Winners announced for shots Awards The Americas 2026

The latest edition of the shots Awards The Americas took place last night [April 23], bringing together work, talent and companies from across north and south America.

Staged at new venue Avalon Hollywood and hosted by comedian, actor and writer Chinedu Unaka, the sold-out ceremony recognised projects created between February 2025 and February 2026.

Scroll down for the full list of winners and shortlisted entries, all selected by a jury of industry experts from across the Americas advertising community. The People and Companies of the Year were also announced on the night, calculated via a points system where shortlisted work earned one point, bronze winners gained an additional three, silver five, and gold a further eight.

All winning and shortlisted work can be viewed on the dedicated awards site.

Thanks go to this year’s headline sponsor Milk & Honey Films, as well as supporting sponsors Division, Virtual Films, Pier59 and XR Pay; as well as everyone involved in judging and all those who joined on the night. 

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.

Ad of the Year: Animation

Animation (2D)
GOLD: Cerveza Victoria Who’s Waiting for You
SILVER: Behaviour Interactive Dead by Daylight - Sinister Grace
BRONZE: Life360 I Think of You (Dying)

Animation (3D)
GOLD: Toyota Into the Wild
SILVER: Airbnb The Grand Adventure
BRONZE: Dunkin' Dunkin'® MUNCHKINS® Holiday Campaign
BRONZE: Target Holiday Campaign 2025

Motion Design
GOLD: The New Yorker Everything Covered - 100 Years Of The New Yorker
BRONZE: Mercury Banking Should do More

Stop-Motion
GOLD: Kaiser Permanente Moving All to One
SILVER: Audi Audi - Gingerbread Village

Bloomberg Philanthropies Bloomberg COP30 Belem
Disney A Disney Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
ELF Many-Trick Pony
Kinder Bueno Yes Bueno
Pepsi The Choice
Xfinity Obsession

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: VFX

GOLD: Genesis No Old Ideas
SILVER: Toyota Into the Wild
BRONZE: Disney A Disney Holiday Short: Best Christmas Ever
BRONZE: Squarespace Change Your World: Sky Dive

2K Borderlands 4 - Quit Earth
Battlefield 6 It's Good to be Back
E*TRADE from Morgan Stanley The Pursuit
Kinder Bueno Yes Bueno
Simons Dress Yourself
Walmart Whoknewville

View the work & credits here.

Animation & VFX jury
Erin Sarofsky [Head Judge], Kirsten Collabolletta, Daniel Duda, Ben Hampshire, Angus Kneale, Eva-Maria Kuehlmann, Faga Melo, Cristian Nicolas Morales Hernandez, Vivekananthan (Vivek) Rajasekaran, Eri Panasci Taylorson, Morten Vinther, Julieta Zajaczkowski

Ad of the Year: Casting

GOLD: DoorDash Your Door to More
SILVER: EA skate Drop In
SILVER: Uber Eats Mild Salsa
BRONZE: The New York Times It’s Your World to Understand

Apple Someday
GrubHub The Feest
Gucci The Tiger
Instacart For Papa
Intuit TurboTax The Expert
KFC Obsession
Skip Writer's Room
Uber Eats Pirate's Booty

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Production Design

GOLD: Netflix Discover Your Future
SILVER: Apple The Ultimate Pro
BRONZE: KFC Obsession

Apple Someday
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
Squarespace Unavailable
Xbox This is an Xbox - Yup!

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Styling

GOLD: GrubHub The Feest
SILVER: Netflix Discover Your Future
BRONZE: Instacart For Papa!

Apple Someday
Apple The Ultimate Pro
Disney All Princesses Make Magic
Gucci The Tiger
Samsung and Google Gemini Tunnel Fit
Squarespace Dream It Domain It

View the work & credits here.

Casting, Production Design & Styling jury
Michael Sagol [Head Judge], Seb Boyer, Fay Grande, Emily de Groot, Andrew Hayes, Fabiano Higashi, Emma Higgins, Tina Lam, Destiny Lilly, Carol Ozzi, Mark Snelgrove, Keith Wager

Ad of the Year: Charity/PSA

GOLD: SickKids Foundation The Count
SILVER: Save The Children Mexico La Fiesta
BRONZE: We Ride Together, Inc. W.T.F. Wait, That’s Fair?

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 Dr West
Operation Smile We Build Hope
Safehaven Toronto Invisible
STARS Saving Futures
Vivo It’s Time to Change Your Time on Your Phone

View the work & credits here.

