THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Campaign

Awareness Campaign Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Social Movement Campaign

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter Feature Film Images Interactive Experiences Long Form Video Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Vertical Video NEW! Video Series

Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Civic Engagement NEW! Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees Learning & Development LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Other Causes Poverty Relief Public Health Public Safety Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Responsible Technology Social Justice Youth & Family

Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Non-Profit Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

Partnerships

Brand Partnership Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Non-profit Partnership Other Partnerships

Platforms & Technology

Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Employee Engagement NEW! Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content User Generated Content

From the 18th Annual Shorty Awards Documentary

This category honors the most creative and effective use of a non-fiction video that examines real events, people, places and/or ideas for the purposes of education/information, persuasion, advocacy and/or to satisfy curiosity.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Finalists

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Flying the U-2 Spy Plane 70,000 Feet to the Edge of Space
The Access Granted U-2 Spy Plane documentary was driven by a singular mission: to illuminate one of…
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The Spirit We Move With
The Spirit We Move With was produced by the Hilton Head Island Chamber of Commerce to honor, preser…
Documentary
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The Taliban Highway: From the Last Nomads to the New Silk Road
The driving idea behind this work was to investigate the reality behind a bold political and econom…
Documentary
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Who is… Watson? The Day AI Went Prime Time
B2B has a bad habit of leading with features and speeds. Sure, some do it better than others. But i…

Nominees

Documentary
Afghanistan Rare Minerals
Afghanistan possesses significant mineral reserves including copper, lithium, and rare earth elemen…
Documentary
Atacama Desert - The World's Lithium Powerhouse
As the global race for precious rare earth minerals intensifies, Chile emerges as a lithium superpo…
Documentary
DigiDocs
This short documentary grew out of the urgency to preserve and properly contextualise firsthand dig…
Documentary
From the NBA to a Fresh Start: Jayson Williams’ Second Act
The objective of this episode of Celebrate Your Story featuring former NBA All-Star Jayson Williams…
Documentary
Get To Going
Destination marketing is oversaturated with idealized, surface-level portrayals of people and place…
Documentary
Greenland's Rare Earth Minerals
Greenland transformed from remote Arctic island to focus of international competition. U.S. Preside…
Documentary
Missing In Gaza
Al Jazeera opens the file on approximately 9,500 missing persons in Gaza Strip, documenting Civil D…
Documentary
Moody's Eye of the Storm Documentary
Hurricane damage is increasing as more frequent and​ intense storms impact rapidly developing, high…
Documentary
SYRIA -AL ASSAD DOWNFALL
A special episode of the program "The Rest of the Story," revealing the secrets behind the fall of …
Documentary
Sensory Overload
For the estimated 1 in 4 people with sensory needs, which include sensitivities to sounds, lights, …
Documentary
Tamsen Fadal: NYT Bestselling Author, Filmmaker, Podcast Host, & Emmy Award Winning Journalist
I am a New York Times bestselling author, filmmaker, podcast host, Emmy Award winning journalist, a…
Documentary
The End of Eau Claire (And Why You Should Care)
The End of Eau Claire (And Why You Should Care) began with a simple but urgent question: what happe…
Documentary
This Hit Home: Reporting on the Texas Hill Country Floods
NBC News National Correspondent Morgan Chesky covered the horrific flooding in Kerr County, Texas, …
Documentary
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This case study is confidential.
Documentary
We met the creators turning poverty into content
What happens when a national crisis becomes a content strategy? This video exposes the predatory ri…