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EGA’s Hermes Award in Entertainment Localization Excellence was created to celebrate excellence in the art and science of global storytelling and is the first global peer-reviewed awards program in the industry. The Hermes Award will help raise worldwide awareness of the art of storytelling and hope to elevate the creative community’s appreciation for global storytelling. The program also aims to provide professional recognition and impact the overall perception of the entertainment globalization industry.

Best Voice Performance for a Television Series
Best Voice Performance for a Feature
Best Voice Performance for an Animated Series
Best Voice Performance for an Animated Feature
Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Series
Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Feature
Best Localized Song
Best Audio Description for a Feature
Best Audio Description for a Series
Best Overall Dubbing for a Series
Best Overall Dubbing for a Feature
Best Overall Dubbing for an Animation
Technical Achievement
Lifetime Achievement

The awards program is open for submissions from September 22, 2023 until December 23, 2023 at 11.59 pm pacific time.

The full list of submission requirements is available here.

Submissions in the 14 categories will be voted on in two rounds by qualifying peers within EGA’s Membership.

The first voting round will run from January 10, 2024 to February 7, 2024. This will narrow the field to 5 finalists in each category, except for the Technical Achievement category and Lifetime Achievement category which will be narrowed down to 3 finalists in each category. Members of EGA’s Awards Committee will judge the first round, except for the Technical Achievement category which will be judged by members of EGA’s Standards Committee, the Audio Description categories which will be judged by members of EGA’s Access Services Committee, and the Audio Mixing categories which will be judged by a specialized panel within EGA’s Membership.

The second voting round will run from February 26, 2024 to March 17, 2024. This round will judge the finalists and select a winner in each category. All categories will be judged by EGA’s Membership, except the Audio Description and Audio Mixing categories which will be judged by specialized panels within EGA’s Membership. The Technical and Lifetime Achievement categories will be judged by the EGA Board of Advisors.

2024 nominees
2023 nominees

The Hermes Award Show is scheduled for April 11, 2024.

EGA’s Hermes Awards Program Now Accepting Entries (Sep 22, 2023)

EGA Announces Hermes Awards for Localization Excellence (Sep 29, 2022).

Submission fee in main categories: $150 USD per entry, no refunds.

Submission fee in Lifetime and Technical Achievement categories: Free of charge.

EGA General Members receives three (3) free entries per year.

Upon submission of a film or television program for EGA Hermes Award consideration in any award category, the content owners are deemed to have granted to EGA the right to use the supplied excerpts from the content and from all approved and available promotional materials relating to the content, which are submitted to the association in connection with the film’s awards consideration, for incorporation by EGA at its sole discretion, into the Hermes awards show for the year in which the film is submitted for competition, and into all other media content produced by the association relating to show’s submission for awards consideration, which is not disparaging of those films, for exhibition by the association and its licensees in all forms of media until 30 days following the Hermes Awards presentation. The owners shall have obtained all the aforementioned rights from the talent appearing in the submission, as well as all other represented personnel. Owners of nominated content are obliged, if requested, to provide to the association a high-definition excerpt of the content in a digital MP4 format and of all approved promotional materials relating to the film, in the highest quality formats available, no later than 10 days following the association's request for such materials.

Furthermore, in submitting content for EGA’s Hermes Award in localization excellence the The Entrant agrees to EGA’s Indemnity Agreement:

This INDEMNITY AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made effective on the date of submission as recorded by the EGA Hermes submission portal by and between the The Entertainment Globalization Association (hereinafter, "EGA"), of 1800 S. Brand Blvd, Suite120, Glendale, California 91204 and any entity submitting an entry to EGA’s Hermes Award in Localization Excellence (hereinafter, “The Entrant"). The Entertainment Globalization Association and The Entrant are sometimes individually referred to as "Party" and collectively referred to as the "Parties."

WHEREAS, The Entrant desires to indemnify EGA from any claims and/or litigation arising out of The Entrant's actions in connection with the submission of material for consideration of an EGA Hermes Award. The submitter must ensure they have secured sufficient permissions to allow this material to be used for the purposes of award evaluation, promotional usage for the awards program and during the award show.

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and conditions contained herein, EGA and The Entrant hereby agree as follows:

TERMS

Indemnification. The Entrant shall fully defend, indemnify, and hold harmless EGA from any and all claims, lawsuits, demands, causes of action, liability, loss, damage and/or injury, of any kind whatsoever (including without limitation all claims for monetary loss, property damage, equitable relief, personal injury and/or wrongful death), whether brought by an individual or other entity, or imposed by a court of law or by administrative action of any federal, state, or local governmental body or agency, arising out of, in any way whatsoever, any acts, omissions, negligence, or willful misconduct on the part of The Entrant, its officers, owners, personnel, employees, agents, contractors, invitees, or volunteers. This indemnification applies to and includes, without limitation, the payment of all penalties, fines, judgments, awards, decrees, attorneys' fees, and related costs or expenses, and any reimbursements to EGA for all legal fees, expenses, and costs incurred by it.

