British Arrows Announce Call for Entry, 2017 Jury

Following the news that British Arrows Awards and British Arrow Craft are to combine into one big British Arrows, the call for entries for this new award ceremony is now open.

From now until March 10, the dual juries – one for ‘campaigns’ and the other for ‘craft’, will be accepting entries for the British Arrows, which is to take place on Wednesday May 24 at Battersea Evolution.

Also announced is who will be featuring in these juries. Alongside the two already-announced chairman – Droga5’s David Kolbusz for campaigns and Electric Theatre Collective’s Lee Pavey for craft, will be figures across the industry including representatives from Facebook UK, Google and AMV BBDO. A full list of jury members can be seen below.
Also released with the jury line-up were the new category rules and outlines, which can be read on the British Arrows site, as can the links to contribute work.

The full list of British Arrows jury members is as follows. You can also click on them to bring up their shots profile, giving you the chance to do a little boning up on who will be judging your work before you enter it….:

CRAFT: Lee Pavey (co-founder, ETC), Camilla Arthur (casting director, Camilla Arthur Casting), Charlotte Adorjan (creative director, AMV BBDO), Chris Page (owner, Jelly), David Wilson (director, Riff Raff), Ellora Soret (head of colour production, MPC), Hanna Bayatti (executive producer, Biscuit Filmworks), Henry Cowling (creative director, Unit9), Jack Bayley (deputy head of integrated production, adam&eveDDB), James Guy (head of broadcast, Wieden+Kennedy), Jason Watts (creative director, Freefolk), Julia Knight (editor, Work Editorial), Paul Jordan (executive creative director, mcgarrybowen), Robert Holmes (head of 3D, The Mill), Rupert Reynolds-Maclean (deputy managing director and executive producer, Independent Films and Indy8), Sara Dunlop (director, Rattling Stick), Siân Rogers (producer/music supervisor, Siren), Sophie Becher (production designer, Lux Artists), The Bobbsey Twins (director, Blink), Tom Day (founding partner, Mayhem), Ula Pontikos (director of photography, Lux Artists), Will Cohen (director, String and Tins)

CAMPAIGNS: David Kolbusz (chief creative officer, Droga5), Alan Smith (director, Nexus), Aoife McArdle (director, Somesuch), Chaka Sobhani (chief creative officer, Leo Burnett), Genevieve Sheppard (head of production and executive producer, BRF), James Bland (executive producer, Blink), Jeff Low (director, Biscuit Filmworks), Jess Oudot (creative, Mother London), KJ Weir (head of creative agency partnerships, Facebook UK), Lucie Georgeson (freelance agency producer), Melody Sylvester (head of RSA design & animation and executive producer, RSA Films London), Rick Brim (chief creative officer, adam&eveDDB), Rob Doubal (co-president and chief creative officer, McCann London), Rosie Arnold (head of art and creative partner, AMV BBDO), Shelley Smoler (creative director, BBH), Simon Cooper (managing director and executive producer, Academy Films), Steve Vranakis (executive creative director, Google Creative Lab),  Tanya Livesey (global head of creative talent, The Talent Business).