RT-film RT “Auschwitz Lessons”, dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the largest Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz) by the Soviet troops, won by decision of the jury in three categories: “Facebook Video”, “Virtual Reality” and “Branded content. " According to the results of the audience voting, the VR film RT became the best in four nominations. The film, combining the elements of virtual reality and the technology of three-dimensional shooting, was created as part of the large-scale social media project of the RT # Pages of the Victory television channel together with VR-artist Denis Semenov.
The AR-book of the multimedia project RT # Romanovs100, dedicated to the centenary of the execution of the royal family, is the winner in the categories of "Education", "Creative use of technology" and "Books and news." The Shorty Awards jury also awarded Gold and Silver to the RT project in the UX / UI Design and Brand Content categories. The highest rating of Internet users AR-book received in three categories. As part of the project # Romanovs100, launched in collaboration with the State Archive of Russia, several thousand photographs from the archives of the imperial family were published. The AR book combined photographs from the early 20th century with augmented reality technologies.
Interactive project of RT Ruptly video agency “Diatlov’s group diary: Last page” received the highest jury award in the categories “Multi-platform campaign” and “Narration”. Ruptly's video agency went around including Sony Pictures Television, Nickelodeon, Universal Pictures and Vice Media. The Ruptly project is based on Dyatlov’s real diary, personal notes and photos of the expedition members.
The Redfish media platform, part of the Ruptly structure, won gold in the Social Activism nomination. The Redfish team spoke on the Facebook, Twitter and Instagram platforms about protest movements in France, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia and other countries.
The social media project Ruptly - Soapbox (Maffick) - became the winner according to the results of voting by Internet users in the "News and Media" category.
In 2019, the # Romanovs100 project and the RT360 app for viewing panoramic content won the highest Shorty Awards. Ruptly broadcasts from the yellow vest protests in France won gold in the Best Live News coverage of the event, beating Bloomberg Media.
TheShortyAwards - the prestigious annual award in the field of promotion in social networks. In 2020, the prize is awarded for the 12th time.