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All the Winners: The Drum Awards for Content 2025

By Jennifer Faull, Deputy Editor

The Drum

November 19, 2025 | 8 min read

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The winners of the Content Awards 2025 were revealed at The Drum Awards Festival. Taking home the coveted President’s Award was a brilliant film that follows Brazil’s first indigenous soccer team.

The Drum Awards for Content 2025 celebrated the most inventive, emotionally compelling and culturally relevant storytelling of the year.

The winners of this year’s top prizes were revealed at The Drum’s annual Awards Festival. If you missed the show, you can watch it on demand now on The Drum TV.

From powerful documentaries and community-driven content to breakthrough series, creator collaborations and unforgettable brand films, this year’s winners showed how content continues to shape modern marketing.

Chairing the Content Awards this year was Helen Pak, senior vice-president of creative, marketing, design and content at The Walt Disney Company. Supporting her as vice-chair was Dan Whitney, managing director of creative, content and experiential at Allison Worldwide. Judges included representatives from Coca-Cola, Oatly, WSJ, Walmart and Columbia Business School. 

Judges praised the richness of craft, the bravery of ideas and the precision of execution across categories. From global brands to grassroots causes, the winning work embodied the full potential of content to move audiences, spark conversation and build lasting engagement.

Taking home the Grand Prix was Dentsu Creative New York and Mondelez for the Nutter Butter campaign. Meanwhile, Area 23, an IPG Health Company, took home the President’s award for its Kyikatêjê film, which followed the trajectory of Brazil’s first indigenous soccer team. The project premiered on national television and featured a PR strategy that directly contributed to the team securing its first sponsorships.

You can read the full list of winners below and read the stories behind the winning work on our Case Studies hub.

Grand Prix

Gold: Nutter Butter, You Good? by Dentsu Creative New York for Mondelez International

President’s Award

Gold: Kyikatêjê by Area 23, an IPG Health Company for Gavião Kyikatêjê FC

Automotive

Gold: Agents of Fun by Monks for Mini

Bronze: Made for Indonesian Road: When Car Ads Finally Got Real by Innocean Indonesia for Hyundai Motors Indonesia

B2B, Finance & Professional Services

Gold: Singapore Dreamin’ by SPH Media for Singtel

Silver: Craft Matters by UBS & T Brand Studio by T Brand Studio (NYT Advertising) for UBS

Brand Storytelling

Gold: Kyikatêjê by Area 23, an IPG Health Company for Gavião Kyikatêjê FC

Silver: Transforming Cities – Empowering Inclusive Public Transit for All by Mastercard

Bronze: Tripadvisor x Visit Saudi: Arabia Is Calling by Tripadvisor for Visit Saudi

Bronze: If Carlsberg Did Matchdays by Fold7 for Carlsberg

Charity or Not-for-Profit & Government or Public Sector

Gold: Liming with Gran by Ketchum UK for Genomics England & University of Cambridge

Silver: Building Singapore by SPH Content Lab for Building and Construction Authority

Bronze: Diaries of Civilians by Museum of Civilian Voices, Rinat Akhmetov Foundation

Community Building

Gold: The Matcha Mob: A Fandom-Fueled Success Story by Moby Ventures (Whalar Group) for Nami Matcha

Silver: Grindr Presents: Who’s The Asshole? by NVE Experience Agency for Grindr

Bronze: Community is everything by Tangerine for Specsavers

Content for Good

Gold: The Hungry Games by The Romans for Trussell

Silver: Diaries of Civilians by Museum of Civilian Voices, Rinat Akhmetov Foundation

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Content Partnerships

Bronze: Phil Carr x Airalo: Around the World in 11 Videos by We Create Popular

Bronze: The UK’s Most Trusted Podcast Host Solves Real World Dilemmas by Essencemediacom for Google Pixel

Content Series

Gold: The Head, Heart and Spirit of Scotland/This is Scotland by BBC StoryWorks for Brand Scotland

Bronze: Hasbro x TheSoul: A Stop-Motion YouTube Series by TheSoul Publishing for Hasbro

Bronze: Building Singapore by SPH Media & Building and Construction Authority

CPG & Food and Beverage

Gold: Name This Oreo by VML for Mondelez International

Silver: SpudBros x KFC: The City That Fed the Internet by We Create Popular

Bronze: Creating ‘Drinkspiration’ at Scale by Greenpark for Campari Group

Demand Generation

Gold: The Matcha Mob: A Fandom-Fueled Success Story by Moby Ventures (Whalar Group) for Nami Matcha

Education & E-Learning

Gold: Let’s Story! By Applaydu by Gameloft for Brands for Kinder Chocolate

Bronze: The More That You Read… by Little Dot Studios for Dr Seuss Enterprises

Entertainment & Consumer Technology

Gold: Twitch x COD 6: Rogue Shadow Ops by Twitch for Activision

Bronze: Made of Metal by The Romans for OnePlus

Fashion, Beauty & Luxury

Gold: Faces of Music by Digitas for Sephora

Healthcare/Pharma

Silver: Bupa: Need a Lift? by Coolr for Bupa

Influencer/Creator Partnerships

Gold: Reframing Ramadan by McCann Content Studios for Visit Qatar

Silver: Pulse: Live Nation’s Advocacy Program by 1000heads for Live Nation Australia

Bronze: Tour De’liveroo with TopJaw by Coolr for Deliveroo

Integrated

Bronze: Building Singapore by SPH Media for the Building and Construction Authority

Omni-Channel

Bronze: Singapore Dreamin’ by SPH Media for Singtel

Retail and Consumer Products

Gold: Andrex GoTime by Drum OMG for Andrex

Bronze: Crayola Create x TheSoul by TheSoul Publishing for Crayola

Sponsored Content

Gold: Singapore Dreamin’ by SPH Media for Singtel

Silver: Twitch x Pot Noodle: Slurp & Conquer Quest by Twitch for Unilever

Bronze: How Google Pixel and ITV powered the future faces of women’s football by Essencemediacom for Google Pixel

Travel and Tourism

Bronze: A West Midlands Welcome by BBC StoryWorks for West Midlands Growth Company

Bronze: Reframing Ramadan by McCann Content Studios for Visit Qatar

Use of Data & Insights

Gold: Unilever Food Solutions Indonesia: Driving Culinary Search Innovation by Greenpark for UFS Indonesia

Use of Social Media

Gold: Nutter Butter, You Good? by Dentsu Creative New York for Mondelez International

Bronze: The UFO – [UNVRS] by The Night League

Video and Film

Gold: Kyikatêjê by Area 23, an IPG Health Company, for Gavião Kyikatêjê FC

Silver: Faces of Music by Digitas for Sephora

Bronze: Mini Agents of Fun by Monks for Mini

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