@charset "UTF-8";
@import url('https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Roboto:ital,wght@0,100..900;1,100..900&display=swap');
@import url("https://use.typekit.net/fsr8nib.css");
* {
  -webkit-box-sizing: border-box;
  -moz-box-sizing: border-box;
  -ms-box-sizing: border-box;
  -o-box-sizing: border-box;
  box-sizing: border-box; }

html {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0; }

body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }

img {
  border: 0; }

h1,
h2,
h3,
h4,
h5,
h6 {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  font-weight: normal; }

ul,
ol {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  list-style: none; }

.auto-container {
  width: 1280px;
  margin: auto; }

.mobile-menu {
  display: none; }

.price-text {
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Oxygen', sans-serif; }

/** HEADER STYLES **/
.header-counter {
  color: #ffffff;
  display: block;
  float: left;
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 13px; }

.header-counter strong {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  color: #ffd502;
  font-weight: normal;
  font-size: 13px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  display: block;
  margin-bottom: -10px; }

.header-counter .footer-counter p {
  display: inline-block !important;
  font-size: 15px;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  margin: 0px 6px 0 0;
  text-align: center; }

.header-counter .footer-counter p:last-child {
  margin: 0; }

.header-counter .footer-counter span {
  display: inline-block !important;
  font-size: 11px;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
  text-align: center; }

.footer-counter {
  display: inline; }

.awards-header {
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5);
  height: 99px;
  position: fixed;
  width: 100%;
  z-index: 10000;
  top: 0; }

.awards-header .navbar-right li a {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-size: 15px;
  transition: all 0.3s; }

.awards-header .navbar-right li a:hover {
  color: #ffd502; }

.logo-part {
  float: left;
  width: auto; }

.navbar-right {
  float: right; }

.nav-button {
  display: none; }

.view-categories-btn {
    background-color: #FFD502;
    color: #33373B;
    border: none;
    padding: 12px 24px;
    font-size: 16px;
    font-weight: bold;
    cursor: pointer;
    margin-bottom: 16px;
    display: none; /* Initially hidden */
}

    .pt-5{
        padding-top: 40px;
    }

    .pt-3{
        padding-top: 24px;
    }

    .pb-3{
        padding-bottom: 24px;
    }

    .hidden {
        display: none !important;
    }

    .cate-image{
        width: 100%;
        overflow: hidden;
        object-fit: cover;
        height: 429.5px;
    }


    .category-container{
        width: 100%;
        max-width: 1200px;
        margin: 0 auto;
        padding-top: 80px;


        display: flex;
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        align-items: flex-start;
        gap: 16px;
        
    }

    .category-left-column{
        display: flex;
        padding-top: 8px;
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: flex-start;
        width: 389px;
        min-width: 389px;
        max-width: 389px;
        flex: 0 0 389px;
    }

    .category-right-column{
        flex: 1 1 0%;
        padding-top: 8px;
        display: flex;
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: flex-start;
        padding-inline: 8px;
    }

    .category-list-container li {
        margin: 0;
        padding: 0;
        border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
          direction: ltr;
    }

    .category-list-container button {
        text-align: start;
        background-color: white;
        border: none;
        font-family: var('Roboto', sans-serif);
        font-size: var(--line-height-20, 20px);
        font-style: normal;
        font-weight: var(--font-weight-400, 400);
        line-height: normal;
        letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-3, 3px);
        text-transform: uppercase;
        width: 100%;
        padding: 12px 24px 12px 16px;
        border-left: 8px solid transparent;
    }

    .category-list-container button:hover, .category-list-container .active {
        border-left: 8px solid var(--color-grey-22, #33373B);
        background-color: #FFD502;
        cursor: pointer;
    }



    .category-list-container {
        display: flex;
        z-index: 1000;
        flex-direction: column;
        position: relative;
        border: 1px solid #ccc;
        list-style: none;
        padding-left: 16px; 
        padding-top: 8px;
        padding-bottom: 8px;
        overflow-y: auto;
        max-height: 700px;
        background-color: white;
        box-shadow: 0px 0px 12px 2px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.15);
            direction: rtl;
            scrollbar-width: thin;
            scrollbar-color: #D9D9D9 white;
    }

    .category-list-container::-webkit-scrollbar {
        width: 8px;
        background: white;

        left: 0;
    }

    .category-list-container::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb {
        background: #D9D9D9;
        border-radius: 4px;
    }

    .category-list-container::-webkit-scrollbar-track {
        background: white;
        border-radius: 4px;
    }


.navbar-right ul {
  float: left;
  border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;
  height: 50px;
  margin-top: 26px;
  margin-right: 20px; }

.navbar-right li {
  float: left;
  padding: 15px 36px 0 19px; }

.navbar-right li a {
  float: left;
  color: #000000;
  text-decoration: none;
  padding: 0px 0 28px;
  font-size: 18px; }

.navbar-right li a:hover {
  color: #ffd502; }

.navbar-scroll {
  height: 70px;
  background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8); }

.navbar-scroll .navbar-right ul {
  margin-top: 10px; }

.navbar-scroll .header-counter .footer-counter p {
  line-height: 18px; }

.navbar-scroll .header-counter {
  margin-top: 8px; }

.navbar-scroll .header-counter strong {
  margin-bottom: -5px; }

.navbar-scroll .logo-part img {
  height: 70px; }

.navbar,
.navbar-scroll .logo-part img,
.header-counter strong,
.header-counter,
.header-counter .footer-counter p,
.navbar-right ul {
  transition: all 0.3s; }

/** END HEADER STYLES **/
/** BANNER STYLES **/
.banner-part {
  background: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2022/Header-bg.png) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 38px 0 60px;
  }

.judges-banner {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/judges-bg.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover; }

.inner-banner {
  height: 372px; }

.inner-banner-text h1 {
  margin-top: 135px; }

.banner-part h1 {
  font-size: 60px;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  position: relative;
  margin-bottom: 2px;
  display: inline-block; }

