shots Awards EMEA 2026 shortlist unveiled

After months of submissions, scores and spirited discussions, the shortlist for the shots Awards EMEA 2026, sponsored by Division Film and XR, has officially been announced.

Celebrating the finest creative work from across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, this year's shortlist is a showcase of the talent, imagination and craft that continue to make the region such an exciting place for advertising and filmmaking. From ingenious ideas and exceptional direction to dazzling VFX and meticulously crafted sound, the entries have given our juries plenty to admire and, inevitably, plenty to argue about.

With the longlist judging now complete, all that remains is to reveal who will be taking home the trophies. The winners will be announced at a ceremony on Wednesday 18 November at The Londoner, Leicester Square, where the industry's finest will gather to celebrate another year of outstanding work. 

So, take a look at who's made the cut, and don't forget to grab your ticket for the big night.

Animation (Including 3D, 2D, Stop Motion and Motion Design)

Arsenal FC Arsenal State of Mind
BBC Trails Will Blaze
Boots Gift Happily
Intermarché Unloved
LEGO Never Stop Playing
LEGO Lego Holiday
One Health Summit One Health
Oysho Oysho Lodge
Playgrounds In Motion Playgrounds In Motion Titles 2025
Škoda Ichy
Suchard The Christmas We Make
Tesco The Fruit Giant
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Nature Needs Us Now

VFX

Absolut x Tabasco For Those Who Bring the Heat
Alpine Let’s Not Be Driven by Technology. Let’s Drive It
EA Sports FC The Club is Yours
Hargreaves Lansdown Through it All
Honda Your Dreams Engineered
LEGO Never Stop Playing
McDonald's World Heist Menu
McDonald's Side Missions
Škoda Ichy
Tesco The Fruit Giant
Tourtel Hydra
Waitrose The Gastronaut

Animation & VFX jury
Fx Goby [Head Judge], Ahmet Iltas, Amanda Stubbs, Dave Hunt, Dorianne Fibleuil, Jędrzej Skrzypczyk, Laura Breaden, Lou Beauchard, Margherita Premuroso, Marta Carbonell Amela, Phil Oldham, Rob van den Bragt, Xavier Questel

Charity/PSA

Equal Pay Day Prison
Fundacja Feminoteka What is True?
Greenpeace SLAPP Suit
Macmillan Cancer Support We're What You Can Do About it
Missing People Based on a True Story
Mr Motivator’s Bed Bank Wrong Side of the Bed
NSPCC (The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) The Most Dangerous Time of Year
Our Streets Now Smile!
People Like Us DEAR [NAME]
RF-SISU Where Do We Play?
Smartphone Free Childhood Video Shop
The First Step Behind Closed Doors
The Philipstown WireCar Foundation The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix

Charity jury
Tash Beecher [Head Judge], Asma Humayun, Charlie Roberson, Derek Green, Ellen Crane, Matt Houghton, Milana Karaica, Roanna Williams, Tim Pashen

Cinematography

Agència Catalana de Turisme Sent la nostra cultura, viu Catalunya
Airbnb Llegar más cerca
ALDI SÜD ALDIstory - Candies
AXA Nothing Stops Women's Rugby
EDF 80 Years
Ford Adventure
France Parkinson Making the Invisible Visible
Gucci Generation Gucci
On Shape of Dreams
Orange Who knows how far our network will go?
Škoda The Ice Challenge
Starling Bank Good With Money

Cinematography jury
Anna MacDonald [Head Judge], Adam Singodia, Celal Burak Özgül, Daniel Fernández Abelló, Ebba Hult, George Kyriacou, Haya Khairat, Hélène Ségol, Imraan Christian, Jermaine Edwards, Nadira Amrani

Concept (Up to and including two minutes)

adidas Swords Athletics X Adidas - Border to Hel
AXE FIFA World Cup Edition The Hand of God
Beefeater 0.0 x Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
Google Pixel It's Pixel, Actually
Honda Your Dreams Engineered
Specsavers Squintervention
Tesco Now We’re Cooking
Tesco The Fruit Giant
Uber Navigate Your Relationship oder aber Uber

Concept (Above two minutes)

BBC A Very Special Delivery
HORNBACH Always Think Too Big
Nike x Palace This England
On Shape of Dreams
Rådet For Sikker Trafik Helmet Has Always Been a Good Idea - 1676
Vienna Tourist Board Vienna Bites

Copywriting

Anthropic Claude - Keep Thinking
BBC What Has the BBC Ever Done for Me?
Equal Pay Day Prison
HORNBACH Just a Board
People Like Us DEAR [NAME]
Rennies Stop the Blame Game – Baxter
Rennies Stop the Blame Game - Molly
Rennies Stop the Blame Game - Duke
Smartphone Free Childhood Video Shop
Winsor & Newton Full Spectrum

Concept & Copywriting jury
Filipa Maurício [Head Judge], Berni Brungs, Elizabeth Dewar, Emuron Alemu, Jon Elsom, Michael Boszko, Mike Awad, Nadia Alken, Rita Leon Bernardo

Direction (Up to and including 60-seconds)

Absolut x Tabasco For Those Who Bring the Heat
Audi After Dark
AXE The Birth
DFS Thingception
Ford Adventure
Ford Build
Honda Your Dreams Engineered
IKEA Wherever Life Goes
Uber Add Another Layer oder aber
Uber Navigate Your Relationship oder aber Uber
Uber Call Daddy From The Club at 2am oder aber Uber
Under Armour Rest Less