Authority to Enter Agreement. Each Party warrants that the individuals who have entered this Agreement have the actual legal power, right, and authority to make this Agreement and bind each respective Party.

Amendment; Modification. EGA reserves the right to modify this agreement at any time.

Waiver. No waiver of any default shall constitute a waiver of any other default or breach, whether of the same or other covenant or condition. No waiver, benefit, privilege, or service voluntarily given or performed by a Party shall give the other Party any contractual right by custom, estoppel, or otherwise.

Attorney’ Fees and Costs. If any legal action or other proceeding is brought in connection with this Agreement, the entrant shall be responsible for EGA’s reasonable attorneys' fees and other related costs, in defense of any liabilities resulting from the actions or inactions of the entrant.

Entire Agreement. This Agreement contains the entire agreement between the Parties related to the matters specified herein, and supersedes any prior oral or written statements or agreements between the Parties related to such matters.

Enforceability, Severability, and Reformation. If any provision of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the remaining provisions shall continue to be valid and enforceable. If a court finds that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, but that by limiting such provision it would become valid and enforceable, then such provision shall be deemed to be written, construed, and enforced as so limited. The intent of the Parties is to provide as broad an indemnification as possible under California law. In the event that any aspect of this Agreement is deemed unenforceable, the court is empowered to modify this Agreement to give the broadest possible interpretation permitted under California law.

Applicable Law. This Agreement shall be governed exclusively by the laws of California, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

Exclusive Venue and Jurisdiction. Any lawsuit or legal proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any way whatsoever shall be exclusively brought and litigated in the federal and state courts of California. Each Party expressly consents and submits to this exclusive jurisdiction and exclusive venue. Each Party expressly waives the right to challenge this jurisdiction and/or venue as improper or inconvenient. Each Party consents to the dismissal of any lawsuit that they bring in any other jurisdiction or venue.

Full list of winners:

Best Voice Performance for a Television Series

Keywords Studios, Alex Bankier in Prisma, English, Amazon Prime Video

Best Voice Performance for a Feature

Keywords Studios, James M. Connor in Argentina 1985, English, Amazon Prime Video

Best Voice Performance for an Animated Series

ADRENALINE Studios, Isla Hall represented by Dub Juniors in Action Pack Season 2 Play Time, English, Netflix

Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Series

VSI, The Lørenskog Disappearance, English, Netflix

Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Feature

VSI, Jurassic World Dominion, LATAM Spanish, Universal Pictures

Best Localized Song

DreamWorks Animation, Trolls: TrollsTopia, To TrollsTopia, Swedish, Viaplay, Dub by Iyuno

Best Audio Description for a Feature

Deluxe, Everything Everywhere All at Once, English, A24

Best Audio Description for a Series

Red Bee Media, Frozen Planet II, English, BBC/BBC Studios

Best Overall Dubbing for a Series

EVA, Wednesday, Castilian Spanish, Netflix

Best Overall Dubbing for a Feature

Keywords Studio, Argentina 1985, English, Amazon Prime Video

Best Overall Dubbing for Animation

Saran Digital Studios, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Turkish, Netflix

Technical Achievement

StudioNEXT, TransPerfect

Lifetime Achievement

Jacques Barreau, TransPerfect

Full list of winners:

Best Voice Performance for a Television Series

VSI, Jérémy Bardeau in Succession, French, HBO

Best Voice Performance for a Feature

TransPerfect, Julie Mouchel in What You Can See From Here, French, StudioCanal

Best Voice Performance for an Animated Series

VSI, Adam Rhys Dee in This World Can't Tear Me Down, British English, Netflix

Best Voice Performance for an Animated Feature

VSI, Emilio Treviño in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, LATAM Spanish, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Series

VSI, Luden, English, Amazon Prime Vide

Best Dub Audio Mixing for a Feature

Deluxe, Transformers The Rise of the Beast, French, Paramount Pictures

Best Localized Song

TransPerfect, Trolls Band Together: “It Takes Two”, Polish, DreamWorks Animation

Best Audio Description for a Feature

Deluxe, Barbie, English, Warner Bros.

Best Audio Description for a Series

Red Bee Media, Strictly Come Dancing 2023, English, BBC Studios

Best Overall Dubbing for a Series

EVA, The Consultant, German, Amazon

Best Overall Dubbing for a Feature

VSI, Crypto Boy, German, Netflix

Best Overall Dubbing for an Animation

VSI, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, LATAM Spanish, Sony Pictures Entertainment

Technical Achievement

OOONA Integrated

Lifetime Achievement

Ron Horwitz