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CROATIA WINS TWO STATUES AT THE 2017 LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

30 October 2017

CROATIA WINS TWO STATUES AT THE 2017 LONDON INTERNATIONAL AWARDS

LIA, one of the most prestigious awards shows in Advertising, Digital, Technology driven work, Health & Pharma and Branded Entertainment, today announced the winners. The 32nd Annual LIA 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 Croatia brought home 2 of the coveted LIA statues – one Gold and one Silver.

Studio Sonda, Vizinada is the sole winner from Croatia at LIA 2017. They were awarded a Gold in Package Design - Wines for Piquentum Sv. Vital Series – Wine Collection Through Which Nature Speaks Out. The same packaging was awarded a Silver LIA in the Graphic Design category.

Design and Package Design Jury President, Bobby C Martin, Founding Partner of
The Original Champions of Design commented, "We were surprised by the work and there was quite a selection of good work. At the end of the weeding, we pulled out some very good and excellent work."

“I would like to congratulate Studio Sonda on winning two statues in Package Design. 2017 was an amazing year with some exceptional work.” stated Barbara Levy, President of LIA. “Winning a LIA Statue was no easy feat. Our highly esteemed juries worked diligently, they visited and revisited each piece of shortlisted work again and again. Kudos to all the winners for producing some of the finest work released in the world this year.”       

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.”.

The following companies were honored with the 2017 Of The Year Awards:

Network of the Year:  BBDO

Health & Pharmaceutical Network of the Year: McCann Health

Agency of the Year:  McCann New York

Production Company of the Year:  AIRBAG, Melbourne

Post-Production Company of the Year:  The Mill

Music & Sound Company of the Year:  Factory, London

Health & Wellness Agency of the Year: McCann Health India, Delhi

Pharmaceutical Agency of the Year: McCann Health India, Delhi

The following companies were honored with the inaugural Regional Of The Year Awards for Europe:

Regional Network of the Year for Europe: DDB

Regional Agency of the Year for Europe: adam&eveDDB, London

Regional Production Company of the Year for Europe: Great Guns, London

Regional Post-Production Company of the Year for Europe: MPC, London

Regional Music & Sound Company of the Year for Europe: Factory, London

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Notes to the editor:

London International Awards (LIA) is a global festival honoring creativity and new ideas in Advertising, Production, Digital, Design, Health and Pharmaceuticals, Music & Sound, Technology and Branded Entertainment. The awards, founded in 1986 by President Barbara Levy, began by honoring advertising in the realms of Cinema, Television, Print and Radio, evolving since its inception into 19 unique media types. It was the first truly international advertising awards of its kind to acknowledge all media and methods from all over the world to be judged by a diverse global jury. Every member on each Jury Panel, including the Jury President, judges all entries, excluding their own work, in their respective media. Each Jury has the discretion to award a Grand LIA within the media they are judging.