24 entries from Asia shortlisted in Cannes Print & Publishing Lions: Ogilvy Thailand lead the way with 6; Dentsu Tokyo 4 and Amber China, Ogilvy Hong Kong + TBWA Thailand score 3 each

The Print & Publishing Lions at this year’s Cannes Festival of Creativity has seen 24 entries from Asia shortlisted. A total of 177 entries worldwide made the cut to shortlist status.

Ogilvy Thailand leads the way with 6 shortlists from two different campaigns. Their Lego campaign “Dragon/Whale/King Kong” scored a shortlist for each execution, as did their Thermos Singapore campaign “Polyester/Wool/Cashmere”.

Dentsu Tokyo scored 4 shortlists overall – 2 for Hokkoku Shimbun “Sumo Girls” and “82 Techniques”, and 2 for Kobe Shimbun “Emergency Collectibles”.

Amber China’s Ammeloo Chef’s Edition Knife print campaign picked up 3 shortlists. Ogilvy Hong Kong’s KFC “Dragster/Heroes/Shuttle” campaign scored a shortlist for each of the 3 executions. And TBWA Thailand’s 3 shortlists were for their McDonald’s “The Meeting/Rooftop Soccer/Designer” campaign.

Cheil Worldwide Hong Kong scored 2 finalists for their new Block Out The Chaos JBL Headphones work – “Football Managers/World Leaders”

Single shortlists went to TBWA India (Asha EK Hope Foundation “Blink to Speak”), McCann Worldgroup Mumbai (Harpic “Five Status Words”) and BBDO Pakistan (SOC Outreach “Knowledge is Bulletproof”)

Download the Print & Publishing Lions shortlist – Print_Publishing Shortlist.xls