2018 Cannes contenders: APAC creatives pick their top work

In the lead-up to Cannes Lions 2018, we spammed creative leaders across Asia with a simple request: Pick four or five campaigns from your market or the region that you think will (or should) win metallic lion sculptures at this year's festival. The only rule? No picking work from your own agency/network. We believe this forces (or frees) our participants to think more purely about the work that moved them the most, rather than what their boss might want them to say.

We received more than 50 'nominations', and we thank all the participants (pictured below) for sharing their opinions. We're still taking suggestions, so if you'd like to put in your two cents, please contact us.

THE FAVOURITES

These favourites have emerged (presented according to the number of nods).
Click through to see each work and read what APAC creatives had to say.

Palau pledge
Agency: Host/Havas
Client: Palau Legacy Project

Hot & spicy
Agency: Ogilvy & Mather Hong Kong
Client: KFC

The Ikea human catalogue
Agency: BBH Singapore
Client: Ikea

Shindoor Khela: No conditions apply
Agency: FCB Ulka India
Client: Times of India

Armoured truck
Agency: DDB New Zealand
Client: Lotto NZ

OK Go: Obsession
Agency: Six Inc.
Client: Double A

Bit better Fallout
Agency: TKT Sydney
Client: V Energy

Chop Chop
Agency: Amber Communications, Shanghai
Client: Ammeloo

Sumo Girls 82 Techniques
Agency: Dentsu Design
Client: Hokkoku Shimbun Newspaper

3 minutes
Agency: N/A
Client: Apple

Stop the horror
Agency: Cummins & Partners, Sydney
Client: Go Gentle Australia

Re:scam
Agency: DDB New Zealand
Client: Netsafe 

SEE ALL THE PICKS
Browse a list of the 50+ campaigns our participants nominated

SEE OUR PICKS
Our editors selected several campaigns that our contributors didn't mention

SEE ALSO
Campaign India's list

 

THE PARTICIPANTS (Alphabetical by family name) Simon Brock, CD, Digitas Sydney   Graham Drew, ECD, Grey Kuala Lumpur   Sheikh Danish Ejaz, chief brand evangelist, Penumbra   Federico Fanti, ECD, BBDO Guerrero Derek Green, ECD, Ogilvy Sydney   Kit Koh, ECD, BBDO South China Haruna McWilliams, APAC VP of strategy, Essence   Tomaz Mok, co-founder, Match (part of the Leo Digital Network)   Farid Mokart, founder and chief creative officer of FF: Amy Naoko Morita, director of brand, Edelman Japan Anthony Moss, ECD, WhiteGREY Melbourne Rob Martin Murphy, ECD, Ikon   Ng Tian It, CCO, McCann Worldgroup China Jenifer Ooi, CD, Lion & Lion Kuala Lumpur   Ali Rez, regional creative director, BBDO Middle East & Pakistan Erick Rosa, chief creative office, Publicis One Japan   Ajab Samrai, chief creative officer, Ogilvy ASEAN   Dan Saunders, ECD, Redengine   Paul Swann, creative partner, The Works   Toby Talbot, Chief Creative Officer, Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand Minoru Yashima, executive communication director, ADK   Min Seo, campaign director, Innored