The Drum Awards for Advertising

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61 freelancers credited on 21 pieces of work that won at The Drum Awards for Advertising.

Next entry deadline: Dates to be confirmed

28Freelancers
27Represented
6Independent studio

The winning work

Craft & Design C

18 Months

Second Nurture · Klick Health

A six-minute film mixing stop-motion with 2D and 3D animation retells the true story of a baby found in a New York subway and the gay couple who adopted him.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Gold Illustration & Animation

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Who made it · 5 freelancers

Purpose & Community C

American Cancer Story

Change the Ref · Klick Health

A film that treats gun violence as an American disease to push for change.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Silver TV/VOD Commercial Long Form +1 more award

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Who made it · 1 freelancer

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Brand Heritage C

Balikbayan Magic: Philippine Oriental Food Market

Coca-Cola · VML Canada

Coca-Cola used a Filipino food market in Canada to celebrate the diaspora tradition of balikbayan boxes sent home to family.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Gold Use of Location

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Who made it · 6 freelancers

Humour C

Call of the Mustaches

Pringles · FCB New York

A Super Bowl spot where famous mustaches fly off their owners' faces to rescue game-day Pringles.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Silver CPG & Food and Beverage +1 more award

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Who made it · 1 freelancer

Humour C

DIY by Ikea

IKEA · VML UK

Before-and-after visuals present affordable IKEA products as clever fixes for household damage and wear.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Gold Retail and Consumer Products +1 more award

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Who made it · 1 freelancer

Humour C

Get Your Bum on Board

Trainline · DEPT

Punk-styled visuals and an Asim Chaudhry voiceover urged Britons to swap a car journey for the train to cut carbon emissions.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Silver Advertising for Good

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Who made it · 2 freelancers

Brand Heritage C

Glassphemy

Guinness · VML UK

Guinness playfully shamed drinkers who poured it into the wrong glass, invited their confessions and swapped them proper Guinness glassware.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Gold Integrated Campaigns +2 more awards

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Who made it · 2 freelancers

Humour C

Good Shit

PETA · Samy

A cute animated film of singing poos argued that a vegan diet is good for digestion, persuading with humour rather than guilt.

Award: The Drum Awards for Advertising 2025 Gold Charity or Not-for-Profit & Government or Public Sector +2 more awards

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Who made it · 6 freelancers

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