Direction (61-seconds to three minutes)

adidas Swords Athletics X Adidas - Border to Hel
Airbnb Llegar más cerca
Anthropic Claude - Keep Thinking
Beefeater 0.0 x Jamiroquai Virtual Insanity
Chanel Métiers d'Art 2026
Currys Analysis Paralysis
Dyson CameraJet
Equal Pay Day Prison
HORNBACH Just a Board
Lacoste The Run
Orange Who Knows How Far Our Network Will Go?
Orange France Whatever Your Christmas
Rådet For Sikker Trafik Helmet Has Always Been a Good Idea - 1676
Smartphone Free Childhood Video Shop
Tesco The Fruit Giant
Volvo Little Things

Direction (Above three minutes)

AXA Nothing Stops Women's Rugby
HORNBACH Always Think Too Big
Missing People Based on a True Story
On Shape of Dreams
Paul Smith x Barbour Braemar
People Like Us DEAR [NAME]
The Philipstown WireCar Foundation The Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix

Direction jury
Sherif Mounir [Head Judge], Anke Petersen, Danny Fleet, Jean Mougin, Jessie Zinn, Kholoud Etman, Marie Archambeaud, Mostafa El Kashef, Spencer Dodd, Tracey Cooper, Romila Sanassy, Victoria Daltry

Editing (Up to and including 60-seconds)

Ford Adventure
Honda Your Dreams Engineered
The Ordinary The Periodic Fable
Wilson Play in the Red
Yamaha You Are the Instrument

Editing (61-seconds to three minutes)

ALDI SÜD ALDIstory - Candies
Andrex Push Like You're Pooing
BT Behind Brilliant Things
Burberry The Trench, Portraits of an Icon
Choānn A Stranger's House
Dyson CameraJet
JD Sports Where Are You Going?
KFC How Much Do You Believe in Chicken?
Nike & Spotify Make Moves
UVU Beautiful Suffering
Waitrose The Gastronaut

Editing (Above three minutes)

AXA Nothing Stops Women's Rugby
Missing People Based on a True Story
On Shape of Dreams
Škoda The Ice Challenge
Waitrose The Perfect Gift

Editing jury
Rachael Spann [Head Judge], Adrian-Florin Ardelean, Eden Read, Flaura Atkinson, Freddie Waters, Malek Al Hamami, Mickaël Bandela, Nikolaj Belzer, Nomfundo Lucia Masango, Sim Sidhu, Søren Schneider

Casting

ALDI SÜD ALDIstory - Candies
AXA Nothing Stops Women's Rugby
Fundacja Avalon Disability Doesn’t Define Who We Are
Lacoste The Run
Macmillan Cancer Support We're What You Can Do About it
McDonalds Resilience
Missing People Based on a True Story
People Like Us DEAR [NAME]
Tesco Need Anything From Tesco?
The Warehouse Project 20 Years in Manchester

Production Design

ALDI SÜD ALDIStory - Candies
Amplitude Studios Humankind II - Newborn
Deutsche Telekom Everything in One Place
DFS Thingception
On Shape of Dreams
Orange Who Knows How Far Our Network Will Go?
People Like Us DEAR [NAME]
PMU Officiel Three Worlds, One Playground
Smartphone Free Childhood Video Shop
Vienna Tourist Board Vienna Bites
Xbox The Caretaker

Styling

Amazon x Menopause Mandate Selling Menopause
Amplitude Studios Humankind II - Newborn
Club Med The Art of Free Time
DFS Thingception
Ffern The Green Knight
People Like Us DEAR [NAME]
Rådet For Sikker Trafik Helmet Has Always Been a Good Idea - 1676
Smartphone Free Childhood Video Shop
Vienna Tourist Board Vienna Bites

Casting, Production Design and Styling jury
Warren Gray [Head Judge], AK Simba, Alexandra Day, Erin Simon, Jose Tirado, Nathan Parker, Nawaal Hendricks, Olissa Rogers, Sampada Harkara, Selma Nicholls, Thom Hammond, ZuBeDa Portia Cele

Sound Design

BBC What Has the BBC Ever Done for Me?
Clash Royale Fill Them with Fear
Dyson CameraJet
EA Sports FC The Club is Yours
Hawkstone Kaleb's Leap
Honda Your Dreams Engineered
HORNBACH Just A Board
Legora Yankees
Nike x Palace This England
Tesco The Fruit Giant
Winsor & Newton Full Spectrum

Use of Music (Original Composition)

Airbnb Llegar más cerca
Coach Explore Your Story
GAIA Gaia - 3347
HORNBACH Just A Board
On Shape of Dreams
World of Tanks Holiday Ops - 2026

Use of Music (Licensed)

EA Sports FC The Club is Yours
John Lewis & Partners Where Love Lives
NSPCC (The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) The Most Dangerous Time of Year
Shelter Our House Is Not a Home
Shelter Earworm
Xbox The Caretaker

Use of Music & Sound Design jury
Anthony Moore [Head Judge], Ben Mooge, Dann Liebermann, Gregory Caron, Keith Gillespie, Michael Nagy, Phiona Okumu, Rana Eid, Simon Heeger, Steph Grace-Summers

Music Video of the Year

Eartheater Paradise Rains
Foo Fighters Window
gilm0re Another Breathtaking Melody
Harry Styles Dance No More
HEDO HYDR8 45EN5ION
J. Cole The Fall-Off is Inevitable
James Blake Death of Love
José González Losing Game (Sick)
Kneecap Feat. Paul Hartnoll Sayōnara
Lesram Takita
Olivia Dean So Easy
Rich the Kid Calling My Line
Rosalia ft. Bjork and Yves Tumor Berghain
Wolf Alice Just Two Girls

Music Video jury
Naghmeh Pour [Head Judge], Alexis Delanoue, Alice Wills, Callum Harrison, CHNDY, Dasha Deriagina, Elise Butt, Jon Day, Kim Jarrett, Theresa Adebiyi