AdFest’s 20th Anniversary: A recap of all the best of film awards since the first AdFest in 1998
To celebrate the upcoming 20th Anniversary of AdFest, Asia’s most important creative awards festival, Campaign Brief Asia takes a look at all the best of year winners from the Film Lotus category each year of the festival so far.
In total there has been 17 Grande Lotus awards handed out in Film over the past 19 years of AdFest. Traditionally, these have been the most important award of each year and is awarded by the Film jury each year.
Twice, in 2008 and 2015, no overall best of film gong was awarded.
From the total of 17 AdFest best of show awards 10 of these awards have been won by Japanese agencies with Japan’s powerhouse agency Dentsu winning the Grande Lotus five times, including four years consecutively from 1999 to 2002.
Thailand agencies have won the top award five times with the only multiple winner being JEH United Bangkok with two. Singapore and Australia has won the best of film at AdFest once each.
A recap of all the AdFest Grande Lotus Film winners is below. What’s your favourite?
1998
Counterpain Balm
Ogilvy & Mather Bangkok
1999
WOWOW
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
2000
WOWOW
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
2001
Ben-en System
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
2002
Japan Ad Council
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
2003
D.J.
Saatchi & Saatchi Bangkok
2004
Kill Bill Kill Bill
Euro RSCG Flagship Bangkok
2005
Ajinomoto Stadium
Dentsu Inc. Tokyo
2006
Smooth E Baby Face Foam
JEH United Bangkok
2007
Toyota Cars
Hakuhodo Inc. Tokyo
2008
No Grande Awarded
2009
Lala Reports
LaLa Girls Comic Magazine
Sports / Environment / Marriages / Longevity / Innovation
ADK Tokyo
2010
Ministry of Community Development, Youth And Sports
Leo Burnett/Arc Worldwide Singapore
2011
The Positive Network
JEH United Bangkok
2012
Zeniya Honten Corporation
T&E Inc Fukuoka
2013
Metro Trains
McCann Melbourne
2014
Cup Noodle
Tohokushinsha Film Corporation Tokyo
2015
No Grande Awarded
2016
Ocedel
Nitto Tokyo
2 Comments
Fantastic collection of works. Well done to the ADFEST.
My favourite is Smooth E and WOWOW. Husky Girls also very funny.
Always liked the Kill Bill film and that Birdman film for WOWOW is insane. Love it.