Cannes Film Lions sees 13 shortlists from Asia: India + Japan lead the way with 7 and 5

Asia has a total of 13 entries to make the shortlist of the Cannes Lions Film category. The shortlist, released just a few minutes ago in Cannes, sees 247 entries survive to progress through to the Lion discussions.

India leads the way with 7 shortlists, followed by Japan with 5 and China with 1.

Surprisingly, there are no shortlists from Thailand.

The 12 shortlists from Asia are:

INDIA

BBDO Mumbai for “#ShareTheLoad” for Procter & Gamble Ariel Matic.

Law & Kenneth Saatchi & Saatchi Mumbai for Thomas Cook “Man”.

Publicis Communications Mumbai for Ambuja Cement “A Giant’s Story”.

Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai for Make Love Not Scars “How to Apply Eyeliner”

Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai for Make Love Not Scars “How to Get Perfect Red Lips”

Leo Burnett Mumbai for Bajaj “Sons of Vikrant”

BBDO Mumbai for “#ShareTheLoad” for Procter & Gamble Ariel Matic.

JAPAN

Dentsu Inc Kansai for Garigarikun Ice Pops “Ojigi”

Nitto Japan Ocedel “Firefly Man”

Dentsu Inc Tokyo for Buyma “A Kind of Drone”

Party Tokyo for Suntory “The Extreme Minuet World’s Fastest Orchestra”

Watts of Tokyo for Shiseido “High School Girl?”

CHINA

Cheil Beijing for CCTV.COM “ATM Dad”

VIEW THE FILM SHORTLIST: Film Shortlist.xlsx