SA makes final Cannes Lions shortlists

CANNES: TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg's Trillion Dollar Campaign and Lowe Bull Johannesburg's Meet Wally's Heart have made the Titanium & Integrated Lions, while FoxP2 and DDB South Africa have made the Film Lions shortlist for the 56th Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Both lists were released this morning, Friday, 26 June 2009. [blog]

26 Jun 2009

The fourth and final awards ceremony and closing gala will be held tomorrow night, Saturday 27 June.

Category	Title	Advertiser/client	Product/service	Entrant company
Titanium & Integrated Lions shortlist	MEET WALLY'S HEART	UNILEVER SA/FLORA	FLORA	LOWE BULL Johannesburg
Titanium & Integrated Lions shortlist	TRILLION DOLLAR CAMPAIGN	THE ZIMBABWEAN	NEWSPAPER	TBWA\HUNT\LASCARIS JOHANNESBURG

SA Film Lions shortlist	Title	Advertiser/Client	Product/service	Advertising agency	Country	Production company
A04 Non-Alcoholic Drinks	SHLURP	ENTYCE	FRISCO COFFEE	FOXP2 Cape Town *	SOUTH AFRICA	CAB FILMS Cape Town
A24 Corporate Image	LIFT	MTN	MTN WORLD CUP SPONSORSHIP	DDB SOUTH AFRICA Johannesburg *	SOUTH AFRICA	THE BOMB SHELTER Johannesburg

For the full shortlists which have hyperlinks to entries, go to:

Awards ceremonies:

Monday 22 June: Promo, PR and Direct Lions Award
Tuesday 23 June: Radio, Media and Outdoor Lions Awards and Opening Gala
Wednesday 24 June: Press, Design and Cyber Lions Awards
Saturday 27 June: Film, Titanium and Integrated Lions Awards and Closing Gala

For more:

Cannes Lions website: www.canneslions.com
Cannes Lions website: full schedule
Cannes Lions on Twitter: @Cannes_Lions
Twitter Search: ”Cannes Lions OR canneslions OR Cannes”
Gisele Wertheim-Aymes on Twitter: @giselewaymes [Wertheim-Aymes, head of media at FNB, is at Cannes and is blogging and tweeting from the festival on behalf of Bizcommunity]
Riaan Wolmarans on Twitter: @riaanw's Cannes Lions tweets [Wolmarans is the former editor of the Mail & Guardian Online and is now senior production editor of all print/online output of Cannes Lions ads awards and related ads festivals]
Adrian Hewlett on Twitter: @AdrianHewlett [MD of the Habari Group]