Media Release
Mumbai, May 20, 2009
Contract Advertising
team wins the
AAAI-Cannes Young Lions Creative Competition
2009
Anshumani Khanna
(Copy Writer) and Priya Gurnani
(Art Director) of Contract Advertising,
Mumbai were adjudged the winners
in the national creative initiative taken
by the Advertising Agencies Association
of India (AAAI) and supported by THE TIMES
GROUP.
The Advertising Agencies Association of
India is delighted to announce that for
the ninth consecutive year the AAAI has
been able to encourage young creative talent
in the country, through an initiative aimed
at nurturing and providing them with an
opportunity for international exposure.
Supported by THE TIMES GROUP, the AAAI organized
the national leg of this Competition (AAAI-Cannes
Young Lions Creative Competition 2009),
and invited entries on the theme Stop
Domestic Violence against Women. Report
Abuse from AAAI member agencies
and all INS accredited advertising agencies.
It is also a matter of pride that the Contract
Advertising team which AAAI has selected
through this Competition will be the official
Indian team to take part in the Young Lions
Creative Competition 2009 at Cannes. The
winning team will be flying off to the Cannes
Advertising Festival in June to compete
with other teams from all over the world
in the prestigious International Young Lions
Creative Competition.
Vinod Nair, AAAI Executive Committee Member
and currently in charge of this initiative
of the AAAI, was the Convener of this Competition.
For the judging process, K V Sridhar,
National Creative Director, Leo Burnett
and Bobby Pawar, Chief Creative Officer,
Mudra Group were jury members.
The selection was a two-stage process. In
the first phase, out of the 212 entries
received, the judges shortlisted seven.
In the second phase, the shortlisted teams
were asked to make a presentation before
the jury on the work done by them in the
past and the thought process behind the
entries submitted by them.
Finally, the team comprising Anshumani
Khanna and Priya Gurnani
of Contract Advertising, Mumbai
was declared the winner which will attend
the Cannes International Advertising Festival,
with the support of THE TIMES GROUP. The
entry submitted by the winning team is attached.
THE TIMES GROUP, the Official Festival Representatives
of Cannes in India, have also consented
to bear all the expenses of the wining teams'
trip to Cannes.
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of India
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