shots Awards the Americas 2026 shortlist revealed

With the first round of judging for shots Awards the Americas 2026 now concluded, the votes have been counted, and we can reveal the brilliant, shortlisted work.

With a huge number of outstanding entries from agencies, production houses, visual effects and editing shops across the Americas, the shortlists showcase the wonderful creativity the region has to offer.

The final decisions on which campaigns will get the final nod for a gold, silver or bronze trophy are happening now, with our various panels of expert judges digging even deeper into what makes a shortlisted spot one that deserves even greater recognition.

If you want to know what makes it to the top of the shots, then join us at this year's ceremony, taking place on April 23rd at the Avalon in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Until then, congratulations to all of those involved with the shortlisted work.

For more information about the Awards ceremony, including how to secure tickets, click here.

Animation (Inc. 3D, 2D, Stop-Motion & Motion Design) 

• Airbnb The Grand Adventure 
• Audi Gingerbread 
• Behaviour Interactive Dead by Daylight - Sinister Grace
• Bloomberg Philanthropies Bloomberg COP30 Belem 
• Cerveza Victoria Who's Waiting for You 
• Disney A Disney Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever 
  
• Dunkin' Dunkin'® MUNCHKINS® Holiday Campaign 
• ELF Many-Trick Pony 
  
• Kaiser Permanente Moving All to One
  
• Kinder Bueno, Yes Bueno 
• Life360 I Think of You (Dying)
• Mercury Banking Should Do More 
• The New Yorker Everything Covered - 100 Years of The New Yorker
• Pepsi The Choice 
• Target Holiday Campaign 2025 
• Toyota Into the Wild 
• Xfinity Obsession 

View the work & credits here.

Charity/PSA 

• Ad Council Tell That to Them 
• Carry On Resilience 
• Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja Carpetas Vivas 
• Fuck Cancer The Mark of Life 
• Heart and Stroke Foundation, Heart and Stroke Dr West 
• Operation Smile We Build Hope 
• Safehaven Toronto Invisible 
• Save The Children Mexico La Fiesta 
• SickKids Foundation The Count 
• STARS Saving Futures 
• Vivo It's Time to Change Your Time on Your Phone 
• We Ride Together, Inc. W.T.F. Wait, That's Fair? 

View the work & credits here.

Cinematography (Up to and including two minutes) 

• Betano x River Plate Qué Locura Ser de River 
• Bluff Bounce Prologue 
• Estúdio Carmine Mirage 
• KFC Obsession 
• Kotex Own Your Flow 
• RONA Homes of Hockey 
• Squarespace Unavailable 
• Vivo It's Time to Change Your Time on Your Phone 
• YETI Don't Get Them a YETI 

View the work & credits here.

Cinematography (Above two minutes)

• Beats by Dre The Master of Speed and Stability 
• EA skate Drop In 
• Farm Credit Canada Let's Grow Canada 
• Nubank With Nu You’re in 
• Penfolds Is it About? 
• Quebec’s Dairy Farmers New Generation 
• Simons Dress Yourself 
• Uber In Good Time 

View the work & credits here.

Concept (Up to and including two minutes)

• CR Fashion Book The Girl Next Door 
• Intuit TurboTax The Expert 
• KFC Obsession 
• Life360 I Think of You (Dying) 
• Eli Lilly Good Days 
• Manscaped Hair Ballad 
• Old Spice The End of Adolescents 
• Open AI Dish with ChatGPT 
• Scotiabank What Do You Make 
• Squarespace Unavailable 
• Uber Eats Mild Salsa 
• Uber Eats Passion Fruit 
• Uber Eats Pirate's Booty

View the work & credits here.

Concept (Above two minutes)

• Apple A Critter Carol 
• Apple Someday 
• Cerveza Victoria Who's Waiting for You 
• Gucci The Tiger 
• Huggies Little Fighter 
• Instacart For Papa
• Uber In Good Time 
• Uber Eats Hungry for the Truth 

View the work & credits here.

Copywriting 

• Gucci The Tiger 
• Intuit TurboTax The Expert 
• Instacart For Papa
• Life360 I Think of You (Dying)
• Manscaped Hair Ballad 
• The New York Times It's Your World to Understand 
• Scotiabank What Do You Make 
• Uber In Good Time
• Uber Eats Hungry for the Truth

View the work & credits here.

Editing (Up to and including 60-seconds)

• Apple Crash Zoom 
• Apple Peak Performance 
• Is There More to Life Than More? 
• Dove The Game is Ours 
• Goodyear Still. Always. Forever. 
• Howie Secretary 
• Levi's Backstory 
• Marty Supreme x NBA on ESPN, Official Promo 
• Michelob ULTRA The ULTRA Instructor
• NFL Champion 
• Nike Why Do it 
• Nike Football World's Most Dangerous Striker
• YETI Don't Get Them a YETI 

View the work & credits here.

Editing (61-seconds to three minutes)

• Air Canada Tyler's Walk 
• Amazon Lavatory of Horrors 
• Apple A Critter Carol 
• Eli Lilly Good Days 
• Gap Better in Denim 
• Gucci La Lido 
• Hoka Together We Fly Higher 
• The New York Times It’s Your World to Understand 
• SickKids Foundation The Count 
• Simons Dress Yourself 
• Skip Writer's Room 
• Squarespace Unavailable 
• Uber Close 
• Uber In Good Time 
• Uber Eats Hungry for the Truth

View the work & credits here.

