While not the best of years, New Zealand ranks #12 at Cannes International Festival of Creativity

July 3 2015, 7:21 am | BY Lynchy | No Comments

Brest Cream_3 (1).jpgtinnyvision_board_Cannes.jpgAfter number-crunching the final award tally for Cannes 2015 across 19 categories, CB can reveal that New Zealand is ranked #12 country in the world with a total of 20 Lions, behind first placed USA (291 Lions), UK (128), Brazil (91), France (82), Germany (72), Spain (48), Australia (46), Canada (35), Japan (32), Argentina (25) and Sweden (24).

Campaign Brief’s Agency of the Year Colenso BBDO Auckland was by far New Zealand’s top performer at Cannes this year, taking out one Gold Lion, six Silver Lions and seven Bronze Lions. Sister shop Clemenger BBDO, Wellington won a Gold Lion, Sweenyvesty scored a Silver Lion while DDB New Zealand won two Bronze Lions and FCB New Zealand, Y&R and Cirkus won one Bronze Lion apiece.

With 46 Lions Australia was ranked #1 within the Asia-Pacific region followed by Japan (32 Lions), New Zealand (20), China (16), Singapore (15), India (13), South Korea (10), Thailand (9), Malaysia (6), Indonesia (4), Pakistan (3) and Hong Kong (2).