DDB scores NZ’s only Bronze at Epica Awards for McDonald’s Olympics ‘Staying Up’ TVC

After 25 years focusing on Europe and the EMEA region, the Epica awards went global in 2012; 3.893 entries were received from 648 companies in 62 countries.

DDB New Zealand won Bronze for the McDonald’s Olympics ‘Staying Up’ TVC.

DDB Sydney scored the only Gold for Australia, winning in the Print category for the much awarded Volkswagen ‘Park Assist Technology’ campaign, one of only 19 Golds awarded.

DDB Sydney also scored Silver in the TVC category, for Volkswagen ‘Cross Country’, while Leo Burnett, Melbourne won Bronze in the DM category for Art Centre Melbourne ‘The Famous Spiegeltent Box of Curiosities’.

The Epica Jury is made up of journalists. Not just any journalists. They are all editors and senior reporters working for marketing and communications magazines around the world.

So when it comes to judging work submitted to Epica, they have not only the fresh perspective of the public, but also the expert eye of professionals who’ve spent years observing the advertising industry.

The Epica awards ceremony and International Creative Conference will again take place in Ljubljana. It will be held at the Cankarjev Dom Culture & Congress Centre on Friday, January 25th, 2013. A full programme of speakers and topics will be announced at a later date. The event will be hosted by Slovenia’s MM magazine.

The annual Epica ceremony has now been held in 19 different cities: Brussels, Amsterdam, Moscow, London, Zurich, Düsseldorf, Warsaw, Lisbon, Helsinki, Prague, Milan, Dublin, Budapest, Istanbul, Stockholm, Athens, Belgrade, Zagreb and Ljubljana.