The 14 Genres – CultAWARD

A cult takes many forms. The CultAWARD sorts them into fourteen genres, so that like is compared with like and every community finds its stage.

Vehicles that are more than transport: shapes recognised by their silhouette and engines known by their sound.

Films you can quote along with. Works that shaped a generation and that you watch again and again.

Characters and comic books that shaped a country’s childhood and humour.

Celebrations, festivals and customs you return to every year.

Games on the table and on the screen that have connected families, friends and entire scenes.

Voices, bands and radio plays whose sound is part of many life stories.

People whose work, wit or attitude has become part of our shared memory.

Clubs and athletes who embody more than results.

Programmes that created rituals – from the early evening to New Year’s Eve.

Buildings that define a city and have become its emblem.

Personalities whose style and language have endured beyond party lines.

Everyday products that people love, collect and recommend.

Books that accompany readers for a lifetime.

Pubs, cinemas, cellars and squares where a region’s cult is at home.

Cult in pictures

Four genres, four stages

Find out how the jury works and whom it nominates.