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Melt In A Minute | 4 Silver & 3 Bronze For India on Day 3 of Cannes Lions 2019 & MORE

Ritwika Gupta, June 20, 2019

From Denstu Webchutney winning a silver and 3 bronze metals to Burger King bagging a direct Grand Prix for “Whopper Detour”, here are today’s Cannes Lions highlights!

Here is your daily round-up of the news that matters in the marketing, media and advertising world. Today it is about Cannes Lions 2019, all encapsulated in just 60 seconds.

Here are the top stories from Cannes Lions 2019 today:

India Wins

– Dentsu Webchutney picks up a silver and bronze for its work on Swiggy’s ‘Voice of Hunger’ in the Social and Influencer and Direct Lions category and a bronze in the PR Lions category for Code Name: Uri campaign.

– Leo Burnett won a Silver Lion in the PR Lions category for their entry titled #StopMithani for HDFC Bank.

– Mindshare scooped a silver in Media Lions and a bronze in Creative data for HUL Lifebuoy’s ‘The Infection Alert System’.

– Lifebuoy’s ‘Help A Child Reach 5’ by Lowe Lintas Mumbai / Mullen Lowe Singapore / Mullen Lowe SSP3, Bogota won 1 Silver Lion in the Creative Strategy Lions category.

– Vicks ‘Touch of care India’ for P&G by Publicis Singapore also won a silver in Creative Strategy.

India Shortlists

– FCB Ulka’s ‘The Open Door’ Project for The Millenuim School secures 1 shortlist in the Sustainable Development Goals Lions category.

– DDB Mudra’s Project Free Period for Stayfree has bagged 2 shortlists in the same category.

Grand Prix Winners

– Burger King’s “Whopper Detour” by FCB New York won the Direct Grand Prix as well as two Gold Lions in the same category and 4 golds in media.

– Wendy’s “Keeping Fortnite Fresh,” the in-game demonstration of the evils of frozen beef by VMLY&R won in the Social & Influencer category

– In the PR category, “The Tampon Book: A Book Against Tax Discrimination” by Scholz & Friends won the honour..

– FCB/Six Toronto’s “Go Back to Africa” initiative for Black & Abroad won the Creative Data Grand Prix.

– Nike Wins A Grand Prix in Media, for its “Air Max Graffiti Store” campaign created by AKQA Brazil.