2013 Press Releases
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EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, 4 Nov 2013
GUATEMALA WINS TWO STATUES AT THE
28TH ANNUAL LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS
OGILVY & MATHER GUATEMALA WINS TWO BRONZE STATUES
(London, 4 November 2013) The 28th LIA judging was held at the Wynn/Encore Hotel in Las Vegas, convening over a ten-day period. The juries, led by their respective Jury Presidents, viewed and scored every entry within their medium ensuring that all the work was judged equally. They concluded with final discussions to determine Grand LIAs, Statue Winners and Finalists.
Guatemala picks up 2 Statues – 2 Bronze. The individual wins are below:
Ogilvy & Mather Guatemala was the only agency in Guatemala to be awarded two Bronze Statues at LIA 2013.
Their “Build It” campaign for LEGO titled “Chu Chu”, “Tucu Tucu” and “UUUU” was awarded a Bronze LIA in Radio – Campaign. One part of the campaign “Chu Chu” was also awarded a Bronze in the Radio category of Recreational. They also attained Finalist status in Radio – Recreational for LEGO titled “Tucu Tucu”
“Congratulations to Ogilvy on winning two Bronze statues continuing this year’s trend of the Ogilvy network picking up statues across the globe and across all media.” stated Barbara Levy, President LIA.
This year seven Grand LIAs were awarded:
McCann Melbourne, Melbourne has won three Grand LIAs in Digital, Non-Traditional and Integration for Metro Trains - "Dumb Ways to Die Campaign"
Wieden+Kennedy New York, New York was awarded the Grand LIA in the medium of TV/Cinema/Online Film for Southern Comfort titled "Whatever's Comfortable - Beach"
ShootMedia, London was awarded the Grand LIA in the medium of TV/Cinema/Online Film - Production | Post-Production for ChildLine titled "It Follows Me Around"
serviceplan, Munich was awarded the Grand LIA in the medium of Design for Auchan titled "The Selfscan Report"
Memac Ogilvy & Mather, Dubai was awarded the Grand LIA in the medium of Radio for Sawa Mninjah - Rescue Radio - The Rescue Continues Campaign "Nepalese Street Festival", "Sri Lankan Health Spa", "Kenyan Romantic Drama" and "Filipino Pop Singer”. This is the first Grand LIA ever awarded to an entrant from the United Arab Emirates.
2013 LIA ‘Of The Year Awards’ were decided based on the outstanding work chosen by the Juries across all media. This year LIA awarded five of these coveted Awards.
The following companies were honoured with the 2013 Of The Year Awards:
Network of the Year: Ogilvy
Agency of the Year: McCann Melbourne, Melbourne
Design and Package Design Company: serviceplan, Munich
Radio and Audio: Eardrum Australia, Sydney
Music and Sound Design Company: Song Zu
Of the 13,242 submissions, from 72 countries, 6% attained Shortlist status. Of those elite selections, only 0.8% won Gold Statues; 1.5% Silver Statues; 1.6% Bronze Statues and 2% Finalist. The vast number of submissions reflects the prestige and explosive growth of the London International Awards since its inception in 1986 when only 2,600 submissions were entered.