  .banner-part h3{
    font-size: 35px;
    line-height: 40px;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 900;
  }

.banner-part p {
    font-size: 20px;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 400;

}

.banner-text {
  text-align: left;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
  margin-top: 200px;
  color: #ffffff;
  max-width: 700px;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 40px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  clip-path: polygon(calc(100% - 15%) 0, 100% 15%, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 0); }

  .judge-text-container {

    border: 1px solid #dddddd;
    border-top: none;
  }

  .judge-padding{
        padding: 12px; 
  }

.banner-text p {
  margin-bottom: 40px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: 300; }

.bannerBtn {
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border: 1px solid #faae0b;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #faae0b;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s; }

.bannerBtn:hover {
  background-color: #faae0b;
  color: #ffffff; }

/** BANNER STYLES END **/
/** INTRO SECTION **/
.intro-section {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 80px 0 38px; }

.intro-section h6 {
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
  display: inline-block; }

.intro-section h6:after {
  content: url("https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/grey-line.jpg"); }

.intro-section ul {
  width: 100%;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 0 auto 12px;
  text-align: center; }

.intro-section li {
  max-width: 404px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #fff;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-top: 0px;
  border-right: 0px;
  text-align: left;
  margin-right: 28px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  vertical-align: top; }

.intro-section li div {
  padding: 46px 25px;
  border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; }

.intro-section li:last-child {
  margin-right: 0; }

.intro-section li img {
  width: 100%; }

.intro-section li strong {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 900;
  color: #1b1818;
  font-size: 35px;
  line-height: 40px;
  margin-bottom: 21px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%; }

.intro-section li strong:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block; }

.intro-section li p {
  font-size: 19px;
  color: #000000;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  line-height: 28px;
  margin: 0;
  margin-bottom: 30px; }

.introBtn {
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border: 1px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #000000;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s; }

.introBtn:hover {
  background-color: #000000;
  color: #ffffff; }

.introBtnWide {
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border: 1px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #000000;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  min-width: 300px; }

.introBtnWide:hover {
  background-color: #000000;
  color: #ffffff; }

.introBtn1 {
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border: 1px solid #ffffff;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s; }

.introBtn1:hover {
  background-color: #ffffff;
  color: #000000; }

/** INTRO SECTION END **/
/** AWARDS CEREMONY SECTION  **/
.awards-info {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  padding: 250px 0 0px;
  background: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2021/awardsSite/awardsPageBackground/newYorkImageCompressed.png) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover; }

.awards-description {
  width: 100%;
  background: white;
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: left;
  padding: 80px 40px 30px;
  max-width: 600px;
  float: right;
  clip-path: polygon(calc(100% - 15%) 0, 100% 15%, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 0); }

.awards-description h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 41px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.awards-description h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block; }

.awards-description p {
  font-size: 20px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  margin-top: 20px;
  line-height: 28px;
  margin-bottom: 40px; }

/** AWARDS CERMONY END **/
/** KEY DATES START **/
.keydates-container {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 16px 0 16px;
  text-align: center; }

.keydates-inner h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 46px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.keydates-inner h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin: 20px auto 0;
  display: block; }

.keydates-inner p {
  font-size: 20px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  margin-top: 20px;
  line-height: 28px;
  margin-bottom: 40px; }

.keydates-list li {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: top;
  margin-right: 55px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  margin-top: 30px; }

.keydates-list li:last-child {
  margin-right: 0px; }

.date-circle {
  width: 200px;
  height: 200px;
  border: 1px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 50%; /* better for perfect circles */
  color: #000000;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  letter-spacing: 3px;
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: center;
  text-align: center; /* ensures multiline text is centered */
  margin: auto;
  padding: 10px; /* optional: gives a little breathing room inside */
  box-sizing: border-box; /* ensures padding doesn't break layout */
}


.keydates-list .active-circle {
  border: none;
  background-color: #000000;
  color: #ffffff; }

.keydates-list li p {
  font-weight: 600;
  font-size: 20px;
  max-width: 200px;
  text-align: center;
  display: inline-block; }

.keyBtn {
  padding: 15px 40px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  letter-spacing: 3px; }

.keyBtn:hover {
  background-color: #000000; }

/** KEY DATES END **/
/** NEW CATEGORIES SECTION  **/
.newcategories-info {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  padding: 150px 0 0px;
  background: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2022/new-for-2022.png) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover; }
  .newcategories-info__inner {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 1280px;
    display: flex;
    margin: auto; }
    @media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
      .newcategories-info__inner {
        flex-wrap: wrap; } }
  .newcategories-info .auto-container:last-of-type p {
    line-height: 22px; 
  color: var(--Global-Franchise-Awards-Black, var(--color-black-solid, #000));
font-size: var(--font-size-16, 16px);
font-style: normal;
font-weight: var(--font-weight-400, 400);
  
  }
  @media screen and (max-width: 768px) {
    .newcategories-info .auto-container:first-of-type {
      margin-bottom: 20px; } }

.newcategories-description {
  width: 100%;
  background: white;
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: left;
  padding: 80px 40px 30px;
  max-width: 600px;
  float: left;
  clip-path: polygon(calc(100% - 15%) 0, 100% 15%, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 0); }

.newcategories-description h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 46px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.newcategories-description h2 span {
  color: #faae0b; }

.newcategories-description h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block; }

.newcategories-description p {
  font-size: 20px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  margin-top: 20px;
  line-height: 28px;
  margin-bottom: 40px; }

/** NEW CATEGORIES END **/
/** JUDGE QUOTE START **/
.judgequote-container {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 32px 0 78px;
  text-align: center; }

.judgequote-container p {

  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  margin-top: 20px;
  
  max-width: 1015px;
  margin: 0 auto 0; 

  color: var(--Global-Franchise-Awards-Black, var(--color-black-solid, #000));
  text-align: center;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 42px; /* 140% */
}

