Prior to the shortlist announcement due Tuesday, June 13th, and following the Mumbai judging session hosted by Dentsu Creative India, the Indian production company of the year has been announced with the honor going to Vanilla Films.
Production Company of the year by country is chosen by the local juries from the portfolio cut and requires a single film no longer than five minutes in length and includes up to three pieces of work from the past 12 months.
Vanilla Films was awarded for their portfolio cut entry that included the following spots:
Title: ‘Robbery’
Director: Harshik Suraiya
Associate Director: Chintan Pandav
DOP: Ozgur Eken
Executive Producer: Vinit Bhatt
Associate Producer: Shivangi Rathi
Team Vanilla: Amit Kumaran
Istanbul Production: Istanbul Line Films
Music: Subhajit Mukerjea
Client: Asahi India Glass Ltd
Agency: Enormous Brands
Title: ‘Hand Ambassador’
Director: Harshik Suraiya
Associate Director: Chintan Pandav
DOP: Shivendu Kudalkar
Executive Producer: Vinit Bhatt
Associate Producer: Shivangi Rathi
Team Vanilla: Amit Kumaran
Line Production: Jayesh Awasthi
Production Design: Nida Diwan
Styling: Shruti Agarwal
Client: ITC Savlon
Agency: Ogilvy, Mumbai
Title: ‘Forced Packs’
Director: Chintan Pandav
Executive Producers: Vinit Bhatt, Harshik Suraiya
Associate Producer: Shivangi Rathi
Client: Bournvita
Agency: Ogilvy, Mumbai
Harshik Suraiya, Co-founder / Director said: “We’re thrilled to be named the ‘Indian Production Company of the Year’. Gerety is known to award world class work and this just puts us on the same pedestal. We’re immensely thankful for this title and to the jury who recognized the hard work we’ve put in all along.
We might be called the ‘production company of the year’, but I take this award for the sheer heart we’ve put into every project since Vanilla’s inception. Every little step we took with each project happened because of the thought that was put into it.
This award is the culmination of all those little decisions we’ve made in the last 5 years and we’re truly honoured. Finally, no award is one man’s work. So, we would like to thank our agency and production partners who’ve walked this journey with us throughout”.
The Gerety Awards brings together an all-female jury to select the best in advertising from a powerful perspective, creating a benchmark that is relevant to the market reality, all while redefining the standard to which advertising has traditionally been held.
The Gerety jury insight panel for India will feature some of this year’s jury as they discuss trends and favorite campaigns from the 2023 Gerety Awards. RSVP HERE.
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- Gia Fernandes, Group Creative Director, Dentsu Creative
- Siddhi Yadav Machado, ECD, McCann Mumbai
- Binaifer Dulani, Creative and Founding Member Talented
