Saving the best for last: SA bags a Gold Lion

The last awards ceremony, Friday 20 June, saw South African Bananas, Johannesburg, awarded a Gold Lion (Source: © Instagram)

Young Lions

In earlier awards ceremonies in the week, a Silver Lion was won by TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris Johannesburg’s Paula Andropoulus, writer and Khomotso Makoto, art director in the Young Lions competitions: Young Lions Film competition.

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Joe Public

Joe Public also won three Bronze Lions, all for its client Hansa Pilsner for the campaigns What’s Gucci? Okrrr and Spill the Tea in the Classic: Audio & Radio: Script category.

The agency was named the Regional Network of the Year – sub-Saharan Africa.

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Ogilvy PR

Ogilvy PR SA won several Lions with Ogilvy Singapore for Unilever’s Vaseline Verified campaign:

• Grand Prix Health & Wellness: OTC Applications
  
• Grand Prix Social & Creator: Community Building
  
• The Dan Wieden Titanium Lions: Titanium Lion
  
• Silver Lion: Direct: Co-Creation & User Generated Content
  
• Gold Lions: Media: Healthcare
  
• Silver Lion: Media: Audience Insights
  
• Silver Lion: PR: Community Building
  
• Silver Lion: Social & Creator: Healthcare
  
• Bronze Lions: PR: Social Engagement

VML SA

VML Johannesburg won a Silver and Bronze Lions with VML New York, Kansas City & Sao Paulo and Neto + Shookan Productions for Coca-Cola’s Thanks for Coke Creating:

• Silver Lion: Media: Co-Creation of Branded IP
  
• Bronze Lion: Brand Experience & Activation: Social Behaviour

Branding

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Clockwork Johannesburg

Clockwork Johannesburg won two Lions with McCann, London / Bromley FC for Xbox’s The Everyday Tactician: How getting a football club promoted helped Xbox take a step closer to the future of gaming:

• Gold Lion: Creative Effectiveness: Launch
  
• Bronze Lion: Creative Effectiveness: Collaboration

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Winners, Friday 20 June

Apart from the Film Lions, the last evening also saw the winners of The Dan Wieden Titanium Lions, the Glass: The Lion For Change and Sustainable Development Goals Lions.

Here are the winners: winners Film Lions.

The Dan Wieden Titanium Lions.

Glass Lion for Change.

Sustainable Development Goals Lions.

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