.judgequote-container h3 {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;

  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px;
  margin-bottom: 10px; 

color: var(--Global-Franchise-Awards-Black, var(--color-black-solid, #000));
text-align: center;
font-size: 28px;
font-style: normal;
line-height: var(--font-size-40, 40px); /* 142.857% */

}

.judgequote-container h5 {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  margin: 0 auto;


color: var(--Global-Franchise-Awards-Black, var(--color-black-solid, #000));
text-align: center;
/* GFA_/✅ Regular 1 */
font-size: var(--line-height-20, 20px);
font-style: normal;
font-weight: var(--font-weight-400, 400);
line-height: var(--line-height-28, 28px); /* 140% */
}

.judgequote-container p:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin: 40px auto 0;
  display: block; }

/** JUDGE QUOTE END **/
/** AWARDS PREVIOUS SECTION  **/
.previousawards-info {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  padding: 250px 0 0px;
  background: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2019/Awards/ceremony-bg.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover; }

.previousawards-description {
  width: 100%;
  background: white;
  display: block;
  margin: 0 auto;
  text-align: left;
  padding: 80px 40px 30px;
  max-width: 600px;
  float: right;
  clip-path: polygon(calc(100% - 15%) 0, 100% 15%, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 0); }

.previousawards-description h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 46px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.previousawards-description h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block; }

.previousawards-description p {
  font-size: 20px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  margin-top: 20px;
  line-height: 28px;
  margin-bottom: 40px; }

.previousawards-description p a {
  color: #faae0b;
  text-decoration: none; }

/** AWARDS PREVIOUS END **/
/** OUR SPONSORS START **/
.oursponsors-container {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 95px 0 78px;
  text-align: center; }

.oursponsors-container h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 46px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.oursponsors-container h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin: 20px auto 0;
  display: block; }

.oursponsors-container li {
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle;
  margin-right: 55px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  margin-top: 30px;
  width: 11%; }

.oursponsors-container li img {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 155px; }

.oursponsors-container li:last-child {
  margin-right: 0px; }

/** OUR SPONSORS END **/
/** JUDGES PAGE STYLE **/
.judges-page-section {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 80px 0 38px; }

.judges-page-section h6 {
  text-align: center;
  width: 100%;
  display: inline-block; }

.judges-page-section h6:after {
  content: url("https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/grey-line.jpg"); }

.judges-page-section ul {
  width: 100%;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 0 auto 42px;
  text-align: center; }

.judges-page-section li {
  max-width: 350px;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #fff;
  text-align: start;
  margin-right: 73px;
  margin-bottom: 20px;
  vertical-align: top; }

.judges-page-section li:nth-child(3n+3),
.judges-page-section li:last-child {
  margin-right: 0; }

.judges-page-section li img {
  width: 100%; }

.judges-page-section li h3 {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: 900; }

.judge-divider {
    background-color: #faae0b;
    width: 80px;
    height: 3px;
    margin-top: 20px;
    margin-bottom: 20px;

}

.judges-page-section li p {
  color: #000000;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 400;
  line-height: 28px;
  margin: 0;

font-size: var(--line-height-20, 20px);
font-style: normal;

 }

 .toggleCheckbox {
   display: none;
 }

 .toggleContainer {
   position: relative;
   display: grid;
   grid-template-columns: repeat(2, 1fr);
  align-items: center;
    width: 100%;
   height: 83px;
   border-radius: 100px;
   background: #DDDDDD;
   border 1px solid #DDDDDD;
   font-weight: bold;
   color: 
   cursor: pointer;
}

.toggleContainer::before {
   content: '';
   position: absolute;
   width: 50%;
   height: 100%;
   left: 0%;
   border-radius:100px;
   background: #FFD502;
   transition: all 0.3s;
   box-shadow: 4px 0px 8px 0px rgba(0,0,0,0.15);
}

.toggleContainer div {
   padding: 6px;
   text-align: center;
   z-index: 1;
    font-size: 34px;
    color: #fff;
    font-family: Merriweather, sans-serif;
    font-weight: 700;
    position: relative;
    margin-bottom: 2px;
    display: inline-block;


}

.toggleCheckbox:checked + .toggleContainer::before {
   left: 50%;
}

.toggleCheckbox:checked + .toggleContainer div:first-child{
   color: white;
   transition: color 0.3s;
}
.toggleCheckbox:checked + .toggleContainer div:last-child{
   color: black;
   transition: color 0.3s;
}
.toggleCheckbox + .toggleContainer div:first-child{
   color: black;
   transition: color 0.3s;
}
.toggleCheckbox + .toggleContainer div:last-child{
   color: white;
   transition: color 0.3s;
}

 .judges-page-section-jobtitle{
  font-family: "liberation-sans", sans-serif;
font-size: var(--font-size-16, 16px);
font-style: normal;
font-weight: var(--font-weight-700, 700);
line-height: var(--line-height-28, 28px); /* 175% */
 }

/** JUDGES PAGE END **/
/** ENTER NOW SECTION  **/
.enter-now-panel {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  padding: 190px 0 130px;
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/enter-bg.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover; }

.enter-text {
  width: 100%;
  display: block;
  text-align: left;
  max-width: 490px; }

.enter-text h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px;
  margin-bottom: 40px;
  line-height: 50px;
  color: #ffffff; }

/** ENTER NOW END **/
.announcment-video {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 95px 0 78px;
  text-align: -webkit-center;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; }

/** JUDGES SAY **/
.judgesay-container {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 95px 0 78px;
  text-align: -webkit-center;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; }

.judgesay-inner h2 {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 46px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.judgesay-inner h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin: 20px auto 0;
  display: block; }

/* Dots */
.slick-dotted.slick-slider {
  margin-bottom: 30px; }

.slick-dots {
  position: absolute;
  bottom: -25px;
  display: block;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 0;
  margin: 0;
  list-style: none;
  text-align: center; }

