At the Cresta Awards 2026, agencies across the Middle East and North Africa secured 21 awards , with BigTime Creative Shop and Horizon FCB Dubai emerging as the region’s biggest winners.
The regional haul comprised of 6 Golds, 5 Silvers and 10 Bronzes , spanning work for clients including The Ring, Riyadh Season, the Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Group and AnNahar.
BigTime Creative Shop lead the regional results at the Cresta Awards with 12 awards , including t wo Golds, three Silvers and seven Bronzes for work across The Ring and Riyadh Season in 2026.
Horizon FCB Dubai followed with six awards, including three Golds for WingSentry, alongside three Bronze wins for WingSentry and Vitamin See.
Impact BBDO Dubai took home two awards for AnNahar, with Active Journalism 2019-2025 winning Gold and The Untaught History Edition taking Silver.
Meanwhile, Publicis Impact in Tunisia added a Silver for LumpDolls, created for Carrefour Tunisia in collaboration with Saatchi & Saatchi MEA.
As the most awarded regional campaign at the 2026 Cresta Awards, The Legacy Continues for The Ring by BigTime Creative Shop leads with five awards, including one Gold, two Silvers and two Bronzes.
WingSentry for the Behavioural Ecology and Conservation Group by Horizon FCB Dubai follows with four awards , including three Golds and one Bronze. The work was recognised across Creative Technology and the Future, Digital Design, Creative Use of AI and B2B.
Chat With The 4th Judge for The Ring by BigTime Creative Shop won two awards , including a Gold for Creative Use of AI and a Silver for Digital.
Vitamin See for Centrum by Horizon FCB Dubai also won two Bronzes , while The Rebirth of Boxing for Riyadh Season by BigTime Creative Shop took two Bronzes.
Active Journalism 2019-2025 and The Untaught History Edition for AnNahar by Impact BBDO Dubai; Try Not To Enjoy It , Last Crescendo and Fatal Fury: Back in the Fight for The Ring by BigTime Creative Shop; and LumpDolls for Carrefour Tunisia by Publicis Impact/ Saatchi & Saatchi MEA all won one award each.
Silver – Film Craft: Outstanding Direction of a Commercial
Silver – Film Craft: Outstanding Art Direction
Bronze – Moving Image: TV or Cinema Commercial over 60 seconds
Bronze – Brand Storytelling: Single Entry The Ring BigTime Creative Shop Saudi Arabia WingSentry Gold – Creative Technology and the Future: Use of AI
Gold – Digital Design: Innovative Use of New Technologies
Gold – Creative Use of AI: Scalable AI Use in Advertising
Bronze – B2B: B2B Campaign Behavioural Ecology & Conservation Group Horizon FCB UAE Chat With The 4th Judge Gold – Creative Use of AI: Outstanding AI-Led Concept & Creative Direction
Silver – Digital: Campaign Websites and Micro-sites The Ring BigTime Creative Shop Saudi Arabia Active Journalism 2019-2025 Gold – Long Term Creativity AnNahar Impact BBDO UAE The Untaught History Edition Silver – Print & OOH: Innovation in Print or OOH AnNahar Impact BBDO UAE Try Not To Enjoy It Bronze – Social & Influencer: Influencer Campaigns Riyadh Season BigTime Creative Shop Saudi Arabia Vitamin See Bronze – Creative Technology and the Future: Creative Use of Data
Bronze – Digital Craft: Innovative Coding Centrum Horizon FCB UAE Last Crescendo Bronze – Film Craft: Use of Music (Original & Licensed) Riyadh Season BigTime Creative Shop Saudi Arabia The Rebirth of Boxing Bronze – Brand Transformation: Brand Transformation
Bronze – Long Term Creativity: Long Term Creativity Riyadh Seas…