South African companies that made us proud at Cannes 2019
Now that we’ve finally cut off our wristbands and bid farewell to all the Cannes chaos, it’s time to take stock. Looking to work with the best of the best in South Africa over the next year? Well here is your quick guide to all of SA’s awarded companies at Cannes 2019. Yessiree folks, these are the guys to keep on your radar when you decide who to work with on your future campaigns.
On a personal note, we simply couldn’t have been prouder of the smiling Saffas we ran into while walking the French cobbled stoned streets this year. A highlight for each and every one of us had to be our annual South Africans at Cannes family portrait and no Cannes will ever be the same without one.
Thank you to each and every one of you for not leaving the WhatsApp group and for pitching up on the day – it’s a memory we will all cherish forever.
Missed out on the festival this year? Worry not. Simply read Fran Luckin’s Frannes in Cannes. Tag along as she ferreted out the good and bad of the once quiet French coastal community now overrun with creative industry catchphrases, spray tan and yacht parties. While sharing her uncensored daily reflections on Cannes exclusively with iDidTht, Fran, the CCO of Grey Africa, also served up some South African realness on the official festival judging panel for Film this year. Yeah, we’re luckin to have her!
A massive shout-out, fist bump and lingering hug to our Big Screen partners this year; the team that showcases great moments at their greatest, Ster-Kinekor Sales. Without them we simply couldn’t have kept SA informed and celebrated during the fest.
South Africa’s Cannes Lions Winners 2019
City Lodge ‘The Real Cost / Nothing for Mahala’
Awarded:
CAMPAIGN GOLD: Radio & Audio
CAMPAIGN SILVER: Radio & Audio
CAMPAIGN BRONZE: Radio & Audio
16 x SHORTLISTS: Radio & Audio
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: TBWA Hunt Lascaris
Music & Sound: Produce Sound
Allan Gray ‘Father’s Share’
Awarded:
SILVER LION: Film
BRONZE LION: Film
2 x SHORTLISTS: Film
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: King James Group Johannesburg
Film Production: Plank Films
VFX: Chocolate Tribe
Post Production: Deliverance
Music & Sound: Howard Audio
Doom ‘You Should Have Used Fast, Deadly Doom; Revenge of the Cockroach / Revenge of the Mosquito’
Awarded:
CAMPAIGN SILVER: Radio & Audio
SHORTLIST: Radio & Audio
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Ogilvy Johannesburg
Music & Sound: Produce Sound
Edgars ‘Don’t Tell Me What To Do!’
Awarded:
BRONZE LION: Entertainment
2 x SHORTLISTS: Entertainment
SHORTLIST: Brand Experience & Activations
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: VML South Africa
Film Production: Giant Films
Post Production: Strangelove
Mercedes-Benz S-Class ‘Return to Chapman’s Peak’
Awarded:
BRONZE LION: Entertainment
SHORTLIST: Entertainment
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Net#work BBDO
Film Production: 7 Films
Post Production: Ludus Post Productions
Music & Sound: Audio Militia
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South Africa’s Cannes Lions Shortlists 2019
OMO ‘The OMO Book of Dirt’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Design
SHORTLIST: Print & Publishing
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Ogilvy Cape Town
National Geographic Kids ‘Don’t Search. Discover.’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Print & Publishing
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: FoxP2
Commission for Gender Equality ‘Robots’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Industry Craft
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: DDB South Africa
Siemens ‘FABRIC’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Digital Craft
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: King James Group Johannesburg
Film Production: FirstPencil
VFX: Sinister Studios
Gillette ‘Nozizwe’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Entertainment
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Grey Africa
Film Production: 7Films
Philips ‘#ShaveToRemember’
Awarded:
3 x SHORTLISTS: Direct
2 x SHORTLISTS: Brand Experience & Activations
2 x SHORTLISTS: PR
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Ogilvy Johannesburg
Production Company: 0307 Films
Post Production: Deliverance
Music & Sound: Produce Sound / Kidwithamatch
Coca-Cola ‘The Phonetic Can’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: PR
SHORTLIST: Direct
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: FCB Johannesburg
Production Company: Bioscope Films / Fuelcontent
Post Production: Left Post Productions
Music & Sound: Audio Militia / Pressure Cooker Studios
Castle Lager ‘#LoseTheLabel’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: PR
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Ogilvy Johannesburg
Production Company: 0307 Films
Post Production: Deliverance / BlackGinger
Music & Sound: Pulse Music / Produce Sound
Garagista ‘For Sale Ale; A Beer to Sell a Brewery’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Direct
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: DUKE
Great Stock ‘The Anthology of Great (Stock)’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Direct
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Joe Public United
Nando’s ‘#rightmyname’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Brand Experience & Activations
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: M&C Saatchi Abel
Digital Agency: VML South Africa
SAB 18+ ‘Vuka’
Awarded:
SHORTLIST: Film
iDidTht Credits:
Agency: Joe Public United
Digital Agency: Joe Public Connect
Production Company: Egg Films
Post Production: Post Modern
Music & Sound: TigerFight