.slick-dots li {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  margin: 0 5px;
  padding: 0;
  cursor: pointer; }

.slick-dots li button {
  font-size: 0;
  line-height: 0;
  display: block;
  width: 40px;
  height: 40px;
  padding: 5px;
  cursor: pointer;
  color: transparent;
  border: 0;
  outline: none;
  background: transparent; }

.slick-dots li button:hover,
.slick-dots li button:focus {
  outline: none; }

.slick-dots li button:hover:before,
.slick-dots li button:focus:before {
  opacity: 1;
  color: #faae0b; }

.slick-dots li button:before {
  font-family: 'slick';
  font-size: 45px;
  line-height: 20px;
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  content: '•';
  text-align: center;
  opacity: .25;
  color: #000000;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; }

.slick-dots li.slick-active button:before {
  opacity: .75;
  color: #faae0b; }

.judgesay-container .slide {
  width: 85% !important; }

.quote-phrase,
.quote-author {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  display: table-cell;
  vertical-align: middle;
  padding: 5px 20px; }

.quote-phrase {
  height: 200px;
  font-size: 24px;
  color: #000000; }

.quote-author {
  font-style: normal;
  font-size: 26px;
  color: #000000;
  font-weight: 900;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  line-height: 25px;
  margin-bottom: 30px; }

.quote-author span {
  font-size: 15px;
  font-weight: 300; }

.quote-author a {
  color: #faae0b; }

.quoteContainer,
.authorContainer {
  display: table;
  width: 100%; }

/** JUDGES SAYS END **/
/** CATEGORIES PAGE **/
.category-anchors {
  display: flex;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: center; }

.category-anchors .category {
  border: 1px #000000 solid;
  padding: 15px 30px;
  margin: 10px;
  border-radius: 10px;
  transition: all 0.3s; }

.category-anchors a {
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #000000;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px; }

.category-anchors .category:hover {
  color: #ffffff;
  background-color: #000000; }

.early-bird-offer {
  background-color: #faae0b;
  padding: 30px 0;
  width: 100%;
  float: left; }

.category-block {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  color: #ffffff;
  height: 90vh;
  min-height: 600px;
  padding: 255px 0; }

#emerging {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/emerging.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#automotive {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/automotive.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#children {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/childrens.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#food {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/food.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#fitness {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/fitness.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#health {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/health.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#lifestyle {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/Lifestyle.png) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#nursing {
  background: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com_gf/awards/2024/retail.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#property {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/property.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#signage {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/Sign.png) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#whitecollar {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/whitecollar.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#supreme {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/supreme.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#technology {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/technology.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#lawyer {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2019/Awards/Lawyers.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#consultant {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2019/Awards/Consultants.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#international {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2019/Awards/contribution.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#america {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/assets/images/america-bg.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#europe {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/assets/images/europe-bg.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#africa {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/assets/images/asia-bg.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#asia {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/assets/images/asia-pacific-bg.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#mentor {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2019/Awards/Mentorship.jpg") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

#emerge {
  background: linear-gradient(rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5), rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.5)), url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2021/update1/emerge.png") no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover;
  text-align: center; }

  #entertainmentFran{
    background:linear-gradient(rgba(0,0,0,.5),rgba(0,0,0,.5)),url("https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2024/entertainment.jpg") no-repeat center top;
    background-size:cover;
    text-align:center
  }

.category-block h3 {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 30px;
  font-weight: 300;
  letter-spacing: 1.5px;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  color: #faae0b; }

.category-block h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: bold;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px;
  text-shadow: 0px 2px 6px #222222; }

.category-block h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block;
  margin: 20px auto 30px; }

.category-block p {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 18px;
  max-width: 960px;
  margin: 0 auto;
  margin-bottom: 40px;
  line-height: 26px; }

.early-bird-offer h3 {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 22px;
  display: inline-block;
  margin-right: 120px; }

.early-bird-offer h3 span {
  color: #000000; }

.blackBtn {
  padding: 15px 30px;
  background-color: #000000;
  border: 1px solid #000000;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle; }

.blackBtn:hover {
  background-color: #ffffff;
  color: #000000; }

.enterBtn {
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border: 1px solid #faae0b;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #faae0b;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s;
  display: inline-block;
  vertical-align: middle; }

.enterBtn:hover {
  background-color: #faae0b;
  color: #ffffff; }

/** CATEGORIES END **/
/** Previous Winner **/
.announcementVidFrame {
  display: flex;
  width: 80%;
  max-height: 400px;
  margin: 0 auto; }

.supreme-winner {
  float: left;
  padding: 80px 0;
  width: 100%; }

.supreme-box-announcement-vid {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  margin: 0 auto; }

.supreme-box {
  display: flex;
  justify-content: center;
  margin: 0 auto; }

.supreme-inner {
  border-top: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-left: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;
  display: inline-block; }

.announcement-img {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 0 auto;
  border: none;
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 700px; }

.lk-img {
  display: inline-block;
  max-width: 384px;
  height: 219px;
  border: none; }

.supreme-text-container {
  margin: 0 auto;
  width: 382px;
  height: 181px; }

.supreme-text-container p {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 18px; }

.supreme-text-container p span {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  font-weight: bold; }

.yellow-bar {
  width: 100%;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-align: center;
  padding: 15px 0;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 700;
  font-size: 16px; }

.other-winners {
  float: left;
  width: 100%;
  padding: 80px 0; }

.other-winners ul {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: space-between; }

.other-winners ul li {
  width: 30%;
  margin: 0 auto 30px; }

.last-element {
  margin: 0 auto; }

.other-winners ul li img {
  width: 100%; }

.other-winners .yellow-bar {
  margin-top: -5px;
  font-size: 15px; }

.other-winners .other-logo {
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-right: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-left: 1px solid #dddddd; }

