Final line-up of judges for shots Awards EMEA 2025 announced

With tomorrow [Friday September 19] the already extended deadline for this year's shots Awards EMEA we're very pleased to announce the full line-up of judges who are ready and waiting to cast their creative minds over the best work from the EMEA region over the last year.

Sponsored by GPN Global Production Network and Division.Film, the awards consists of 24 distinct categories, which are judged in ten separate jury groups, and we've already announced this year's head judges [listed below], who will be leading those groups:

• Animation & VFX: Merna Karam, Art Director, Illustrator & 2D Animator, Zanad
• Cinematography: Sveta Aparina, Director of Photography
• Casting, Production Design, and Styling: Alba Barneda, Global Head of Production, CANADA
• Charity: Tamryn Kerr, Co-Founder and CCO, Hijinks
• Concept & Copywriting: Seyoan Vela, CCO, Livingroom
• Direction: Chris Watling, Founder & Partner, BABY TEETH
• Editing: Adriana Legay, Editor, COLLECTIV / Final Cut
• Music & Sound Design: Michaël Sauvage, Sound Designer, Sauvage Sound Studios
• Music Video: Jack Howard, EP & Commercial Director, OkayStudio
• New Director: Richard Adkins, Co-Head of Production, Wieden + Kennedy London

Above: [top row, left to right] Nurali Kushkov, Jenny Fan, Sue Loughlin, Xander Vander; [middle, left to right] Jacq Wilkinson, Margo Mars; [bottom, left to right] Alice Benton, Raman Djafari, Nare Mokgotho, Jessy Moussalem.

Joining our head judges, and the jurors already announced, is another list esteemed arbiters of advertising creativity from across the EMEA region.

Omar Abbas, Director, Freelance
Anri Adler, Colourist
Meji Alabi, Director, RSA Films
Hannah Ashby Ward, Partner and Casting Director, LANE Casting
Fiona Bartel, Executive Producer, Wanda
Andrea Batlló, Production Designer, Freelance
Alice Benton, Music Supervisor/Producer, SIREN
Jessica Bermingham, Head of Production, Droga5 Dublin
Tina Bornmann, Stylist, TINASTYLELIGA
Olly Calverley, Head Of Film & Content, VCCP Girl&Bear
George Castle, Creative Director, Commercial Sound, Harbor Picture Company
Édouard Chassaing, Executive Producer & Partner, Solab Paris
Violeta Comella de la Guardia, Costume Designer, Freelance
Clémence Cuvelier, Head of Post Production, DIVISION
Tom Dean, Senior Producer, Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam
Anne DePree, Executive Producer/Brand Director, Furlined
Raman Djafari, Director/Animator/Illustrator, freelance, rep/BlinkInk
Jenny Fan, Head of Moving Image, Mother London
Simon Fessler, Managing Partner & Executive Producer, Simon & Paul
Hernán C. Fioravanti, Media Composer, HCF Music for Media
LP Gatti, Head of Entertainment, White Rabbit Budapest
Gémina Gil Flores, Creative/Art Director, BBH London
Warren Gray, Production Designer, Murtha Skouras Agency
Gary Hilton, CEO, GAS Music Limited
Theo Hue Williams, Head of Music Videos & Special Projects, ProdCo
Dan Kreeger, Executive Producer, Time Based Arts
Nurali Kushkov, Senior Colourist, Chemistry Film
Maria Lax, Director & Photographer, Art Practice
Christian Lopez, Independent Creative Director, Created by Us
Sue Loughlin, Head of Film, JellyEmma Lundy, Founder & EP, Giant Films
Haifaa al Mansour, Director, Lief
Margo Mars, Founder, Lief
Filipa Maurício, Creative Director, Publicis ULABS
Karim Mira, Founder & Senior Colorist, Lizard
Nare Mokgotho, Director, Reform School
Laura Montarroso Daher, Founder, Executive Creative Director, MUSIC COLLECTIVE
Jessy Moussalem, Director, Object&Animal
Maged Nassar, Director, Goodpeople
Cali Oliver, Co Founder & Creative Director, The Cowgirls
Nathan Parker, Production Designer, Freelance
Iona Patterson, Senior Producer, Uncommon Studio
Edu Perez, Casting Director, Edu Perez Casting
Emily Pirouet, Costume Freelance
Vera Portz, MD/Partner, Tempomedia Filmproduction
Naghmeh Pour, Director, new—land
Mia Powell, Head of New Business/Executive, Producer Caviar
Amber Saunders, Editor, Cabin Edit
Kate Sharpe, Executive Producer,  Stink UK
Mahmoud Shokri, Creative Director/Co-Founder, Abdullah & Shokri
Amr Singh, Director, Betti Berlin, Spears & Arrows, Sequoia Content, FORT
Rachel Solomon, Head of Integrated Production, Saatchi & Saatchi
Rachael Spann, Editor, Shift Post
Paul Sumpter, Founder and Creative Director, The Futz Butler
Rachel Tauwnaar, Music Director, Ambassadors Berlin
Marion Thiéry, Creative Director, DDB Paris
Genevieve Sheppard, Executive Producer,  DROOL Productions
Devaksha Vallabhjee, Creative Group Head, FCB Africa
Xander Vander, Senior Editor, Strangelove Studios
Darapen Vongsa-nga, Executive Producer, Academy Films
Jacq Wilkinson, MD/EP, DIVISION
Mikaella Zarka, VFX Producer, Mathematic
Whan Zulu, CEO & Head of Post, Pitch Black

To find out more about our judges, click here.

The final deadline for 2025's EMEA awards is tomorrow, Friday September 19, and the awards themselves will be held on November 19th at The Londoner in Leicester Square. 

To enter your work and be in with a chance of picking up a coveted shots trophy, click here to find out all the information you need to enter. 

There are additional details on the categories you can enter here, and for info on price and eligibility, please click here.