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The AICP Awards is going back on the road for the first time since 2019 as it kicks off its 2022 national tour in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 28. The live, in-person event will take place at The Belasco, the historic event space in downtown L.A. The presentation kicks off with a happy hour, with the program to follow. A gala reception will close out the evening’s activities. Tickets are available now and may be purchased here.

Curators from each AICP Awards competition – the AICP Next Awards, the AICP Post Awards and the AICP Show – will be on hand to discuss the winning work, offer insights into the decision-making process that went into its selection and address ongoing trends in the industry.

“We’re beyond excited to be bringing the AICP Awards back to Los Angeles, particularly after the enormous success of our AICP Week events in New York last month,” said AICP CEO Matt Miller. “As we kick off our national tour, we’re delighted to be able to share our winners and some great observations on the judging process with our member and industry guests around the country.”

Taking part in the L.A. presentation will be Yvette Cobarrubias, 2022 AICP Post Awards Chairperson and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Cosmo Street; Scott Donaton, 2022 AICP Next Awards Judging Chair and Senior VP, Head of Marketing for Hulu; and Mal Ward, 2022 AICP Show Chairperson and Managing Director/Partner of Arts & Sciences.

Also participating will be Ali Brown, AICP Show Curatorial Committee member, Past AICP Show Chairperson and President of PRETTYBIRD; Melany Esfeld, AICP Post Awards Curator and SVP, Head of Integrated Production at Barkley; Tatiana Holifield, AICP Next Awards Curator and Vice President, Digital Content & Audience Engagement for SiriusXM/Pandora; Erika Madison, AICP Show Curator and Head of Production at Anomaly LA; Brandon Porter, AICP Post Awards Curator and Partner/Editor at Nomad Editing Co.; and Shannon Pruitt, AICP Next Awards Curator and Global Chief Content Officer at Stagwell Media Network.

The Los Angeles event kicks off the 2022 AICP Awards national tour. Events are currently being planned for Atlanta, Dallas and Chicago. Full details will be available soon at www.aicp.com.

Sponsors help make all of the AICP awards competitions and events possible. AICP Partners and Supporting Partners, who support all AICP events throughout the year, are: CAPS, Universal, Wrapbook, Film Hawaii, Film Supply + Musicbed and TEAMS.

AICP Awards Show Benefactors include Arcade, Aspen Travel, AwardCore, Color Lab, Cosmo Street, Directors Guild of America, Heard City, IDC, Istros Media Corporation, Kodak, Little Black Book, Optimus, SHOOT Magazine | SHOOTonline,  Source | SHOTS | Slate, Squeak E. Clean, S’well, The Colonie, The Mill and Whitehouse Post.

AICP Awards Show Patrons include BMG, Florida Office of Film & Entertainment, Hello World, Need Financial Services, SAG-AFTRA, The ROOTS.TV and Vagabond.

The Mill created the graphics and design language for all three competitions; Squeak E. Clean provided the music and sound design for all elements.

Established in 1992, The AICP Show is one of the most important advertising showcases in the world that’s dedicated to excellence in craft. The AICP Post Awards, which debuted in 2001, honors excellence in a wide range of post production crafts and disciplines. And the AICP Next Awards, launched in 2007, highlights the winners of the 11 Next categories, which honor innovative marketing communications.

Honorees at the AICP Show and The AICP Next Awards are preserved in The Museum of Modern Art’s Department of Film’s state of the art archives for future generations to study and are available for use or exhibition by the museum’s curators. All individual works and each year’s shows in their entirety can be viewed exclusively at www.aicpawards.com, the AICP Awards Archive website, while winners of the AICP Post winners can be viewed at www.aicppostawards.com.

About AICP 
AICP represents, exclusively, the interests of independent companies that specialize in the production and post production of commercials in various media—film, video, digital—for advertisers and agencies. The association, with national offices in New York and Los Angeles as well as regional chapters across the country, serves as a strong collective voice for this $5 billion-plus industry. Founded in 1972, AICP assists its members by: disseminating information; representing production and post production companies within the advertising community in business circles, in labor negotiations and dealing with employment issues; and before governmental officials; developing industry standards and tools; providing professional development; and marketing American production and post production via events and awards shows.