The AICP Awards concludes its annual tour with its Chicago event on November 20 at the Old Post Office. The Windy City stop puts the focus on brands this year, with a thoughtful panel discussion around the winning work in the AICP Awards – the AICP Show, AICP Post Awards and AICP Next Awards.
Appearing on the panel will be: David Hernandez, Senior VP/Chief Creative Officer at AllState; Luis Gabriel Ramírez Arias – a.k.a. “Tito” Ramírez – Senior Director, Chief Creative Officer at Whirlpool; and Lizette Williams, Managing Director, Global Head of Business Content Marketing, at Meta. Each panelist will select a piece of winning work from one of this year’s shows to discuss, sharing insights about creativity and technology, as well as industry shifts.
The event, being held at The Old Post Office, kicks off at 5:30pm with a PreShow Cocktail Hour, sponsored by Tessa Films and Quriosity Productions. The cocktail hour will be followed by the show presentation at 7pm, and a reception at 8pm. Tickets are available now; for more information, click here.
Local sponsors for the evening include EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS – Cutters Studios and Optimus/One at Optimus, PRODUCER’S CIRCLE – Picture North, Resolution Digital Studios, Benefactors – Highdive, SPONSORS – Essanay, Cosmo Street, Earhole Studios, GB Studios, FCB Chicago, Whirlpool, SUPPORTERS- The Cre8tors, Levinson Locations, Harbor, SAG-AFTRA Chicago Local, Rise Creative Studios, and Republic, Late Night Hot Dog Sponsor – Forge Virtual Studios, Photo Booth Sponsor – Team Companies, Magician Sponsor – Story who will all be celebrated in a reel adapted by Framestore, who created the graphics and design language for all three competitions, with music and sound design produced by Human. All showreel editing was performed by Cutters.
Sponsors help make all the AICP awards competitions and events possible. AICP Partners and Supporting Partners, who support all AICP events throughout the year, are Cast & Crew; Musicbed + Filmsupply; Universal Production Services; Wrapbook; Catch+Release; Film Hawaii; NEED Financial Services; Saturation.io; Sony Pictures Studios; and Warner Bros.
The list of 2025 AICP Awards Sponsors Benefactors includes: 1Park9; Apache Digital; Aspen Travel; Audio Spectrum; AwardCore; Be Electric; BIG Digital; Colorlab; Cutters; Directors Guild of America; Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP; Framestore; Heard City; Human; IDC; Istros Media Corporation; JMR Equipment Rentals; Kodak Motion Picture Film; LBBonline – Little Black Book; Optimus; Republic; SDN; SHOOT Magazine / SHOOTonline; Source Shots Slate; TCS, Inc.; WORK Editorial; and XR–NY.
The 2025 AICP Awards Patrons include The Roots Production Services; SAG-AFTRA; and Voices.
Established in 1992, The AICP Show is the most important advertising showcase in the U.S. dedicated to excellence in craft. The AICP Post Awards, which debuted in 2001, honors excellence in a wide range of post production crafts and disciplines. And the AICP Next Awards, launched in 2007, highlights the winners of the 12 Next categories, which honor innovative marketing communications. Each show in the AICP Awards Suite is housed in The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film’s state of the art archives for future generations to study and are available for use or exhibition by the museum’s curators.
Honorees of the AICP Show, The AICP Next Awards and The AICP Post Awards are preserved in The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film’s state of the art archives for future generations to study and are available for use or exhibition by the museum’s curators. The entirety of the archive can be viewed here.
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