Championing diverse directing talent with The Shiny Awards

Preen are proud to support the fantastic work of The Shiny Awards, a not-for-profit limited company showcasing marginalised and diverse directing talent. Founded by Caroline Bottomley, The Shiny Awards have a 7k+ strong network of creatives, directors and exec producers who all stand in the firm belief that amplifying marginalised voices will lead to more compelling stories and a better industry.

Alongside creative agencies including Mother, Atomic and VCCP and production companies such as Prettybird, Somesuch, Preen take part in judging films entered into the awards and also supporting their mentoring programme. 

A little more about what Shiny do -

• Shiny use positive action, mentorships and diversity metrics to fuel fairer representation in the commercial production industry.
• The videos showcased in 'Featured directors' represent work from a much wider socio-economic range of new directors than you'll see with other curators, because this is our mission.
• We're supported by world-class industry leaders