THE 11th ANNUAL LOVIE AWARDS UNVEILS WINNERS and
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT HONOUREES

Russell Brand, Stormzy, Global Citizen, dodie, Lewis Hamilton, Ashnikko, Tom Grennan, Luminary, BBC Earth, WeTransfer, Leo Messi x adidas, Channel4 and more win European Internet’s highest honour

ABBA, Adwoa Aboah, Mawaan Rizwan and Eliot Higgins of Bellingcat
named Special Achievement Honourees

Full list of winners: lovieawards.com

17 November 2021: Eurovision 2021, Zendesk, IKEA, and Yousician, as well as some of Europe’s biggest online publishers including The Financial Times, Vogue Spain, Al Jazeera, BuzzFeed, Comedy Central UK and The Danish Broadcasting Corporation are named winners of the 11th Annual Lovie Awards, the most prestigious pan-European honour for online excellence. The Lovie Awards also named Media.Monks B.V. as Lovie Agency of the Year, based on the advertising agency that performed the best across all categories. 

All winners will be celebrated along with Lovie Award Special Achievement honourees, including ABBA, activist, model and Founder of Gurls Talk Adwoa Aboah, writer and comedian Mawaan Rizwan (Netflix’s Sex Education), and Eliot Higgins, Founder of Bellingcat, in a virtual Lovie Awards celebration, Reshape Possible, launching today at 14:00 GMT at watch.lovieawards.com, The show will be hosted by Deborah Frances-White, the comedian, writer and podcaster best known as The Guilty Feminist. All winners are also showcased at www.lovieawards.com.

Lovie Award Winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS). Members include musician Imogen Heap, actor and writer Stephen Fry, “Father of Wi-Fi” Vic Hayes, Vice President and Chief AI Scientist, Facebook Yann LeCun, VP, LEGO Anna Rafferty, Actor & Producer Ashley Walters, Host of The Happy Place Podcast Fearne Cotton, Creator, Have You Heard George’s Podcast? George The Poet (George Mpanga), Strategy Director, AKQA Miriam Plon Sauer, and Co-Founder, TomTom and Codam College Corinne Vigreux, among others. The People’s Lovie Award winners are determined by the public. 

IADAS also announced Special Achievement winners for 2021, honouring leaders in Europe who use the internet in exceptional ways, especially throughout the global Covid-19 pandemic. They are: 

  • ABBA, Lovie Lifetime Achievement, for their outstanding work in combining art and digital technology to make one of the biggest comebacks in music history. From joining TikTok to introducing their ABBAtars for their upcoming album and global tour, ABBA Voyage, the band demonstrates what it means, in real time, to be at the bleeding edge of art and technology in our connected world. Their award will be presented by Richard Curtis.
  • Adwoa Aboah, Lovie Special Achievement, for her work as Founder of GurlsTalk, a multimedia organisation providing podcasts, forums, conferences and more as safe online spaces for young women to discuss mental health, sexuality and identity.
  • Mawaan Rizwaan, Lovie Special Achievement, for consistently creating original, groundbreaking work that is intrinsically tied to the Internet and digital culture, most especially as an advocate for LGBTQ+ rights. His award will be presented by comedian Thanyia Moore.
  • Eliot Higgins, Lovie Special Achievement, for his work as the Founder of Bellingcat, and his mission to harness the immense power of the internet to bring crimes and atrocities of global dictators and leaders under public scrutiny through collective, online citizen journalism. 

They join previous Special Achievement winners such as Jameela Jamil, Gorillaz, Jamie Oliver, Björk, Stephen Fry, Annie Lennox, George the Poet, Ashley Walters, Eben Upton, Michael Dapaah (Big Shaq), Evanna Lynch, Prof. Heinz Gerhäuser, Sophie Wilson, JR, and The European Space Agency, among others.

“This year’s winners exemplify the creativity, resiliency and the convergence of cultures that represents the Lovies, and Europe as a whole,” commented Nicolas Roope, IADAS Jury Chairman of The Lovie Awards. “Our aim goes beyond awarding outstanding work. It also provides an opportunity to learn from all projects across the European digital spectrum that positively impact people both online and off. Which is particularly inspiring as we continue to live through the global pandemic, which has forced everyone to reinvent and rethink nearly everything, from how we work to how we educate, and how we advocate for one another.” 

In its’ seventh consecutive year, The Lovie Agency of the Year Award goes to Media.Monks B.V., the agency that performs best across all award categories. With 6 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze, 8 People’s Lovie Awards and 7 works Shortlisted, including “The Uncensored Library,” “The Queen and The Crown,” “Omroep Zwart” plus work for Eurovision 2021, Media.Monks earned more Lovie Awards and Shortlist nods across all categories than any other agency this year.

