The Golden Drum Festival is now accepting applications. Projects that took place between August 22, 2024 and August 22, 2025 are eligible to apply.
The Golden Drum Creative Festival is now opening applications. Agencies, clients and creatives can submit them until August 22. The announcement will take place on 13-14 October, traditionally in the Slovenian city of Portorož. This year's edition includes a new visual identity Eye.Sea.You., which is meant to embody the very essence of creativity - the ability to see beyond the ordinary and connect ideas in new ways.
Representatives from 42 European countries can submit their projects that took place between August 22, 2024 and August 22, 2025 in six competition sections: One-Channel Drum, Omni-Channel Drum, Craft Drum, Creative Media Excellence Drum, Creative Business Excellence Drum and a special All Juries Section. The main competition category, Game Changer, which recognizes campaigns that go beyond traditional advertising, is open to entries from around the world. A new feature of the entries is the need to acknowledge the use of AI.
This year, the festival will focus on exceptional work in the All Juries Section, which includes three categories - Genius Loci/Local Spirit, Game Changer and Social Good. All five juries will be involved in the final selection. The awards will then be decided by the jury chairs along with a representative from each jury, ensuring that diversity and balance in the judging is maintained.
The festival will now enter into a partnership with Thenetworkone, which aims to support independent agencies that often struggle for international recognition. Through this collaboration, all works awarded a Grand Prix or Golden Drum will automatically qualify for the Indie Awards, giving them an additional opportunity for global exposure.
In addition, the festival continues its partnership with Little Black Book, meaning that all Grand Prix winners will gain direct entry into the prestigious The Immortal Awards. Golden Drum is also part of the AdForum Business Creative Report, a ranking of the world's most awarded campaigns by industry.
Source: mediaguru.cz
