Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 23-Jun-14

The 2014 Cannes International Festival of Creativity concluded on 21 June, with Australia gaining a total 63 Lion awards. This meant it was the fifth-most successful nation after the US, Brazil, the UK and France, compared with a ranking of fourth and 87 Lions in 2013. Apart from the awards ceremonies, advertising agency staff could participate in 60-plus seminars at the event, which overall attracted some 12,000 people from 94 nations. Its chair, Terry Savage, is an ex-leader of Australian cinema advertising group Val Morgan. He notes that the gathering’s importance was boosted when in 2003 Procter & Gamble was the first advertiser to attend

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