Charity jury
Sara Eolin [Head Judge], Lorenzo Benedick, Chinwe Chong, Craig Cimmino, Qadree Holmes, Jenny Lee, Chau Mui, Jessie Nagel, Ezequiel Ortiz, David Ozier, Miranda Romero Fuentes, Cliff Skeete

Ad of the Year: Sound Design

GOLD: Under Armour We Are Football
SILVER: Internacional de la Cruz Roja Carpetas Vivas
BRONZE: Nike ACG Wild Planet

AG1 Good Morning Moon
Amazon The Good, The Bad and The Ouchy
EA skate Drop In
Genesis No Old Ideas
Hoka The Race
Netflix Discover Your Future
Powerade The Ladder
Under Armour The Next Era of Football
YETI Don’t Get Them a YETI

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Use of Music, Licensed

GOLD: Kotex Own Your Flow
SILVER: General Motors See You on the Road
BRONZE: Nike x A'ja Wilson One of a Kind

adidas Original Forever
Apple Someday
DoorDash Your Door to More
Kids Help Phone Help
Quebec's Dairy Farmers New Generation
Uber In Good Time

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Use of Music, Original Composition

GOLD: Manscaped Hair Ballad
SILVER: Life360 I Think of You (Dying)
BRONZE: Squarespace Unavailable

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
McDonaldland Meal
Panda Express Karaoke
Squarespace Dream It, Domain It

View the work & credits here.

Use of Music & Sound Design jury
Tomás Becú [Head Judge], Raphaël Ajuelos, Beliansh Assefa, Jason Bonilla, Christiane Rachel Homem de Mello, Claudia Incio, Marina Killion, Kelly McCluskey, Damian Minckas, Justin Morris, Liz Pfriem, Gloria Pitagorsky, Filipe Resende, Dan Zank

Ad of the Year: Concept (Up to and including two minutes)

GOLD: Uber Eats Mild Salsa
GOLD: Uber Eats Passion Fruit
GOLD: Uber Eats Pirate's Booty
SILVER: CR Fashion Book The Girl Next Door
BRONZE: Eli Lilly Good Days

Intuit TurboTax The Expert
KFC Obsession
Life360 I Think of You (Dying)
Manscaped Hair Ballad
Old Spice The End of Adolescents
OpenAI Dish with ChatGPT
Scotiabank What Do You Make
Squarespace Unavailable

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Concept (Above two minutes)

GOLD: Uber In Good Time
SILVER: Cerveza Victoria Who’s Waiting for You
BRONZE: Apple A Critter Carol
BRONZE: Instacart For Papa!

Apple Someday
Gucci The Tiger
Huggies Little Fighter
Uber Eats Hungry for the Truth

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Copywriting

GOLD: Scotiabank What Do You Make
SILVER: Life360 I Think of You (Dying)
BRONZE: Manscaped Hair Ballad

Gucci The Tiger
Intuit TurboTax The Expert
Instacart For Papa
The New York Times It’s Your World to Understand
Uber In Good Time
Uber Eats Hungry for the Truth

View the work & credits here.

Concept & Copywriting jury
Sara Worthington [Head Judge], Chams Abdelhafidh, Aryan Aminzadeh, Catarina Barcala, David Castellanos, Juliana Cobb, Susan Mersch, Lauren O'Driscoll, Tony O'Neill, Bee Reynolds, Nathan Robinson, Belén Russomanno, Fabricio Soares

Ad of the Year: Cinematography (Up to and including two minutes)

GOLD: KFC Obsession
SILVER: Squarespace Unavailable
BRONZE: Bluff Bounce Prologue
BRONZE: Kotex Own Your Flow

Betano x River Plate Qué Locura Ser de River
Estúdio Carmine Mirage
RONA Homes of Hockey
Vivo It’s Time to Change Your Time on Your Phone
YETI Don’t Get Them a YETI

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Cinematography (Above two minutes)

GOLD: Beats by Dre The Master of Speed and Stability
SILVER: Uber In Good Time
BRONZE: Quebec’s Dairy Farmers New Generation

EA skate Drop In
Farm Credit Canada Let’s Grow Canada
Nubank With Nu You’re in
Penfolds Is it About?
Simons Dress Yourself

View the work & credits here.

