The Immortal Awards 2025 Jury Days Begin in Germany Ahead of Global Tour
Judging for The Immortal Awards 2025 is now underway, with the first in-person session of the year to taking place in Berlin on Thursday, October 2nd.
The Germany Jury day kicks off two months of in-person sessions, beginning in Europe before embarking on a worldwide tour which culminates in the final, global round of judging in the US in December.
Over the next nine weeks, Little Black books global advertising award will host sessions in Berlin, London, Dublin, Dubai, Toronto, New York and Sydney.
The competition’s six regions – Europe, MEA, North America, LATAM, AUNZ and Asia – will each have their own jury days, selecting regional Finalists that will compete in the global round of judging.
At the global round of judging, held in partnership with music production company JSM Music in New York on December 3rd, the jury will decide which projects this year will pick up a Commendation or receive the ultimate prize – an Immortal Award.
Now in its eighth year, The Immortal Awards is the annual global advertising award from Little Black Book, celebrating the best in international commercial creativity.
The full jury day calendar is at the bottom of this story.
Berlin hosts the first session of the year
Whilst it’s tradition for The Immortal Awards to begin judging in Europe, for the first time ever, it’s the German jury that will set the standard for the year.
On Thursday, October 2nd, the jury met at Innocean Berlin to decide which projects from the market – if any – will be crowned German Finalists, celebrated as local winners and qualify for the European round of judging (held in London on October 23rd).
This year’s Germany jury includes:
- Jeannette Bohné, managing creative director, Serviceplan Berlin
- Juliane ‘Elli’ Ellrich, executive producer, Zauberberg Productions
- Thomas Heyen, partner and managing creative director, Jung von Matt Hamburg
- Christina Keller, chief strategy officer, DDB Germany Group
- Gabriel Mattar, chief creative officer, Innocean Berlin
- Jana Melzer, executive producer, SOUP FILM
- Michael Schachtner, chief creative officer DACH, Dentsu Creative Germany
- Christian ‘Kidde' Schuck, chief creative officer, M&C Saatchi Group Europe
- Inseeyah Stieldorf, executive creative director, Scholz & Friends
- Simona Suman, chief creative officer, VML Germany
Paul Monan, head of creative excellence at Little Black Book, says, “Over the last few weeks, our jury has been scoring entries from across the market, whittling them down to a shortlist that was discussed and debated in person in Berlin on Thursday. The German jury day is always a great session with rigorously high standards and lots of tough discussions. We’re excited to see what our jury thinks of the shortlisted work and can’t wait to find out which projects will be crowned German Finalists this year!”
The Immortal Awards 2025 Jury Calendar
- Thursday, October 2nd: Germany Jury, Berlin, hosted by Innocean Berlin
- Wednesday, October 15th: UK Jury, London, in partnership with Framestore & Company 3
- Tuesday, October 21st: Ireland Jury, Dublin, in partnership with The Brill Building, Rubberduck and Screen Scene
- Thursday, October 23rd: Europe Jury, London, in partnership with Boo Agency and Park Pictures
- Wednesday, October 29th: MEA Jury, Dubai, in partnership with Boomtown Productions
- Tuesday, November 11th: Canada Jury, Toronto, in partnership with Zulu Alpha Kilo
- Thursday, November 13th: US Jury, New York, in partnership with Chelsea Pictures
- Friday, November 14th: North America Jury, New York, in partnership with Whitehouse Post
- Tuesday, November 18th: LATAM Jury, online
- Wednesday, November 26th: AUNZ Jury, Sydney, in partnership with Bear Meets Eagle on Fire and ARC
- Thursday, November 27th: Asia Jury, online
- Wednesday, December 3rd: Global Jury, New York, in partnership with JSM Music