.previous-winners-enter {
  background: url(https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/www.globalfranchisemagazine.com-assets-test/assets/awards/images/previous-enter-bg.jpg) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover; }

.banner-text-new {
  text-align: center;
  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
  margin-top: 90px;
  color: #ffffff;
  width: 1280px;

  width: 100%;
  padding: 15px;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  clip-path: polygon( calc(100% - 15%) 0, 100% 15%, 100% 100%, 0 100%, 0 0 );
}

.banner-text-new1 {
  text-align: center;
  display:flex;
 justify-content:center;
  margin-top: 10px;
  color: #ffffff;

  width: 100%;
  padding: 10px;


}

.banner-subtext{
  display: flex;
  width: 100%;
  margin: 0 auto;
  justify-content: center;
  max-width: 750px;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
  align-self: stretch;
}
.last-year-winners {
  padding-top: 70px;
}

.image_small {
  width: 120px !important;
  height: 120px;
  margin: 2px;
}


.options-container{
  display: flex;
  width: 100%;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center;
  margin-top: 40px;
  gap: 16px;

}

.judge-image-circle{
    border-radius: 100px;
    width: 200px;
    height: 200px;
    overflow: hidden;
    display: flex;
}

.judge-preview-image-container{
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    display: flex;
    justify-content: center;
    align-items: center;
    gap: 16px;

}

.judge-preview-group{
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    width: 100%;
    gap: 16px;
}


.options-heading{
   color: var(--color-grey-22, #33373B);
    font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
    font-size: var(--font-size-34, 34px);
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: var(--font-weight-900, 900);
    line-height: normal;
    text-align: center;
    letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing--1_5, -1.5px); 
}

.options-p{
    color: var(--color-black-solid, #000);
    text-align: center;
      font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
    font-size: var(--line-height-20, 20px);
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: var(--font-weight-400, 400);
    line-height: var(--line-height-28, 28px); /* 140% */
    }


.options-btn{
    border-radius: 10px;
    border: var(--stroke-weight-1, 1px) solid #000;
    padding: 20px 31px 16px 31px;
    background: var(--color-grey-22, #33373B); 
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
    font-weight: 400;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    line-height: normal;
    color: white;
    text-decoration: none;
    margin: 0;
    transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out;
}

.options-btn:hover {
    background-color: transparent;
    color: #000;
    border: var(--stroke-weight-1, 1px) solid #000;
}


.option-box{
  background-color: #FFD502;
  border-radius: 12px;
  gap: 16px;

  display: flex;
  width: 550px;
  padding: 20px;
  flex-direction: column;
  align-items: center;
}

.previous-judges {
  text-align: center;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-top: 1px solid #ddd; }

.previous-judges .judgesay-inner h2 {
  text-align: center;
  margin: 0 auto; }

.previous-judges .judgesay-inner {
  margin-bottom: 50px; }

/** Previous winners end **/
/** sponsor section **/
.sponsor-section {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  padding: 80px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; }

.sponsor-container {
  padding-bottom: 40px;
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  justify-content: space-between; }

.info-box {
  text-align: center;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  padding: 20px;
  min-width: 350px; }

.platinum-box {
  text-align: center;
  border: none;
  padding: 60px 79px 40px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  max-height: 380px; }

.platinum-box h2 {
  font-size: 16px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 900;
  margin-bottom: 20px; }

.info-box .logo {
  margin-bottom: 40px;
  max-width: 280px; }

.info-box .social-icons {
  margin-top: 50px; }

.sponsor-texts {
  padding: 40px; }

.sponsor-section
h1 {
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px;
  margin: 30px auto 30px auto; }

.sponsor-texts
h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 36px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.sponsor-texts
h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block; }

.sponsor-texts p {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 18px; }

.sponsor-texts p a {
  font-weight: bold;
  text-decoration: none;
  color: #faae0b; }

.social-icons img {
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 0 5px;
  vertical-align: middle;
  max-width: 30px; }

/** sponsor section **/
/** WHY ENTER STYLE **/
.why-enter-section {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  padding: 80px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; }

.brightstar-section {
  background-color: #d9cba8;
  border: none;
  padding: 0; }

.brightstar-section .why-image {
  width: 50%;
  align-self: baseline; }

.brightstar-section .why-text h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 36px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px;
  color: #ffffff; }

.brightstar-section .why-text h2:after {
  display: none; }

.brightstar-section .why-text p {
  font-size: 26px;
  color: #ffffff; }

.brightstar-section .why-text p em {
  font-size: 20px; }

.why-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  justify-content: space-between;
  align-items: center; }

.reverse-container {
  flex-direction: row-reverse; }

.why-enter-section.no_image .auto-container {
  text-align: center; }

.text-left{
    text-align: left !important;
}

  .winner-section-divider{
    width: 100%;
    height: 1px;
    background-color: #DDD;
    margin: 30px 0;
  }

  .why-image-small{
    object-fit: cover;
    max-width: 420px;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 100%;
    height: 280px;
  }

  .why-image-medium{
    object-fit: cover;
    max-width: 600px;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 100%;
    height: 400px;
    padding: 8px;
  }
  .why-image-top{
    object-position: top;
  }
  .why-image-bottom{
    object-position: bottom;
  }


.why-text,
.why-image {
  width: 55%; }

.why-enter-section.no_image .why-text {
  margin: 0 auto; 
}

.why-container reverse-container no-image > .why-text {
    width: 100%; }

.why-image img {
    max-width: 100%;
}

.why-text h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 50px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.why-text h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto; }



.why-text-left h2:after {
margin-inline: 0 !important;  
}

.flex{
  display: flex;
}
.text-center{
  text-align: center;
}

.flex-wrap{
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  flex-flow: row wrap;
}

.w-full{
  width: 100%;
}

.w-50{
  width: 50%;
}


.justify-between{
  justify-content: space-between;
}

.justify-center{
  justify-content: center;
}

.align-center{
  align-items: center;
}

.align-top{
  align-items: flex-start;
}

.right-column{
  flex: 1 1 60%;
  min-width: 250px; /* prevents shrinking too small */
}

