We’re often asked what the benefits of entering Festival of Media Awards programmes are, so we thought we’d start with a few ideas to help your budget holders justify the investment.
- History and reach
Festival of Media Latam has been setting industry benchmarks and celebrating the best media campaigns through Latin America for the last 17 years. It is the only awards programme in the region that celebrates the entire media sector from communications to the best use of channels. As part of the Festival of Media portfolio it also has the unique offering of having a global audience for the regional work to be amplified to
- Inclusive juries with big spending clients
The team spend months collating juries that are a true reflection of society to ensure all parts of the region represented, while 80-90% of the judges are clients who are constantly looking for inspiration, new ideas, which makes entering the perfect place to showcase businesses and companies in front of a key audience.
- Have your submissions written and categories selected in under five minutes
Festival of Media is the first awards organisation in the world to have a created a tool based on its entry handbook and previous submission data that will help entrants write their submissions and choose the top five categories that will provide their submissions with the best chance of winning. Entrants simply add in a post analysis campaign report, a paragraph about the campaign or just the key information.
- Drive new business
Clients throughout the region are looking for agencies, media owners and adtech companies who have a portfolio of winning work and will put those organisations at the top of the list when it comes to pitching for media accounts. The Festival of Media portfolio is also aligned with RECMA and WARC, so for any trophy win points are assigned to the overall yearly agency charts.
- Retain and attract the best talent
Like any award-winning business staff and potential new talent like to work for companies that are deemed to be the best in class. Even companies who don’t win awards are looked at favourably by staff as they feel energised by the faith their business is putting in them by showcasing their work.
- It not just the holdcos that win
The judging process is revered around the globe and it is not just the big holdcos who take home the trophies for the biggest clients in the world. Festival of Media Latam has been the first step for many independent agencies to win with work for their clients. GUT Brazil being the most obvious one when it won gold for seven our of nine campaigns in entered a few years ago, and in 2025 year Centralia Media and Content taking home the prestigious Grand Prix for Agency of the Year.
Check out the categories here.
There is still time to enter the programme. You just need to contact Liam Wilson for an extension on liam.wilson@festivalofmedia.com
