Every year at the EVCOM London Live and Film Awards we celebrate the best, the most effective, the truly creative, in the corporate film and events industries. And this year was no different. We invited our shortlistees, judges and members to celebrate with us at The Pullman Hotel in King’s Cross. The guests entered via red carpet and were greeted with prosecco at our drinks reception, a chance for them to reconnect with their industry peers and start the night off. We then invited our guests to the be seated in the plush velvet Shaw Theatre. Red theatre curtains opened to reveal our stage where our presenter Kate Sturgess welcomed everyone to the ceremony. Over the next hour she announced our brilliant winners and, where applicable, screened clips for the top award winners.
Particularly popular, and highly-awarded categories, were ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ and ‘Learning and Development’ with ‘Brand Communication’ continuing to remain one of our entrants favourites. Craft categories on the film side were also favoured by our entrants, showcasing the many elements that must come together to create a great film.
Following the ceremony, our guests made their way through to the Nobel Suite where a three course dinner was waiting for them to enjoy. Winners took photos proudly holding their awards in front of our shimmer wall, and people danced into the night to the sounds of our live band ‘Soul That Swings’. Check out more photos from the evening here.
Thank you so much to everyone who joined us, to everyone who helped make this happen from our brilliant judges to our partners Cvent and DRPG, and to everyone who entered. The quality of work is more impressive year on year, and speaks to an industry that is growing, learning and creating innovatively.
The winners are as follows:
| Brand Communication (film) | Gold: Dance Like Everyone is Watching by Media Zoo for 55 / Redefined
Silver: 1 in 8 by Inspired Films for NHS Breast Screening London Bronze: Volunteer With Us by Nowadays for Girlguiding Bronze: Seize The Moment by The Edge Picture Company for CBI |
| Brand Communication (live) | Silver: Powered by Diversity by CTL Communications for Boehringer Ingelheim
Bronze: Simrad NSX product Launch by Studio Giggle for Navico, Simrad |
| Internal Comms | Gold: The Boxer by DRPG
Silver: My Day App by Plastic Pictures for HSBC Silver: Unique People. Powerful Together. by Content Engine @ Shell Bronze: ASOS: ALL IN by Media Zoo |
| Best Comms Campaign | Silver: Powered by Diversity by CTL Communications for Boehringer Ingelheim |
| Best Film/s in a Digital Campaign | Silver: The Bank of London Launch Campaign by RD Content for The Bank of London
Bronze: 1 in 8 by Inspired Films for NHS Breast Screening London Highly Commended: A Better Way to Live by DRPG for Redrow |
| Best Film/s in a Social Media Campaign | Gold: Canon Crew Create by Itch Media
Silver: WRAP Recycle Week 2021 by Radley Yeldar |
| Best Conference | Gold: Trailblazers by CTL Communications
Silver: BT Consumer Live 2022 by DRPG for BT Consumer Bronze: Deloitte Reconnect by Brands at Work for Deloitte |
| Reward and Recognition | Silver: Vorwerk Annual Conference 2022 by TTA & Vorwerk for Vorwerk |
| Best Broadcast Event | Silver: Achieving Breakthrough by CTL Communications
Bronze: Credit Trends 2022 by Broadsword for Moody’s Investor Services |
| Best Documentary | Gold: Building an Etopia by Media Zoo for Barclays
Silver: Unique People. Powerful Together. By Content Engine @ Shell for Shell Bronze: Women in Engineering by Plastic Pictures for BT |
| Diversity and Inclusion | Gold: ASOS: ALL IN by Media Zoo for ASOS
Silver: Follow your voice by Clearhead for Milton Keynes College Bronze: Taylor Made Media AND International Men’s Day 2021 by The Edge Picture Company for Standard Chartered Bronze: Virgin Media O2+ Carers UK Partnership by Taylor Made Media Highly Commended: HSBC Roaring with Pride – Leigh’s Story by Media Zoo for HSBC |
| Health and Safety | Gold: Acting Fast, Will Save Lives by Pukka Films
Silver: Teenagers by The Edge Picture Company for Network Rail Bronze: Life Saving Rules by Content Engine @ Shell for Shell |
| Learning and Development | Gold: Gambling with Lives – Education Resource by Pukka Films
Silver: Acting Fast, Will Save Lives by Pukka Films Silver: Burberry Leather 101 by Media Zoo Bronze: Could the US dollar crash? by Capital.com Highly Commended: Protecting yourself from fraud by DRPG for Lloyds Banking Group |
| Sales of Products and Services | Gold: A Better Way to Live by DRPG for Redrow
Silver: Mitie Forte by Casual Films Bronze: PLINAZOLIN® Technology by The Edge Picture Company for Syngenta |
| Best Creative Concept | Gold: Trailblazers by CTL Communications
Silver: Senior Leaders’ Offsite by Live Union for National Grid Bronze: Deloitte Reconnect by Brands at Work for Deloitte |
| Best Use of Technology | Gold: House of Surprises by Smyle for Samsung |
| Best Use of Video Content | Gold: House of Surprises by Smyle for Samsung
Bronze: Credit Trends 2022 by Broadsword for Moody’s Investor Services |
| Best Production Values | Gold: Trailblazers by CTL Communications
Silver: CVC Annual Investor Meeting by Studio Giggle for CVC Capital Partners |
| Best Execution | Gold: Trailblazers by CTL Communications |
| Best Engagement | Gold: Senior Leaders’ Offsite by Live Union for National Grid |
| Cinematography | Gold: Burberry Leather 101 by Media Zoo
Silver: FW44 Livery Reveal – Williams Racing by RD Content Bronze: Going Against the Grain – Arbikie by RD Content |
| Direction | Gold: Lamborghini Style Guide by Taylor Made Media
Silver: Be A Mate (series) by The Edge Picture Company for Network Rail in association with CALM Bronze: Seize the Moment by The Edge Picture Company for CBI Highly Commended: One More Good Day by Inspired Films for Alzheimer’s Society & Santander |
| Animation | Gold: NHS Ethnic Minority Leader by Studio Giggle
Silver: GSK Tech Film by Radley Yeldar for GSK Bronze: Dear Younger Me by Tigershark Ltd for Strathallan School |
| Editing | Gold: The Boxer by DRPG
Silver: My Day App by Plastic Pictures for HSBC Bronze: Imagination Technologies “Reach the Top” by Cheerful Twentyfirst |
| Script | Gold: Opening Up by The Edge Picture Company for Network Rail
Silver: Dance Like Everyone is Watching by Media Zoo for 55 / Redefined Bronze: 1 in 8 by Inspired Films for NHS Breast Screening London Highly Commended: Gambling with Lives – Education Resource by Pukka Films |
| Sound | Silver: FW44 Livery Reveal – Williams Racing by RD Content
Gold: The Boxer by DRPG |
| Best Use of a Smaller Budget | Gold: Ramblers Responsible Wild Access Campaign by Heehaw for Ramblers Scotland
Silver: Virgin Media O2 + Carers UK Partnership by Taylor Made Media Bronze: Are We Okay With This? by Pukka Films for CAGA |
| Innovation | Silver: Reimagining Energy by Plastic Pictures for bp
Bronze: Building an Etopia by Media Zoo for Barclays |
| The Realise Award | Courtney Lilley |
| Grand Prix (film) | The Boxer by DRPG |
| Grand Prix (live) | Trailblazers by CTL Communications |
Thank you to everyone who entered and trusted these awards with your work. And congratulations to everyone who was shortlisted and to those who walked away with trophies. Here at EVCOM, we feel so honoured to represent an industry packed with so much talent!
Photo Credit: Steve Forrest