Judging for this year’s IAPI Cannes Young Lions has been taking place over the past two days and is set to conclude today.
In all, there were 38 shortlisted teams that have been presenting over the past three days to the various Cannes Young Lions juries across the seven categories and according to IAPI, the standard across the entries was exceptionally high and shortlisting from 105 teams down to 38 was a tough task.
According to IAPI CEO Charley Stoney: “Judging this competition is such a privilege. You get to see first-hand how incredibly talented and resourceful young creatives and marketers are. We are delighted both by the uptake for Cannes Young Lions this year as well as the quality of entries. And, with only 48 hours to respond! I believe the charities we picked this year and the quality of the briefs has brought out the altruism and empathetic nature of everyone concerned. The energy and enthusiasm that the Young Lions brought to the judging room over the last three days has been exceptional.”
The special guest judges looking at the Young Lions work were David Paul from Manning Gottlieb OMD in London judging the Media and Digital categories and Nadja Lossgott, BBDO AMV, London judging Film, Print and Design. Nadja worked on the Cannes Lions winning Blood Normal campaign.
Other guest judges included Damian Hanley, In the Company of Huskies and Meadhbh Quinn, Marketing Strategist as well as representatives from the charities and the sponsors on every judging panel.
The charities who have benefitted from the competition are ENAR (European Network Against Racism), CMRF Crumlin, Fairtrade and Spunout.ie. And of course, a special shout needs to go to our sponsors who are INM, DMG Media, Wide Eye Media, Pull the Trigger, Core, PRII & PRCA, Choose Radio & JC Decaux.
The full shortlist is as follows:
MEDIA (Sponsored by Choose Radio)
Anna Lovatt and Ryan Reid, Carat
Therese Prendiville and Alenna Levin Schneider, Core
Bronagh Murphy and Orlaith McIvor, Havas Media
Andy Williams, Guns or Knives and Clara Reddan, Rothco
Killian Tscherny and Katie Hansard, Mediacom
Lauren Kavanagh and Leah Fitzpatrick, PHD Media
Isobel Hamzawi and Jacqueline Lambe, Wavemaker
DIGITAL (Sponsored by DMG Media)
Ivona Poljak and Isabel Harvey, BBDO
Orlagh Thompson and Simon Kelly, Havas Media
Derwin Myers and Lauren Murphy, JWT Folk
Simon Killeen and Patricia Prezotto, JWT Folk
Conor Cunniffe and Tamara Conyngham, Rothco
Tomas McCabe and Rachel Griffith, TBWA\Dublin
YOUNG MARKETERS (Sponsored by Core)
Matthew Carolan and Breege Moyne, AIB
Jessica Powell and Chloe Twomey, BFree Foods
Tom Mughal and Robert Sheehan, Lidl Ireland
AnnMarie O’Brien and Emma Columb, Three
Ciara O’Shaughnessy and Orla McKinney, Vhi
PR (Sponsored by PRII/PRCA)
Stacey Connolly and Richard Forde, Beachhut PR
Paul Clifford and Ben Connolly, Drury PN
Aisling Newton and Eimhear Breen, Legacy Communications
Claudia Langford and Trudi McDonald, Wilson Hartnell
Keith McConnon and Shane Nolan, Wilson Hartnell
FILM (Sponsored by Wide Eye Media and Pull the Trigger)
Eoin Tierney, Boys + Girls and Paul Kinsella, Ogilvy
Dean Ryan and Rebecca Dore, JWT Folk
Niamh Ryan and Matthieu Chardon, Publicis
Aisling Clarke and Alex Ingarfield, Rothco
Laura Redden and Sean Cushen, Rothco
Zoe Perrin and James Groarke, TBWA\Dublin
PRINT (Sponsored by INM)
Finn Mullan and Craig Babikian, BBDO
Shane O’Hare and Tom Connolly, Bloom
Laura Fitzgerald and Alex Murphy, Core
Eric Gasparro and Kieran O’Driscoll, Guns or Knives
Conor Sheridan and Eva Redmond, TBWA\Dublin
DESIGN (Sponsored by JCDecaux)
Nicole McMahon and Emily Blaney, In the Company of Huskies
Linda Collins and Anthony Douglass, Marketing Network
Dylan Panetta and Ryan Kavanagh, RichardsDee
Shane Kelleher, Rothco and Denis Burke, Freelance ICAD Member