Cinematography jury
Amado Parame Stachenfeld [Head Judge], Gabrielle Blackwood, Agustín Claramunt, Corey Cho, Marc André Debruyne, Richard Hama, Jules Hotz, Arianna Shining Star Smaller, Luísa Dalé Silva, Cass Surina Austin, Charlie Tyrell

Ad of the Year: Direction (Up to and including 60 seconds)

GOLD: YETI Don’t Get Them a YETI
SILVER: GrubHub The Feest (Extended Version)
BRONZE: NFL Champion
BRONZE: Uber Eats Mild Salsa

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?
Liquid I.V. Take a Look
Manscaped Hair Ballad
Netflix Netflix House
Old Spice The End of Adolescents
Squarespace Change Your World: Sky Dive
World Human and You Know It

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Direction (61 seconds to three minutes)

GOLD: adidas Original Forever
SILVER: DoorDash Your Door to More
SILVER: SickKids Foundation The Count
BRONZE: Amazon Lavatory of Horrors
BRONZE: Uber In Good Time

Away Travel Changed Me
Fear of God Civil
Instacart For Papa
Intuit TurboTax The Expert
Powerade The Ladder
Quebec’s Dairy Farmers New Generation
Simons Dress Yourself
Squarespace Unavailable

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Direction (Above three minutes)

GOLD: Beats by Dre The Master of Speed and Stability
SILVER: EA skate Drop In
BRONZE: Cerveza Victoria Who’s Waiting for You

Apple Someday
Gucci The Tiger
Netflix Discover Your Future
Tienda Inglesa Invisible

View the work & credits here.

Direction jury
Shawn Lacy [Head Judge], Sole Bottaro, Rami D’Aguiar, Leila Gage, Emily Harris, Anna Hashmi, Alex Hoffman, Aasttha Khajuria, Michael 'Middy' Ofori-Attah, Kamila Prokop, Michael Refuerzo, Amanda Shirelle Azoroh

Ad of the Year: Editing (Up to and including 60 seconds)

GOLD: YETI Don’t Get Them a YETI
SILVER: Goodyear Still. Always. Forever.
BRONZE: Dove The Game is Ours

Apple Crash Zoom
Apple Peak Performance
Come Near Is There More to Life Than More?
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

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Editing (61 seconds to three minutes)

GOLD: The New York Times It’s Your World to Understand
SILVER: Uber Close
BRONZE: Gucci La Lido
BRONZE: Simons Dress Yourself

Air Canada Tyler's Walk
Apple A Critter Carol
Eli Lilly Good Days
Gap Better in Denim
Hoka Together We Fly Higher
SickKids Foundation The Count
Skip Writer's Room
Squarespace Unavailable
Uber In Good Time
Uber Eats Hungry for the Truth

View the work & credits here.

Ad of the Year: Editing (Above three minutes)

GOLD: Gucci The Tiger
SILVER: Huggies Little Fighter
BRONZE: Beats by Dre They Stay in Your Ears

Apple Shot on iPhone: El Lazo de Petra
Netflix Discover Your Future

View the work & credits here.

Editing jury
Joanna Manning [Head Judge], Dan Abraham, Julie Axell, Marlo Baird, Aitor Bigas, Kayan Choi, Mah Ferraz, Edward Khoma, Tyler Locke, Zaldy Lopez, Jen Passaniti, Natalie Wozniak

Ad of the Year: Music Video

GOLD: Apashe, Alina Pash Kyiv
GOLD: Chappell Roan The Subway
SILVER: Doechii Anxiety
SILVER: madge x Povoa Beat Bunny
BRONZE: Rubel Ouro/Reckoner

Alaskan Tapes Holocene
A$AP Rocky Punk Rocky
A$AP Rocky Whiskey/Black Demarco
FKA twigs Childlike Things (ft. North West)
Harry Styles Aperture
Kendrick Lamar & SZA luther
Sabrina Carpenter Tears
Talking Heads Psycho Killer

View the work & credits here.

Music Video jury
Fuliane Petikyan [Head Judge], Ellie Bartlett, Richard Cureton, Benson Ellis, Lina Fridman, Rocio Gastaldi, Gina Harrell, André Inácio, Nazeli Kodjoian, Nicholas Lam, Mike Lobikis, Dante Pasquinelli, Nathan Scherrer

Ad of the Year: New Director

GOLD: Tanner K Williams
SILVER: This Was Needed
BRONZE: Matheo Fernandes

Alexis Belhumeur
Caleb Hansen
Mister (Miche Sieg & Rose Chirillo)
Moorhead & Benson
Nick Sokoloff
Truesdell Brothers

View the work & credits here.

New Director jury
Diego de la Maza [Head Judge], Mercedes Allen-Sarria, Kelly Bayett, Ryan Ennis, Sophie Gold, Erin Goodsell, Danielle Kappy, Jackson Morton, Pilar Muro, Lauren Schuchman, Ana Laura Solis, Christian Tyler, Patrick Wood