ASIA-PACIFIC – DUBAI, MARCH 12, 2012: Among the 2,037 entries from 17 countries, 188 winners were awarded winners in the recently concluded Dubai Lynx held March 7 at the Dubai International Advertising Festival, the leading competition and awards for advertising creative excellence in the Middle East and Africa. A total of 7 Grand Prix, 44 golds, 55 silvers, and 82 bronzes were awarded.
Leo Burnett received the Network of the Year award while Y&R took the Agency of the Year. Media Agency of the Year was Leo Burnett Beirut.
Intaj The Production House was given the LyncPalm Award, an award given to the most awarded production company.
Raja Trad, CEO of Leo Burnett Group MENA and member of the Leo Burnett Worldwide Global Leadership Council, was present to accept his award for Dubai Lynx Advertising Person 2012.
P&G were honored as Advertiser of the Year and Al Rajwani, vice president & general manager, P&G Arabian Peninsula & Pakistan was on stage to receive the Award on behalf of P&G.
Also announced were the winners of the Young Lynx Integrated Competition. Taking first place was the team from Aegis, Julia Nicholls (Carat Dubai), Mahmoud Shammout (Carat Jordan) and Rita Cervetto (Isobar MENA Dubai), whilst Wunderman Dubai took second place and Y&R Dubaicame third.
Attendees of the awards were invited to continue celebrations into the night at Trilogy Nightclub for a party hosted by Big Kahuna Films which brought to a close another exceptional Festival and Awards.
The Grand Prix in each category have been awarded as follows:
Design Grand Prix – Shawati Abu Dhabi, UAE, ‘Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque’, Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage
12 Winners (1 Grand Prix, 0 Gold, 3 Silver, 8 Bronze)
Direct Grand Prix – Y&R Dubai, UAE, ‘The ‘Headline News’ Cup Sleeve’, Al Nisr Publishing
17 Winners (1 Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 3 Silver, 9 Bronze)
Film Grand Prix – Elephant Cairo, Egypt, ‘Living Room’, ‘Ping Pong’, Egypt Foods
20 Winners (1 Grand Prix, 7 Gold, 3 Silver, 9 Bronze)
Film Craft – No Grand Prix Awarded
13 Winners (0 Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 6 Silver, 3 Bronze)
Integrated – No Grand Prix Awarded
4 Winners (0 Grand Prix, 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 0 Bronze)
Interactive – No Grand Prix Awarded
11 Winners (0 Grand Prix, 1 Gold, 2 Silver, 8 Bronze)
Media – No Grand Prix Awarded
47 Winners (0 Grand Prix, 12 Gold, 18 Silver, 17 Bronze)
Mobile – No Grand Prix Awarded
1 Winner (0 Grand Prix, 0 Gold, 1 Silver, 0 Bronze)
Outdoor Grand Prix – Memac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, UAE, ‘Sprite Cricket Stars’, Coca-Cola
13 Winners (1 Grand Prix, 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 6 Bronze)
PR – No Grand Prix Awarded
12 Winners (0 Grand Prix, 6 Gold, 4 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Print Grand Prix – FP7/DXB Dubai, UAE, ‘Hospital’, ‘Hotel’, ‘Chinese Restaurant’, Batelco
10 Winners (1 Grand Prix, 1 Gold, 3 Silver, 5 Bronze)
Print & Poster Craft Grand Prix – FP7/DXB Dubai, UAE, ‘Hospital’, ‘Hotel’, ‘Chinese Restaurant’, Batelco
8 Winners (1 Grand Prix, 0 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze)
Promo & Activation Grand Prix – Memac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai, UAE, ‘Sprite Cricket Stars’, Coca-Cola
12 Winners (1 Grand Prix, 4 Gold, 2 Silver, 5 Bronze)
Radio – No Grand Prix Awarded
8 Winners (0 Grand Prix, 0 Gold, 3 Silver, 5 Bronze)
The 2012 Dubai Lynx list of winners can be viewed at www.dubailynx.com/winners/2012/.
