 2023. “Just brilliant execution from start to finish. Shot to perfection, editing ingenious, script completely nailed. The best in competition without a doubt.”, so the jury stated.
The Grand Prix for Documentaries, on the other hand, went to the Austria-based production company Terra Mater Studios GmbH for their documentary “Once Upon a Time in Tsavo – Episode 1: A Time of Plenty”, telling the story of the remarkable relationship between elephants and termites creating waterholes. The jury “was blown away by this masterpiece” that convinced next to the impressive wildlife story with the “amazing and picturesque shots” as well as the “fantastic camera work”.
Adding to the night’s success stories, the Saudi Arabian company Aramco emerged as “Company of the Year”, taking home a remarkable haul of two Gold Awards, one Silver Award, and three Finalist Certificates.
The second Blue Dolphin for “Production Company of the Year”, went to Austria instead, to Terra Mater Studios GmbH. In addition to winning the Grand Prix, they also received two Gold and two Silver Dolphins for several of their productions.
Submissions from Great Britan, including Bear Jam Productions Limited, Chrome Productions, DRPG, Gorilla Gorilla!, Radley Yeldar, RD Content, Shell International Ltd and We Are Tilt Ltd., just to name a few, were well-represented among this year’s winners. They received numerous Silver, Gold and even Black Dolphin Trophies. Additionally, production companies from all around the world, such as AL Jazeera (QA), Double Exposure and Electric Films (AE), Hi Production (SA), LeasePlan and Wirtz Film & Experience (NL) were recognized with several awards and Finalist Certificates. This once again highlights the strong international participation in the 14th festival edition.
The complete list of finalists and winners, along with the awarded films, can be viewed in the Winners’ Gallery: www.cannescorporate.com/en/winners2023.php
About the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
The competition annually honors the world’s finest corporate films, online media productions, documentaries and reports in one of the world’s most important film centers: in Cannes, France. It is the only festival for corporate films taking place in Cannes, the city famously known for feature films and advertising productions. The festival was founded by Filmservice International in 2010. Since then, it has constantly grown, becoming one of the top festivals for corporate films worldwide.
Contact:
Lhasa Miyagawa
Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards
c/o Filmservice International
Schaumburgergasse 18
A-1040 Vienna, Austria
Tel.: +43 (1) 5055337-17
Email: miyagawa@cannescorporate.com
Web: www.cannescorporate.com
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