LIA, one of the most prestigious awards shows in Advertising, Digital, Technology driven work, Health & Pharma and Branded Entertainment, today announced the 2017 winners. The 32nd Annual London International Awards judging was held at Encore at Wynn Las Vegas, convening over a 10-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.

This year Brazil brought home 29 Statues – 5 Gold, 16 Silver and 8 Bronze LIAs. They also attained 14 Finalists.

In total 820 LIA statues, in addition to finalists, were awarded from 40 countries with Brazil ranking #8. The top countries were United States (209), United Kingdom (95) and Australia (70).

2017 is the inaugural year for LIA’s Regional Of The Year Awards. AlmapBBDO, São Paulo has been named the Regional Agency of the Year for South America. This award is based on a point system awarded to the regional Agency that attains the highest score based on any entry that wins a Statue or becomes a Finalist.  LIA uses the creative credits that are input at time of entry.

AlmapBBDO, São Paulo received 3 Gold, 8 Silver, 3 Bronze and 8 Finalists, giving the agency Brazil’s highest statue count in LIA 2017. These wins attributed to BBDO being named LIA Global Network Of The Year.

• Gold - Digital - Music/Sound Design for Getty Images titled “Nosferatu”
• Gold - Print - Art Direction for Kiss FM titled “The Book of Rock”
• Gold - Print - Use of Illustration for Kiss FM titled “The Book of Rock”
• Silver - Digital - Business-to-Business for Getty Images titled “Nosferatu”
• Silver - Digital - UX - User Experience for Getty Images titled “Nosferatu”
• Silver - TV/Cinema/Online Film - Branded Content for Getty Images titled “Nosferatu”
• Silver - Ambient - Pet Products for Pedigree titled “Dog Channel”
• Silver - Health & Wellness Craft - Cinematography for Whiskas titled “Iris & Thula”
• Silver - Health & Wellness Craft - Direction for Whiskas titled “Iris & Thula”
• Silver - Integration - Multi-platform for Getty Images titled “Nosferatu”
• Silver - Poster - Business-to-Business Campaign for Volkswagen Trucks titled “White Gate”, “Grey Gate”
• Bronze - Design - Editorial Design for Kiss FM titled “The Book of Rock”
• Bronze - Music & Sound - Music Original - Song for Getty Images titled “Jack”
• Bronze - Package Design - Art Direction Product Line for Havaianas titled “Made of Brazilian Summer”
• Finalist - Ambient - Business-to-Business for Getty Images titled “Nosferatu”
• Finalist - Design - Use of Illustration for Kiss FM titled “The Book of Rock”
• Finalist - Digital - Business-to-Business for Getty Images titled “The Getty Pen Project”
• Finalist - Health & Wellness Craft - Editing for Whiskas titled “Iris & Thula”
• Finalist - Music & Sound - Music Original - Score for Whiskas titled “Iris & Thula”
• Finalist - Package Design - Apparel for Havaianas titled “Made of Brazilian Summer”
• Finalist - Package Design - Use of Illustration Product Line for Havaianas titled “Made of Brazilian Summer”
• Finalist - Production & Post-Production - Editing for Whiskas titled “Iris & Thula”

Additional Winners from Brazil include (in alphabetical order):

CCZ*WOW, Curitiba

• Silver - Radio & Audio - Public Service/Social Welfare Campaign for Jovem Pan FM titled “Heart”, “Eyes”
• Silver - Radio & Audio - Use of Music for Jovem Pan FM titled “Organ Donation”

David São Paulo, São Paulo

• Bronze - Digital - Apps for Faber Castell titled “The Never-Ending Forest App”

FCB Brasil, São Paulo

• Silver - Design - Art Direction Campaign for Estadão Newspaper - The Corruption Converter Campaign titled “Metro”, “Vacinas”, “Tamiflu”, “Repelente”
• Silver - Digital - Microsites for Estadão Newspaper titled “The Corruption Converter”

Isobar, São Paulo

• Silver - Branded Entertainment - Social Awareness for Mares Filmes titled “Unforgettable Songs”
• Finalist - Music & Sound - Experiential Use of Music & Sound for Mares Filmes titled “Unforgettable Songs”

J.Walter Thompson, São Paulo

• Bronze - Digital - Use of Social Media for Instituto AzMina titled “Nipple Freedom”
• Bronze - Health & Wellness - OTC – Over-the-Counter for Bepantol Baby titled “Poosters”
• Bronze - Digital - Virtual Reality for Instituto de Defesa do Direito de Defesa titled “Visceral Reality”

Ogilvy Brasil, São Paulo

• Gold - Pharmaceuticals - Innovation for Diagnosis Lab titled “VR Vaccine”
• Gold - Pharmaceuticals - Pharmaceuticals and Vaccines - Unbranded for Diagnosis Lab titled “VR Vaccine”
• Silver - Print - Media Promotion for Forbes Magazine titled “Women - Billie Gates”
• Silver - Print - Media Promotion for Forbes Magazine titled “Women - Carla Slim”
• Silver - Print - Media Promotion for Forbes Magazine titled “Women - Marcia Zuckerberg”
• Bronze - Radio & Audio - Innovative Use of Radio & Audio for IBM Cloud titled “The Voice of Art”
• Finalist - Pharmaceutical Craft - Animation for Diagnosis Lab titled “VR Vaccine”

The Following Attained Finalists Status:

AKQA, São Paulo

• Finalist - Radio & Audio - Entertainment for Netflix titled “Escobar Frequency”

BETC/Havas, São Paulo

• Finalist - Digital - Apps for Woman Interrupted titled “Woman Interrupted App”

New360, Belo Horizonte

• Finalist - Ambient - NGO for Cruzeiro Esporte Clube and Azmina NGO titled “Let's Change the Numbers”

R/GA São Paulo, São Paulo

• Finalist - Design - Experiential Design for Google titled “Mobile Arcade”

To view all the Winners and Finalists with media and full creative credits, visit https://www.liaentries.com/winners

This year, thirteen GRAND LIAs were awarded:

Cossette, Toronto was awarded the Health & Wellness Craft Grand LIA for SickKids Foundation titled “SickKids VS - Undeniable”.

Findasense, Bogotá was awarded the Billboard Grand LIA for Coca-Cola titled “Billboard Houses”.

Forsman & Bodenfors, Gothenburg was awarded the Verbal Identity Grand LIA for Volvo V90 Cross Country titled “The Get Away Car”.

FP7/CAI, Cairo was awarded the Branded Entertainment Grand LIA for Coke - Red titled “The Line Up Song”.

McCann Health India, Delhi was awarded the Health & Wellness Grand LIA for Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan titled “The Immunity Charm”.

McCann Health India, Delhi was awarded the Pharmaceuticals Grand LIA for Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan titled “The Immunity Charm”.

McCann New York, New York was awarded the Integration Grand LIA for State Street Global Advisors titled “Fearless Girl”.

McCann New York, New York was awarded the Non-Traditional Grand LIA for State Street Global Advisors titled “Fearless Girl”.

McCann New York, New York was awarded the Ambient Grand LIA for State Street Global Advisors titled “Fearless Girl”.

Ogilvy & Mather, Chicago was awarded the Design Grand LIA for Morton Salt titled “The One Moment”.

Philipp und Keuntje, Hamburg was awarded the Digital Grand LIA for RIMOWA titled “RIMOWA Electronic Tag”.

Scholz & Friends, Berlin was awarded the Poster Grand LIA for Der Tagesspiegel titled “Newspaper Stack - Trump”.

The Mill, Los Angeles was awarded the Music Video Grand LIA for JAY-Z titled “The Story of O.J.”.