According to ABBY Awards Powered by One Show, Leo Burnett, Enormous Brands, FCB, VML, McCann, Famous Innovations and Havas lead the shortlisted entries.
Prominent companies in the shortlist are Good Morning Films, Tribes Communications, Atom Network, Cheil, Schbang, Mudra Max, Y&H, Grey Group, Hogarth Studios, Vanilla Films, Mindshare, BBH, Tilt Brand Solutions, Bennett Coleman, RedBus, Havas Life, Maitri and Coral Media, says the awards.
According to the awards, other shortlisted companies include:
Digital Companies
- Schbang
- BC Web Wise
- Digitas
- Interactive Avenues
- Krafton
- The New Thing by Talented
- Rapidues Technologies, and
- Social Panga.
Design Firms
- Open Design
- Hyphen Brands, and
- Tree Design.
Video Craft Companies
- Good Morning Films
- Vanilla Films
- Bang Bang
- Kitchen Video, and
- Superfly Films.
Client and Brand Companies
- AIS
- Jaguar
- P&G Whisper
- Manifest
- The Times of India
- Buckaroo
- Axis Bank
- Coca-Cola
- Finolex
- Reliance General Insurance
- Durex
- Flipkart Minutes
- Lays
- Navneet Education
- BGMI
- Ikea
- Star Cement
- RedBus
- Samsung
- Central Railway
- Dream 11, and
- more.
Publishers and Broadcasters
- Bennett Coleman
- ABP
- Jagran Prakashan
- Viacom
- Star India
- Hindu Group, and
- Zee Entertainment.
Content Companies
- Hogarth Studios
- Publicis Production, and
- Ryde Studio.
Start-Up Agencies
- Y&H
- tgthr
- Brave, and
- Believe Trinity.
Ajay Kakar, Chairman, Awards Governing Council, the Abby Awards, says, "The shortlist for the ABBY Awards 2025 — across both Creative and Media categories — is now out. It's heartening to see the breadth and diversity of agencies, clients, brands, publishers and broadcasters who have made it through the first round of rigorous jury evaluation. This wide representation is a reflection of the vibrancy and depth of talent in our industry. With the second and third rounds of judging ahead, we now look forward to seeing the best rise to the top. All roads lead to the awards nights between 21st and 23rd May."
Individuals are encouraged to view the full shortlist here.
The awards concludes that the Round 2 and Round 3 judging is in progress and the winners will be announced at the Goafest event on three nights from Wednesday, 21 to Friday, 23 May.
For more information, visit www.abbyawards.com.
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