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Wieden + Kennedy at Cannes Lions 2011 – indie agency of the year + results

So, the leathery old lags and hopeful young turks of the world's advertising industry have finished drowning themselves in a vat of overpriced rose wine and, as they nurse their hangovers, the results of the Cannes Advertising Festival are in. We did OK, maybe slightly better than we did last year.

Cannes independent agency of the year, for most awards accumulated across all categories – Wieden + Kennedy Portland.

And for the trainspotters, stat freaks and mothers of those who work at W+K, here are the individual awards for Wieden + Kennedy work. (I think I've got the full list here, but I may have missed one or two.)

FILM

Grand Prix – Nike ‘Write the Future’

Gold – Heineken ‘The Entrance’, Chrysler ‘Born of Fire’

Silver – Old Spice ‘Questions’, Nike ‘Rise’

Bronze – Cravendale ‘Cats with Thumbs’, Heineken ‘Date’, Heineken ‘The Entrance’, Nike ‘Throwdown’

CYBER (DIGITAL)

Grand Prix – Old Spice ‘Response’

Gold – Nike ‘Write the Future’, Old Spice x2 (for writing and for viral)

Bronze – Nike ‘Black Mamba’, Nokia ‘Dot’, Nokia ‘Own Voice’

EFFECTIVENESS

Gold – Old Spice ‘The man your man could smell like’

INTEGRATED

Gold – Old Spice ‘The man your man could smell like’

Silver – Nike ‘Write the Future’,  Levi’s ‘Ready to Work’ 

FILM CRAFT

Gold – Chrysler ‘Born of Fire’ (x3, for direction, script and music), Nike ‘Write the Future’ (x2, for editing and script), Heineken ‘The Entrance’ (direction)

Silver – Nike ‘Write the Future’ (x2, for production design and sound design), Lurpak – ‘Kitchen Odyssey’ (cinematography), Levi’s ‘Ready to Work’ (x2 for script and cinematography), Heineken ‘The Entrance’ (Music)

Bronze – Levi’s ‘Ready to Work’ (direction), Nokia ‘Dot’ (production design), Chrysler – ‘Born of Fire’ (editing), Nike ‘Black Mamba’ (editing), Nike ‘Write the Future’ (special effects).

TOTAL

Grand Prix – 2

Gold – 13

Silver -10

Bronze – 12

Big congrats to all the winners and their mums.

14 cyber lion nominations for wieden + kennedy at cannes

Wieden + Kennedy has scored 14 cyber lion shortlist nominations in the 2011 Cannes Festival.

Lions

Some lions, recently.

I think I have the W+K total correct at 14 cyber lion shortlist nominations in the 2011 Cannes Festival.

According to the Cannes website, the W+K nominations are:

W+K Portland – Nike Better World, Old Spice (x4), EA Duty Calls = 6

W+K Tokyo – Nike Run fwd; Nike WTF = 2

W+K Amsterdam – Nike WTF = 1

W+K London – Nokia N8, Honda Jazz, Nokia Own Voice (x2), Nokia Dot = 5

Total = 14

Here's the little film that explains the Nokia 'Own Voice' application, a collaboration with Glue Isobar and Starcut, which has had two of those nominations:

And there are also a couple of other things in which we had a hand…

Nokia N8 'Dot' for best sound design (entered by Wave Studios)

Nokia N8 'Dot' for animation (entered by Aardman animation)

Nike Grid for game (entered by AKQA)

 

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