BrandStorytelling Announces 2025 Official Selections

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BrandStorytelling today announced its Official Selections – projects to be recognized for their excellence in the brand content/entertainment space - for BrandStorytelling 2025 in Park City, Utah, January 22-25, 2025.

BrandStorytelling conducted an open call for brand-funded film, series, and podcast submissions to be acknowledged at Brand Storytelling 2025, a sanctioned event of Sundance Film Festival. The selection committee, composed of 12 brands, agencies, directors, and thought leaders, reviewed submissions ranging from full-length feature films and documentaries to short films, episodic programs, and podcasts. After careful review, the selection committee extended an invitation to 13 brands and organizations to feature their projects in the BrandStorytelling Virtual Showcase, a content library exclusive to BrandStorytelling participants, where attendees can engage with brands’ content as well as hear directly from the individuals behind the projects in interviews recorded with members of the selection committee.

As audiences shift their viewing habits and streaming consumption rises, brands are reimagining the traditional media landscape and redefining how they engage with customers. BrandStorytelling highlights the ways in which brands' creative and unique storytelling approaches are not only adjusting to match audience behavior, but are improving year over year, as brand content becomes more effective at emphasizing brand values, empathy, and purpose.

“In our fourth year of celebrating projects in a festival submission format, I’m pleased to say that we’ve never seen a stronger overall field of content,” said Jordan Kelley, Content Director at BrandStorytelling. “It’s clear that the non-interruptive tide is rising, and with it is coming a monumental shift in the way that brands create connections with their audiences.”

Projects named Official Selections for Brand Storytelling 2025 include:

FEATURE FILM

P&G - A Radical Act: Renee Montgomery

P&G + Juniper Networks - Black Girls

Haleon + Sensodyne - Sensory Overload

SHORT FILM

Human Rights Campaign - Daniel Really Suits You

John Deere - From the Heartland

L’Oreal Paris - The Final Copy of Ilon Specht

Dramamine - The Last Barf Bag

The North Face - The North Face Presents: Trango

REI - The Life We Have  

Nike - Through the Storm

SERIES

The George & Fay Young Foundation - Black CEOs, In Their Own Words - "Technicolor"

The North Face - The Crux – "Episode 4"

PODCAST

Charles Schwab - Choiceology with Katy Milkman - "To Know What You Know: With Guests David Dunning & Andrew Flack"

BrandStorytelling 2025 will bring together industry thought leaders across various business sectors, including award-winning directors, agencies, content creators and streaming platforms. Due to limited space, in-person attendance is by invitation-only.

Secure a limited pass today by visiting BrandStorytelling and:

• Receive early-bird pricing through Friday, 11/15

• Gain access to attendees, Official Selections, and more via the Brand Storytelling mobile app

• Participate in live film screenings, Q&A sessions, and the launch of Creator Day

• Enjoy informative case study presentations

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Want to attend BrandStorytelling 2025? Request your invitation here.

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ABOUT BRANDSTORYTELLING

Brand Storytelling is a privately-owned organization with the mission to support and inspire brand-funded content. Based in Dana Point, California, Brand Storytelling hosts bi-annual events focused on bringing together a community of brands, directors, agencies, content studios and platforms to celebrate innovative content approaches and inspire the next generation of brand storytellers. Visit BrandStorytelling.tv to learn more.