WINA World Independent Advertising Awards

07/29/2026

A special wine for a special win

Celebrate WINA 2026 with a collector’s Chilean
bottle featuring a WINA label

07/27/2026

The US continues to be the world’s largest advertising market, with the most significant expansion in its investment going outside of its borders, a study by EMARKETER explains.

https://winafestival.com/the-us-will-account-for-40-7-of-total-global-media-ad-spending-this-year/

The US continues to be the world’s largest advertising market, with the most significant expansion in its investment going outside of its borders, a study by EMARKETER explains. The United States will account for 40.7% of total global media ad spending in 2026, consolidating itself as the largest ...

07/23/2026

Brand of the year - UNICEF

07/22/2026

TOP 4 Asian agencies of the year ☝🏼✨

1. MONQ, Korea South 🇰🇷 MONQ
2. Opengate Films, India 🇮🇳 Open Gate Films
3. GIGIL, Philippines 🇵🇭
4. Shoryuken, Thailand 🇹🇭 SHORYUKEN Production

07/09/2026

The WINA Festival, the international competition that recognizes the best of independent creativity from around the world, officially announced the winners of its 11th edition, which included networking events at the Hyatt Regency Miami (USA) and in Santiago de Chile, in a new format that seeks to bring winners closer to other agencies and brands, in a dynamic where more authentic connections are generated.

WINA is committed to inviting more judges that represent global brands choose the best and to get to know the work of the participating agencies. The select team of judges included names such as: Tor Rueda (Google), Marie-Eve (EMEA, Meta), Matías Roa Sauma (VISA), Soledad Fantuzzi (Starbucks, Alsea Sudamérica), Dina Abdelazim (The Coca-Cola Company), Mónica Parra (Rappi), Prashant Sukhwani (Burger King), Lorena Talma (Arcos Dorados) and Alexandra Todirica (McDonald’s).

Festival Debutant: The #1 agency at WINA 2026 is Finnish

United Imaginations – Finland (68 pts) In addition to being the Agency of the Year, United Imaginations won a Titanium and a GP for its case «Ukraine Air Alerts: Emergency Broadcast System Helsinki» for UNICEF. Australia’s Hero (48 pts) and Spain’s GROW (44 pts), came in second and third place, respectively. The festival’s 11th edition awarded 1 Titanium, 1 GP, 11 golds, 52 silvers, 109 bronze and 30 honorary mentions. Check out the best of the year:

07/08/2026

African Agency of the year
- Thenext.Click

07/03/2026

🏆 Top 10 Agencies in North America 🌎

Celebrating the agencies leading the way in creativity and innovation across North America.

🇨🇦 Bob’s Your Uncle — Canada Bob's Your Uncle
🇺🇸 BeautifulBeast — United States BeautifulBeast
🇲🇽 Birth Group — Mexico Birth Group
🇲🇽 ROCK THE AGENCY — Mexico Rock The Agency
🇲🇽 M22 — Mexico
🇺🇸 Mazdi – The Omnicultural Marketing Agency — United States mazdi / Marketing Agency
🇲🇽 The Prime — Mexico Prime MX
🇨🇦 FUSE Create — Canada FUSE Create
🇨🇦 Black Box Productions — Canada Black Box Productions
🇺🇸 29-7 Agency — United States

07/02/2026

Latin American Agency of the Year:

Buentipo – Colombia (40 pts) | 4°

06/30/2026

Creative directors of the Year 🙌

1. Jyrki Poutanen – Finland 🇫🇮(United Imaginations)
2. Shane Geffen – Australia 🇦🇺 (HERO) .co
3. Judith Cebrián y Edgardo Gamboso – Spain 🇪🇸 (Grow Comunicación) .es

06/24/2026

🌎 The best agencies in each country have been revealed!

These agencies are taking the #1 spot in their markets and standing out for their creativity, innovation, and impact.

🏆 Alpha Agency OU — Estonia 🇪🇪
🏆 Grow Comunicación — Spain 🇪🇸
🏆 Tribeca Media — Peru 🇵🇪
🏆 Birth Group — Mexico 🇲🇽
🏆 THIS IS LOCCO — Slovakia 🇸🇰
🏆 Tipz — Brazil 🇧🇷
🏆 MONQ — South Korea 🇰🇷
🏆 HERO — Australia 🇦🇺
🏆 BeautifulBeast — United States 🇺🇸
🏆 Indies — Panama 🇵🇦