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Honoring excellence in video and television across all screens.

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Welcome to the Tellys

The Telly Awards honor excellence in video and television across all screens. Founded in 1979 to honor local, regional and cable television commercials, with non-broadcast video and television programming added soon after, the award has evolved with the rise of digital video to include branded content, documentary, social media, immersive and more.  The Telly Awards today celebrates the best work in the video medium in an exciting new era of the moving image on and offline.

The Telly Awards annually showcases the best work created within television and across video, for all screens. Receiving over 12,000 entries globally from 6 continents and all 50 states, Telly Award winners represent work from some of the most respected advertising agencies, television stations, production companies and publishers from around the world. The Telly Awards recognizes work that has been created on behalf of a client, for a specific brand and/or company (including your own) or self-directed as a creative endeavor.

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Key Dates

Entries open: October 17th 2023

Early Deadline: December 8th 2023

Final Deadline: February 23rd 2024

Winners Announce: May 2024

Please note: The Telly Awards competition has a two-year eligibility window. Any work produced as of January 1st, 2022 can be entered. A full list of eligibility criteria can be found here.

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Judges

All work entered in The Telly reimagining what video should and could be Awards is reviewed by the Telly Awards Judging Council, our diverse judging body of over 200 executives from television networks, production companies, global agencies, immersive content studios, and streaming platforms around the world. As an entrant, your work will be reviewed by industry leaders from companies like Shutterstock, Marvel, BBC, Vimeo and more.

This year, the new members we’ve welcomed to the jury include those working at the forefront of the creator economy, emerging technology, and social impact at Netlfix, RunwayML, Billion Dollar Boy, Sphere MSG, Bustle Digital Group, and Thomson Reuters Foundation. You can learn more about the Telly Awards Judging Council here.

 

 

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Entrants

We are very proud to include the following amongst previous Telly Award Winners:

AirBnB, Adobe, BET Networks, Bloomberg, CBS Interactive, Comcast, Conde Nast, DigiDojo, Discovery Communications, ESPN, FleishmanHillard, Fox, Golden State Warriers, HBO, Hearst, HOBO, HuffPost, Indigo Films, IW Group, Media.Monks, Microsoft, MLB, NASA, Nathional Geographic, NBC, Ogilvy and Mather, Refinery29, SapientNitro, Story House, Team Coco Digital, The Guardian, The History Channel, Time Warner, Tiny Hero, Trailer Park, Paramount, Viacom, VML, WSJ

See our winners gallery.

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Categories

Work is accepted across Branded Content, Commercials & Marketing as well as Immersive, Interactive & XR, TV or Online Series, Shows & Segments, Non-Broadcast and Social Video. Committed to pushing the boundaries of creativity forward, this year’s new categories include Generative AI, Brand Collaboration, and Accessibility. These categories will dive into cutting-edge technologies and storytelling formats, while continuing to center diverse points of view with expanded offerings in Family Parenting, Use of Data Visualization, E-Commerce, Advocacy & Causes, Thought Leadership, Explainers and more. Review our full list of categories here.

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Partners

Established in 2022, AIFF is a film festival celebrating the art and artists embracing new and emerging AI techniques for filmmaking. Works showcased offer a glimpse at a new creative era. One made possible when today’s brightest creative minds are empowered with the tools of tomorrow. The event is backed by Runway ML, an applied AI research company shaping the next era of art, entertainment and human creativity.

ReelAbilities Film Festival is the largest festival in the U.S. dedicated to promoting awareness and appreciation of the lives, stories, and artistic expressions of people with disabilities. Founded in New York City in 2007, the festival presents international and award-winning films by and about people with disabilities in multiple locations throughout each hosting city. Post-screening discussions and other engaging programs bring together the community to explore, discuss, embrace, and celebrate the diversity of our shared human experience.

Film Fatales is a non profit which advocates for parity in the film industry and supports an inclusive community of hundreds of women and non-binary feature film and television directors nationwide.

SeriesFest, a non-profit organization, champions and empowers artists at the forefront of episodic storytelling by providing year-round opportunities for creators and industry experts to connect, collaborate, and share stories, which inspire and impact global audiences.

The Video Consortium  is a global nonprofit media organization that supports the world’s nonfiction filmmakers and video journalists to tell bold stories that change the world. By and for filmmakers, our programs help democratize the media landscape by fostering compassionate storytelling, supporting professional and artistic growth, and inspiring audiences everywhere.

Stash showcases exceptional motion design, animation, and VFX projects and the people who create them. The Stash Permanent Collection provides access to a constantly growing archive of 1000s of motion projects – plus behind-the-scenes features and exclusive interviews. Stash subscribers include studios, agencies, broadcasters, brands, schools, and independent creatives in over 40 countries.

The NAB Show is the world’s largest broadcast, audio & video event and your most comprehensive resource for next- generation training and tools. From conception to consumption, the NAB Show has proudly served for more than 80 years as the incubator for excellence – helping to breathe life into content everywhere.

ProductionHUB is a global network of local crew and vendors that serves the film and video production industry. Find and hire anything you need, whether it’s a cameraman for one day, a video editor for one month or a full-time producer.

The Gotham is the largest and longest-running non-profit organization for independent film and storytelling in the United States. To date, The Gotham has supported over 10,000 projects and offered resources to more than 30,000 filmmakers, including the likes of renowned creators Barry Jenkins, Dee Rees, Laura Poitras, Richard Linklater, and Ava DuVernay.

FWD-Doc is a global, intersectional community of disabled creators and allies working in media to build a more inclusive, accessible, and equitable entertainment industry. We cultivate and champion disabled media-makers, and we elevate stories by, for, and about disabled people. Our roots are in independent documentary film, and our long-term vision extends to the broader entertainment and creative industries through many forms of storytelling.

We Are Parable is an award winning film exhibition company that provide audiences with opportunities to experience Black Cinema in culturally relevant, memorable and unique ways. They have worked with Disney, the British Film Institute, StudioCanal, Altitude, as well as filmmakers such as Ryan Coogler, Idris Elba, Amma Asante and Academy Award winner Spike Lee.

Future of Film brings together the pioneers, trailblazers and troublemakers who are transforming storytelling and shaping the industry’s future through multiple channels and initiatives. Through a global network of creators, storytellers and engineers of moving image, they seek to INFORM, INSPIRE and EMPOWER the Future of Film.

Green The Bid, Green The Bid is a grassroots initiative and community created to support the advertising industry in shifting to zero-waste, carbon neutral, sustainable and regenerative practices. It is a volunteer coalition led by it’s founding members and stakeholders of the commercial community who pledge to come together in this important endeavor.

Ghetto Film School is an award-winning non-profit film school who educates, develops and celebrates the next generation of storytellers. 2020 sees its 20th anniversary, and it has expanded from the original South Bronx, NY, location to LA (2014) and London (2020).

The Los Angeles Post Production Group is an organization for filmmakers with an interest in post production and film finishing. The LAPPG provides a forum to share knowledge, build community, explore technologies and techniques and encourage post production professionals to connect and expand their networks.  LAPPG provides our members with valuable offers and discounts as well as opportunities to network and make industry connections.

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