Highlights from Entertainment, Media & Video winners in the 11th Annual Lovie Awards include:

PODCASTS

  • Message Heard: Untold Killing – Best Branded Podcast or Segment (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Financial Times: FT News Briefing – News & Politics (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Luminary: Under the Skin with Russell Brand – Best Host (Bronze, People’s Lovie Winner) and Above the Noise with Russell Brand – Health & Wellness (Bronze, People’s Lovie Winner) – USA
  • BBC Sounds: I’m Not A Monster – BBC Panorama & Frontline PBS – Best Limited Series (Gold) – UK
  • Content Is Queen: Content is Queen – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold) – UK
  • BuzzFeed UK: Seasoned Sessions – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold) – UK
  • DW: On the Green Fence: Breaking down the meat machine – Best Limited Series (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Germany
  • The Telegraph: Bed of Lies – Crime & Justice (Gold) – UK
  • Independent Film Trust: Brixton 81 – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Moms Don’t Have Time To: SexTok with Zibby and Tracey – Health & Wellness (Gold) – USA/UK
  • Dead Honest: Dead Honest – Interview/Talk Show (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Al Jazeera Media Network: Al Jazeera Investigates – Three Days that Stopped the World – News & Politics (Silver) – Qatar
  • The Lunar Company: Earth Eclipsed – Season 1 – Scripted (Fiction) (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – USA

 

VIRTUAL & REMOTE – *New

  • Global Citizen: Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – Best Conference or Festival (Gold) – USA
  • Dept Agency: The Eurovision Village – Best Audience Integration (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • 20/20 Helsinki: Teleport to Any Reality – Introducing Varjo Reality Cloud – Technical Achievement (Gold) – Finland
  • Manyone: The Microsoft Q-Wall – Technical Achievement (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – Denmark
  • Media.Monks: Eurovision: 2021 Broadcast Branding – Media & Entertainment (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • Wunderman Thompson UK: Abusers Always Work From Home – Public Service & Activism (Gold) – UK
  • METALLUX Studio: Bystanding: The Feingold Syndrome – Best Narrative Experience (Gold) – USA
  • Media.Monks: The Uncensored Library – Public Service & Activism (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • Prodigioso Volcán: Exploratorium 2021 – Science, Education & Health (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Spain

GENERAL VIDEO

  • TRT World: Love Jihad – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Turkey
  • COMPULSORY: Stormzy ‘Superheroes’ – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold) – UK
  • CNX: Halloween – Vogue – Best Art Direction (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – Spain
  • Raphael Gomes: Raphael Gomes – Food & Drink (Bronze, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Yahoo UK / Verizon Media: Reality Check with Baga, Blu & Vinegar – Video Series, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold) – UK
  • CNN: Running as equals: The elite athletes fighting for acceptance – Sport (Silver) – USA
  • Ciaopeople: Il cagnolino parlante: i bambini ci insegnano ad ascoltare con il cuore – Weird & Experimental (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – Italy
  • TRT World: I’ve Got A Story To Tell – Video Series, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Turkey
  • Al Jazeera Digital: Fly on the Wall – Video Series, Documentary (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Qatar
  • Deustche Welle: Flipping the Script: A different kind of political debate ahead of Germany’s election – Video Series, News & Politics (Gold) – Germany
  • De Speld: Party against the People – Video Series, News & Politics (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • AJ+: Les Oubliés de l’histoire – Video Series, Public Service & Activism (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Qatar

WEBSITES

  • Danish Broadcasting Corporation: SECRETS, DEATH AND INSTAGRAM – Best Design – Functional (Gold) – Denmark
  • Green Chameleon: Superlist – Best Homepage (Gold) – UK
  • Il Sole 24 Ore: Cose che noi umani – Best Individual Editorial Experience (Gold) – Italy
  • NRK: Your Climate Future – Best Practices (Silver) – Norway
  • Ryze Agency Ltd: Gravity Ind. Digital Brand Experience – Best Use of Animation & Motion Graphics (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Ubilabs: Timelapse in Google Earth – Best Use of Data Visualisation (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Germany
  • denkwerk GmbH: Why are you (not) creative? – Charitable Organisations & Non-Profit (Silver) – Germany
  • Fabrique [brands, design & interaction]: Rijksmuseum new website with Stories platform – Cultural Institutions (Gold) – The Netherlands
  • CNN: CNN Style – The September Issues – Fashion & Beauty (Gold) – USA
  • Media.Monks B.V..: The Queen and The Crown – Fashion & Beauty (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • WONDERLAND: Wax Poetics – Music Journalism that digs deeper. – Music & Entertainment (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • Build in Amsterdam: Mammut.com – Retail & Shopping (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • Resn: VanMoof online launch event – Retail & Shopping (Gold) – The Netherlands
  • Whitespace – An Isobar Company: Royal Academy of Music – Schools & Education (Gold) – UK
  • La Phase 5: Marseille by La Phase 5 – Best Design – Aesthetic (Silver) – France

