THREE MORE CANADIAN WINNERS AT CANNES
By Adnews Staff
Before the Cannes International Advertising Festival concluded on Saturday, three more Canadian agencies receives awards. Downtown Partners of Toronto won a gold and a silver in the alcoholic drinks category of the competition. The gold was for an ad called "Fridge" that ran in the U.S. for Anheuser-Busch's Bud Light. The silver was for the Bud Light ad "Ulterior Emotions" for Labatt Breweries of Canada. In the Cyber Lions competition dZinenmOtion.com of Vancouver won a gold in the corporate information category for its "We Make" ad for L'Oreille. In the same competition, OgilvyInteractive Worldwide of Toronto won a bronze in the rich media banners category for its "Sign" ads for the Huntington Society of Canada. There were no Canadian agencies among the winners in the Lions Direct competition. Earlier in the competition Taxi Advertising won a gold Lion in the advertising and media category of the Outdoor and Press competition for ads it created for the Marketing Awards, as well as silver in the fundraising and appeals category for three ads for Covenant House and bronze in the public awareness messages/fundraising and charities category for the same three ads. Cossette Media won in the business to business category in Media competition for an ad for Bell Canada.