The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has just announced the winners of the Promo, PR and Direct Lions categories at the first of four Awards Ceremonies taking place during the Festival week.
After selecting a shortlist of 143 from the 1118 entries submitted in the Promo Lions categories, a total of 44 winners were chosen by the international jury. The Promo Grand Prix went to Beacon Communications in Tokyo for their entry ‘Yubari’ to promote the Yubari Resort. A further 10 gold, 9 silver, 24 bronze lions were also awarded.
Cumminsnitro in Brisbane, were the winners of the inaugural PR Grand Prix for Tourism Queensland’s ‘Best Job in the World’. In its first year the PR category received 431 entries from which the jury also chose to award 17 PR Lions from an initial shortlist of 37.
‘Best Job in the World’ was also awarded the Direct Grand Prix making this Cumminsnitro’s second Grand Prix of the night. 11 gold, 12 silver and 26 bronze trophies were given from a total of 1364 entries of which 180 were shortlisted.
The prestigious Direct Agency of the Year award was won by Shackleton, Madrid.
Leading the Promo Jury was William Rosen, President and Chief Creative Officer of Arc Worldwide, North America. Lord Tim Bell, Chairman of Chime Communications was president of the first PR Jury and David Sable, Vice Chairman and Chief Operating Officer of Wunderman headed up the Direct Jury.
All the Promo, PR and Direct winners along with their credits can be viewed online at www.canneslions.com from 9am GMT.
The 56th International Advertising Festival will be held 21-27 June 2009 in Cannes, France
The International Advertising Festival – Cannes Lions – is the largest gathering of worldwide advertising professionals and advertisers as well as the most prestigious annual advertising awards. More than 10,000 registered delegates from 94 countries and around 12,000 total visitors from the advertising and allied industries attend this event to celebrate the best of creativity across all media mix, discuss industry issues and network with one another. Over 28,000 ads from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival. Winning companies receive the highly coveted Lion trophy, honouring the most creative TV/cinema, print, outdoor, interactive, radio, design, sales promotion, integrated advertising, as well as the best media and direct marketing solutions. A unique programme of high-profile seminars, workshops and keynote speakers are also presented by some of the biggest names in the industry.