  .category-right-column h2 {
      color: #000;
      text-align: center;
      font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
      font-size: var(--line-height-22, 22px);
      font-style: normal;
      font-weight: var(--font-weight-900, 900);
      line-height: normal;
  }

  .category-right-column h2:after {
    content: '';
    width: 80px;
    background-color: #faae0b;
    height: 3px;
    margin: 20px auto 0;
    display: block; 
  }

.left-column {
  flex: 1 1 30%;
  min-width: 200px;
  text-align: center;
}

.gap-4{
  gap: 24px;
}

.py-1{
  padding-top: 10px;
  padding-bottom: 10px;
}

.py-2{
  padding-top: 20px;
  padding-bottom: 20px;
}

.py-3{
  padding-top: 30px;
  padding-bottom: 30px;
}

.why-text p {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;

  margin-bottom: 40px; 

color: var(--Global-Franchise-Awards-Black, var(--color-black-solid, #000));
/* GFA_/✅ Regular 1 */

font-size: var(--line-height-20, 20px);
font-style: normal;
font-weight: var(--font-weight-400, 400);
line-height: var(--line-height-28, 28px);
}

.why-text p a {
  color: #faae0b; }

.why-enter-block {
  background: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com/_gf/awards/2022/coverage-banner.png) no-repeat center top;
  background-size: cover; }

.why-enter-block h2 span {
  color: #faae0b; }

.winners-images-container{
    margin-top: 5em;
}

.whiteBtn {
  padding: 15px 30px;
  border: 1px solid #ffffff;
  border-radius: 10px;
  color: #ffffff;
  text-decoration: none;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Muli', 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  transition: all 0.3s; }

.whiteBtn:hover {
  background-color: #000000;
  color: #ffffff;
  border: 1px solid #000000; }

.social-coverage-container {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  padding: 80px 0;
  border-bottom: 1px solid #dddddd; }

.social-coverage-container .judgesay-inner {
  text-align: center;
  margin-bottom: 50px; }

.social-container {
  display: flex;
  flex-direction: row;
  justify-content: space-between;
  flex-wrap: wrap;
  margin-top: 60px; }

.social-container img {
  width: 45%;
  height: 100%; }

/** WHY ENTER END **/
/*footer container*/
.footer-container {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #030405;
  padding: 60px 0 0; }

.footer-top {
  width: 100%;
  display:flex;
    flex-wrap: wrap;
  justify-content: space-between;

  padding-bottom: 25px; }

.footer-firstcolumn {
  width: 393px;
  float: left;
  padding-right: 20px; }

.footer-top strong {
  font-size: 36px;
  color: #fff;
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold;
  position: relative;
  padding-bottom: 22px;
  margin-bottom: 8px;
  display: inline-block;
  padding-top: 12px; }

.footer-top p {
  color: #ffffff;
  font-size: 17px;
  line-height: 26px;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300; }

.footer-top p a {
  color: #faae0b;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: normal;
  text-decoration: none; }

.footer-top strong:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin-top: 20px;
  display: block; }

.footer-secondcolumn {
  width: 100%;
  max-width: 593px;
  float: left;
  padding: 0 30px; }

.footer-secondcolumn p:last-child {
  margin-bottom: 0; }

.footer-top p a:hover {
  text-decoration: underline; }

.footer-thirdcolumn {
  width: 393px;
  float: left;
  padding-left: 27px; }

.footer-thirdcolumn .footer-counter p {
  display: inline-block !important;
  font-size: 45px;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Oxygen', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  line-height: 33px;
  margin: -16px 11px 0 0;
  text-align: center; }

.copyright {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  border-top: 1px #33373b solid;
  text-align: center;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300;
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #fff;
  line-height: 26px;
  padding: 40px 0 19px; }

.copyright p {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0; }

.copyright img {
  display: inline-block;
  margin-bottom: 15px; }

.footer-counter span {
  font-size: 55px;
  color: #ffffff;
  font-family: 'Oxygen', sans-serif;
  font-weight: 300; }

.footer-counter p span {
  font-size: 14px;
  color: #aaaaaa;
  font-weight: 300;
  text-transform: uppercase;
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif; }

/*footer container end*/
.sidenav {
  height: 100%;
  /* 100% Full-height */
  width: 0;
  /* 0 width - change this with JavaScript */
  position: fixed;
  /* Stay in place */
  z-index: 1;
  /* Stay on top */
  top: 0;
  /* Stay at the top */
  left: 0;
  background-color: #111;
  /* Black*/
  overflow-x: hidden;
  /* Disable horizontal scroll */
  padding-top: 60px;
  /* Place content 60px from the top */
  transition: 0.5s;
  /* 0.5 second transition effect to slide in the sidenav */ }

/* The navigation menu links */
.sidenav a {
  padding: 8px 8px 8px 32px;
  text-decoration: none;
  font-size: 25px;
  color: #818181;
  display: block;
  transition: 0.3s; }

/* When you mouse over the navigation links, change their color */
.sidenav a:hover {
  color: #f1f1f1; }

/* Position and style the close button (top right corner) */
.sidenav .closebtn {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  right: 25px;
  font-size: 36px;
  margin-left: 50px; }

/* Style page content - use this if you want to push the page content to the right when you open the side navigation */
#main {
  transition: margin-left .5s;
  padding: 20px; }

.menu-open {
  display: none; }

/* On smaller screens, where height is less than 450px, change the style of the sidenav (less padding and a smaller font size) */
@media screen and (max-height: 450px) {
  .sidenav {
    padding-top: 15px; }
  .sidenav a {
    font-size: 18px; } }

.logo-main {
  width: 382px;
  height: 170px; }

/* quote carousel  */
.quote-panel {
  margin: 0 auto;
  max-width: 900px;
  width: 90%; }

