Georgia’s 6,000,000th tourist campaign wins silver at Cannes Lions festival
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Georgian digital creative agency Windfor’s Communication won its first Silver Lion awards for showcasing outstanding works of 2017 at the Cannes International Festival of Creativity.
Windfor’s Communication has been nominated for the PR Lions among 228 shortlisted entries from all around the world.
It’s 6 Millionth Tourist Campaign succeeded in three categories:
- PR – Public Sector
- PR – Events & Stunts
- PR – Territory Marketing & Communication
The Tbilisi-based agency also participates in the Film and Design categories. The winners are yet to be revealed before the festival ends on June 24.
During one week in June each year, Cannes transforms into a global meeting place of anyone engaged in technology, advertising, media, marketing, design, innovation and entertainment, notes the Cannes Lions Facebook page.
Jesper Black, a young Dutch man, happened to be the lucky 6,000,000th tourist. Here is how he was welcomed to Georgia.
The Festival’s official network of representatives run local competitions to select teams in the run-up to the Cannes Lions, with the winners going on to compete at the international Festival. Festival categories are: print, media, cyber, film, marketers, design, and PR.
Four Georgian creative agencies collected over a dozen awards including two principal prizes at this year’s Golden Hammer International Advertising Festival in Latvia.
Local advertising agencies are putting Georgia on the global map of creativity by presenting the best of Georgian advertisements and design in a global platform.
Georgia has revealed a team of two people who will represent the country at the next international Cannes Lions festival in June.
A group of Georgian communication companies have been offered the exclusive rights to organise and host the design section of the Cannes Young Lions Competitions – an internationally recognised "Festival of Creativity” that is one of the most prestigious events in the communication and marketing industry.
Georgian student Bitchiko Varshanidze has claimed the 2019 Clio Award in Student Print, a major international award in advertising, along with fellow creatives of his team of the Miami Ad School Berlin.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU) have helped Georgian digital agency Leavingstone expand internationally. Founded by four friends in 2010 Leavingstone is now opening up an office in the German capital of Berlin.