Cannes Lions Advertising Festival 2009: grand prix winners
Outdoor Lion grand prix winner: A campaign for the Zimbabwean, an exiled newspaper critical of the country's president, Robert Mugabe, using the country's almost worthless bank notes to make billboard advertsPhotograph: TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris JohannesburgAnother ad made with banknotes for the Zimbabwean campaign, which was created by TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris JohannesburgPhotograph: TBWA/Hunt/Lascaris JohannesburgPress Lion grand prix winner: Campaign for Wrangler jeans, created by French agency Fred & Farid that 'screams raw sex' according to judgesPhotograph: Fred & Farid
Another image from the Wrangler campaign, which was aimed at moving the image of the brand away from its American 'middle-aged cowboy' rootsPhotograph: Fred & FaridDesign grand prix winner: Nike Paper Battlefield ad, created by McCann WorldgroupPhotograph: McCann WorldgroupFilm Lion grand prix winner: Still from a Philips video ad, created by Tribal DDB Amsterdam. The viral campaign was a tracking shot of a bank robbery frozen in timePhotograph: Tribal DDB AmsterdamWinner of Cyber Lions best website and interactive campaign, PR Lion and direct marketing Lion grand prix: The Queensland Tourism campaign - orchestrated by Nitro - for 'The Best Job in the World' as caretaker of Hamilton Island Photograph: Public domainThe campaign generated a huge amount of media interest - and culminated with Ben Southall, whose online video application is shown here, being appointed to the £73k-a-year postPhotograph: Public domainCyber Lions best viral campaign winner:'Why So Serious?' campaign for Batman film The Dark Knight, created by 42 EntertainmentPhotograph: 42 EntertainmentCyber Lions online advertising grand prix winner:Fiat Eco:Drive marketing, created by AKQAPhotograph: AKQATitanium and Integrated grand prix winner: Multimedia campaign that helped Barack Obama win the 2008 US presidential election. Created by Obama for AmericaPhotograph: Public domain
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