.quote-panel > h3 {
  padding-top: 40px !important; }

.quote-panel > img {
  width: 80px;
  border-radius: 50%; }

.quote-slider > h2 {
  text-align: center;
  padding: 20px;
  font-size: 46px;
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-weight: bold; }

.quote-slider > h2 > span {
  color: #faae0b; }

.quote-slider > video {
  max-width: 700px;
  width: 98%; }

.divider {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin: 40px auto 0;
  display: block; }

.video-container {
  margin: 0 auto;
  max-width: 700px;
  width: 98%; }

/* slider dots  */
.dot {
  cursor: pointer;
  height: 15px;
  width: 15px;
  margin: 0 2px;
  background-color: #bbb;
  border-radius: 50%;
  display: inline-block;
  transition: background-color 0.6s ease; }

.active,
.dot:hover {
  background-color: #717171; }

/*Accordion*/
.section-accordion {
  background-color: white;
  padding: 80px 0px;}

.section-accordion .auto-container {
  max-width: 1000px; }

.section-accordion h3 {
  margin-bottom: 0px; }

.section-accordion h4 {
  padding-top: 30px; }

.section-accordion p {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  text-align: center;
  margin-top: 20px;

  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: var(--font-weight-400, 400);
  line-height: var(--line-height-28, 28px); /* 140% */

}

.section-accordion p strong {
  font-weight: bold; }

.section-accordion p span {
  color: #f47628; }

button.accordion {
  font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
  font-size: 26px;
  font-weight: 400;
  background-color: #FFFFFF;
  display: block;
  margin: auto;
  color: #000000;
  cursor: pointer;
  padding: 30px 11px;
  width: 100%;
  text-align: left;

  outline: none;
  transition: 0.4s;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-bottom: none;
  margin-top: 30px; 

font-style: normal;

line-height: 30px; /* 115.385% */

}

div.panel {
  font-family: 'Quicksand', sans-serif;
  font-size: 20px;
  padding: 0px 50px;
  background-color: white;
  max-height: 0;
  overflow: hidden;
  border: 1px solid #dddddd;
  border-radius: 0px;
  border-top: none;
  margin: auto;
  transition: max-height 0.5s ease-out; }

div.panel ol {
  list-style-type: decimal;
  line-height: 30px; }
  
  div.panel ul {
  line-height: 30px; }

  div.panel li{
    margin-bottom: 20px !important;
  }

button.accordion:before {
  content: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com/awards/faq-plus.png);
  width: 20px;
  height: 20px;
  color: #000000;
  margin-right: 20px;
  position: relative;
  top: 5px; }

button.accordion.active:before {
  content: url(https://cdn.global-franchise.com/awards/faq-close.png); }

button.accordion.active {
  color: #1a1b22; }


div.panel p {
  margin: 20px 0px;
  font-size: 20px;
  line-height: 30px;
  text-align: left;
  color: #000000; }

.d-flex {
  display: flex; }
  .d-flex__justify-center {
    justify-content: center; }

.ceremony-video-container {
  width: 100%;
  float: left;
  background-color: #ffffff;
  padding: 95px 0 0;
  text-align: center; }

.ceremony-video-container
h2 {
  font-family: 'Merriweather', sans-serif;
  font-size: 46px;
  font-weight: 900;
  letter-spacing: -1.5px; }

.ceremony-video-container
h2:after {
  content: '';
  width: 80px;
  background-color: #faae0b;
  height: 3px;
  margin: 20px auto 0;
  display: block; }

.iframe-container {
  margin: auto;
  max-width: 640px;
  padding: 56.25% 0 0 0;
  position: relative; }

.iframe-container iframe {
  position: absolute;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%; }

.m-0 {
  margin: 0; }

/* Slider */
.slick-slider {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  box-sizing: border-box;
  -webkit-user-select: none;
  -moz-user-select: none;
  -ms-user-select: none;
  user-select: none;
  -webkit-touch-callout: none;
  -khtml-user-select: none;
  -ms-touch-action: pan-y;
  touch-action: pan-y;
  -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; }

.slick-list {
  position: relative;
  display: block;
  overflow-x: hidden;
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0; }

.slick-list:focus {
  outline: none; }

.slick-list.dragging {
  cursor: pointer;
  cursor: hand; }

.slick-slider .slick-track,
.slick-slider .slick-list {
  -webkit-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  -moz-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  -ms-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  -o-transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0);
  transform: translate3d(0, 0, 0); }

.slick-track {
  position: relative;
  top: 0;
  left: 0;
  display: block;
  margin-left: auto;
  margin-right: auto;
  flex-wrap: wrap; }

.slick-track:before,
.slick-track:after {
  display: table;
  content: ''; }

.slick-track:after {
  clear: both; }

.slick-loading .slick-track {
  visibility: hidden; }

.slick-slide {
  display: none;
  float: left;
  height: 100%;
  min-height: 1px; }

[dir='rtl'] .slick-slide {
  float: right; }

.slick-slide img {
  display: block; }

.slick-slide.slick-loading img {
  display: none; }

.slick-slide.dragging img {
  pointer-events: none; }

.slick-initialized .slick-slide {
  display: block; }

.slick-loading .slick-slide {
  visibility: hidden; }

.slick-vertical .slick-slide {
  display: block;
  height: auto;
  border: 1px solid transparent; }

.slick-arrow.slick-hidden {
  display: none; }

@media screen and (max-width: 1280px) {
  .auto-container {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0 15px; }
  .footer-thirdcolumn {
    width: 32%; }
  .footer-top strong {
    font-size: 33px; }
  .footer-thirdcolumn{
    width: 33%; }
  .footer-top strong {
    font-size: 30px;
    padding-bottom: 15px; }
  .footer-top p {
    line-height: 22px; }
  .judges-page-section li:nth-child(3n+3) {
    margin-right: 73px; }
  .judges-page-section li:nth-child(2n+2) {
    margin-right: 0px; }
  .early-bird-offer h3 {
    margin-right: 30px; } }