Editing (Above three minutes)

• Apple Shot on iPhone: El Lazo de Petra 
• Beats by Dre They Stay in Your Ears
• Gucci The Tiger 
• Huggies Little Fighter 
• Netflix Discover Your Future

View the work & credits here.

Music Video of the Year 

• Alaskan Tapes Holocene 
• A$AP Rocky Punk Rocky 
• A$AP Rocky Whiskey/Black Demarco 
• Apashe, Alina Pash Kyiv
• Chappell Roan The Subway 
• Doechii Anxiety 
• FKA twigs Childlike Things (ft. North West) 
  
• Harry Styles Aperture 
• Kendrick Lamar & SZA luther 
• madge x Povoa Beat Bunny 
• Rubel Ouro/Reckoner 
• Sabrina Carpenter Tears 
• Talking Heads Psycho Killer 

View the work & credits here.

New Director of the Year 

• Alexis Belhumeur @ Colossale 
• Caleb Hansen @ Fundamental Films 
• Matheo Fernandes @ CLIMA®  
• Mister (Miche Sieg & Rose Chirillo) @ World War Seven 
• Moorhead & Benson @ SKUNK 
• Nick Sokoloff @ Farm League 
• Tanner K Williams @ magna studios 
• This Was Needed @ Fela
• Truesdell Brothers @ Stept Studios 

View the work & credits here.

Sound Design 

• AG1, Good Morning Moon 
• Amazon The Good, The Bad and The Ouchy 
• Internacional de la Cruz Roja Carpetas Vivas 
• EA skate Drop In 
  
• Genesis No Old Ideas 
• Hoka The Race 
• Netflix Discover Your Future
• Nike ACG Wild Planet 
• Powerade The Ladder 
• Under Armour The Next Era of Football 
• Under Armour We Are Football 
• YETI Don’t Get Them a YETI

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Use of Music, Licensed 

• adidas Original Forever 
• Apple Someday  
• DoorDash Your Door to More  
• General Motors See You on the Road 
• Kids Help Phone Help  
• Kotex Own Your Flow  
• Nike x A'ja Wilson One of a Kind  
• Quebec's Dairy Farmers New Generation  
• Uber In Good Time

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Use of Music, Original Composition 

• Amazon The Good, The Bad and The Ouchy 
• Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja Carpetas Vivas 
• Dairy Farmers of Ontario Milk Moments 
• Instacart For Papa
• Instacart For Papa
• (Dying) 
• Manscaped Hair Ballad 
• McDonaldland Meal 
• Panda Express Karaoke 
• Squarespace Dream It, Domain It 
• Squarespace Unavailable

View the work & credits here.

VFX 

• 2K Borderlands 4 - Quit Earth 
• Battlefield 6 It's Good to be Back
• Disney A Disney Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever 
• E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley The Pursuit
• Genesis No Old Ideas 
• Kinder Bueno Yes Bueno 
• Simons Dress Yourself 
• Squarespace Change Your World: Sky Dive 
• Toyota Into the Wild 
• Walmart Whoknewville

View the work & credits here.

Direction (Up to and Including 60 seconds) 

• Amazon The Good, The Bad and The Ouchy 
• Apple The Ultimate Pro 
• Betano x River Plate Qué Locura Ser de River 
• Come Near Is There More to Life Than More?
• GrubHub The Feest 
• Liquid I.V. Take a Look 
• Manscaped Hair Ballad 
• Netflix Netflix House 
• NFL Champion 
• Old Spice The End of Adolescents 
• Squarespace Change Your World: Sky Dive 
• Uber Eats Mild Salsa 
• World Human and You Know It 
• YETI Don't Get Them a YETI 

View the work & credits here.

Direction (From 61-seconds to three-minutes)

• adidas Original Forever 
• Amazon Lavatory of Horrors
• Away Travel Changed Me 
• DoorDash Your Door to More 
• Fear of God Civil 
• Instacart For Papa
• Intuit TurboTax The Expert 
• Powerade The Ladder 
• Quebec’s Dairy Farmers New Generation 
• SickKids Foundation The Count 
• Simons Dress Yourself 
• Squarespace Unavailable 
• Uber In Good Time 

View the work & credits here.

Direction (Above three minutes)

• Apple Someday 
• Beats by Dre The Master of Speed and Stability 
• Cerveza Victoria Who's Waiting for You 
• EA skate Drop In 
• Gucci The Tiger 
• Netflix Discover Your Future 
• Tienda Inglesa Invisible 

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Casting 

• Apple Someday 
• DoorDash Your Door to More 
• EA skate Drop In 
• GrubHub The Feest  
• Gucci The Tiger 
• Instacart For Papa
• Intuit TurboTax The Expert 
• KFC Obsession 
• The New York Times It’s Your World to Understand
• Skip Writer's Room 
• Uber Eats Mild Salsa 
• Uber Eats Pirate's Booty

View the work & credits here.

Production Design 

• Apple Someday 
• Apple The Ultimate Pro 
• Beats by Dre The Master of Speed and Stability 
• Canadian Club The Official Drink of Unofficial Clubs 
• Disney All Princesses Make Magic
• Instacart For Papa 
• KFC Obsession 
• Netflix Discover Your Future 
• Squarespace Unavailable 
• Xbox This is an Xbox - Yup! 

View the work & credits here.