The BalCannes finalists have been published every day in alphabetical order on the Facebook page of this regional competition – and now we are bringing you the complete list. Those among them who went the extra mile and pushed the boundaries of creativity will be given their trophies at DK2023!
The expert jury of BalCannes, a regional creativity competition, has selected among the record high number of projects those who have stood out from the pack for their creative achievements and earned their status as finalists! Below you can see the 45 shortlisted projects, sorted alphabetically – only the best of them will earn the BalCannes awards, while the winners will be announced at the BalCannes Awards Show starting at 9 PM on 22 April at this year’s DK Festival. You can find the list of the finalists below the list of names of the jury members.
The members of the Advertisers Jury are:
Petra Čadež (Atlantic Group, Slovenia), Jelena Čađenović (A1 Serbia, Serbia), Urban Kramberger (Pivovarna Laško Union, Slovenia), Nađa Lutvikadić Fočo (BH Telecom, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Dijana Matić (Violeta, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Maja Naumovska Saveska (HALKBANK AD Skopje, North Macedonia), Bojana Nenadović (Coca-Cola HBC, Serbia), Alina Radusin (Wiener osiguranje Vienna Insurance, Croatia) and Zvonimir Seki (Franck, Croatia).
The perspective of agencies was offered by the members of the Agencies Jury:
Luka Bajs (SHIFT, Slovenia), Sašo Dimitrievski (Pristop, Slovenia), Jelena Fiškuš (Studio Sonda, Croatia), Bojan Hadžihalilović (Fabrika, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Vladimir Mitrović (Ovation BBDO, Serbia), Sašo Pešev (New Moment Skopje, North Macedonia), Anja Radulović (Leo Burnett Belgrade, Serbia), Dean Spirkoski (Saatchi & Saatchi, North Macedonia), Dejan Šijuk (Aquarius Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Nikola Žinić (Bruketa&Žinić&Grey, Croatia).
This year’s special news is the Editor’s Pick Award, whose winner was selected by the members of the Media Jury:
Sandra Babić (Lider Media, Croatia), Nenad Danilović (Advertiser Serbia, Serbia), Ekrem Dupanović (Media Marketing, Bosnia and Herzegovina), Boris Eftimofski (Marketing 365, North Macedonia) and Simona Kruhar Gaberšček (Marketing Magazin, Slovenia).
[BALCANNES FINALIST #1] 100% COVID FREE Journey
AGENCY: Studio Sonda | CLIENT: Gradska Knjižnica Poreč | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Synet | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Tourism, Culture and Leisure; Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #2] 18+ godina sa vama! Polovni automobili
AGENCY: Friday Finally | CLIENT: polovniautomobili.com I COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Miscellaneous
[BALCANNES FINALIST #3] 4 zida
AGENCY: BBDO Zagreb | CLIENT: IKEA I COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Household; Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #4] Art&Grad
AGENCY: Šanavala Concept Store | CLIENT: Turistička zajednica grada Zagreba I | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Lauba | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Tourism, Culture and Leisure
[BALCANNES FINALIST #5] Beestro
AGENCY: Imago Reklamna Agencija | CLIENT: Franck | STRATEGIC PARTNERS: DRAP, 404, PHD Media | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Non-alcoholic Beverages; Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #6] Bili billboard
AGENCY: Bruketa&Žinić&Grey | CLIENT: Saponia | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Household
[BALCANNES FINALIST #7] Brigometar
AGENCY: Bruketa&Žinić&Grey | CLIENT: Croatia osiguranje | STRATEGIC PARTNERS: Go2Digital, Millenium promocija | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Health and Pharmacy; Social Responsibility; Finance and Insurance
[BALCANNES FINALIST #8] Converse – Rečnik nove stvarnosti
AGENCY: Ovation Belgrade | CLIENT: Triple Jump | STRATEGIC PARTNERS: Go2Digital, Millenium promocija | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Fashion and Beauty
[BALCANNES FINALIST #9] Čvarak Dorina
AGENCY: Studio Sonda | CLIENT: Kraš | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Food
[BALCANNES FINALIST #10] Domoljubna Žuja
AGENCY: BBDO Zagreb | CLIENT: Zagrebačka pivovara | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Alcoholic Beverages; Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #11] Equality begins at home
AGENCY: Communis | CLIENT: Koncern Bambi | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #12] Every bullet has a target
AGENCY: New Moment, Skopje | CLIENT: UNDP MK | COUNTRY: North Macedonia | CATEGORY: Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #13] GUC GUC
AGENCY: Imago Reklamna Agencija | CLIENT: Studena. Prirodno Ja | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Non-Alcoholic Beverages
[BALCANNES FINALIST #14] I dalje osigurava vaš mir
AGENCY: Señor | CLIENT: Wiener osiguranje | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Finance and Insurance
[BALCANNES FINALIST #15] IN CHARGE DURING THE NIGHT
AGENCY: Agencija 101 | CLIENT: Burek Olimpija | COUNTRY: Slovenia | CATEGORY: Food
[BALCANNES FINALIST #16] Jedna manje
AGENCY: ZOO agencija | CLIENT: Konzum | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Retail, Social
[BALCANNES FINALIST #17] Literally for peanuts.