BRANDED ENTERTAINMENT

  • Nexus Studios: Drawn Closer – Animation (Gold) – UK
  • Alkemy spa: Carebonara – Scripted (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Italy
  • 72andSunny Amsterdam: Coca-Cola – Open Like Never Before – Best Editing (Gold) – The Netherlands
  • 4creative: #MerryDifferent – Comedy (Silver) – UK
  • Channel 4 (4Studio): Mission: Accessible – Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Bronze, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • RT: U.S. 2020 Election Deepfake Promo – Experimental & Weird (Bronze) – Russia
  • Cinétévé Experience: Ordesa – the interactive movie – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Games (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – France

Highlights from Advertising winners in the 11th Annual Lovie Awards include:

  • POL Oslo: Don’t hate. Imitate. – The Super Bowl Clapback – Automotive (Gold) – Norway
  • AQuest srl: Poltrona Frau “Take Your Time” 2021 Collection – Best Branded Editorial Experience (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – Italy
  • Daniel J Edelman Ltd.: Buy Back Friday – Best Cause Marketing Campaign (Silver) – UK
  • A Million Ads: Warner Music – Ashnikko – Best Creative Use of Data (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • WeTransfer: Oatly Captcha Campaign – Food & Beverage (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • Havas Media Group Spain S.A.U.: PUMA Alonzo’s Virtual Music Tour on GTA – Best Event Activation Campaign (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – Spain
  • ressourcenmangel dresden GmbH: Nachwuchskampagne – Klingt komisch, macht aber glücklich. – Best Social Media Campaign (Gold) – Germany
  • Jung: Lullabies – making bedtime a dream – Branded Content (Silver) – Sweden
  • VCCP: Cadbury’s World Wide Hide – Branded Game or Application (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Hjaltelin Stahl: The big danish bacon pre-roll – Social Media Marketing (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – Denmark
  • Gravity Global: Incredible Journeys – Tourism & Lifestyle (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • N=5: Accept to Enter – Viral Advertising (Bronze, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands

Highlights from winners in Social and Apps, Mobile & Voice include:

  • 4creative: It’s A Sin – Social Series & Campaigns, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Media.Monks: Omroep Zwart – Social Series & Campaigns, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (Gold) – The Netherlands
  • The Amazing Society: The Power of a verb! – Social Series & Campaigns, Public Service & Activism (Gold) – Sweden
  • Plan.Net Gruppe für digitale Kommunikation GmbH & Co. KG: THE DARK SIDE OF SUGAR – Social, Health & Wellness (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – Germany
  • AnalogFolk: Intensivão da PPK – Social, Public Service & Activism (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Dept Agency: ASOS: AySauce – Social, Best Social Video Series (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • Plan.Net Gruppe für digitale Kommunikation GmbH & Co. KG: The Last Day Pass – Social, Promotions & Contests (Gold) – Germany
  • We Are Social: Leo Messi x adidas Football | 15 years. 3 stripes. 1 legacy. – Social Video, Entertainment & Sport (Bronze, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Work & Co: IKEA App – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Best Practices (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – USA
  • WONDERLAND: Nike Train & PLay – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Family & Kids (Gold) – The Netherlands
  • Dept Agency: Van Gogh Museum’s virtual experience – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Best Visual Design (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – The Netherlands
  • Demodern GmbH: SNIPES App: Social Commerce – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Community & Social (Silver) – Germany
  • iCandi Apps Ltd.: Night Sky – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Education & Reference (Silver, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Yousician: Yousician – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Education & Reference (Silver) – Finland
  • Hi Mum! Said Dad: Sherlock Holmes – The Great Game – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Family & Kids (Gold, People’s Lovie Winner) – UK
  • Natural Cycles: Natural Cycles – Apps, Mobile & Voice, Wellness & Lifestyle (Gold) – USA/Sweden


About The Lovie Awards

The mission of The Lovie Awards is to recognise the unique and resonant nature of the European Internet community—from Europe’s top web and creative networks and content publishers, to cultural and political organisations and individual creators. Now in its eleventh year, The Lovie Awards continues to celebrate the most resonant and pertinent stories in Europe. With nearly 1,000 entries from over 30 countries across Europe, the Awards reflect the tremendous growth of the internet as a tool for business and everyday lives. Work in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish and Italian is judged by native speakers in six main category types: Websites, Video, Advertising, Apps, Mobile & Voice, Podcasts and Social. The presenting sponsor of The Lovie Awards is Pinterest.


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