Kinsale Sharks 2017 – The Winners
Check out who picked up the natty trophies in the ad, shorts and music vid awards.
This weekend (21-24th Sept) saw the brightest and best in AdLand descend on the glorious town of Kinsale in Ireland to celebrate the 55th year of the Sharks Awards… and pick up some awards whilst they were at it.
Throughout the festival, key speakers spoke on important themes and challenges in the industry. Amongst the most noteworthy were Andy Sandoz - CCO Deloitte – whose ‘Enjoy Yourself, It’s Later Than You Think’ talk concerned itself with the concept ‘Use all the tech you can to be as human as you can’, Rosie Arnold – Creative Partner and Head of Art AMV – with an ‘Un-Stereotype the World’ presentation, asking us to undo the stereotypes ingrained in our advertising and Carrie Reichardt – Artist and Activist – who spoke on the power of art to show the true potential of what people are capable of.
Alongside the talks, awards were handed out to Short Film, Music Video and Advertising worthy winners. In short film, direction awards were picked up by Alan Lawson (International) and Kevin de la Isla O'Neill (Ireland) for their films ‘It's Complicated’ and ‘Acorn’ respectively, with ‘For You’, ‘Cake’ and ‘Play The Game’ all garnering Best Short Film sharks.
In Music video ‘Leningrad – Kolshik’, ‘Makeba – jain’ and ‘The Weeknd - False Alarm’ took home honours for Best International vid, with ‘Talos – Reborn’ named as the Irish promo of choice.
You can see all of the Music Video and Short Film winning films on the Source platform by clicking on the links.
The main event saw the Advertising Awards take center stage, with Gold, Silver and Bronze trophies handed out in Film, Film Craft, Integrated, Promo Design and Newcomer categories, amongst others. The full list of winners can be seen on the Kinsale Sharks website or, with full credits, on the Source platform here.
Here are a few of our favourites which took home the fishy crowns:
Kwiff – Caught Glass (International Film Gold)
Donate Life – The World’s Biggest Asshole (International Film Craft Gold)
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