15 freelancers credited on 5 pieces of work that won at ADC Annual Awards.
The winning work
No Project Without Drama
Hornbach · HeimatTBWA Berlin
A bathroom DIY job becomes a surreal opera with a Greek chorus.
Award: ADC 2026 Best of Show (Black Cube) +9 more awards
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SickKids Foundation · FCB Toronto
Real patients chant a birthday count. Each birthday is a hard-won milestone.
Award: ADC 2026 Best of Non-Profit +2 more awards
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Squarespace · Squarespace (in-house)
Emma Stone repeatedly tries and fails to secure emmastone.com in a stark industrial mansion, growing more frustrated each time.
Award: ADC 2026 Best of Discipline Brand-Side/In-House +1 more award
See who made itCaption with Intention
Chicago Hearing Society / Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / Rakish · FCB Chicago
A new closed-caption system that uses colour, animation and type to carry tone, emotion and who is speaking for Deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers.
Award: ADC 2026 Best of Discipline Typography/Lettering +6 more awards
See who made itThe Square Meter
Hornbach · HeimatTBWA Berlin
A man's lifelong DIY obsession told through one square metre
Award: ADC 2024 Best of Discipline Film Craft +7 more awards
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