We have had a fantastic performance at this year’s 57th International Advertising Festival in Cannes. Clemenger BBDO Group agencies received a total of sixteen Lions contributing greatly to BBDO Worldwide who picked up Network of the Year for the fourth year in a row. Colenso BBDO Auckland had a particular  strong year with three Gold’s, four Silver and three Bronze Lions. The Clemenger Group won awards in Integrated, Direct, Cyber, Promo, Outdoor, Design, Radio, Craft and Media. 

A highlight was Colenso BBDO and AIM Proximity winning a Silver Lion for the Yellow Pages ‘Yellow Chocolate’ campaign and Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne scoring a Silver Lion for their Guide Dogs Australia ‘Support Scent’ campaign in the Integrated Lions. Both of these ideas were great examples on how all marketing channels can come together to create a customer experience rather than just create messages expressed in different channels. Both of these ideas used the digital social worlds with the physical to get people engaged with each other overtime to create interest and brand preference.

What is the taste of Yellow?  Josh had six months to create the world’s first “yellow" tasting chocolate bar only using the Yellow Pages books, web and mobile products.

How do you show support for someone who can’t see? Support Scent is an uplifting fragrance that for the first time lets the vision impaired truly sense your support.

Only fourteen awards were presented in the Integrated category with the Grand Prix going to Wieden & Kennedy Portend for their Nike Livestrong Foundation campaign. Only two campaigns were awarded at the Titanium Lions: Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder won the Titanium Grand Prix for their Best Buy ‘Twelpforce’ campaign and a Titanium Lion was also awarded Forsman & Bodenfors, Gothenburg for Ikea ‘Facebook Showroom’.

In Direct Clemenger BBDO Melbourne won a Gold Lion for Guide Dogs Australia ‘Support Scent’ and AIM Proximity Auckland won a Bronze Lion for Tower Insurance ‘Missing Pictures’. The Grand Prix went to Special Group in Auckland for their Orcon Broadband ‘Orcon + Iggy’ campaign, which also won a Gold Lion.

In Media category Colenso BBDO and AIM Proximity, Auckland won a Gold Lion for their Yellow Pages ‘Yellow Chocolate’ campaign and a Bronze Lion for TVNZ’s The Pacific ‘Real Stories’ campaign. Leo Burnett Sydney took out the Cannes Media Lions Grand Prix for Canon ‘EOM Photochains.

In the Cyber Lion awards Colenso BBDO had two shortlisted, one for Yellow Pages ‘Yellow Chocolate’, the other for Vodafone ‘Symphonia Digital’. Yellow Pages’ ‘Yellow Chocolate’ went on and received a Bronze. It was the only award from New Zealand and one of only two bronze awards given from our region with Australia’s Droga5 Sydney for V Australia’s ‘4320 LA/SYD‘ also taking home a bronze. Two Grand Prix were handed out in this category with Sweden’s DDB Stockholm winning for Volkswagen’s ‘Fun Factory’ and America’s Wieden + Kennedy Portland winning for Nike Livestrong Foundation’s ‘Chalkbot’.

In Film Lion awards three entries made it through to finalists stage from Clemenger BBDO Wellington (FATSO, WWF EARTH HOUR), Colenso BBDO Auckland (GOING WEST NEW ZEALAND BOOK COUNCIL, READING AWARENESS) and Clemenger BBDO Melbourne (DOVE LOVE, FOSTERS GROUP ,PURE BLONDE BEER).

In Press category ,Colenso BBDO Auckland picked up a Silver Lion for the Amnesty campaign ‘Beating’, ‘Execution’ and ‘Rebels’. The provocative ads show that by ignoring Amnesty membership calls and street collectors we are in turn ignoring serious human rights issues. It shows crowds gathering around execution, beating and brutality scenarios, but instead of facing inward as a crowd normally would, they are facing outward. Turning their backs on human rights. Colenso BBDO Auckland scored all six of New Zealand’s shortlists with three for the Amnesty campaign and three for Vespa GTS 300 Super.

In Radio category Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne won a Silver Lion for the Chum ‘Car Ride’, ‘Fetch’ and ‘Mail Main’ campaign.  In Design Colenso BBDO Auckland picked up a Silver Lion for Alzheimer’s ‘Eraser’. In Outdoor Lions ceremony Colenso BBDO won a Silver Lion for NZ Breast Cancer Foundation ‘Blob’ and a Bronze Lion for TVNZ’s The Pacific ‘Dogfight’.

In Promo category Clemenger BBDO Melbourne lead the Aussie agency pack, each with four entries shortlisted and converted two. One Silver Lion for Guide Dogs Australia ‘Support Scent’ and a Bronze for ‘Bare All’ campaign for M&M’s Mars Chocolate Australia.

In the Craft awards, Colenso BBDO Auckland picked up two Gold Lions in the Film Craft category for New Zealand Book Reading Campaign ‘Going West ‘ produced via Anderson M Studio in London. Awarded in Sound Design and Animation. These were the only two shortlisted entries for New Zealand in the Craft Category.  The New Zealand Book Council spends its time "bringing books to life" for New Zealanders through its programme of events, signings, school programmes and readers and writers festivals. The idea was to bring a famous New Zealand book to life using the magic of animation and to inspire people with the power of the written word.

Full List of Clemenger Group Cannes Winners