Cheil Worldwide Seoul wins 3 Gold Lions in the Promo & Activation and Direct Lions Categories

June 19 2012, 10:42 am | BY Lynchy | No Comments

Cannes Lions Banner_2012.jpgThe Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the winners of the Promo & Activation, PR and Direct Lions categories.

Cheil Worldwide Seoul led the way for Asia with 3 Gold Lions – 1 in Direct for Emart ‘Sunny Sale’ and two in Promo & Activation for its Samsung ‘Insight’ campaign. 

South Korean agencies also won 4 Bronze Lions. Japan scooped 8 Silver Lions plus 5 Bronze. The Philippines won one Silver and one Bronze. Thailand won 2 Bronze whilst Singapore, India, China and Hong Kong all received one Bronze each.

VIEW THE PROMO & ACTIVATION WINNERS: Promo & Activation Winners – CL2012.xls

VIEW THE PR WINNERS: PR Lions Winners – CL2012.xls

VIEW THE DIRECT WINNERS: Direct Winners – CL2012.xls

Of the 2,667 entries submitted in the Promo & Activation category, a 26% increase versus last year, 251 were shortlisted from which 86 were selected as winners by the international jury led by Nick Worthington, Creative Chairman, Colenso BBDO New Zealand. Along with the Grand Prix a further 17 Gold, 26 Silver and 42 Bronze Lions were also awarded.

2,357 entries were submitted into the Direct Lions category, an increase of 27% compared to 2011. 227 went on to make the shortlist of which 15 Gold, 25 Silver and 44 Bronze Lions were awarded. Gideon Amichay, Former Chief Creative Officer, Joint Managing Partner of Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Y&R Interactive Tel Aviv, presided over the Direct Lions jury.

The PR category received 1,130 entries, up 38% from last year. The jury, chaired by Gail Heimann, Vice Chair of Weber Shandwick, shortlisted 134 and went on to award 20 Gold, 22 Silver and 26 Bronze Lions bringing the total number of winners in the category to 69.

The Promo & Activation Grand Prix and the Direct Grand Prix were awarded to Crispin Porter + Bogusky’s ‘Small Business Gets an Official Day’ for American Express. In the PR category JWT San Juan took home Puerto Rico’s first ever Grand Prix for ‘The Most Popular Song’ for Banco Popular de Puerto Rico.

All of the Promo & Activation, PR and Direct Lions winners along with their credits can be viewed online.