@media only screen and (max-width: 1221px) {
  .navbar li {
    float: left;
    padding: 10px 32px 0 7px; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 1160px) {
  .banner-part h1, .options-heading, .banner-part h3 {
    font-size: 30px; }
    .banner-part p, .options-p {
    font-size: 20px; }
    }
    
  .supreme-box-announcement-vid {
    flex-direction: column;
    margin: 0 auto; }
  .supreme-box {
    flex-direction: column;
    max-width: 600px;
    margin: 0 auto; }
  .supreme-inner {
    border-right: 1px solid #dddddd; }
  .supreme-box img {
    width: 100%; }
  .early-bird-offer h3 {
    margin-right: 35px; }
  .early-bird-offer .blackBtn {
    margin-top: 20px; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 1125px) {
  .navbar li {
    float: left;
    padding: 11px 15px 0 7px; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 1024px) {
  .header-container .auto-container {
    padding: 0 0 0 10px; }
  .banner-part img {
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 300px; }
  nav {
    display: none !important; }
  .time-counter-right {
    padding: 0; }
  .time-counter-right h3 {
    font-size: 40px; }
  .footer-thirdcolumn .footer-counter p {
    font-size: 38px; }
  .menu-open {
    display: block;
    color: #ffffff;
    padding: 27px;
    display: block;
    color: #ffffff;
    background-color: #2d2d2d;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    font-family: 'Roboto', sans-serif;
    transition: all 0.3s;
    float: right; }
  .navbar-scroll .menu-open {
    padding: 13px; }
  .category-anchors .category {
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 5px;
    font-size: 14px; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 1007px) {
  .other-winners ul li {
    width: 48%; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 979px) {
  .toggleContainer div {
    font-size: 16px; 
  }
  .view-categories-btn {
    display: block;
  }

  .category-container{
    display: block;
  }

  .category-left-column{
    align-items: center;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 1000px;
  }

  .category-list-container {
    display: none;
    position: absolute;
    margin-top: 56px;
  }
  .awards-info,
  .newcategories-info,
  .previousawards-info {
    padding: 30px 0 0; }
  .time-counter-left {
    width: 46%; }
  .time-counter-right h3 {
    font-size: 33px; }
  .footer-top strong {
    font-size: 24px; }
  .limited-offer-counter span,
  .footer-counter span {
    font-size: 22px; }
  .footer-thirdcolumn .footer-counter p {
    font-size: 24px;
    margin: -16px 0px 0 0; }
  .footer-top p {
    font-size: 15px;
    line-height: 24px; }
  .copyright {
    font-size: 13px; }
  .logo img {
    width: 140px; }
  .banner-container {
    margin-top: 65px; }
  .logo img {
    width: 130px; }
  .logo {
    width: 100%; }
  .awards-description p {
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 25px;
    margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .footer-top strong {
    font-size: 22px; }
  .footer-container {
    padding: 40px 0 0; }
  .footer-top p {
    font-size: 16px;
    line-height: 20px;
    margin: 10px 0; }
  .footer-thirdcolumn,
  .footer-secondcolumn,
  .footer-firstcolumn {
    padding: 0 20px; }
  .sponsor-container {
    flex-direction: column; }
  .info-box {
    margin: 0 auto 30px;
    width: 100%;
    max-width: 371px; }
  .sponsor-texts {
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0 auto; }
  .sponsor-texts h2:after {
    margin: 20px auto; }
  .category-block h2 {
    font-size: 36px; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 825px) {
  .judges-page-section li:nth-child(3n+3) {
    margin: 0 auto 20px; }
  .judges-page-section li:nth-child(2n+2) {
    margin: 0 auto 20px; }
  .judges-page-section li {
    margin: 0 auto 20px; }
  .why-container,
  .reverse-container {
    flex-direction: column; }
  .why-image {
    margin-top: 60px; }
  .why-text,
  .why-image{
    width: 100%; }
  .brightstar-section {
    padding: 80px 0; }
  .brightstar-section .why-image {
    width: 100%;
    margin-bottom: -84px; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 767px) {
    .options-container{
        flex-wrap: wrap;
        justify-content: center;
    }
    .judge-preview-image-container{
        flex-wrap: wrap;
    }
  .keydates-list li,
  .intro-section li,
  .oursponsors-container li {
    margin: 0 auto;
    width: 100%;
    margin-bottom: 20px; }
  .oursponsors-container li {
    margin-top: 20px; }
  .time-counter-right {
    width: 100%;
    margin-bottom: 98px; }
  .time-counter-left {
    width: 100%;
    margin-bottom: 50px; }
  .time-counter-effect {
    width: 100%; }
  .time-counter {
    padding: 35px 0 35px; }
  .footer-firstcolumn,
  .footer-secondcolumn,
  .footer-thirdcolumn {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    border: 0;
    margin-bottom: 10px; }
  .copyright p br,
  .previous-winners-effect:before {
    display: none; }
  .footer-thirdcolumn,
  .footer-secondcolumn,
  .footer-firstcolumn {
    width: 100%;
    padding: 0;
    border: none;
    text-align: center; }
  .other-winners ul li {
    width: 95%;
    margin: 0 auto 30px; }
  .category-block {
    padding: 100px 0; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 579px) {
  /*25-08-2018*/
  .menu-open {
    padding: 27px 10px; }
  .time-counter-right h3 {
    font-size: 25px; }
  .banner-part h1 {
    font-size: 30px; }
  .awards-description h2,
  .newcategories-description h2,
  .previousawards-description h2 {
    font-size: 34px; } }

@media screen and (max-width: 479px) {
  .time-counter-left:before {
    left: -227px;
    background-size: 100%; }
  .banner-container img {
    width: 300px; }
  .time-counter-right h3 {
    font-size: 30px; } }