AGENCY: Why Not Agency | CLIENT: The Fun&Fit Company | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Food; Corporate Communications
[BALCANNES FINALIST #18] Lito je tamo di si ti
AGENCY: Imago Reklamna Agencija | CLIENT: Pipi | STRATEGIC PARTNERS: DRAP, Vedran Klemens | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Non-alcoholic Beverages
[BALCANNES FINALIST #19] Ljudski je uspoređivati
AGENCY: Señor | CLIENT: Hrvatski Telekom, brand bonbon | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Telecommunications
[BALCANNES FINALIST #20] Make AI-Generated Art, Not Human-Generated War
AGENCY: Pristop | CLIENT: Truhoma Fund | COUNTRY: Slovenia | CATEGORY: Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #21] Metalac x Konstrakta – Umetnica mora jesti kuvano
AGENCY: Pioniri Communications | CLIENT: Metalac a.d. | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Household
[BALCANNES FINALIST #22] Muzika svuda
AGENCY: McCann Beograd | CLIENT: Beogradska filharmonija | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Produkcijska kuća: Dream Dust | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Tourism, Culture and Leisure
[BALCANNES FINALIST #23] (NE)SIGURAN DOM
AGENCY: BBDO Zagreb | CLIENT: IKEA | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Household, Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #24] Nije u redu u uredu
AGENCY: Señor | CLIENT: CESI – Centar za edukaciju, savjetovanje i istraživanje | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Human, Outdoor Akzent | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #25] Oči ti šalju signale?
AGENCY: Señor | CLIENT: JGL Obitelj, brand Vizol S | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Health and Pharmacy
[BALCANNES FINALIST #26] OQUEER
AGENCY: ZOO agencija | CLIENT: Iskorak | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Madison Consulting / IKEA | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Household
[BALCANNES FINALIST #27] Otkrij Varteks
AGENCY: Señor | CLIENT: Varteks | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Studio Filburg | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Fashion and Beauty
BALCANNES FINALIST #28] Pavle Pauq predstavlja LAQO
AGENCY: Bruketa&Žinić&Grey | CLIENT: Croatia osiguranje | STRATEGIC PARTNER: 404 agencija, MPR Millenium promocija | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Finance and Insurance
[BALCANNES FINALIST #29] Pipi guza
AGENCY: Imago Ogilvy | CLIENT: Pipi | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Non-alcoholic Beverages
[BALCANNES FINALIST #30] Poziv Djeda Božićnjaka
AGENCY: ZOO agencija | CLIENT: Konzum | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Asombro Extremo | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Retail
[BALCANNES FINALIST #31] #Prviput
AGENCY: Señor | CLIENT: Zagrebačka banka | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Finance and Insurance
[BALCANNES FINALIST #32] Seniori – Imam minut
AGENCY: Leo Burnett Beograd | CLIENT: A1 Srbija | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Telecommunications
[BALCANNES FINALIST #33] SKRIVENI TALENTI
AGENCY: BBDO Zagreb | CLIENT: Zagrebačka pivovara | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Alcoholic Beverages
[BALCANNES FINALIST #34] Smooth ON
AGENCY: Publicis Skopje | CLIENT: Pivara Skopje AD | COUNTRY: North Macedonia | CATEGORY: Alcoholic Beverages
[BALCANNES FINALIST #35] Srećna mi NovA1
AGENCY: Leo Burnett Beograd | CLIENT: A1 Srbija | STRATEGIC PARTNER: | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Telecommunications
[BALCANNES FINALIST #36] Superhero
AGENCY: McCann Beograd | CLIENT: Mastercard | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Chapter4, Barbara Garčević PR, Drive Beograd, dentsu, Cloud21, Adventure, Dušan Milenković | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #37] ŠTA TO STAVLJAŠ U NOS
AGENCY: UTORAK | CLIENT: JADRAN – GALENSKI LABORATORIJ d.d. | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Health and Pharmacy
[BALCANNES FINALIST #38] The most delicious stories of our waters
AGENCY: Pristop d.o.o. | CLIENT: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food | COUNTRY: Slovenia | CATEGORY: Food
[BALCANNES FINALIST #39] The Sweds
AGENCY: Futura DDB | CLIENT: Lesnina MMS | COUNTRY: Slovenia | CATEGORY: Retail
[BALCANNES FINALIST #40] Twitter Amplify – Tour de France campaign
AGENCY: Pristop Media | CLIENT: Slovenian Tourist Board | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Renderspace, D’ Agency | COUNTRY: Slovenia | CATEGORY: Tourism, Culture and Leisure
[BALCANNES FINALIST #41] Untouched by Light
AGENCY: Bruketa&Žinić&Grey | CLIENT: Radgonske gorice | STRATEGIC PARTNER: Kaligraf, Rotoplast | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Alcoholic Beverages
[BALCANNES FINALIST #42] Villa “Wilderness”
AGENCY: Communis d.o.o. | CLIENT: WWF Adria | COUNTRY: Serbia | CATEGORY: Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #43] #VolitePipi
AGENCY: Imago Ogilvy | CLIENT: Pipi | COUNTRY: Croatia | CATEGORY: Non-alcoholic Beverages, Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #44] Vote (Glas)
AGENCY: Via Media | CLIENT: Helem nejse | COUNTRY: Bosnia and Herzegovina | CATEGORY: Social Responsibility
[BALCANNES FINALIST #45] Wiener osiguranje VIG na Sarajevo Film Festivalu
AGENCY: MITA Group d.o.o. | CLIENT: Wiener osiguranje VIG | COUNTRY: Bosnia and Herzegovina | CATEGORY: Corporate Communications